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Creamsicles ~ three flavors!

To help you get your daily recommended servings of dairy I’ve come up with three MOO-velous Creamsicle recipes for you to enjoy with your friends and family this summer!

I’m sure, like mine, your summer gets busy and it’s easy to forget about eating properly.  Summer is all about splurging.  We never have pop in our house, but in the summer somehow it sneaks in, as do other not so healthy options.  

Creamsicles made with low-fat yogurt are the perfect treat to cool off, satisfy your sweet tooth, and get a serving of dairy in!

When I was a kid we would pour koolaid into Dixie cups and place a popsicle stick in the center,  and freezing them.  

I took that idea, some yogurt, and fruit and ran with it! Directly to my freezer. The first flavor is Orange Creamsicle.  Let me tell you what my husband and kids went crazy for these things!

Orange Creamsicle

Sheila
Three simple ingredients make this delicious healthy treat.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
24 hours freezer time 1 day
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups low-fat Vanilla Flavored Yogurt
  • 1/3 cup Orange Juice Concentrate + 6 teaspoons for swirling
  • 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup optional
  • 6 5 ounce Dixie cups
  • 6 popsicle sticks

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl whisk together yogurt, 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate, and maple syrup. The maple syrup is optional. If you like sweet over tart add it, if you are just fine with the flavor then you can leave it out. Fill Dixie cups with yogurt mixture spoon a teaspoon of straight up orange juice concentrate on top. Place popsicle sticks in yogurt and swirl orange juice concentrate around. Leave stick in the middle, and place in freezer for 24 hours or until frozen solid. Peel paper cups off creamsicles and enjoy!
Keyword creamy, orange, popsicle
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 The next creamsicle recipe I’m going to share with you is Banana Strawberry Creamsicle.
 
 
 
 
 
These recipes are really just a guide line.  Feel free to get creative with different yogurt flavors to make this idea your own!  The flavor combinations are endless. This flavor also made some heads spin.  I have to say I was shocked at the response this simple healthy snack elicited.

Strawberry Banana Creamsicle

Sheila
Three simple ingredients make an affordable and healthy treat.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
freezer time is 24 hours 1 day
Course Snack
Cuisine Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Strawberries washed and hulled
  • 1 tablespoon granulated Sugar
  • 1 cup Banana Flavored Yogurt
  • Dixie Cups
  • Popsicle Sticks

Instructions
 

  • Wash and hull strawberries. Sprinkle with sugar and mash. Mix banana yogurt and strawberries together. Fill paper cups with yogurt mixture place stick in the middle. Put creamsicles in freezer for 24 hours or until frozen solid. Peel back paper cup and enjoy!
Keyword banana, healthy, popsicle, strawberry
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 This one’s for all you fancy shmancy coffee lovers out there!

This creamsicle is not quite as “healthy” as the yogurt creamsicles.  But oh it is so good.  Sometimes you just need to indulge a little, and look at it this way you can get your fancy coffee fix for less money and less calories.  I used My Fitness Pal to figure out that each Caramel Macchiato Creamsicle is only 170 calories!

Caramel Macchiato Creamsicle

The perfect treat made with only the good stuff!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
24 hour freezer 1 day
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Half and Half
  • 1/2 cup Caramel Ice Cream Topping I prefer Sanders
  • 1 tablespoon Instant Coffee Crystals

Instructions
 

  • Measure half and half in to a mixing bowl. Warm ice cream topping in microwave until pourable but not too hot. Whisk warm ice cream topping and instant coffee in to half and half until coffee crystals have dissolved. Pour mixture in to popsicle molds place stick in and freeze for 24 hours.

Notes

Dixie cups can also be used for this creamsicle recipe. Because the creamsicle mixture is fluid and not thick enough to hold a popsicle stick you will have to freeze for a few hours then place sticks in creamsicles, and return to freezer.  I purchased my popsicle molds from Ikea, very inexpensive, and they worked perfect!
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There you have it, three quick easy healthy snacks for summer!  If you have a child like my littlest that doesn’t like milk, or yogurt you may be surprised to find out that they may eat it frozen!  Cece loves these creamsicles.  It’s my new trick for getting dairy in her.

A few more ideas:  simply stick popsicle sticks right in yogurt cups freeze and eat.  The same thing works with pudding cups made with low-fat milk.  Pudding pops were my favorite growing up!  To release the frozen yogurt or pudding from the cup you will need to dip it in hot water.  Recycling your yogurt and pudding cups to make creamsicles is a great green idea for a summer treat!

I hope you enjoy these summertime snacks with your family and friends!

Much luv, Sheila

I am being compensated by ADA Mideast for the development of these healthy dairy snacks and the writing of this post to promote June as National Dairy Month.

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18 Comments

    1. HA! I’m pretty easily entertained myself…as you found out this past weekend ; D Thanks for stopping by! xoxoSheila

  1. My 5 year old was peeking at this over my shoulder while I was reading it. As soon as he saw the picture of the strawberries in the bowl, he said, “Mom, can we make that?!” Guess that will be the first one we try…followed closely by the Caramel Macchiato…and the Orange Creamsicle… 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

  2. Thanks for sharing the creamsicle recipes, as a dairy farmer it is nice to see someone not in the business promote dairy as a healthy snack. Thank you.

    1. Amy, We are a dairly lovin’ family! I am very happy to be promoting dairy! xoxo thanks for all you do! Our farmers are the back bone of america! Sheila

  3. I’ve been looking for popsicle recipes, so this was great timing. Thanks for the tip about Ikea popsicle molds, too.

    1. Kirstin, I looked around a bit for popsicle molds, some are really expensive, but these were not at all, and they worked great! Hope you make some! xoxo Sheila