organic popsicles

Organic Blueberry Oatmeal Ice Pops

With summer on the way, I’ve been working on fine-tuning some oatmeal ice pops that your kids can eat for breakfast when it’s too hot to eat warm breakfast foods, like oatmeal. I figured I’d come up with oatmeal alternative that’s not only icy, but easy on busy mornings when you’re trying to get everyone off [...]

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Upcoming Book Title: 200 Best Ice Pop Recipes

I recently posted 8 Cool Popsicle Recipe Books for Year-round Organic Ice Pop Fun. As you can tell from the number 8, there aren’t that many popsicle recipe books around. I did just see this recent upcoming title though… 200 Best Ice Pop Recipes It looks fairly decent, though it does seem slim on images [...]

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8 Cool Popsicle Recipe Books for Year-round Organic Ice Pop Fun

So, I’ve been looking around to see which popsicle recipe books are available nowadays, because my goal was to post the top 10 popsicle books, but sadly, it’s slim pickings. It’s hard to even find a popsicle book with over 15 reviews on Amazon. Once you get under 15 reviews, I don’t really feel like [...]

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10 Organic Popsicle Recipes that Celebrate Autumn Flavors

Happy first day of autumn! Fall is my most favorite time of year, so today I’ve got a few nice posts planned, but autumn popsicles that celebrate all the wonderful flavors of fall come first… 1 – Harvest ice pops Wash, peel and cut 1 and 1/2 apples PLUS 1/4 butternut squash into chunks. Steam [...]

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50 Homemade Organic Yogurt Popsicle Recipes & Yogurt Ice Pop Tips

I’m not the biggest yogurt fan, but my son LOVES yogurt and thus, yogurt popsicles are popular at my house and super easy too. Unlike most fruit or liquid based popsicles, you don’t have to worry that yogurt pops will turn out rock hard. The yogurt smooths pops out, making creamy treats every time. Plus, [...]

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Should you make sugar-free ice pops?

This question is part of the Organic Homemade Popsicle Q&A series. As I pointed out in two previous posts (see below) sugarless ice pops don’t freeze or taste as good as ice pops made with some sort of sweetener. A sugarless pop is akin to plain old ice – way too hard and flavorless for an ice pop. How [...]

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100 Homemade Organic Popsicle Recipes

Popsicle season is soon to be in full swing, so get ready with 100 amazing popsicle recipes plus tips about how to make the best ice pops ever. Start here —> First learn about the eco-benefits of homemade popsicles. Then read 50 amazing homemade popsicle recipes, not just for the 50 cool recipes but also to see general tips about how [...]

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How come my organic ice pops are so watery tasting?

Everyone’s had an ice pop that starts out yummy, but then the flavor eventually gets sucked out and you’re left with ice and zero flavor. Freezing a pure liquid, say apple juice from concentrate, results in a super icy pop and this sort of rock hard texture allows you to suck the flavor out of [...]

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Why are my organic homemade popsicles rock hard?

This question is part of the Organic Homemade Popsicle Q&A series. Now, creating popsicles that aren’t as hard as ice may seem odd – I mean, aren’t popsicles ice? However, there’s ice and then there’s ice pops that are way too icy and hard. Consider ice cubes – they’re not flaky or soft, they’re rock [...]

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Organic Homemade Popsicle Q&A

Interested in some common popsicle questions and answers before you start whipping up ice pops? If so, keep on reading… I’ve been making homemade organic ice pops for years and years, so I’ve run into a fair amount of popsicle problems myself. Also, I’ve gotten a few questions by email that I’ll be answering as well. If [...]