Pomegranate Strawberry Popsicles

Pomegranate Strawberry Popsicles use fresh or frozen strawberries. Maple syrup is added to cut the pomegranate tartness and you have heaven on a stick.

You don’t need warm weather to make a new popsicle recipe. I love having these treats in my freezer all year round!

But when it does get scorching hot outside my mind is jumping all over the place with potential popsicle flavors. I love pops that are naturally sweetened, super healthy, beautifully colored, and are incredibly easy to make.

So here it is! How to make popsicles and a new popsicle recipe to share. I can’t take full credit for coming up with this one. Let me explain. It's a bit of a funny story, but a short one.

My husband has gotten into smoothies lately. You'd think he was a 5-star chef. Half bending over, as they do on television, while he adds his ingredients. A little of this, a special touch of that.

After adding the strawberries he likes to add a liquid of some sort. Coconut milk is his first choice, but, I have to admit, some days he can be quite inventive.

Then when he switches on the mixer, he shakes it all over the place to make sure his ingredients are getting mixed well enough. Yep, he shakes the outside of the blender. Love him!

So his idea of the additional liquid inspired me. Most of my fruit popsicles are made with pureed fruit. So, this time I decided to follow the lead of my five-star smoothie chef and that’s how Pomegranate Strawberry Popsicles were born.

Pomegranate Popsicle Ingredients

• Strawberries - You can use fresh or frozen strawberries. I often use frozen ones when berries are too expensive. But with the summer almost here, you can get fresh ones easily for a reasonable price. They are perfectly ripe and deliciously sweet also!
• Apple juice - Another perfect juice to buy in a bottle to add to the best popsicles you've ever had. Use unrefined and never from concentrate apple juice. You have to read the labels but it's on the shelves. Tree Top actually has one.
• Pomegranate juice - Sometimes you need some pomegranate in your life. It not only adds beautiful color but is also a powerhouse of nutrition. I mean, they are full of antioxidants, vitamins like C, K, and minerals. It is just a superfood, and with one cup of juice, you just made one extra nutritious popsicle. Yep, just like that!
• Maple syrup - I usually don’t add any additional sweetener to my popsicle recipes. But in this case, I am adding a bit of maple syrup to cut the pomegranate tartness. It is only four tablespoons for eight to ten pops, but enough to perfectly balance the flavors of this healthy treat.

How to Make Pomegranate Popsicles

1. Combine. Well, this is it! Put all of the ingredients in your blender. I use a Ninja Master Blender but there are many great blenders that will do the job.
2. Blend. Process until everything is mixed and blended well.
3. Pour and freeze. Pour the mixture into popsicle molds. If you are lucky enough to have a little bit left over that doesn't fit in the popsicle mold - drink it up like a smoothie - delicious! Put on the lid and stick in the popsicle sticks. Place in the freezer for about 4 hours to freeze.
4. Unmold and enjoy! If you want the holder to make some more popsicles, take the frozen popsicles out of the mold and put them in a freezer bag so that the mold is ready for another batch. Return the bagged popsicles to your freezer, or enjoy one or two right away!

Chef Tips 

To Easily Un-Mold Your Popsicles:

Run warm water over the outside of the mold before trying to remove them. This creates a very thin melted layer on the surface of the frozen popsicle, allowing it to slip out nice and easy! 

How to Store 

Freezing. Store your homemade popsicles in the freezer. You can keep your popsicles in their molds if you like, or repackage them to save some space. Once removed from molds, wrap each popsicle individually in plastic wrap or wax paper, then place them in an airtight container or resealable freezer-safe bags. They should keep fresh for up to 3 months.

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