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Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Healthy Popsicle Alternatives–Avoid Artificial Coloring in Foods!

July 31, 2024 15 Comments

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With all the brightly colored fruits and veggies packed with nutrition that God created, it's good that our eyes are attracted to those enticing colors. But food manufacturers know how to use that to draw our eyes, and especially our kids' eyes, to fake foods full of artificial colorings and flavors (not to mention preservatives, MSG, corn syrup, and other unpronounceable ingredients).

But artificial colorings and flavorings are in almost everything!

It's in all the many processed foods you see at the store in boxes or bags–it's good to steer clear of those anyway.  And in summertime, another thing to avoid are those “freezer pops” that the kids love, those are also full of artificial colors and flavors!

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Are there any Healthy popsicle alternatives?

You'll be glad to know that I've got a few good ideas for you today so you can avoid the junky popsicles at the store.  So if you need some healthy popsicle alternatives, try these:

  • One idea is the popsicles I make from our leftover smoothies. The kids love these, and I do too because they're packed with nutrition and simple to make. But it's not something I can just hand out to all the neighbor kids, in case their parents aren't aware of the health benefits of raw dairy. It's sad, but something I need to be careful about.  So many are still misinformed on the safety of raw dairy, and I have to respect where they're at.
  • Another great one (that I also couldn't give to the neighbor kids), are these probiotic fudgesicles!
  • You could use the same popsicle makers I use for smoothies and make popsicles out of extra Kombucha (especially for the times it turns out really sweet) or with extra fermented lemonade! By the way, yes, I know these popsicle makers are made out of plastic, but cold foods in plastic don't worry me as much as hot foods do.
  • If you just want to buy some, most stores nowadays have popsicles made with all fruit.
  • See the great comments below full of ideas for more healthy popsicle alternatives!

Let me know if you have more ideas for easy summer treats for the kids! (Check out more snack ideas below, too.)

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  1. Lexi says

    June 11, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    I definitely love frozen watermelon. I just cube it and put it in a ziplock. Then I let it thaw out a bit, just until it isn’t too hard to bite. This also works really well in a blender. I imagine you could blend watermelon and freeze it into molds also.

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  2. Heather says

    May 30, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    I hand popsicles out to neighbor kids all the time! So I have Edy’s Fruit bars, or Dole Fruit bars. They are fruit! no HFCS, so colors and mostly fruit. I also buy Whole Fruit bars but they have chunks in so they are only for moms! love them!
    I do make my own somtimes and have great popsicle molds but when you are handing out like 8-16 a day, you gotta buy some!

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  3. Kelly says

    June 5, 2009 at 12:35 AM

    Can’t wait to try these! Thanks, Barb.

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  4. Barb says

    June 1, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    Lemon Balm Popsicles (from Herb Mentor News)
    http://www.learningherbs.com
    2 cups fresh or 4 Tbls dried lemon balm leaves
    added to a half-gallon jar.
    Then simply fill the jar with boiling water, and let it steep for about 20 minutes. (The knife absorbs the heat to prevent the glass from cracking…just a little trick, but not always needed with these types of jars)
    Strain and add honey to taste. I added about 2 tablespoons.
    Pour into popsicle molds or simply into ice cube trays.
    Freeze for a few hours.

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  5. Kelly says

    May 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    Mmmm, love that one, thank you!!

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  6. Chef Rachel says

    May 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM

    Here’s a great frozen treat I call Frozen Banana Delight: peel, slice and freeze over ripe bananas. Portion them into 8, 12, or 16-ounce containers, cover with a piece of parchment paper cut to cover the banana slices. Cover with a lid and freeze.

    For the sauce: mix 1/2 cup roasted nut butter with 1/2 cup hot water, a pinch of sea salt, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 to 2 tablespoons honey, and 1/4 teaspoon pure stevia extract powder or liquid. Chill the sauce in a jar in the fridge.

    Take a container of frozen banana from the fridge, let thaw for 15 minutes, top with some of the sauce, stir and eat. It has a texture like ice cream.

    Recipe from The Garden of Eating: A Produce Dominated Diet & Cookbook.

    Chef Rachel

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  7. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    June 10, 2008 at 10:49 AM

    Geesh, I guess you guys were the ones to ask, so many great ideas!!

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  8. Jody says

    June 10, 2008 at 6:07 AM

    Oooh! If you were feeling really creative, you could mix up the carob chip recipe from NT and dip the ice cream popsicles in it! MMMM.

    I haven’t made popsicles with our homemade ice cream yet…the ice cream always gets eaten right out of the maker!

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  9. cheeseslave says

    June 10, 2008 at 5:28 AM

    PS: The ice cream also contains raw egg yolks — another really healthy thing to add!

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  10. cheeseslave says

    June 10, 2008 at 5:27 AM

    I made popsicles out of pureed mango and raw cream. It tasted exactly like a Creamsicle!

    I also plan to make popsicles out of the homemade ice cream I make. I make it with raw cream and sometimes I make it with coconut milk. I’ve made chocolate (with organic cocoa powder), vanilla, cherry, mango, and strawberry (the fruit flavors are made with fresh organic fruit).

    You can get an ice cream maker for around $50 (less if it’s on sale or used).

    I think ice cream and popsicles is the most wonderful way to get the good raw cream into the kids. I now consider ice cream to be a health food! (Of course we only sweeten it with honey or maple syrup and/or fruit juice).

    My former nanny got an ice cream maker and makes her own now — and every time her toddler hears the ice cream man outside, she just whips out a healthy popsicle from the freezer.

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  11. Bamboo says

    June 10, 2008 at 4:44 AM

    We rarely buy fruit juice but there was some organic orange/mango juice on sale with no bad stuff in it so I bought a jar. Our youngest just poured it straight into those popsicle molds. 1/2 the price of the packaged fruit juice pops that DO have bad stuff in them.

    Somewhere I saw a list of food colorings that have been banned in the past. If those were eventually found (even by the FDA) to be bad, maybe these will eventually be banned also.

    I cannot give our youngest dessert after dinner or bedtime prep is a nightmare. I figured this out years ago and assumed it was the sugar. Maybe it was the food additives?? Now that we’re avoiding those I may try it again and see how she acts. Come to think of it – I gave her some homemade pudding last night at dinner and her behavior was fine.

    Beth

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  12. Jody says

    June 9, 2008 at 8:25 AM

    Another great thing my kids love is slushies. We picked up a Hawaiian Ice shaver a few years ago at a garage sale. I also bought one a few years ago on clearance at Meijer and gave it away as a gift, but even at full price, it might be worth it!

    The aforementioned Kombucha or lemonade could be frozen and shaved, or you could add fruit juice, etc. Definitely avoid the ready-made squeeze bottles of brightly-colored HFCS and artificial flavors that come with the shaver! 😉

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  13. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    June 9, 2008 at 5:07 AM

    YAY! I haven’t seen either of those, but they’re on my list! 🙂

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  14. Jody says

    June 9, 2008 at 4:51 AM

    I’ll have to look for those! I had not seen them. You can also get a juice pop in plastic sleeves from UNFI. Cool Fruits, maybe? I can’t remember the name… These are great for the times when the kids want popsicles “like the neighbors.”

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  15. Jenn says

    June 9, 2008 at 4:38 AM

    Here’s a great alternative: Costco sells 100% popsicles in those long tubular plastic packages. They’re made by Motts. They don’t have any artificial colors or flavorings. They do have a tiny amount of preservatives (and I mean tiny) but it’s worth the trade-off to get a 100% fruit juice ready-made freezer pop. They taste awesome!

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