Description
Homemade cherry lime popsicles offer a refreshing summer treat with tangy lime and sweet cherries. Cool ingredients blend into a simple, delightful dessert that brings pure enjoyment when you need a quick, chilled snack.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cherries (pitted)
- ½ cup lime juice (fresh)
- ½ cup yogurt (nondairy, preferably Forager)
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- Zest from all limes
Instructions
- Blending: Pulverize cherries, lime juice, sugar, and water in a high-powered blender until achieving a smooth, homogeneous crimson liquid with no fruit remnants.
- Molding: Transfer the liquid into popsicle molds, maintaining a quarter-inch space at the top to accommodate freezing expansion, then meticulously insert wooden sticks centered in each mold.
- Freezing: Strategically position molds in the freezer, ensuring stick alignment, and allow initial freezing for 2-3 hours to stabilize the structure.
- Setting: Continue freezing for an additional 4-5 hours or overnight, enabling complete solidification and optimal textural development.
- Releasing: Briefly immerse mold exteriors under tepid water for 10-15 seconds to facilitate effortless popsicle extraction without compromising their pristine form.
- Serving: Delicately extract the cherry-lime frozen delicacies and arrange on a chilled serving plate, presenting a vibrant, refreshing summer treat.
Notes
- Freeze Strategically: Check popsicle sticks every 2-3 hours to prevent uneven positioning and ensure a perfectly centered frozen treat.
- Blend Thoroughly: Process ingredients until no fruit chunks remain, creating a smooth, velvety liquid for a professional-looking popsicle.
- Release with Care: Use warm water technique (10-15 seconds) to gently remove popsicles without breaking their delicate structure.
- Patience Pays Off: Allow 6-8 hours or overnight freezing for the ideal texture and maximum flavor concentration.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts, Drinks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 80
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg