Homemade ice lollies

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Homemade lollies are a cheap and healthy alternative to the shop-bought kind... No ice mould? No problem!

Preparation

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Ingredients
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Fruit juice lollies

apple and blackcurrant cordial (optional)
orange cordial (optional)
fresh fruit juice (apple, orange, tropical... whatever you fancy! - optional)
water (or lemonade!)

Yoghurt lollies

yoghurt (any flavour - optional)
fromage frais (any flavour - optional)

Fruit juice lollies

Using either cordial or fresh fruit juice, dilute to about half and half, with water (or lemonade for a treat) - fill ice lolly moulds and freeze

Yoghurt lollies

Use your favourite flavour of yoghurt or fromage frais mixed up with a little milk - fill ice lolly moulds and freeze

You will need

Ice lolly moulds - This handy set of six is SO easy to use and is dishwasher safe, too. You can get it at Amazon for £10.99.

Tips

The kids will love helping to make these and, unlike some of the shop-bought ones, you know exactly what's going into them. You can buy plastic lolly moulds and little wooden sticks quite cheaply from most supermarkets at this time of year and pound shops quite often have them too. There are so many variations you can try, why not try them all and pick your favourite.

Pots of fromage frais make good lollies - just whip the top off, pop a wooden lolly stick in each one and freeze!

Variations

Mix 'n' match: For a two coloured lolly that the kids will love you can always try half filling the moulds with one thing, letting them freeze and then adding something else before returning to the freezer - anything goes really so just have fun experimenting!
Banana popsicles: Cut a banana in half width-ways and push a lolly stick into the cut end of each half, spread with peanut butter or chocolate spread, wrap in greaseproof paper and freeze
Fruit lollies: So many options here... apples, peaches, berries, bananas - whatever you fancy, peeled and cored, then blended with some fruit juice or plain yoghurt
Banana & honey lollies: Blend bananas with a small amount of honey and milk
Angel Delight lollies: Taste just like 'mini-milks'!

Reviews

★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ 6 ratings Rate this recipe

Polly L(45)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5

Using yoghurt pots as moulds is a genius idea! I didn't even have a stick, so I just used my daughter's old plastic weaning spoons as sticks, and they worked great!

on 14/4/20
Guest

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5

Amazing recipe! Tasted great! The kids loved them! Stored them in Ice Pop Pouches.

on 17/10/16
DUNCAN B(4)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5

So easy to make and gave the Grandchildren confidence to try other cooking methods too.

on 11/9/15
Guest

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4

To get the lollies out of the mould, run them under a warm tap for a few seconds, they come out easier (keep them in the moulds until you are ready to eat them, if possible)

on 14/5/15
Guest

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5

my lollies often stick when coming out of the mould and dont come out in one piece, how can I stop this?

on 14/5/15
Guest

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4

Great healthy alternative to ice-creams!

on 26/2/15
Guest

they look yummy

on 1/8/13
Guest

Hi ladies- my lollies have always been full of ice crystals when I've made them, which put me off a bit. Has anyone got any tips to avoid this? Do I have to shake/ stir them a bit while they're freezing?

on 28/6/13
Guest

I'll definitely try the banana popsicles lollies, but used crushed rusks instead of peanuts!

on 27/6/13
Guest

Great idea, we've hda hours of fun making and eating! Favourite is banana and nesquik!

on 19/6/13
Caz C(4)

My little boy likes blueberry lollies. We just whizzed up some blueberries with creme fraiche and he loves them! Same goes for strawberries It's such a good way of getting fruit down him!

on 26/4/11