These vibrant red, white, and blue popsicles are a fun, fruity, and refreshing way to celebrate July 4th—healthy, festive, and perfect for kids to make and enjoy!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time6 hourshrs
Total Time6 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Servings: 10popsicles
Equipment
Popsicle Molds
Popsicle Sticks
Blender
Ingredients
Red Layer:
8Strawberriesfrozen
½cupwater
2tablespoonswhite sugar
White Layer:
12ouncescoconut milk
½cupwhite sugar
¼cuplemon juice
Blue Layer:
1 ½cupwarm water
3tablespoonssugar
½teaspoonraspberry kool-aid
Instructions
Add the water, strawberries, and sugar to a blender and blend into a smooth puree.
Spoon the puree into the popsicle molds, making sure to only fill them ⅓ of the way. Freeze the popsicles for 2 hours.
Rinse the blender. Make the white layer by blending the coconut milk, white sugar, and lemon juice together.
Pour the creamy white layer over the frozen red layer and fill only ⅔ of the way. Transfer the popsicles back to the freezer for another 2 hours.
Make the final blue layer by mixing the water, sugar, and raspberry Kool Aid together in a bowl or mixing jug.
Pour this final layer over the frozen popsicles and then freeze these 4th of July treats for an extra 4 hours.
Notes
● You can substitute the strawberries for raspberries in the red layer if necessary. ● Also yogurt can be a substitute for coconut milk.