These cherry coconut popsicles are fun, fruity and the taste of summer! Made with just 3 ingredients of frozen cherries, coconut milk and maple syrup, they're so quick and easy to prep as a creamy frozen treat for adults and kids alike.
If there's one thing I can count on, it's the kids in my family asking for a popsicle on a hot day! Rather than heading to the store I prefer to make these cherry coconut popsicles, my cherry mango popsicles or perhaps my berry sorbet.
The kids get an icy frozen treat and I know they're getting some sweet nutritious fruit at the same time! Plus they're so easy to make with just 3 ingredients and all simple recipe steps. So let's talk about making coconut popsicles for all the family!
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🍒 Ingredients
All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.
Some notes to help guide you:
- Cherries - I suggest to use frozen sweet cherries to make these cherry popsicles. They're much more affordable than fresh cherries and available year-round.
- Coconut milk - the type that comes in a can.
📖 Swaps and Variations
Adjust the cherry to coconut milk ratio. Love a more fruity popsicle? Add a little more of the frozen cherries. Love a more creamy coconut popsicle? Add a little more coconut milk!
🔪 How to Make Cherry Coconut Popsicles
Making these dairy free coconut popsicles with frozen cherries is very easy. All you need is a blender and popsicle molds.
All the instructions are in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.
Step 1: Combine ingredients
Add the frozen cherries, coconut milk and maple syrup to your blender cup (image 1).
Step 2: Blend!
Blend the cherries, coconut milk and maple syrup to a thick smoothie-like consistency so you don't have any lumps of fruit. You may need to scrape the sides of the blender down if there's any sticking (image 2).
Step 3: Pour into the popsicle molds
Pour the popsicle mixture into your popsicle molds (image 3). Depending upon the type of mold you are using, make sure not to fill right to the top and leave about ¼ to ½ inch of space so the mixture can expand.
Transfer the popsicle molds to the freezer and freeze for at least 4 hours. You may need a little longer or overnight if the popsicles are larger in size.
💭 Recipe Tips and Notes
- This recipe is for quite a creamy (but dairy free!) popsicle. If you like a more fruity flavor, simply add some more frozen cherries.
- Mix up the fruits! I've added some frozen blueberries to the recipe when I didn't have quite enough cherries and it was so good!
- If you're popsicle molds are larger in size, you may need to freeze for 6 hours rather than four hours (or overnight).
- Don't be tempted to get the popsicles out the freezer too early. They will be soft and mushy and may dribble down your white top. Hint, maybe it's not the day to wear a white top . . .
📋 Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, we use coconut milk rather than yogurt or milk so they are dairy free popsicles.
It depends on the type of mold you are using, but running a little warm water over the mold should help loosen the popsicle.
🍭 More Icy Sweet Treats
Do check out my desserts page for more frozen ice lollies and sorbets, including my mango sorbet without ice cream maker recipe, and these fun ideas:
There are lots of fun icy ideas such as mango 'nice cream', sorbet and two-tone popsicles in my low histamine sweet treats ebook if you would like to check it out! (AD - own product)
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📖 Recipe
Cherry Coconut Popsicles (3 Ingredients)
Equipment
- Popsicle molds
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen cherries
- 1.5 cups coconut milk
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Add your frozen cherries, coconut milk and maple syrup to a blender and blend to a thick smoothie-like consistency.
- Pour the mixture Into your popsicle molds and place in the freezer for at least four hours for them to set (larger popsicles may require more freezing time).
Notes
- Use a high powered blender to blend up the frozen cherries.
- Adjust with more cherries for a more fruity popsicle, or a little more coconut milk for a more creamy popsicle.
- Depending upon the type of popsicle mold you are using, leave a space of about ¼ inch at the top to allow for the mixture expanding in the freezer.
- Nutritional information is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- cherries score 0 on the list, but has the note 'controversial' next to them.
- coconut milk, which scores 1.
