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My kids just told me that these homemade berry yogurt popsicles with granola are tastier than store-bought pops. I’ll take my gold star now, please.
As someone who values healthy, but balanced eating I do get a little giddy about treats that are both tasty and healthier than most of their processed counterparts. And when my kids are excited about them too, all the better. These tasty pops contain no artificial ingredients, no weird dyes, and I get to control the added sugar. Just plain unsweetened yogurt, sweet Oregon frozen blackberries, a little vanilla and pure maple syrup, and a sprinkling of gluten-free granola.
I also told my kids that they could eat these popsicles for breakfast. They gave me a verbal cool mom award for that little stunt.
Making popsicles with the kids
Summer isn’t fully summering unless there are popsicles. And for a kid, popsicles during the hot summer days are basically LIFE. So let’s get the kiddos involved in making them (even if it gets a bit messy) because according to my 7-year old:
- It’s fun to make popsicles.
- It’s cool because you get to shove fun things in the popsicles like the granola and the stick.
- You get to eat them and they taste good. And that’s fun too.
Wise words straight from a kid who knows how to summer.
Minimal Ingredients that create Maximum Tastiness
- Yogurt. Plain, unsweetened Greek or regular full fat yogurt allows us to control how sweet our popsicles are. But you can definitely sub store-bought vanilla yogurt too.
- Oregon Frozen Blackberries (or Raspberries!). Sweet, tasty, economical, perfectly ripe, and available ALL year round. They’re easy to have on hand, using just what you need and eliminating the risk of those precious berries from spoiling. Oregon frozen blackberries are my go-to for all of my berry recipes when picking them fresh is not an economical or seasonal option. (See this pie recipe, and this breakfast recipe, and this overnight oats recipe, and this dessert recipe…just to name a few…and this jam recipe…ok, done now…but don’t forget about these scones).
- Pure Maple Syrup. Now sugar is still sugar no matter what form it comes in, but unrefined sugars like maple syrup contain valuable nutrients while also allowing us to determine how sweet we want our treats to be, which usually results in consuming a lot less sugar while still being able to enjoy the occasional sweet treat.
- Vanilla. Just a little bit gives a big boost of tasty.
- Granola. Homemade (if using this recipe just leave out the dried berries) or this grain free store-bought granola (at least $10 cheaper at Costco, not sure why the price is so high on Amazon) are my faves.
Making pretty popsicles
It’s all about layering.
Half of the yogurt, maple syrup, and vanilla get a quick buzz in a blender with the blackberries. Blend it smooth or leave it a little chunky for some extra blackberry texture. This is our vibrant pink layer.
The other half of the yogurt is mixed with the remaining maple syrup and vanilla. This is our white layer.
For a sweet, chewy popsicle surprise, granola is our third layer.
Adding a big spoonful at a time into a popsicle mold simply layer pink, white, granola, pink, white, and top it off with more granola. Kids love this part so if you’ve got a few of them running around get them in on this action. Will it get a little messy? Yup. But will they remember how much fun they had making and eating them? You betcha. Here’s your gold star (fist bump).
The layers won’t stay perfect once the popsicle stick is inserted which is actually my popsicle preference. And I can’t get perfect layers with these pops even if I tried (with or without the kids participating), so there’s that too.
But with imperfectly perfect layers of blackberry and vanilla, each popsicle chomp becomes a nuanced bite of berry vanilla granola bliss.
So who’s excited for breakfast?! And snack time?! Or whenever you want a popsicle time?!
Me and my kids.
And you (fist bump).
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Berry Yogurt Popsicles with Granola
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours freeze time
- Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins
- Yield: 10 popsicles 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Keep cool this summer with these tasty berry popsicles made with sweet Oregon blackberries and granola! These easy popsicles come together with minimal prep and ingredients. Eat them for breakfast or as an afternoon snack when you need to beat the summer heat. Both kids and adults will LOVE them!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups plain unsweetened yogurt, or Greek yogurt, divided
- 3/4 cup frozen Oregon blackberries, or raspberries
- 4 teaspoons pure maple syrup, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla, divided
- approximately 3/4 cup granola, your favorite kind!
Instructions
- In a blender, puree 1 cup yogurt, blackberries, 2 teaspoons maple syrup, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until desired consistency is reached. This is your pink layer.
- In a small bowl, mix the remaining yogurt, maple syrup, and vanilla. This is your white layer.
- Add layers to the popsicle mold as follows: 1 tablespoon blackberry yogurt, 1 tablespoon vanilla yogurt, 1-2 teaspoons granola. Repeat once more or until the mold is filled to the top.
- Place cover on the popsicle mold and insert popsicle sticks 3/4 of the way in. Freeze for at least 4 hours, or until hard.
- When ready to eat, run popsicle mold under warm water for several seconds just until popsicles loosen and can be removed.
Notes
The equipment section above contains affiliate links to products I use and love!
To make this recipe even easier, swap out the plain yogurt, maple syrup and vanilla for store bought vanilla yogurt.
This is my favorite homemade granola recipe (but I omit the dried berries when using it in this popsicle recipe). This is my favorite store bought grain free granola (it is about $10 cheaper at Costco).
You can find frozen Oregon blackberries in most grocery stores nationwide. More than 90% of US grown, frozen blackberries are from Oregon! Pretty cool, huh?!
- Category: Snack, Breakfast, Dessert
- Method: Freeze
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: popsicles, yogurt popsicles, healthier popsicles, blackberries, summer treats, snack recipe, gluten free recipe
The one in the middle is mine.
Thank you to the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission for sponsoring this post and for supporting the hardworking Oregon caneberry farmers who bring us delicious berries that we can enjoy year round! And thank you to those of you who support the brands that allow Pass Me Some Tasty to keep cooking up the tastiness! Be sure to follow along with all of the tasty berry happenings in Oregon by following @oregonberries on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?!
If you make these Berry Yogurt Popsicles with Granola, I’d love to hear about it! Leave me a comment below and tell me about it! And don’t forget to snap a photo and tag @passmesometasty on Instagram so I can see!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Popsicles – Almonds bring our cookie dough dreams to life in these chocolate chip cookie dough popsicles! Only minutes to make and using simple ingredients. The challenge is waiting for them to freeze before devouring!
No-Churn Red Wine, Strawberry, & Salted Dark Chocolate Ice Cream – A no-churn, light, summery, red-wine infused ice cream with hints of strawberry and salted dark chocolate. Takes only 10 minutes to prep and 4 hours to freeze before you can indulge in this adult-only ice cream.
Made these with my 5yo and he loved them! He ate them with a friend and the friend asked me to send the recipe to his parents (he’s 5 too, it was pretty adorable). We used raspberries instead of blackberries because we had just picked them (Oregon berries in summer 🙌). They ate them as an afternoon snack, and I got some serious cool mom points for letting them eat two popsicles each.
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That’s awesome Minna! So happy to hear the kiddos loved these popsicles! And definitely love that you made them with raspberries. Thanks for leaving a comment! ❤️
Wow! This recipe is SO GOOD and SO EASY! I had my 4yo help out and she loved being able to help make them….then eat them! All three of my kids noted these as their favorite popsicles ever! We made them exactly as the recipe called, make a couple extra popsicles (assuming our molds must have been smaller) We used frozen strawberries, as that’s what we had, and ALL of us loved the added crunch of the granola. I think we’ll be making these weekly this summer! <3
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Yay! So happy to hear that you and your kids enjoyed these popsicles! Thanks for sharing! ❤️