Homemade Sugar-Free Fruit Popsicles (with Frozen Fruit)

Homemade Popsicles with Real Fruit

Making your own homemade popsicles is super easy. And you have the ability to monitor all of the ingredients more closely than any store-bought brand.

Homemade popsicles with real fruit are not only healthier but also tastier.

This recipe for sugar-free fruit popsicles proves that refined sugar is not required to make a delicious healthy homemade snack.

Homemade Popsicles with Frozen Fruit

Do you need to use fresh fruit to make homemade popsicles?

Quite simply: No. Frozen fruit can work just as well as fresh fruit for many popsicle recipes.

And this recipe is one of those.

There’s no need to thaw your frozen fruit, either. Just make sure to add enough water (or coconut water) to allow your blender to puree the fruit.

Healthy Popsicle Recipe with No Sugar

If you select the right fruit, you really don’t need to add any refined sugar to the popsicles.

This recipe uses a mix of berries–some of which may be quite tart. If you aren’t a fan of sour-tinged popsicles, then you have several options to make this recipe tailored to your needs:

• Add a tablespoon of raw honey or maple syrup.
• Mash half of a very ripe banana and add it to the blender with the other fruit.
• Blend in 1/4 cup of sweetened applesauce.
• Choose to use sweeter berries (no cranberries or raspberries or tart blueberries).

Tools for Making Homemade Fruit Popsicles Without Sugar

You need only three pieces of equipment to make these delicious homemade popsicles:

• a blender
• a spatula
• a popsicle mold

Super simple, huh?

Ingredients for Homemade Sugar-Free Fruit Popsicles

Only two simple ingredients (with an optional third) are necessary to make these delicious popsicles.

• 2 cups frozen mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, mulberries, blackberries, etc.)
• Juice of half an organic lemon (about 2 1/2 – 3 Tbsp.)
• 1-2 Tbsp. raw honey (optional, as desired)

How to Make Homemade Fruit Popsicles with Frozen Fruit

1. In a blender, blitz the frozen mixed berries and lemon juice until pureed and free of any lumps.
2. Taste the berry mixture. Add raw honey for sweetener, if desired.
3. Pour the popsicle puree into popsicle molds. Freeze for at least four hours or overnight.
4. Store in the popsicle mold or in an airtight food storage bag.

Homemade Popsicle Recipe Variations

If you have tried this recipe several times and want to try something new, here are a few ideas to freshen up your popsicles:

• Add a bit of lemon zest or orange zest.
• Stir in just a bit of maple syrup or raw honey.
• Use coconut water instead of lemon juice in the popsicles.

How to Store Homemade Sugar-Free Fruit Popsicles

These popsicles should only be stored in the freezer. Keep them in their original popsicle mold, or remove them from the mold and place in an airtight plastic food storage bag.

Just as with any frozen food, popsicles can get freezer burnt. So long-term storage is not ideal. However, popsicles do not mold or lose nutritional value if left in the freezer for months at a time, and so they do not have the fast expiration that some other homemade snacks do.

Does freezing fruit make it lose vitamins?

Because these popsicles are made with fruit (and frozen fruit, at that), you might be wondering if all this freezing affects the nutritional value.

The answer is: No.

“According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), there is little change in nutritional value during freezer storage” (source).

In fact, freezing often actually preserves nutrients better than other preservation methods do (source).