Healthy strawberry banana popsicles made with only 3 ingredients. You’ll crave them all summer long.
How was your first official weekend of summer? What did you do? ☀
While Kevin was at the beach with his friends doing normal summer things like riding jet skis and drinking orange crushes, I was slowly packing all 15,983 fragile food props that I own. (And simultaneously regretting buying every-single-one.)
If that sounds like a nightmare to you… it was.
Yep, we are officially moving! I am thrilled to finally work in a kitchen larger than a small closet.
Alright, let me present you my new favorite snack. These healthy strawberry banana popsicles are summer on a stick. They’re a snap to make and just what the doctor ordered as the temps rise. Turn off that oven, crank up the AC, and go get yourself an ice pop mold.
Bonus: only 3 ingredients needed to make them!! Music to my ears.
Bonus #2: they’re obnoxiously PINK.
Here is the popsicle mold that I own. Durable, inexpensive, and dish-washer safe. If you don’t want to buy it online, I’ve seen these popsicle molds (or similar brands) at Target, Walmart, William’s Sonoma, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
If you’ve tried my skinny strawberry banana milkshakes, chances are you loved them. These pretty-in-pink popsicles are similar in both fruity taste and creamy texture.
You only need 3 healthy ingredients to get the job done – strawberries, a frozen banana, and juice. My favorite juice to use for these fruity pops is pineapple juice; it pairs wonderfully with the sweet strawberries and creamy bananas to make a tropical tasting pop. Alternatively, you could use freshly squeezed orange juice.
I like to use a frozen banana because it gives the popsicles an unbelievably creamy texture, without the need of high-fat dairy. Simply peel a ripe banana, slice into chunks, and freeze. Blend with 12 large strawberries, a little juice, pour into ice pop molds and freeze.
Yup yup, that’s it.
Because it’s me, I accidentally made these pops on the hottest day of the week. And it was unbelievably hard to stop myself from eating ALL six popsicles before I shot this post.
Clean eating popsicles that kids (and you!) will love. And you can actually feel good about eating them. Uh, all 6 of them. I’m not judging.
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Healthy strawberry banana popsicles made with only 3 ingredients. Beat the heat with a skinny treat this summer!
Ingredients
- 1 large ripe banana, peeled, cut into chunks, & frozen
- 12 large strawberries, sliced in half
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice (or orange juice)
Instructions
- Blend all of the ingredients together on high speed until smooth – about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the blender as needed as you go.
- Pour the mixture into popsicle molds. If your popsicle mold has slots for sticks, you can insert them before freezing – if not, freeze for 2 hours, then put a wooden popsicle stick in the middle (that is what I did). Continue to freeze for an additional 6 hours or overnight – overnight is recommended for easy removal.
- Run popsicle molds under warm water to easily remove. Eat on a hot day. Enjoy!
Notes
- Sweetener: Taste the mixture before freezing. If you prefer the popsicles to be sweeter, you can add a bit of honey. If your strawberries and banana are ripe, you shouldn’t need additional sweetener.
- Here is the popsicle mold I use!
Keywords: strawberry banana popsicles
Would using mostly water with a zing of lime juice would work as well as the juice? Just trying to remove some of the added juice sugar…
You could certainly try that!
Just made them! theyre so simple and delicious i wanted to eat the whole thing before they were even frozen hahaha. thank you!
Could you use apple juice or almond milk instead???
either work!
Why do you need to pre freeze the bananas?
Freezing then whipping bananas turns them into a silky smooth vanilla tasting ice-cream of sorts. Fantastic as a base for these popsicles.
I found this three ingredient strawberry-banana popsicle recipe and thought perfect! I started looking around, I only had frozen strawberries and bananas…no juice. So I improvised and used original soymilk and agave nectar to sweeten it!! It turned out incredible! It’s ultra creamy and sweet, full of flavor! Simple is better.
Hi Sally, i am gonna try these but wanted to know if i could use a couple fresh pineapple slices instead of the juice? would that b ok?
and thanks for the recipes … been back here a few times using recipes that are healthy and yummy and family pleasing 🙂
I can’t see why not because the pineapples will let out so much juice when blended. You might need to add a little water to thin the mixture out. Let me know how they turn out.
This recipe is a keeper! Our strawberries in April are not quite ripe and sweet yet, so I added some honey to the listed ingredients. We all loved it; thank you!
These look sooo good. Gonna try these,it’s getting hot here☀️
Hello, thanks for sharing! I mentioned this post in my blog, check it out and let me know what you think. 🙂
http://www.outsidejeanniesbottle.com/my-summer-bucketlist/
Thanks for the feature and I love the bucket list– especially that road trip!
Hey there! I found your recipe on Pinterest and decided it was the very first one I was going to try with the new Popsicle molds I just bought to help keep our summer cool and tasty. 🙂 Thanks for sharing and I look forward to trying other recipes from your site! Blessings.
I love the look of your blog! Thanks for sharing this recipe, I will pin this and make them this afternoon for my ice lolly loving 8 year old. We live in the French Alps and summer has not quite hit us yet but it will any minute, so we will be prepared with lots of frozen ice lolly treats in the freezer. Now summer had better hurry up or they may all be gone by the time it arrives 🙂
Girl…you weren’t kidding about these being obnoxiously pink! So fabulous.
These look great! Can I use frozen strawberries? I have two bags in the freezer and don’t know what to do with them!
Frozen thawed & drained strawberries will work here!
Sally, I so much enjoy your blog, recipes, and pictures! Happy news for your family. This recipe will be fun to make with my Grand’s! Thanks a lot!
Wow. This looks so goooood!! I’m definitely going to make these! 🙂 Thanks for creating this glorious piece of goodness!
Oh, we featured your recipe in our ultimate popsicle collection article so our readers can try this awesome dessert, too!
Is the juice required?
To thin out the very thick mixture, yes.
Sally, have you ever tried freeze-dried fruit in a popsicle? They work great in buttercream frosting and I’m curious to try them here. I might have to experiment. What’s the worst that could happen?
I haven’t tried it!
Hey!! I’m so excited to try this recipe. My daughter was just diagnosed with a dairy allergy so this is perfect. But I am curious, how long do the pops last once made? I’d love to use the recipe for her ball team’s last game but that’s 7 days away and was curious on how soon or far out to make them.
I also added some frozen peaches to this recipe. Kids loved them, me too!
How many calories are in the popsicles?
I had a bunch of frozen raspberries in my freezer from last year so I used your recipe and it turned out great!!
And I just totaled it up for one large banana, 12 large strawberries and a half a cup of pineapple juice. Comes up 254 cal divided by six Popsicles equals 42 cal each! Wow that is wonderful
I was wondering can you fresh peaches and freeze them in place of the bananas? I love strawberries and peaches. I was wondering can you use apple juice in place of the orange juice?
Hi Donna, I think both substitutions would be great!
Made these yesterday and they’re super tasty and refreshing! Kind of like a frozen smoothie. I’ll be making them again and I’m already thinking about other fruits to try in place of the strawberries!
My 3 yr old saw the molds today and begged to make icies. We just whipped up a batch of these delicious treats. We can barely wait until they’re ready to eat. This is our second year using this recipe and we love it!
YAY! I’m so glad that it’s becoming a tradition!
Would frozen strawberries work ok? Thank you!
Hi Cassie! Frozen thawed & drained strawberries will work here!