Summertime, when it’s hot and bananas are ripening at a fast rate, is a great time to make healthy banana popsicles!
We love putting our bananas — peels and all — to good use for banana popsicles! Check out some of the many benefits.
For making popsicles, we first essentially make a smoothie in our Vitamix and then pour that into the ice cream molds. So most any popsicle batter can often serve equally as smoothies and vice versa. So when we make smoothies, if there’s any leftover, we just pour it into a popsicle mold to freeze for later.
The Benefits of Healthy Banana Popsicles
Homemade banana popsicles are a winner for many reasons:
- Saves waste by making good use of over-ripe or rapidly ripening bananas.
- Saves waste and makes good use of the highly beneficial banana peels along with the banana pulp. (Optional, but surprisingly a good addition)!
- Save money! Homemade popsicles cost a fraction of the price of store bought.
- Quicker than a trip to the store and super easy to make in just 10 minutes (plus freezing time).
- Healthy and refreshing frozen treat:
- Low calories
- Low sugar
- High in nutrients, especially calcium, magnesium & phosphorus.
Substitutions & Variations
Substitutions
Banana popsicles are versatile, and you can easily substitute ingredients to cater to various dietary needs or preferences:
- Ripe Bananas: You can choose a variety of ways to use bananas, but whether fresh or frozen, peeled or unpeeled, it’s easier on your blender to chop them into 1-2 inch chunks.
- Fresh unpeeled bananas
- Fresh peeled bananas
- Frozen unpeeled bananas
- Frozen peeled bananas
- Coconut Milk: There are so many wonderful health