Nectarines & Cream Ice Pops

4 natural ingredients.  These Nectarine Popsicles are perfect for a hot Summer's day! Frozen, creamy, and loaded with yummy ripe nectarines. Pair with a bit of granola and you have yourself a healthy peach pie!  Gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan!

The Summer season is the time to stock up on nectarines, and peaches.  When fruit is in season it is at its best.  And that is the time to consume it.  When a peach or a nectarine is super juicy, wet, sweet, tangy, and fleshy you know it's time to eat.  These Nectarine Popsicles  Ice Pops are the perfect healthy treat if you are a peach and nectarine lover.

And when the weather is warm the popsicle molds come out.  This is why my favorite popsicle mold has been getting a lot of use!  In fact, I now own two of these popsicle molds, because good molds that function are hard to find.

These nectarine popsicles are made with just a handful of fresh ingredients.  4 ingredients to be exact if you count water.  No added sugar either, as Summer fruit like nectarines is juicy and ripe enough all by their lonesome selves.

NECTARINE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS

• Loaded with beta carotene, and alpha-carotene
• Full of vitamin A, and vitamin C.  Both can improve skin health, hair health, and wrinkles.
• The colors of peaches and nectarines dictate how much beta-carotene is in the fruit.
• Improves digestive health.  For this reason, eating nectarines or peaches on a sour stomach can help.  Phase 3 of candida diets also allows nectarines and peaches.

COCONUT YOGURT BENEFITS

• Coconut yogurt is loaded with natural live-active probiotics and calcium which is good for your bones, and great for your gut health
• Yogurt of the coconut is 100% dairy-free, so it's a great allergy alternative
• Low in protein, high in fat
• Crammed with potassium, zinc, selenium, and B vitamins

COCONUT YOGURT BRANDS I LOVE

• The yogurt brands I love are Coyo, Harmless Harvest & 2-ingredient Anita's
• The liquid stevia I like is by  Nu Naturals

HOW TO MAKE NECTARINE POPSICLES

• First, you will combine the coconut yogurt, water, and stevia or sugar of choice in a blender.  Blast that for a second or two and set it aside.
• Secondly, you'll chop up those ripe and juicy nectarines into tiny pieces.
• Lastly pour some yogurt mixture into the mold followed by chunks of nectarines, followed by yogurt, followed by nectarines, followed by yogurt until you fill the top of each popsicle mold.
• Cover, add sticks, and freeze for 4 hours OR overnight.
• Loosen from mold and enjoy!

These popsicles are that easy.  And you can make these with any fruit you have on hand!  Do you want this popsicle to taste like it has a crust?  Two ways are noted in the recipe card.

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Nectarines & Cream Ice Pops {dairy-free}

These Nectarines & Cream Ice Pops are perfect for a hot Summer's day. Frozen, creamy, and loaded with yummy ripe nectarines. Gluten, dairy-free, and vegan!

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time6 hours hrs

Total Time6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Dairy-Free, Egg-free, Gluten-Free, healthy, Nut-Free, Vegan

Keyword: coconut, creamy, fruity, ice pops, nectarine, popsicles

Servings: 10 ice pops

Author: Julie Rosenthal

Equipment

• Popsicle Mold and sticks

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened coconut yogurt
• 1 cup spring water filtered
• 3-4 drops liquid stevia
• 2 ½ - 3 cups ripe nectarine chunks skin on

Instructions

• In a blender, combine the coconut yogurt, filtered water and liquid stevia.  Blend well and set aside.
• Cut nectarines into ¼ inch to ⅛ inch slices and chunks and set aside.
• Pour yogurt mixture into a measuring cup and pour a small amount into the bottom of the popsicle mold about ¼ cup full.  
• Then add a few pieces of the fruit into the mold and push down allowing the yogurt to cover the fruit.  
• Repeat with yogurt mixture and pour in ¼ cup full and then add more nectarines and push the fruit down with your fingers.  Keep repeating these two steps until the mold is full. Repeat with all other molds.
• Cover the mold with the lid, add sticks and freeze overnight, or for at least 6 hours.
• Once the pops are ready, remove from the freezer and run hot water over mold to loosen the top lid.  Pull lid off, and continue to run hot water down the sides, and bottoms of each mold to loosen the pops from the molds.
• Store pops in a zip lock bag in the freezer for up to 4 months.

Notes

OPTIONAL: To make this treat more sweet, you can add 2 tablespoons of pure maple syrup along with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to these popsicles and blend in step 1 and eliminate the stevia.  //  Note that if you use maple syrup, it will no longer be a sugar-free sweet.  Also, note that if you use maple syrup you do not need to use stevia. // If you are allergic to coconut, feel free, and use unsweetened dairy Greek yogurt or any other plant-based yogurt alternative.  You have the option to use unsweetened or sweetened.  Or you can use unsweetened and add additional sweetener.  Go with your tastebuds.  // If you use a vanilla-flavored yogurt, do not add vanilla extract to this recipe. // The yogurt brands I love are Anita's and Coyo.  These are the brands I have tested this recipe with. //

Love & health,