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Rainbow Popsicles

RecipeLion Magazine: Jan/Feb 2023

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Rainbow Popsicles

You can "taste the rainbow" with these homemade rainbow popsicles made only from fresh fruit—it's like fruit salad on a stick!

By Amanda MacArthur

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homemade rainbow popsicle

If you really want to know what it means to “taste the rainbow,” try making these rainbow popsicles!

You can layer the colors any way you like, but I tried to follow the traditional colors of the rainbow, starting with red on top and purple on the bottom, and flavor-wise it holds up because even though you’re tricking kiddos into a wee bit of celery with the green layer, they’re starting off with ripe sweet strawberries.

  • Red: Strawberry
  • Orange: Cantaloupe (or Oranges)
  • Yellow: Pineapple
  • Green: Apples and Celery
  • Blue/Purple: Blueberries

Regular popsicles tend to be watery and slightly sweet, but these homemade rainbow popsicles are such a delight to work your way through. There is so much flavor packed into one popsicle, and each layer tastes completely different. It’s like a fruit salad on a stick!

You can make this recipe whether you have a juicer (ideal) or a blender. If you only have a blender, that’s fine because blenders are much easier to clean. You’ll need to add cheesecloth or a fine-mesh strainer into the mix to get the “juice” out which is no biggie, and really, if you don’t want to, you can keep the pulp and fiber right in there!

Even though blenders work great, juicers will do a better, easier job of “juicing”. On the other hand, juicers are a pain to clean, but I’ve come up with the most ideal order so that you only have to clean once while you’re making the juices.

  • Pineapple
  • Cantaloupe (or Oranges)
  • Strawberries
  • Blueberries
    *Clean so it doesn’t turn brown*
  • Apples and celery

After you make the juices, you’ll be separating them until they’re ready to be used, like so:

rainbow popsicles

Then you’ll be freezing them in layers until they’re complete! Here’s the full recipe; I hope you like them!

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Taste all the colors of the rainbow with these homemade Rainbow Popsicles, made with fresh juice from strawberries, cantaloupe, pineapples, and more.

  • Author: Amanda MacArthur
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 Popsicles
  • Category: Desserts

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb cut pineapple
  • 1/2 lb cantaloupe
  • 16 oz strawberries
  • 1 pint blueberries
  • 1 large green apple
  • 3 stalks celery

Instructions

  1. Press or blend the juice one at a time in this order: pineapples, cantaloupe, strawberries, blueberries, transferring the juice to a cup, jar, or bag after each one. Clean machine after the blueberries and before making the green juice, or it will turn brown. Add celery and green apple to make juice and set aside.
  2. Pour juices into Ziploc or silicone bags and store in the freezer for at least 15 minutes.
  3. Remove the strawberry juice, pour the first layer (about 1 tbsp if it’s a pointed popsicle mold), and add your popsicle stick. Freeze for 30 minutes to an hour. Ensure this first layer is totally solid, so the stick is firmly in place for the next layers.
  4. Repeat for each color, following red with orange, yellow, green, then blue/purple. Use about a tablespoon per layer. Mash the juice bags each time you add a new color so they don’t freeze solid. Remaining layers should take about 15 minutes to be firm enough to add the next color. By keeping the juices in the freezer, each layer will freeze faster.

Notes

  • There will be extra juice. Make yourself a fruit punch, or save it for next time.
  • Use a popsicle tray that’s open and that you use popsicle sticks in. Once that bottom layer freezes, the stick is in place and you’re good. However, if you use a kit that has included recyclable sticks with bottoms, you won’t be able to pour liquid in without removing the stick. That’s fine, you can add it at the end, the layers shouldn’t be so frozen that you can’t put the stick in at the end.

If you make these Rainbow Popsicles, let me know what you think!

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RecipeLion Magazine Janfeb 2023

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