My ten year old daughter has really taken an interest in cooking lately. She has asked several times recently if she could look through my cookbooks just to see what she could find. I think I may just have a fellow foodie in my daughter.
All too often though, I am in a hurry in the kitchen, and don’t take the time to let my kids cook with me as much as I should.
So, one of the things that I have been trying to do is to let them pick things that they want to cook. Instead of helping me cook something that I choose, I let them choose something that we can cook together.
My daughter recently came to me after looking through Paula Deen’s My First Cookbook
for kids (which my girls love), and asked if she could make the yogurt pops that were in the book.
I looked at the recipe and knew this would be an easy and fun recipe for us to make. After thinking about it though I decided to let her tackle this one alone. She was thrilled to be able to cook something without me even being near the kitchen and I was thrilled to let her.
These really were easy and she did a great job on them. A child much younger could easily tackle these without much help.
These actually are great for anyone to make. They are a quick, easy, frugal, and healthy snack for kids.
We did these in small paper cups and used popsicle sticks because my daughter wanted to follow the directions exactly, but if you have popsicle-type molds those would also work well.
Yogurt Pops
A fun and delicious treat for kids and adults.
Ingredients
- One 8-ounce carton of yogurt, any flavor ( we prefer vanilla)
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 Tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Into a bowl, stir together the yogurt, orange juice, and honey. Pour the mixture into 3-ounce paper cups or popsicle mold.
- Place in the freezer. If using small cups you may need to set the cups into a pan and you will need to check on the yogurt cups in about an hour. When they have begun to freeze, put the stick in the center of each one.
- When they are solid and ready to eat, just peel the cup away or remove from popsicle container and enjoy.
- You can also just freeze the yogurt in the cup with no stick and eat it with a spoon, like an Italian ice. Let it sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes before you start eating so it’s not so hard.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 44Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 27mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 0gSugar: 7gProtein: 2g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Wow they look delicious … tell her she just convinced someone to make this !!!!
thx
S.
I saw these in a magazine the other day and thought they’d looked yummy! My son doesn’t do well with dairy or soy yogurt, so I haven’t taken the plunge yet with this. I probably need to see if I can find a nondairy alternative to yogurt.
@momhatescooking
@Kristy, I know they make coconut milk yogurt, it tastes a bit odd to me, but it might be okay in something like this.
These yogurt pops sound great. I also froze your recipe for the orange julius and they were really tasty.
Oh, yum! I wonder if I could try and make this with plain yogurt and blend with some fruit and honey. 😀
@Sherry, I think you could easily use this basic recipe and do other things with it. I think it would be good with other fruit juices too. I would just add more honey if I used plain yogurt.
These look great! I think plain yogurt would taste good. And, you could experiment with different juices!
This sounds really simple and good. I basically make a smoothie ~ throw in some spinach (for some slick veggies) and do the same thing. We add fresh/frozen fruit ~ blueberries are always great to cover the taste of the spinach. This would be really easy though. I bet my very independent 4 year old could do most of this herself. That would absolutely thrill her lol.