How To Make Peach Popsicles
These peach popsicles are a great way to enjoy a homemade sweet treat while cooling down in the summer with real fruit. This recipe is especially easy because it uses canned peaches!!
Making Homemade Popsicles
Popsicles are a delicious and often a nostalgic treat to enjoy in the summer time. The addition of a good quality yogurt adds some much needed nutrition to a classic treat.
Homemade vs Store Bought Popsicles
Making your own homemade popsicles may seem intimidating and difficult. However, once you see how easy and delicious they are, you might never go back to buying them from the store!
Not only are these peach popsicles more delicious with the REAL fruit and whole food ingredients, they only use a few ingredients that you probably have in your kitchen. When you look at the complicated ingredient list of a store bought version, you’ll surely be convinced that these homemade popsicles are the best, more simple option for you and your family.
Looking for more recipe inspiration for summer time treats? You might also enjoy this Homemade Blueberry Ice Cream or these Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles.
Ingredients For Homemade Peach Popsicles
Canned Peaches
Since these popsicles are going to be peach flavored, you will of course need peaches! Since peaches are in season in the mid to late summer, you can certainly use fresh peaches. However, if your household is like mine, fresh peaches tend to be a hot commodity and get eaten pretty quickly. In that case, I like to use canned or frozen in this recipe. In fact, I often use frozen fruit in popsicles and ice cream because it’s most convenient.
Vanilla Extract
While the amount of vanilla extract in this recipe is very small, it helps to round out the flavor of these peach popsicles really well. If you don’t have vanilla extract, you can use vanilla bean paste. If you don’s have either, you can skip it!
Sweetener
While it isn’t completely necessary to add extra sweetener to your homemade popsicles, it does add to the overall flavor of the treat. This is especially important if you or your family are JUST making the transition from store bought treats to homemade treats. Over time, you can adjust the level of sweetness to be less or more depending on your preferences.
If you enjoy this occasional treat with some extra sweetener, I suggest using a less refined sweetener. This recipe calls for using maple syrup due to its ability to easily incorporate into most mixtures.
Other sweeteners you could use include honey or unrefined cane sugar. If you like to use any kind of granulated sugar alternatives (such as coconut, maple, date or turbinado), you can also use them here. Depending on your sweetness preference and the kind of sweetener you use, you may need to adjust the sweetener amount.
How to Store Homemade Peach Popsicles
To keep the best possible texture, these popsicles are best stored in the freezer until you want to enjoy them. Since popsicle molds only have a few compartments, it’s usually easiest to just keep them in the mold until they’re all gone. If you’re using single use plastic popsicles bags, I recommend making a dedicated spot in your freezer to store this delicious treat!
The Shelflife of Homemade Peach Popsicles
As with just about anything homemade with real food ingredients, the shelf life of these treats are much shorter than store bought versions. If stored in a chest freezer that stays consistently really cold, these popsicles will stay fresh and tasty for 3-6 months. However, you and your family will likely finish them off well before that time has passed.
Ingredients and Tools
1/2 cup Maple Syrup (or other sugar equivalent sweetener like coconut sugar, date sugar or honey)
16 oz Canned Peaches (with the juice)
1 1/2 cups Filtered water
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
A high powder blender or An immersion blender
Measuring cups and spoons
A large pitcher or glass jar
A whisk or spoon
Disposable popsicle bags or A popsicle mold
Directions
- To begin, add all ingredients into a high powered blender and blend until smooth.
- If you don’t want any peach pulp in your popsicles, you’ll need to strain the blended mixture. Once the mixture has settled, strain the peach pulp from the liquid by pouring the mixture through a fine mesh sieve.
- Add mixture into each compartment of your popsicle mold.
- Place popsicles on a flat surface in your freezer until solid.
- Once the popsicles are solid, they are ready to be enjoyed!
Peach Popsicles FAQ:
Why Make Homemade Popsicles?
Making your own homemade popsicles may seem intimidating and difficult. However, once you see how easy and delicious they are, you might never go back to buying them from the store!
Not only are these popsicles more delicious with the REAL fruit and whole food ingredients, they only use a few ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen. When you look at the complicated ingredient list of a store bought version, you’ll surely be convinced that these homemade popsicles are the best and more simple option for you and your family.
Should I Use Fresh Or Canned Peaches?
Since peaches are in season in the mid to late summer, you can certainly use fresh peaches. However, canned or frozen peaches work great in this recipe. I often use frozen fruit in popsicles and ice cream because it’s most convenient. Use what you have available to you.
Does This Recipe Really Need Vanilla Extract?
While the amount of vanilla extract in this recipe is very small, it helps to round out the flavor of these peach popsicles really well. If you don’t have vanilla extract, you can use vanilla bean paste. If you don’s have either, you can skip it!
What Kind Of Sweetener Should I Use For Homemade Popsicles?
While it isn’t completely necessary to add extra sweetener to your homemade popsicles, it does add to the overall flavor of the treat. This is especially important if you or your family are JUST making the transition from store bought treats to homemade treats. Over time, you can adjust the level of sweetness to be less or more depending on your preferences.
If you enjoy this occasional treat with some extra sweetener, I suggest using a less refined sweetener. This recipe calls for using raw cane sugar. However my favorite sweetener is Maple syrup due to its ability to easily incorporate into most mixtures. Other sweeteners you could use include honey or unrefined cane sugar. If you like to use any kind of granulated sugar alternatives (such as coconut, maple, date or turbinado), you can also use them here. Depending on your sweetness preference and the kind of sweetener you use, you may need to adjust the sweetener amount.
How Do I Store Homemade Peach Popsicles?
To keep the best possible texture, these popsicles are best stored in the freezer until you want to enjoy them. Since popsicle molds only have a few compartments, it’s usually easiest to just keep them in the mold until they’re all gone.
What’s The Shelflife of Homemade Peach Popsicles?
As with just about anything homemade with real food ingredients, the shelflife of these treats are much shorter than store bought versions. If stored in a chest freezer that stays really cold, these popsicles will stay fresh and tasty for 3-6 months. However, you and your family will likely finish them off well before that time has passed.
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Homemade Peach Popsicles
Equipment
- A high powder blender or An immersion blender
- Measuring cups and spoons
- A large pitcher or glass jar
- A whisk or spoon
- Disposable popsicle bags or A popsicle mold
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Maple Syrup or other sugar equivalent sweetener like coconut sugar, date sugar or honey
- 16 oz Canned Peaches with the juice
- 1 1/2 cups Filtered water
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- To begin, add all ingredients into a high powered blender and blend until smooth.
- If you don’t want any peach pulp in your popsicles, you’ll need to strain the blended mixture. Once the mixture has settled, strain the peach pulp from the liquid by pouring the mixture through a fine mesh sieve over a pitcher or glass jar.
- Add mixture into each compartment of your popsicle mold.
- Place popsicles on a flat surface in your freezer until solid.
- Once the popsicles are solid, they are ready to be enjoyed!
