Best Cantaloupe Ice Pops Recipes

CANTALOUPE ICE POPS

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Your reminders to "eat your fruit" will finally stick once kids take a lick of these mmm-melony snacks. A perfect use for overripe cantaloupe, these pops make a light dessert or healthy between-meal refresher. -Susan Hein, Burlington, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 10m

Yield 1 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

4 cups cubed cantaloupe
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
12 plastic cups or ice pop molds (3 ounces each)
12 wooden pop sticks

Steps:

In a blender or food processor, combine the first 5 ingredients; cover and process until smooth. Pour 1/4 cup into each cup or mold; insert pop sticks. Freeze until firm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 35 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 9mg sodium, Carbohydrate 9g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein. Diabetic Exchanges

CANTALOUPE ICE POPS

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Make and share this Cantaloupe Ice Pops recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories Frozen Desserts

Time 4h20m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1/2 ripe cantaloupe, peeled, seeds removed, cut into chunks
1/2 cup sugar
1 lime, zest of
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

Steps:

Puree the cantaloupe in a blender and measure: you should have 2 cups.
Return the puree to the blender and process with 3/4 cups water, the sugar, and the lime zest and juice.
Pour equal amounts into 8 ice-pop molds.
Cover each mold with its lid and insert a wooden stick.
Freeze until the pops are solid, at least 4 hours or overnight.
Remove the pops from the molds and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 60.8, Fat 0.1, Sodium 5.7, Carbohydrate 15.5, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 15.2, Protein 0.3