Homemade Creamsicles
Best of all, these homemade creamsicles are a snack you can prepare ahead and have ready at a moment’s notice.
No need to stock the pantry with the backside bulging boxes of cookies, crackers, and chips from the store that are sure to make your child grumpy and lazed out on the couch in front of the TV or playing video games.
Pitch those boxes of store creamsicles too that loaded with GMO sugar, additives and chemicals and get creative! This healthy alternative is made with only enzyme rich, fresh pressed juice and heavy grassfed cream to slow the carb absorption to a crawl so no sugar crash 30 minutes later. They are a healthy alternative you can try right away!
Note that they make more than a great snack too. Medicinally, they are wonderful to have on hand in the freezer as a quick sore throat remedy to comfort a child with something cold that isn’t sugary.
Also, if you prefer not to freeze the recipe below, it makes for a healthy glass of breakfast OJ too.
Homemade Creamsicles How-to Video
In this video lesson below, I demonstrate how to quickly make no sugar creamsicles using the fresh pressed juice of your choice. I prefer to use orange juice as it is readily available fresh where I live. Alternatively, you can use homemade orangina or fermented lemonade to create a probiotic loaded creamsicle.
Use whatever is seasonally available for you.
Homemade, No Sugar Creamsicles Recipe
Healthy, no sugar creamsicle recipe using fresh juice of choice and a small amount of nourishing fats that prevents the blood sugar crash and grumpies from sugar/chemical loaded commercial popsicles.
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh squeezed orange juice
- 3 Tbl heavy grassfed cream
Instructions
Mix fresh orange juice and cream well with a whisk so there are no lumps. You can sometimes get freshly squeezed orange juice in season at the healthfood store.
Pour into nontoxic popsicle containers (I like these) and place in the freezer until thoroughly frozen.
Enjoy your delicious homemade creamsicles anytime! They are especially refreshing after an afternoon of hot yard work, for a light dessert after dinner or even for breakfast if you dare!
Do you have any other creative ideas for healthy after school snacks for the kids? Please share in the comments section! I am always seeking new options to mix things up.
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Ooh, yummy. I had the biggest craving for creamsicles while pregnant but I wouldn’t indulge it due to the ingredients. If it keeps getting warmer we will definitely be indulging in this.
Yes, I craved cream when I was pregnant too! I ate bowls of sliced banana, cream, and a dash of raw honey.
is it okay to eat raw stuff when you are pregnant? like raw dairy, and medium rare to rare meats and fish? of course western doctors say no, but i’m curious what your thoughts are…thanks!
Absolutely! The more the better. Eating these foods will impart even more nutrition into your diet. Check out the Weston A. Price prenatal diet recomendations and their articles on raw milk. They explain everything pretty thouroughly. And also, many traditional societies presented raw organ meats such as liver and kidney exclusively to pregnant and nursing mothers.
Oh, the kids aren’t the only ones who will love this! I remember when you posted about mixing cream with orange juice to drink. I had to try it. That’s when I saw how much juice you actually get from 1 orange. I would never have thought of it and it was delicious! I will be making this treat this summer. I just wish organic oranges weren’t so expensive. I will have to look for organic oj for this.
Thanks, Sarah, I’ll definitely try the Creamsicles! My kids love popsicles, so I think this will be a hit here. Their favorite Popsicle is made with avocados and it has a delicious velvety consistency. Remove the skin and the pit (obviously!) of the avocado and process it in a food processor or a blender until smooth, adding just enough milk (not a whole lot) to make it into a creamy consistency. Add your sweetener of choice — in our case it’s honey — and you have “avocado cream”. I love to eat it like this, but the kids love to pour it into Popsicle molds and make it into “avocado Popsicles”. I am from Brazil where avocado cream is a very typical dessert. They unfortunately use sugar, though. My Cuban husband almost had a heart attack the first time he was served “sweet avocado” in Brazil, since avocado is usually eaten salty — as in guacamole or in salads — in the rest of Latin America. But once he overcame his prejudice and tried it, he was hooked.
Paula, thank you for this amazing idea. I would never have thought to use avocado in a creamy dessert! I am going to try this for sure the next time I whip up a batch of creamsicles.
I just discoverd “sweet avocado,” and I’m hooked as well 🙂
For my kids, I use a banana, an avocado, about 1 – 2 TBSP of nut butter, some milk to make it a creamy consistency, and a dash of cinnamon. Blend it up, and (as my 5 yr old said) “it’s better than cookies or cake!” We also add frozen berries sometimes.
I was born in Brazil and grew up on avocado “pudding.” My mom used lemon juice to thin it out instead of milk – which is delicious to have the citrus flavor to balance out the creamy consistency.
I love the ideas w/avocado- have some on the counter waiting to be used! Great way to use something so healthy!
We dearly love popsicles in the summertime. Our fav is honey sweetened fudgsicles.
Jamie, is the recipe easy enough to share here? I would love to know!
Oh, yes, quite easy:
Fudgesicles
2 c fresh farm raw milk (full fat)
1/3 c raw local honey
3 tbsp cocoa
2 TB (non gmo) cornstarch
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp butter
Cook on low to thicken, cool, mold and freeze.
Makes 8 popsicles
Oh wow! Delicious! I don’t have any cornstarch .. I’m assuming I could sub arrowroot powder to thicken instead.
Made these last night and they were delish! Our family gobbled them up today with requests to make again tonight. I did add 1 tsp. Of chocolate extract flavoring and substituted arrowroot for cornstarch. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I think these would be great using any pureed fruit of your choice instead of juice. Strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, banana with a touch of lime to preserve the color. And I think red grapefruit juice in place of orange would be rather interesting, too.
Some snacks we love:
1. apples/cucumbers with cream
2. dips for veggies or as a topping for chicken, fish:
avocado, lemon, sea salt, whole yogurt or cream blended
same as above but with cucumber instead of avocado (adding garlic gives a kick)
3. strawberry vitamin C slushies- 1 bag of partially thawed frozen organic strawberries with juice of 1-2 lemons and raw honey to taste. blend and add enough water to get the consistency you like. pour into cups with straws (or molds) and enjoy!
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That is such a great idea! I am on the hunt for popsicle forms like it’s my job. I have been meaning to find some, so thanks for the sense of urgency. Well, maybe not so urgent. I woke up to light snow this morning in Colorado. But with your short sleeves and creamsicle post I am dreaming of sun and warm weather.
We’re already in for a hot summer down here in FL, Melissa. I will be wishing for some cool mountain air in just a few short weeks, I’m sure! I’ve already broken out all my flip flops, shorts, and t-shirts which is my uniform from late spring to the first of October or so! 🙂
I just made my kids something they love: raw milk yogurt, raw egg yolks, various frozen fruit and a little raw honey. Blend together and freeze as popsicles or in an ice cream maker. I also do fresh lemon juice, strawberries, water, and raw honey through an ice cream maker
(we call it “icee,” it’s like a slushie). Smoothies are a favorite. Cheese cubes with celery or carrot (with almond butter). Apple slices with peanut or almond butter. Almond flour coffee cake or muffins. Granola bars (made with soaked oats, peanut butter, butter, and honey). Raw milk ice cream. These are things we eat a lot of.
Kate, do you have an exact recipe for those granola bars? They sound like something my kids would eat! We buy our natural peanut butter by the 10 kg bucket at our house!
Kate-
do you have a recipe for granola with soaked oats??? That would be awesome…I have been mourning over my loss of granola as a healthy snack in our home (not knowing how to make it with soaked oats).
This is perfect for Passover when it’s more challenging coming up with healthy treats for the kids. I’m planning on making lots of ice cream and popsicles for Passover week and will have to add this to my list – I know my kids will like it.
Mmmm, these look delicious. I giggled during the first part of your video because I do not have any problem with getting my 4-year-old or 1-year-old to eat plenty of fat. They will both eat sour cream (tons of it!) and drink cream, too. They also both love to eat fats from meat and chicken skin. I hope it stays that way as they get older. I usually freeze smoothies into popsicles all summer long, but I’ll have to try this creamsicle recipe for some variety. Thanks!
Hi Sarah, do you thnik is a good idea to give a two year old boy a popsicle? We have recently noticed that he has chalky appearance in his front teeth so I`m thinking that is not a good idea to give him things like fruit juice. I want to also thank to you of your clear voice and way of talking english. As I`m a spanish native speaker I can understand you almost 100 per cent.
Oh, I’m so glad to hear that Lucila! Thanks for letting me know.
Fresh squeezed fruit juice diluted with some filtered water or in a popsicle with cream would be ok now and then. Just have him drink some water after eating to rinse off his teeth well.
Hey Sarah,
You have mentioned before that conventional, store bought OJ is bad and full of pesticides and it’s pasteurized and bad. But what about fresh squeezed juice from conventional oranges? Not organic? But not the pasteurized store bought juice? Would that be an acceptable option?
Thanks!
Hi LeaG, yes you can squeeze conventional oranges if you like .. just soak them in the kitchen basin filled with water plus 1 cup of white vinegar for about 15-20 minutes to remove pesticide residues and then rinse well, slice and squeeze. Don’t use the juicers where the whole orange would be put in skin and all.
Thank you! Love your blog!
how simple! i bought the kit from ikea and have needed the perfect recipe to get me going. i am going to make this for my daughter tomorrow.
These look delicious! Do you have any tips for removing the popsicles, though? Every time I’ve tried to make my own, and try to pull one out after it has frozen, the handle comes off in my hand and the popsicle stays stuck in the mold. Argh.
I’d love to know how to get around that. Should I just buy a better quality mold? 🙂 Any tips?
Hi Jaime, I turn the popsicle container upside down and run hot water from the kitchen faucet for a few seconds over the bottom of the container and they pop right out after that. This is how I quickly pop a chunk of frozen stock out of a container straight from the freezer too!
I made orange creamsicles for my kids the other day. I didn’t have a recipe so I just made it up on my own. I did cream, orange juice and a raw pasture raised egg and poured them into dixie cups with a Popsicle stick stuck in a piece of parchment paper to hold it in place. Then I just tore away the paper cup when I was ready to serve them.
I made chocolate mousse recently. It has very little sugar (since I used 80% cocoa chocolate) and lots of healthy protein from six raw eggs! I used organic powdered sugar, but I’m pretty sure you can sweeten with honey, if you choose. My kids loved it 🙂
I haven’t read everyone else’s posts, but smoothie “pops” are a staple in our home! My mom made these for us when I was growing up. I never measure, but here’s what I throw into the blender:
frozen bananas
frozen strawberries and/or blueberries
almond butter
raw whole milk or kefir
dollop of raw honey
We drink the smoothie, then pour any remaining into the popsicle container and pop into the freezer. They’re the perfect afternoon treat, especially poolside!
FYI – anyone looking, Ikea has the BEST popsicle holders. They are very compact and fit in (our) freezer door very nicely. I just bought two of them and hope they get used a lot this summer. Thanks for the orange creamsicle recipe and I’m also going to try that fudgesicle recipe!
Finally got around to watching this video and can’t wait to make up a batch of these!! Thanks!