Banana Split Popsicles

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Layers of fresh strawberries, Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk, and Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk make these Banana Split Popsicles irresistible to both adults and children alike.

It’s spring, who’s excited?  Me, Me Me!  Was that overly enthusiastic?  I love spring!  The birds are singing, the sun is shining and the seasonal produce is changing.  Hallelujah! I am one happy girl!  When spring is here it can only mean one thing, summer is next and I live for summer.  The long days, the smell of the grill, popsicles in the hot sun, yes I’m a total summer girl.

I have long dreamed of living in Arizona and soaking up the sun year round but alas, I still live in the cold tundra that is Illinois.  Someday though I hope I can one day call Arizona home. Aside from its warm weather, it’s a beautiful state and we could eat popsicles year round, holla!

My kids love popsicles.  I recently made these and they were a huge hit!  In the summertime I love to puree fresh fruit and layer them up into the Popsicle molds.  They are such a healthy and refreshing treat and super simple to make.  My kids love fruit; bananas, oranges, strawberries, kiwi, they eat it all.  I can barely keep enough in the house!

Now when it comes to milk, it’s always something we are trying to get our children to drink more of.  I myself am not a milk drinker, never have been but it’s full of protein, calcium and a downright a good choice.  Then I discovered Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk at Walmart, in the dairy case.  This milk is bananas, literally.  My kids love bananas so I was so excited to purchase both flavors: Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk, and Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk.

My kids flipped when I showed them and immediately wanted a glass of each kind.  I had to put a stop to drinking it at that moment, because I had this idea to make Banana Split Popsicles with them!  The Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk  is creamy and delicious, it contains no artificial colors or flavors and it’s made with real bananas!  Now this is the healthy stuff my kids can really get into and I can be proud of the snackably goodness I’m giving them.

I had purchased both types of Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk  and also strawberries at the store and while they were both sitting in my cart I couldn’t help but think of a Banana Split.  Then it hit me, I would make popsicles since my last popsicles in the house went over so well.

After my kids sampled the milk and I had to put a kibosh to it until I measured out how much I need for the Banana Split Popsicles, I began to assemble the popsicles,

I began by chopping up the strawberries and allowing them to macerate in sugar for a half hour.  Then I pureed them up in my food processor and strained them through a fine mesh sieve to remove any seeds.  Then I poured the strawberries into the mold and allowed them to freeze for an hour.  Onto of the strawberry layer, I added the Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk   and placed that in the freezer to firm up for an hour.  Lastly, I added the Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk  and put them back into the freezer for another hour.

When the popsicles were frozen, I melted chocolate and dipped each end of the Popsicle into the chocolate and sprinkled on nuts.  What Banana split isn’t complete without additional chocolate and nuts!

I did make some of the popsicles without the dipped chocolate and nuts.  I absolutely love nuts in my ice cream sundaes, but some kids do not, ahem my son.  So, feel free to make some with and some without, either way you can’t go wrong.

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Banana Split Popsicles

Prep 5 mins

Inactive 1 hour

Total 1 hour, 5 mins

Author Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

Yield 12 servings

Layers of fresh strawberries, Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk, and Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk make these Banana Split Popsicles irresistible to both adults and children alike.

Ingredients

• 1lb strawberries, chopped
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk
• 3/4 cup Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 teasppon coconut oil
• 1/4 cup nuts, chopped

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, add sugar to chopped strawberries and allow to macerate for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
2. After the berries have released some of their juices, add the berries and juice to a food processor and process until smooth.
3. Pour into a fine mesh sieve placed over a bowl and push the puree through sieve to remove any seeds and chunks
4. Pour 1.5 tablespoons of strawberry puree into the bottom of your Popsicle mold. Freeze for at least 1 hour.
5. On top of frozen strawberry puree, add 1 Tablespoon Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk. Freeze at least 1 hour
6. On top of Sir Bananamilk™ layer, add 1 Tablespoon Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk and freeze until solid.
7. Melt chocolate and coconut oil in microwave in 30 second intervals until melted.
8. Dip each end of the Popsicle into the chocolate and sprinkle with nuts.
9. Place on parchment lined paper until hardened.

Courses Popsicles

Cuisine Dessert

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 popsicle

Amount Per Serving
Calories 77
% Daily Value
Total Fat 3 g		5%
	Saturated Fat 2 g	10%
Cholesterol 1 mg		0%
Sodium 16 mg		1%
Total Carbohydrates 10 g		3%
	Sugars 9 g
Protein 2 g		4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

These Banana Split popsicles are amazing!  First you bite into the chocolate topping with the nuts and pureed strawberries, which tasted like a chocolate covered strawberry, yum.  And then you get the creamy, deliciousness of the Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk which tastes just like a banana and finally you get more chocolate goodness from the layer of Sir Bananas™ Chocolate Bananamilk   We we’re all going Bananas for these!  I may or may not have let my children have them for breakfast the next morning because afterall they were drinking milk in popsicle form!

I cannot wait to make these over and over again for the kids to enjoy all season long.  My kids were also ecstatic that I had leftover milk so they could have a glass of Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk whenever they want.

Be sure to check out the Sir Bananas™ Bananamilk  page so you can show your kids how they can have fun and go bananas!