Growing up, I was always jealous of the kids who went to the beach for vacation.
Despite the fact that I’ve lived in Baltimore my whole life, the first time I ever went to Ocean City, Maryland in the summer was for “Senior Week” after graduating from high school.
When I was a kid, I went on vacation with my family to the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York, where my mom spent her summers as a kid.
As an adult, I truly appreciate the Adirondacks and still spend a week of every summer up there with my husband and family. I now look forward to the beauty, solitude and slower pace of mountain life.
A beautiful view from an Adirondack mountaintop
But when I was a kid, the mountains weren’t exactly “the place to be” in the summer.
It wasn’t cool to have to drive 8+ hours to get to our vacation spot when all of our friends and classmates had a 3 hour drive to the beach. As a 14-year-old, spending 1-2 weeks in a cabin in the woods with no friends wasn’t as appealing as walking around on the boardwalk, playing in the ocean and sand, or laying out on a towel at the beach.
Though I didn’t always appreciate the awesomeness of the mountains as a kid, there’s one thing I always loved about being “Up North.”
Wild raspberries.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved raspberries.
To this day, I still can’t find anything that matches the taste of freshly picked wild raspberries from bushes lining the mountain roads. Maybe it’s the clean, crisp, cool mountain air. Whatever it is, I can’t get enough of them.
For today’s super simple, kid-friendly recipe, I used black raspberries, but feel free to use red raspberries instead! Either one will work.
Black raspberries give these popsicles their bright pink color. So pretty!
Berries are one of the anti-cancer, anti-fat storage GBOMBS foods. They are also lower in sugar than almost any fruit, especially raspberries, which contain a mere 5 grams of naturally occurring sugar in a one cup serving.
Raspberries are high in filling fiber and are supercharged with disease-fighting, anti-aging antioxidants. Click here to read even more about the amazing health benefits of raspberries!
The pairing of
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups fresh raspberries (I used black raspberries for this recipe, but you could use either kind or combine them!)
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- Juice of one lime
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup or honey (I used raw honey when I made them but plan to try the maple syrup option next time!)
Directions
- Put all ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds and freeze until solid.
- Gently remove the popsicles from the mold by running the mold under warm water until the popsicle pops out.
- Enjoy!
tart raspberries with tangy lime juice and creamy coconut milk makes for a refreshing sweet treat that you and your kids will love!
As always, these popsicles are dairy-free, so everyone can enjoy them. 🙂
Tart & Tangy Black Raspberry & Lime Popsicles
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups fresh raspberries (I used black raspberries for this recipe, but you could use either kind or combine them!)
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- Juice of one lime
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup or honey (I used raw honey when I made them but plan to try the maple syrup option next time!)
Directions
- Put all ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour mixture into popsicle molds and freeze until solid.
- Gently remove the popsicles from the mold by running the mold under warm water until the popsicle pops out.
- Enjoy!
