Ingredients
🛒 Ingredients You'll Need
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- 4 cups seedless watermelon, cubed
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- 2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled
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- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
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- 3 tablespoons honey
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- ¼ cup light coconut milk
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- Pinch of salt
Ingredient Notes
Watermelon
The sweeter the watermelon, the better the popsicles. Since watermelon makes up most of the recipe, flavor starts here.
Strawberries
Fresh strawberries provide sweetness, color, and that classic berry flavor that pairs so naturally with watermelon.
Lime Juice
Lime juice brightens the fruit and helps balance the sweetness. It's the same trick that makes recipes like Lime Sorbet taste so vibrant and refreshing.
Honey
Honey adds sweetness while helping improve the frozen texture.
Coconut Milk
A small amount of coconut milk helps reduce iciness and creates a smoother popsicle without making the recipe taste strongly of coconut.
Salt
Just a pinch helps bring all the fruit flavors together.
Instructions
Cube the watermelon and remove any visible seeds. Hull the strawberries and rinse them well.
💡 Flash Tip: Chilled fruit creates an extra-refreshing popsicle mixture.
Add the watermelon, strawberries, lime juice, honey, coconut milk, and salt to a blender.
Blend until completely smooth.
Taste the mixture and adjust sweetness if needed.
💡 Flash Tip: The mixture should taste slightly sweeter than you want the finished popsicles to taste since freezing reduces perceived sweetness.
Pour the mixture into popsicle molds, leaving a little room at the top for expansion.
Insert popsicle sticks.
💡 Flash Tip: Tap the molds gently on the counter to remove trapped air bubbles.
Freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.
💡 Flash Tip: Overnight freezing produces the best texture and easiest unmolding.
Run warm water over the outside of the molds for several seconds and gently remove the popsicles.
Serve immediately.
💡 Flash Tip: Fresh mint makes a beautiful garnish for summer parties and cookouts.
Many homemade watermelon popsicle recipes use only fruit and juice.
The problem?
Watermelon is mostly water.
When frozen, that water turns into larger ice crystals, creating a harder popsicle.
This recipe uses two simple ingredients to improve the texture:
The small amount of fat helps reduce ice crystals and creates a smoother mouthfeel.
Honey helps soften the frozen texture while enhancing the fruit flavor.
The goal isn't to create a creamy dessert. The goal is to keep the popsicles refreshing while making them easier to bite. It's a similar idea behind why frozen desserts like Pineapple Coconut Lime Popsicles and Lime Sorbet benefit from carefully balancing sweetness and texture.