Coconut Lime Popsicles

These coconut lime popsicles are creamy, dreamy, and delicious. We use full-fat coconut milk (loaded with healthy fats), lime juice, and honey to make these awesome popsicles. The flavor develops as they freeze, so if you taste the smoothie mixture and it seems a bit flat, just wait. The lime will diffuse throughout the coconut milk and the end result is delicious. Not overly sweet, but really delicious and creamy just the same.

A FEW NOTES ON THE RECIPE:

• Any popsicle mold will work for this recipe, but this popsicle mold is the one I used for the photos. It has a lid that holds the popsicle sticks in place, and that’s been really handy for us. If you don’t have a popsicle mold, you can pour the mixture into paper cups, freeze for 30-45 minutes, then poke the popsicle sticks into each cup and continue freezing till solid.

• You can control the amount of lime that goes into the recipe. I tend to like things pretty lime-y, but if you want the coconut to come through, you’ll want to stick with one lime.

• Also, note that sometimes the lime zest will settle at the bottom of the popsicle mold, which means the first bite of popsicle might be a bit lime zest-heavy. This hasn’t bothered me or my kids, but I’ve found that really blend-blend-blending the mixture before pouring it into the popsicle molds does the trick in preventing this problem.

Serves: 2 cups (about 6-7 popsicles)

INGREDIENTS

For extra lime-y popsicles, go for the zest and juice of 2 limes. For more coconutty popsicles, stick with 1 lime. For somewhere in between, use the zest of 1 and juice of 2. You're in control!

• 1 (13oz) can full-fat coconut milk
• zest and juice of 1-2 limes
• 3-4 Tbsp honey

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until completely smooth. This won't seem to take long, but the longer you process, the finer the zest will become and the less likely you'll be to end up with all the zest sinking to the bottom of the popsicle mold.

Taste and add additional honey or lime as desired. Note that the flavor will develop as they freeze.

P.S. We used this popsicle mold for the photos. It’s the popsicle mold I use most often. I love that the lid holds the sticks in place so they don’t shift around after you shut the freezer door. Brilliant.

Source: One Lovely Life