Surprise Yogurt Pops Food

ACAI YOGURT POPS

Steps:

• Combine the acai, banana, mango, pineapple and coconut water in a blender. Puree until smooth.
• Layer the fruit puree and yogurt in 10 ice pop molds, starting and ending with the puree (2 or 3 layers of each). Swirl slightly with a skewer. Add sticks and freeze until solid, at least 6 hours.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the granola on a large plate. Fill a short wide glass with about 2 inches of yogurt (about 1/2 cup). Remove the pops from the molds and lay on the prepared pan (return to the freezer if they begin to soften). Working quickly, dip each pop in the yogurt at an angle, then dip in the granola and return to the pan. Freeze until the yogurt hardens, about 1 hour.

BLUEBERRY YOGURT POPS

Steps:

• Put the blueberry preserves into a quart-size heavy resealable plastic food bag and squeeze it into one corner. Put the yogurt into the bag and squeeze it gently with your hands to lightly mix; swirls of blueberry throughout the yogurt are fine.
• Arrange 6 mini paper drink cups on a small baking sheet. Using scissors, cut about 1/2 inch off the corner of the bag and squeeze the swirled yogurt mixture into the cups, filling them about two-thirds full. Gently insert a 6-inch lollipop stick into each cup. The thickness of the yogurt should help the sticks stand upright.
• Freeze for at least 2 hours before peeling off the paper cups and serving.

GREEK YOGURT FUDGE POPS

Steps:

• Put the chocolate chips into a medium glass mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Combine the milk, cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk constantly until the cocoa is dissolved and the mixture comes to a simmer, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour the milk mixture over the chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes, then whisk gently until all the chocolate is melted. Whisk in the yogurt until smooth and blended, then cool completely.
• Divide the mixture evenly among eight popsicle molds (about 1/3 cup per pop) and freeze until solid, at least 5 hours. (They'll keep up to a month.) Just before serving, briefly run the molds under hot water to release the pops.

EASY FROZEN YOGURT POPS

Steps:

• Open the yogurt containers. Spoon out all but 2 tablespoons of the yogurt from each container and place it in a medium bowl. Place 1 teaspoon granola, 5 blueberries, 1 halved raspberry and 1 halved blackberry in each container. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of yogurt on top of the berries. Repeat until you have a total of 3 layers each of yogurt, berries and granola in each container.
• Place an ice pop stick in the center of each yogurt container. Freeze until solid, at least 4 hours and preferably overnight.
• When ready to serve, remove a yogurt container from the freezer, dip the base into warm water and let sit for 15 to 20 seconds. Using the stick, gently pull and twist the yogurt pop out of the container. Serve immediately.

GRAPE, HONEY AND YOGURT POPS

Steps:

• Puree the grapes in a food processor or blender (you'll have about 2 cups.) Transfer to a medium-size pot and bring to a boil. Boil the grapes, stirring occasionally, until the mixture has thickened and reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, stir in the sugar and honey and let cool to room temperature.
• Fold in the yogurt just until nicely swirled, then spoon into popsicle molds. Cover with foil, insert popsicle sticks and freeze for 4 to 6 hours or until set.