Easy watermelon banana popsicles (2 ingredients)

These easy watermelon banana popsicles (2 ingredients) are a delicious homemade snack. They are sweet and creamy, with no added sugar. Make these with young children and stay cool this summer!

Today, I share a fun and easy watermelon banana popsicle recipe with you to try with your kids at home. We had lots of fun making them from finding perfect wood sticks in our backyard as popsicle sticks and washing and drying them to cutting and blending watermelons and bananas. You also can make watermelon salad with leftover watermelon cubes.

Then, we hunted for a perfect shape mold in the kitchen and ended up using our 10-inch cast-iron skillet- gotta love my cast-iron skillet even more now that I am making popsicles in them!! It was flat, got the job done, and quickly froze the watermelon banana popsicles.

If you have a popsicle mold, go ahead and use it. Otherwise, follow my steps below for a fun way to make popsicles.

This recipe brought up so many of my childhood memories!

This 2 ingredients watermelon popsicle recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan. There is no added sugar in the recipe, all-natural watermelon, and banana sweetness.

Ingredients

Watermelon. Pick one that is sweet and seedless. Pick the round one; The one with the yellow patch (not white) on one side; The one that feels heavy to its size. Ultimately, the one that has about two finger spaces between light and dark green strips.

Banana. Add sweetness and creamy texture to the popsicles. Make sure to use ripe bananas.

How to make watermelon banana popsicles

If you have a popsicle mold, go ahead and use it. Otherwise, follow my steps below for a fun way to make popsicles.

Prepare a mold for popsicles. I used a 10-inch cast-iron skillet covered with plastic wrap. It was a perfect shape to freeze the popsicles fast.

In a food processor, blend the watermelon and bananas.

At this point, taste it and adjust for sweetness. Add more banana or honey if you wish!

Next, pour the mixture into the mold.

Cover it with aluminum foil. Make sure the foil does not touch the popsicles.

Then, take a knife and make small holes in the foil. The number of spots depends on the size and number of popsicles you want.

Next, take the sticks and place them inside the holes. I used tree branches as sticks.

Transfer the mold gently into the freezer and let it freeze for a minimum of 8 hours- depending on the shape of the mold you use.

Halfway through the freezing process, you cut the popsicles. This will make it easier to cut popsicles out when completely frozen.

When the popsicles are well frozen and ready to serve, run the cold water underneath the mold to take them out quickly.

Cut them into sizes you like, and ENJOY!

Tips

• If you need the popsicles to freeze fast, use a wide pan for your popsicles.
• Taste the popsicle mixture before freezing and adjust for sweetness. If needed, add more bananas or add honey.
• Add herbs or sweet spices for extra flavor.
• Check out the section below for the complete substitute.
• During the process, If the sticks float a little, do not worry; you can make sticks straight midway through the freezing process.
• Thick-cut popsicles melt slowly and are easier to enjoy without making a mess all over!

Substitutes

• Substitute watermelon with honey melon or cantaloupe.
• Substitute bananas with fruits like mangos, pineapples, avocados, peaches, nectarines, papaya, and ripe soft pears. Or sweet cooked vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots, yams, or butternut squash. Or use honey.
• Adding yogurt is another way to make watermelon popsicles creamy and yummy.
• Add some herbs such as mint, basil, parsley, and cilantro.
• Use spices such as allspice, anise, cinnamon, cloves, or cardamom.
• Make popsicles of your favorite smoothies.
• Sneak in some vegetables or nut butter. Kids will eat them without noticing.
• You can freeze the watermelon with skin on its own. Just cut them into small triangle shapes and freeze them.

Best variations of popsicles

You blend and taste them to customize the sweetness and mold them to freeze. Substitute whole milk yogurt with milk kefir.

• Yogurt banana with cherry popsicles blend and freeze.
• Cocoa powder or chocolate yogurt fruits popsicles.
• Heavy cream lemonade berries popsicles.
• Yogurt banana with peaches or orange popsicles.
• Heavy cream ice coffee popsicles for adults.
• And any combination of popsicles that taste the best to you! Make popsicles of your favorite smoothies.

A flat frozen yogurt banana smoothie bar topped with nut butter or chopped nuts is another option!

How to store them

Freeze any leftover popsicles flat inside a freezer-safe bag or container for up to a week. Whenever ready to serve them, run some water over the plastic bag or the container.

How to serve them

Serve them as a sweet treat after lunch or dinner. Or serve them as a sweet snack.

FAQ

I hope you get to make and enjoy these extremely fun and delicious watermelon banana popsicles this summer. You and your family will love them and be super delighted.

I would love to hear how you did it.

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Recipe

Easy watermelon banana popsicles (2 ingredients)

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Stay cool with these easy watermelon banana popsicles (2 ingredients).

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5 from 14 votes

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 hours hrs

Total Time 8 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Course Side dishes, Desserts

Cuisine American

Servings 14

Calories 39 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 4 cups of smooth watermelon
• ▢ 3 large ripe bananas

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Instructions

 

• If you have a mold, go ahead and use it. Otherwise, prepare a mold for popsicles. I used a 10-inch cast-iron skillet covered with plastic wrap. It was a perfect shape to freeze the popsicles fast.
• In a food processor, blend the watermelon and bananas.
• At this point, taste it and adjust for sweetness. Add more banana or honey if you wish!
• Next, pour the mixture into the mold and cover it with aluminum foil. Make sure the foil does not touch the popsicles.
• Then, take a knife and make small holes in the foil. The number of spots depends on the size and number of popsicles you want.
• Next, take the sticks and place them inside the holes. I used broken tree branches as sticks.
• Transfer the mold gently into the freezer and let it freeze for a minimum of 8 hours- depending on the shape of the mold you use.
• Halfway through the freezing process, you cut the popsicles. This will make it easier to cut popsicles out when completely frozen.
• When the popsicles are well frozen and ready to serve, run the cold water underneath the mold to take them out quickly.
• Cut them into sizes you like, and ENJOY!

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Tips

• If you need the popsicles to freeze fast, use a wide pan for your popsicles.
• Taste the popsicle mixture before freezing and adjust for sweetness. If needed, add more bananas or add honey.
• Add herbs or sweet spices for extra flavor.
• Check out the section below for the complete substitute.
• During the process, If the sticks float a little, do not worry; you can make sticks straight midway through the freezing process.
• Thick-cut popsicles melt slowly and are easier to enjoy without making a mess all over!

Substitutes

• Substitute watermelon with honey melon or cantaloupe.
• Substitute bananas with fruits like mangos, pineapples, avocados, peaches, nectarines, papaya, and ripe soft pears. Or sweet cooked vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots, yams, or butternut squash. Or use honey.
• Adding yogurt is another way to make watermelon popsicles creamy and yummy.
• Add some herbs such as mint, basil, parsley, and cilantro.
• Use spices such as allspice, anise, cinnamon, cloves, or cardamom.
• Make popsicles of your favorite smoothies.
• Sneak in some vegetables or nut butter. Kids will eat them without noticing.
• You can freeze the watermelon with skin on its own. Just cut them into small triangle shapes and freeze them.

Best variations of popsicles

You blend and taste them to customize the sweetness and mould them to freeze. Substitute whole milk yogurt with milk kefir for more probiotics.

• Yogurt banana with cherry popsicles blend and freeze.
• Cocoa powder or chocolate yogurt fruits popsicles.
• Heavy cream lemonade berries popsicles.
• Yogurt banana with peaches or orange popsicles.
• Heavy cream ice coffee popsicles for adults.
• And any combination of popsicles that taste the best to you! Make popsicles of your favorite smoothies.

A flat frozen yogurt banana smoothie bar topped with nut butter or chopped nuts is another option!

Storage

Freeze any leftover popsicles flat inside a freezer-safe bag or container for up to a week. Whenever ready to serve them, run some water over the plastic bag or the container.

Serve

Serve them as a sweet treat after lunch or dinner.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 39kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gSodium: 1mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6g

Note: The provided nutrition information is an estimate for the entire recipe, the calorie accuracy nutritional facts, unit and portion conversion are calculated by a third party app. and are not guaranteed.

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