Chia Coconut Pudding Popsicles

Chia Coconut Pudding Popsicles ~ a refreshingly delicious and healthy way to start the day, these vegan breakfast popsicles are worth getting out of bed for!

Want to delight your kids?  Serve them a super healthy popsicle for breakfast as the school year starts to wind down and the temperature cranks up.  Chia seeds give these pops some fun texture, and a little healthy boost — not that they need it — there’s nothing else in them but fresh bananas and coconut milk so they are already plenty healthy.  And creamy, and refreshing, too.

Load them up with as many different kinds of fruit as you can think of,  like berries, kiwi, pomegranate seeds, grapes, the sky is the limit, and it can be a great way to use up fresh seasonal fruit before it spoils.  The bananas are especially nice because they retain their creamy texture even when they are frozen.  I used raspberries, below, which had wonderful flavor.

These can be made with just three ingredients — coconut milk, chia seeds, and the fruit of your choice.  If you like you can sweeten them with a little sugar or honey, and a little vanilla or almond extract.  Personally I think that the fruit and coconut milk are sweet enough on their own.  My taste testers were divided on the subject, so go with your instinct.

The thing about coconut milk is that it doesn’t get as icy as milk or juice based pops do.  It freezes solid, but then melts in your mouth easily, so you’ll get a creamy texture if you decide to bite into your pop.  Coconut milk popsicles won’t drip like others do, either, which can be a benefit with little ones.

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used to make chia coconut pudding popsicles (photos are clickable):