Sweet summer cherries with a touch of lime make these sweet popsicles a perfect treat on a hot summer day.
I love the deep red color you get from using real cherries and the flavor is not that artificial cherry taste you get from those imitation flavored pops, it's richer with a more intense cherry taste.
If you plan on making these, I highly recommend buying a cherry pitter, there are so many to choose from on Amazon. Stay cool!
PS- You can find the popsicle molds on Amazon too! I used this mold, with regular popsicle sticks.
Cherry Lime Ice Pops
Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 4 Serving Size: 1 popsicle • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 3 pts
Calories: 122 • Fat: 0.2 g • Carbs: 31 g • Fiber: 2.4 g • Protein: 1.3 g • Sugar: 27 g
Sodium: 0.2 mg
Ingredients:
- 1 lb cherries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
Directions:
Stem the cherries and remove the pits. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the cherries with the water, sugar, and lime juice, and cook until the cherries are very soft and cooked through, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.
Puree the cherries and their liquid and put the mixture through a fine sieve.
Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.
How do these have that much sodium?
ReplyDeleteTypo, thanks for noticing!
DeleteThat and surprised using sugar. Wouldn't Agave syrup be better?
ReplyDeleteStudies are now finding that sugar is actually better than agave. I've been purchasing raw sugar.
DeleteWhat about stevia drops? Could they be used in place of the sugar? And if so, how much would you recommend?
DeleteGina, where did you get your ice pop mold? I can't find one anywhere!
ReplyDeleteTJ Maxx!
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DeleteThis looks so refreshing! I love lime anything popsicles. thanks so much for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteMine are in the fresher now. They have such a deep color....beautiful....I actually made ice cubes out of them eat as is or put into a drink if you want....
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea!
DeleteThese sound awesome. Have marked them to try soon. Great picture.
ReplyDeleteoh man... those look so refreshing!!!
ReplyDeletePerfect treat on hot summer days. I bet it taste awesome with fresh cherries.
ReplyDeleteOh YUM! I have 3 lbs of cherries left over from making jam this weekend. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI saw a great tip for pitting cherries. Place the cherry on the top of a soda bottle, use a chopstick to punch the pit into the bottle. The cherry, supposedly is ready to go--doesn't even stain your fingers!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip!!
DeleteGreat popsicle flavor! Will definitely have to try this!
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing! I definitely need to invest in a popsicle maker AND a cherry pitter!
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the color! Beautiful!! I'm sure they're pretty delicious too :) I'll be trying these. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWho will not love these ice pops? I love the ingredients with which you made these colourful pops...refreshing!
ReplyDeleteIf you are going to have to strain the cherries after cooking, couldn't you just cook the whole cherries and strain out the pits along with the skins, etc.?
ReplyDeleteI suppose you could if you don't have a cherry pitter. But you have to puree it before putting it through a strainer.
DeleteAlso, cherry pits are toxic! you wouldn't want to cook them in case anything leached out into the mixture.
Deleteis there anyway to cut down on the sugar?
ReplyDeleteTry using less and see if you like the taste before freezing.
DeleteI love all the ice pop recipes! Also wanted to thank you for the post in May about how to freeze things. We just moved and have an extra freezer, so now I have a plan for all the fruit we are buying on sale: freeze half, make yummy treats with the other!
ReplyDeleteThese look so yummy. But question on the W.W. points. Fresh fruit is 0 pts. 1/4 cup raw sugar is 5 pts divided by the 4 servings = only 1.25 points per pop since the cherries are 0 and fresh lime juice would be 0 too. That should make this a 1 point snack instead of 3.
ReplyDeleteI used recipe builder which gives me 3. If you want to keep the fruit 0, then I guess it would be.
DeleteThat's always been the debate at the WW meetings I've been to because the recipe builder factors in the nutritional value of the fruit when calculating the total pts+ value of a recipe. So even though fruit is 0, when you use it in a recipe, you'll end up seeing a higher pts+ value than you were expecting.
DeleteWhat about using Splenda?
ReplyDeleteSure, if you prefer Splenda, Stevia, etc you can use that instead.
DeleteCherry limeade is my favorite summer drink. Can't wait to try these. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove love love. I've been a cherry fiend lately too.
ReplyDeleteHi Dara I wanted to know where to get the same ice pop mold you had to make these good looking ice pop
ReplyDeleteI like the shape
Thank you
These are from TJ Maxx
DeleteTotally saving this - my girls will love them!
ReplyDeleteHello, Gina,
ReplyDeleteI have been following your blog for a while, on recommendation of a co-worker. Your recipes are amazing! In fact, the Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore is cooking at home as I type. :) I can't wait to try this one. I, too, am mesmerized by the deep red color you get from making them at home.
Wonderful Jess!
DeleteI wonder what types of cherries would work best with these - I'm a ranier cherry fanatic, but they'd lack the color. Oh man, I really want to try these - I even have some silicon ice pop molds just begging to be used.
ReplyDeleteDo you think it would be possible to do this with frozen (no sugar added) cherries? thanks, and thanks for all the great recipes, we love them!
ReplyDeleteMmm, these sound perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhy not make these with the whole fruit, blended so that you get the benefits of the fiber as well as the juice?
ReplyDeleteWhat if one were to use a sugar/stevia blend?
ReplyDeletei love my popsicle molds. "zoku popsicle maker" they freeze the popsicles right away. you keep the base in the freezer and pour in your stuff and use the reusable sticks. they freeze up in minutes!
ReplyDeleteWhy do you have to strain the cherries?
ReplyDeleteSuch delicious and tasty looking pops!! Love those summer cherries!
ReplyDeleteI might use Truvia instead of sugar. These look yummy!
ReplyDeletethese were so so good. now what to do with all that pulp
ReplyDeleteI added a little white wine, and it taste fabulous!! Not skinny but that okay...
ReplyDeleteWhat a great recipe! They are SO cute! :)
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I will have to try it. Just curious, do you think using the simple syrup from your Frozen Mango, Kiwi, Raspberry Pops would work?
ReplyDeleteThese popsicles are so simple and so beautiful - and I'm sure they're deliciously refreshing! It's been so hot recently, the cherry and lime pairing sounds marvelous... I'm featuring this post in today's Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and thanks for creating such amazing food…
ReplyDeleteMy 11 year old and my husband made these! A favorite combination here. We used his zoku popsicle maker, made 6 before we had to refreeze. A single batch was a perfect for 6! Although next time making a double batch! Delicious! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteso, i made these last night. super awesome, but i didnt get very much liquid, is that normal? or did i do something wrong? i had enough for two molds. :(. i have more cherries though, so im making more tonight...
ReplyDeleteThese are great! In addition to being beautiful, they taste great and the texture is wonderful. Whole family loved them. I had a little left over after filling my popsicle molds so I froze some in a mini ice cube tray and put toothpicks in them. They inserted easily, even when the cubes were totally frozen. They were the cook's own secret treat. Shhhh....don't tell.
ReplyDeleteI made these today and found that I also wasn't able to get much liquid when straining the mixture. I decided to just put everything in the popsicle molds. The popsicles were good, but were not that smooth since they had the fiber of the skin.
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