Fourth of July Nice Cream Pops!

Fourth of July is a day to celebrate all things America, which for most people means spending time with family, cooking out, and of course red, white, and blue themed everything.

My neighborhood is having its traditional BBQ Block Party and because we have awesome neighbors, there will be vegan options; but I always like to make something delicious for everyone to enjoy.

This year’s red, white, and blue treat is going the help beat the heat! It is suppose to be 86* by like 6 am. It’s going to hot hot HOT!

These nice cream treats are sure to be a hit! Let’s get started…

This recipe makes about 10 treats.

Things You Will Need:

Paper Cups, I recommend the small bathroom variety

Wooden popsicle sticks (I got these from my local craft store)

6 bananas

Blueberries

Rasberries

Tablespoon

Food processor 

Plastic bowl with a great seal

Directions:

1. Peel you bananas, cut them in half length wise, then slice them. Place them in your bowl. Freeze them for several hours or until they are frozen throughout. 

2. When they are frozen, take a third of them out and put them in your food processor. Add in some of the raspberries, which will give you ice cream a red color. Blend until smooth. 

3. Spoon out one tablespoon of this ice cream into the bottom of all of your cups. Be careful about making sure to not get any on the sides of the cup! 

4. Clean the food processor and make a batch with just bananas. This will be your white stripe. Repeat step 3.

5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, this time using blueberries. This will be your blue stripe. 

6. When you have all three layers of ice cream in your cups, push one stick down into each cup. 

7. Freeze them for at least 2 hours, I froze mine over night! 

When you take them out of the freezer, peel the paper cup off, and serve!

Here's a tip! Add a lot of blue berries and raspberries for a deeper darker color. I thought I added enough, but after being in the freezer the color lightened significantly. 

I think they turned out quite nice. They were super easy, extra  tasty, and 100% fruit! 

If you try them, comment below and let me know what you think!