Strawberry Chocolate Yogurt Pops

In anticipation of summer and Popsicle season: Yogurt pops made with fresh strawberries and rich dark chocolate chunks. A cinch to make and wonderful to enjoy on a warm day.

These won't last long so you may want to consider picking up 2 sets of pop molds the next time you are out!

I have never made my own yogurt pops before and didn't even own molds until 3 weeks ago when my daughter spotted some on a shopping excursion. She felt they were a "must-have" so home they came.

I had intended to make shortcake with my sweet, red, strawberries but alas, the pops won! Shortcake will wait for another day.

LET'S MAKE IT !

These little molds are wonderful but of course use whatever molds you have on hand.


You will need about a pound
of strawberries for this recipe.




As you can see, 1 pound of berries boils down quite a bit

RECIPE:

WHAT YOU NEED

Popsicle molds

3 cups fresh chopped strawberries
1/2 cup fine granulated sugar
3/4 cup plain greek yogurt, regular yogurt or strawberry flavored yogurt
1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate

MAKE IT

IN SAUCEPAN, combine sugar and strawberries.
BRING to a simmer over MED heat
REDUCE heat to LOW and let simmer and thicken for 25-30 minutes
WITH HAND HELD BLENDER, puree strawberry mixture until smooth. If you prefer seedless pops, then run mix through a sieve to remove seeds
POUR mixture into a bowl and let sit in refrigerator for 1 hour or until completely cooled
WITH SPATULA fold in yogurt and chocolate bits
POUR mixture into pop molds
PLACE in freezer fro 1/2 hr until somewhat set.
REMOVE and push pop handles into semi-frozen strawberry pops.
FREEZE 6 hours

The number of pops this recipe makes truly depends on the size of your molds.

ENJOY !