Fun and fruity icy poles - Real Recipes from Mums

Makes 12
10 minutes
Difficulty Easy
5 Ingredients

These icy poles are the perfect summer treat to make with the kids – cheap, easy and fun!

Ingredients (makes 12 icy poles)

500ml Lychee Juice or any other clear juice
Handful Berries such as strawberries and blueberries, halved if needed
Handful Melon such as rockmelon or watermelon, peeled and cut into balls or chunks
1 slice Fresh peeled pineapple, cut into chunks
1 Kiwi fruit, peeled sliced and quartered

Method

Line up the icy pole moulds (you can get these from K Mart for a very cheap price) then lay out all the fruit on a chopping board.
Get the kids to choose what fruit they want in each icy pole. They may want to have a bit of everything in each one, or just keep things simple. Either way, make sure when they place the fruit in the moulds that it is pressed against the edges so that the lovely colours can be seen when set. They can add as much or as little as they like (as long as it's not over flowing from the mould).
Slowly add the juice to the moulds, stopping when it is 2cm from the top.
Place the sticks in the moulds and freeze to set. Some of the fruit may need to be jigged around to make the sticks fit.
Once set the icy poles should come away from the moulds without too much hassle but a little warm water may be needed to help loosen them.

Notes

Just about any kind of fruit would work for these icy poles so let the kids go crazy! It is best to stick to clear juice so that you can see all that yummy fruit!

37 Comments
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- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 09 Oct 2019
    7:04 am
These are a great idea!!

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- - mom101628 said
  - 04 Oct 2019
    11:24 pm
My grandchildren would love these – thanks for sharing.

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- - youngoldlady said
  - 04 Oct 2019
    8:55 pm
Coming into summer these will go down very well here. Handy that the children and grand daughter can make their own ones.

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- - happymum2018 said
  - 12 May 2019
    6:57 pm
I think I will he trying lychees in my next batch of icey poles sounds like a good recipe to try thanks

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- - mom112023 said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    11:30 pm
So good having healthy icy poles. Thanks.

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- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 28 Nov 2017
    11:01 am
I love this recipe!

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 31 Jan 2017
    11:52 am
Melissa, love the ices, and love the pic of the girls too, super cute!

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- - mom183717 said
  - 25 May 2016
    10:49 pm
As my son would say that is yummy in my tummy

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- - mom113991 said
  - 05 May 2016
    5:41 pm
these look delicious and refreshing on a summers day..awesome!

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 19 Jan 2016
    2:33 pm
Hmmm. I don’t think my kids have ever eaten a lychee – time to go to the shops and broaden their tastebuds!! This will be the recipe to do it!
- living fundraisers replied
  
  20 Jan 2016 , 10:58 am
  haha! A lychee is rather exotic isn’t it? The juice I used was pretty sweet though so no arguments from the kids! You can always try another type of clear juice if the lychee isn’t a hit.
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- - stacey said
  - 04 Jan 2016
    8:37 pm
This sounds perfect for my family, I must give this a go
- living fundraisers replied
  
  11 Jan 2016 , 2:40 pm
  great! have fun making them and enjoy
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- - mom112217 said
  - 21 Dec 2015
    8:49 am
On a hot day every-one will love these icy poles,thanks!
- living fundraisers replied
  
  11 Jan 2016 , 2:38 pm
  They sure will! This week is stinking hot in Melbourne so I will be sure to break out the moulds at least once or twice!
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- - ashblonde said
  - 01 Dec 2015
    9:47 pm
My grandkids are going to love these icy poles, another twist for a summer treat thanks!
- living fundraisers replied
  
  03 Dec 2015 , 1:06 pm
  You sound like one cool grandma! No pun intended
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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 30 Nov 2015
    6:34 pm
great recipe M, and very cute photo!
- living fundraisers replied
  
  01 Dec 2015 , 9:24 am
  Thank you COASTALKARYN
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- - mom81879 said
  - 30 Nov 2015
    5:10 pm
Oh goodness me these look absolutely fabulous. What a great healthy option for an icey summer treat.
- living fundraisers replied
  
  01 Dec 2015 , 9:26 am
  Absolutely! I am actually going to buy some more moulds this week – I have so many new ideas to try.
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- - mom140193 said
  - 29 Nov 2015
    4:48 pm
I love making icy poles for the kids – great idea using lychee juice! I haven’t thought of that. My kids will love these.
- living fundraisers replied
  
  30 Nov 2015 , 4:05 pm
  I have to say the Lychee juice has actually been my favourite so far! I went to a fruit and veg store that had a large range of Asian style fruit juice drinks – the one I used was an Aloe/Lychee juice and it had just the right amount of sweetness.
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- - cherz said
  - 29 Nov 2015
    4:00 pm
These look and sound amazing ..simply divine ..thanx
- living fundraisers replied
  
  30 Nov 2015 , 4:06 pm
  No probs Cherz! Enjoy
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- - mom93821 said
  - 28 Nov 2015
    5:24 am
Thanks – these look so refreshing and good to eat!
- living fundraisers replied
  
  30 Nov 2015 , 4:07 pm
  No worries. The Lychee juice added a new level of freshness for me
  - mom93821 replied
    
    09 Jan 2016 , 5:26 pm
    
    Lychee’s are so good in this recipe.
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- - mom160421 said
  - 27 Nov 2015
    6:02 pm
What a great way to keep kids cool and get them to have some fruit at the same time.
- living fundraisers replied
  
  30 Nov 2015 , 4:08 pm
  Indeed! I’m all about the fruit disguising tricks!
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- - mom165081 said
  - 27 Nov 2015
    1:05 pm
I really like this idea – a clever way to introduce different fruit flavours.
- living fundraisers replied
  
  30 Nov 2015 , 4:09 pm
  Thanks! It is both clever and super easy.
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