Pineapple Upside Down Popsicle
Fresh pineapple may play a starring role in this recipe, but it’s the vanilla wafers that tie it all together.
Ingredients
- 2 cups (400 g) pineapple, peeled, cubed
- 1 Tablespoon raw cane sugar
- 1½ cup (360 ml) vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup (20 g) vanilla wafers
- 10 Maraschino cherries
Directions
- Place pineapple on a metal baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar.
- Use kitchen butane torch to caramelize sugar on pineapple. If you don’t have a torch, turn on the broiler and place the baking sheet in the oven. Broil until sugar has caramelized, about 3 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Place pineapple and 1¼ cups (300 ml) yogurt into the Vitamix container and secure lid.
- Select Variable 1.
- Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
- Blend for 1 minute. Rinse and dry container.
- Place vanilla wafers into the Vitamix container and secure the lid.
- Select Variable 5.
- Pulse by quickly turning the machine on and off 3 times.
- Combine the remaining ¼ cup (60 ml) yogurt and vanilla crumbs in a separate bowl and mix.
- To assemble Popsicles: Place a cherry in the bottom of each Popsicle mold. Divide pineapple mixture evenly into the Popsicle mold. Top with vanilla wafer mixture.
Notes
If you do not have Popsicle molds, you can use small, disposable cups. Adding more sugars or alcohol to your Popsicles will inhibit the freezing process. When trying to recreate your favorite Popsicle, understanding how ingredients freeze is critical. Using full-fat dairy ingredients produces a creamier result, but you can also use nondairy milks and yogurt. Popsicles that are mostly fruit will have a very hard, icy texture. Don’t let extra smoothie go to waste! Smoothie Popsicles are a great way to use up leftover smoothies. No artificial colors or flavors included.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 1 serving |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 70 |
| Total Fat | 1.5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.5 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Sodium | 25 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
Pineapple Upside Down Popsicle is rated
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Rated 4 out of
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JessicaSek from
If you like pineapple, you'll love this!
This turned out to be such a tasty little frozen treat. I did omit the cherries because I'm not a fan and these still tasted amazing.
Date published: 2020-04-28
Rated 5 out of
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dgb_gopokes from
Great tasting popsicle with fun food chemistry
Use the exact listed ingredients to get the desired taste and texture. For example, use fresh pineapple over canned, as the canned variety is too moist to develop the intended char resulting from the torch. Also, when filling your popsicle molds, do NOT fill all the way, as you'll need to leave room for the vanilla wafer "topping" and the cap/stick. Best guess would be to fill to about 85%, add the wafer crumbs and then the cap/stick.
Date published: 2019-12-30
