Green Smoothie Breakfast Popsicles {Popsicle Week}

Popsicle Week 2015 is still going strong. Everywhere I look, popsicles are flying at my face.

Have you been following along? I hope so. There are boozy popsicles, decadent chocolate popsicles and popsicles that are almost too pretty to eat. Make sure to check out all the recipes on Billy’s popsicle page, browse the Pinterest board and take a peak at the hashtag #popsicleweek on Instagram. I guarantee you’ll find something that suits your fancy. Unless you hate popsicles. Then I don’t think we can be friends anymore. Sorry/not sorry.

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For such an epic week, I decided that one popsicle recipe just wasn’t enough. So I whipped up these Green Smoothie Breakfast Popsicles on the fly and I’m presenting them to you today in all their healthy-full-ness (new word?) glory.

Loaded with kale, grapes, bananas, green tea and Greek yogurt, these beauties are basically a smoothie served on a stick. They are a great way to start your morning. And who doesn’t love getting to eat a popsicle for breakfast? It feels kind of naughty, but really it’s not.

Popsicle Week 2015 ends Friday {insert sad face}. Get ’em while they’re hot. Err…cold, actually.

Cheers,

Liz

Green Smoothie Breakfast Popsicles {Popsicle Week}

Yield: Makes 10-12 popsicles, depending on your mold

Green Smoothie Breakfast Popsicles {Popsicle Week}

Ingredients

  • 2 cups packed kale leaves
  • 1 cup green grapes
  • 1 cup brewed green tea, cooled to room temperature
  • 1 banana, peeled
  • 1-2 tablespoons honey
  • About 1 3/4 cups Greek yogurt, divided

Instructions

  1. Add the kale, grapes, green tea, banana, honey and 1 cup of the Greek yogurt to your blender. Blend on high until smooth.
  2. Fill your popsicle molds with the kale smoothie mixture until they are about 3/4 full. Then spoon about 1 tablespoon of the remaining Greek yogurt into the tops of each of the molds. Use a skewer to help push the dollop of Greek yogurt down into the popsicle mold and lightly swirl it around.
  3. Transfer the molds to your freezer for about 45-60 minutes, or until the popsicles are partially set. Insert wooden sticks or dowels, then continue to freeze the popsicles until they are completely solid, about 4-5 hours more.
  4. Remove the popsicles from their molds before serving. You can run a little warm water over the molds to help loosen the popsicles from their molds.

Notes

1. For maximum creaminess, I recommend using full fat Greek yogurt for this recipe.

https://www.floatingkitchen.net/green-smoothie-breakfast-popsicles/

45 comments on “Green Smoothie Breakfast Popsicles {Popsicle Week}”

  1. The day I get to eat a popsicle for breakfast is a good day. Love these gorgeously green pops!

  2. Popsicles for breakfast sound ideal in EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. Wish that’s what I were slurping on right now!

  3. I feel SO healthy right now, just looking at these photos! I want to start my day off with Popsicles ALWAYS! Loving these! Pinned!

  4. So I’m thinking we can just have an all day popsicle party, between the two of us. These for breakfast, a couple boozy pops for lunch and some dessert pops for capping it all off, deal?

  5. This is seriously so genius!!

  6. These are so fun! Green smoothies are way more fun to eat in popsicle form 🙂 Gimme some veggies for breakfast!!

  7. WOW!! This has been the best week ever!! Love these breakfast cold healthy sticks on the go! I see myself driving to work everyday with this in hand next week.

  8. I am all for a popsicle breakfast these days. And these are totally guilt-free and delicious! Such a pretty color!

  9. I am loving all these popsicles!!! Now I am feeling inspired to make some myself. These look awesome!!! I have never thought of making healthy breakfast popsicles, but these are so perfect for summer!

  10. Popsicles for breakfast? Yes please!

  11. Liz, these BREAKFAST pops are fantastic! And so so green! Perfect way to disguise veggies as breakfast. 🙂

  12. I read all these wonderful recipes. . . .but can’t find where you find the molds. Can you give me a clue?

  13. This is such a fun popsicle, Liz! I love that I can actually have this for breakfast. Yum!

  14. Liz, can I tell you how much I love these pops?!!!! A smoothie in a pop, I seriously LOVE this! and they are gorgeous!!!

  15. Popsicle week is almost too much. It’s perfect. So are these smoothie babes.

  16. Haha, I feel like you’ve been celebrating popsicle month!! Love these green beauties!

    • It’s kind of true. The blog is getting popsicle heavy this July. I ain’t mad about it, tho. 🙂

  17. These are the best popsicles ever!! Love that I can have my smoothie on the go and in popsicle form! They’re gorgeous!

  18. What a fun week you’re having! And a breakfast popsicle…awesome way to start the day!

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  20. Popsicles for breakfast? Genius idea! These look delicious and they are fully packed with good things for you. I made several of green smoothies, but never tried a green smoothie popsicle, definitely I’ll have to change that!

  21. Oh my word love this idea! Green Smoothie Popsicles! Ckeverrrrr! 🙂

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    • How has no one come up w/ this idea before?? This is going to be such a time-saver and an empowerment! Not to mention…cool! As a vegan, I think I’ll try either leaving out the Greek yogurt, or substituting tofu (maybe honey-sweetened tofu). Wow, this recipe is making me think…coffee popsicle! Good both for quick coffee (on a stick!), and for iced coffee! Wow.
      I think I’ll try this out in my juicer. I could even take this to work w/ me! Or on my road trips, if I keep a cooler w/ an ice pack in it. Brave new world!

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