Raspberry Yoghurt Popsicles
When I was a kid we had Sunnyboys. They are an Australian pyramid shaped ice block in a tetra pack. A small carton that was wax covered paper on the outside and aluminium on the inside. Each tetra pack when eaten was carefully checked on the inside for the magical word “Free”. This was cause for great celebration and a trip to the milk bar to pick out your free one. Do you remember them?
There were Razz’s (Raspberry) & Glug (Cola) but we most often had Sunnyboy’s, the orange flavoured ones. Although they were transported at an ambient temperature, once frozen we each had our own way of savouring them. You could suck out all of the sweet flavoured syrup till you had only a hard flavourless ice block left. Or crunch and lick it to the last icy piece and then drink the cool sweet syrup. Some bashed them against a rock or wall to break up the ice into a kind of slurpee. I never found this method too successful because it meant you had to wait till they defrosted a little, and that was impossible.
Icy cold
They were a special treat for us. We weren’t allowed to buy them at the school canteen and were not often bought at the shop. Although sugar was not such a major problem when I was growing up our parents favored buying boxes of fruit to snack on. And so, it was a happy coincidence that one of our distant Uncles happened to work at the factory where they were made. Sadly he didn’t visit often but when he did he brought a whole box of Sunnyboys with a few Razz’s and Glugs thrown in. The stash would be guarded to the best of our ability so the spoils could be shared evenly but this often ended in an argument as the baby sister made them her primary food group when they were available.
They aren’t so popular today as there is a whole frozen section in every supermarket devoted to pops and ice cream, but they are still on the shelves. I wonder how much longer?.
Of course it is much better to make your own, and these ones here are made with the same mix that we throw together when we make ourselves a smoothie. So, in our house they are known as smoothie pops, but I’ve added a bit of grown up chocolate and some sugary crunch to add interest. They are now known as Raspberry, Yoghurt and Chocolate Popsicles.
The Mould
Raspberry, Yoghurt and Chocolate Popsicle
Ingredients
- 200 gm frozen raspberries not defrosted
- 150 gm plain or vanilla yoghurt
- 2- 3 Tablespoons honey (depending on what yoghurt you use add more to taste)
Chocolate coating
- 100 gm dark chocolate I used 65%
- 1 Tablespoon glucose
- 50 ml cream or milk, 1/4 cup
- 20 gm Coloured sanding sugar for texture
Instructions
- Puree the first 3 ingredients till smooth and thick. Pour into a pop mould and freeze for several hours or overnight
- Put the cream (or milk) glucose and chocolate into a bowl or jug and microwave till just melted , stir to combine. You can melt in a bowl over a double boiler.
- Cool the chocolate till just warm. Place a lined baking sheet into the freezer to chill and loosen the pops keeping them in the freezer as you work. V
- Very quickly dip each into the chocolate and sprinkle with sugar. Put back into the freezer to chill.
Iced Raspberry Pops
Raspberry and chocolate are my fave combo! And how cute are those moulds. I remember a similar triangle shaped juice growing up, called Sunkist back in the Philippines. We used to freeze them and peel the wrappings and eat them with drips and all.
I really wanted to join in this SABH!! It has been so hot!!! …but alas, I am travelling ATM and didn’t get organised in time :/
I will be pinning this recipe though, I like fruit and yoghurt based ice-creams for the kids, they think its a treat, I see it as one serve of fruit and one serve of dairy… win for mum!
Thanks for sharing 🙂
raspberry and choc, an amazing combo!
They’re so gorgeous T! I loved Razz’s Sunny Boys and Glugs. They were so good during summer when you’d be playing in a concrete playground 😛
Lovely flavour and what a decadent idea to dip them in a bit of chocolate!
We had Jublies in the UK – which today wouldn’t have gotten past the marketing department!!! Or is that just a very English word? Loving the colours and the photos.
I love your moulds. These are so pretty, Tania. I remember Sunny Boys so well. I will never understand why they were made in those impossible shapes but we certainly enjoyed many of them during the hot, summer months xx
That first photo is irresistible Tania! I remember those iceblocks at school, and if you weren’t too greedy you could make it last the whole lunch hour 🙂 xox
I was craving sunnyboys early on in my pregnancy and would you believe that my supermarket did not even stock them. I was heartbroken. Your smoothie pops look very cooling and delicious.
They look wonderful! I remember Sunny Boys – they don’t look quite the same shape anymore!
They look fantastic Tania. Wait until you see my creation. My god was it a failure but I didn’t have time to make anything else. Frozen + QLD heat is not a good recipe.
What a way to keep cool in this heat – in a very adult way. I like the photos too. 🙂
Oh these look amazing – so much better than sunny boys – but I did love to suck the sweetness out of a sunny boy when I was a kid (not that we had them heaps but they were a great treat when we had a lunch order rather than bringing our lunch). However I prefer your grown up version now!
Yummy Tania. Gotta make these! Ps. Great presentation I must say. Impressed x
This look magnificent! Raspberry and chocolate is one of my favourite flavour combos and combined with the creamy yoghurt I am sure it’s the perfect summer treat!
These look gorgeous! I remember Sunny Boys too, although like you we didn’t have them very often – if anything we tended to have frosty fruits or splices at home! I’d definitely take your creation over any of them though!
I remember Sunny Boys! I think I’d much prefer to have one of these though – they look so refreshing and cute!
What pretty and creative looking popsicles!
What gorgeous popsicles. I remember Sunnyboys but don’t think I ever ate them – my school canteen stocked a different brand we were allowed on rare occasions, and when buying ice creams out, my Mum steered us towards the low sugar Frosty Fruits. I would have loved a Sunnyboy instead but when I had food freedom they no longer appealed! These definitely do though 🙂
Those are GORGEOUS and sound absolutely delicious. 🙂 Especially in this wickedly hot weather. 🙂