Refreshing Summer Snack: Fresh & Fruity Grape Popsicles

Sum­mer is the per­fect time for fresh fruit– there seems to be SO much more vari­ety with a lot of dif­fer­ent things in sea­son then. And, with these crazy hot tem­per­a­tures sweep­ing most of the coun­try, it’s the per­fect time for a snack like these fresh & fruity grape popsicles!

Cal­i­for­nia Grapes issued me a chal­lenge to cre­ate a fresh & healthy snack idea fea­tur­ing Cal­i­for­nia grapes. Find­ing deli­cious grapes is cer­tainly easy this time of year! And, ran­dom fact: Did you know that California-grown grapes account for 99% of all the grapes sold in the US?!

I knew I wanted to make some­thing healthy & easy that the kids would enjoy! And, dur­ing the sum­mer, who doesn’t love pop­si­cles? So, I decided on the fresh & fruity pops fea­tur­ing some of our favorite sum­mer fruit! I used grapes, nec­tarines, and 100% white grape juice. The white grape juice is awe­some because it won’t stain any­thing (plus you can see the fruit inside). And, really, you could use any sum­mer fruit com­bi­na­tions with the grapes that you wanted (straw­ber­ries, blue­ber­ries, pear, melon, you name it). In fact, you could even do all grape pops. They’re great & a super healthy pop­si­cle as there’s no added sug­ars, high fruc­tose corn syrup, or food col­or­ing. Plus, they’ve got pieces of whole fresh fruit– so great vit­a­mins and fiber!

To make, just cut up your grapes & nec­tarines. Then, place the fresh fruit into your pop­si­cle mold (you can always just use the ‘ole dixie cups & pop­si­cle sticks if you don’t have any plas­tic molds or mak­ers), put your stick in, fill with the white grape juice, and freeze. Once frozen, you’ll have a pretty, deli­cious, & healthy snack– per­fect & refresh­ing for these super hot sum­mer days! Frozen grapes are one of my favorite sum­mer things, but are def­i­nite chok­ing haz­ards for the lit­tle ones. So, this is an awe­some & safe way for kids to enjoy the frozen grape treats!

The fla­vor is SO good! The nec­tarines & grapes com­pli­ment each other well & the white grape juice tastes del­ish with it all! Every­one gob­bled them right up! Def­i­nitely kid-approved!

For more awe­some grape recipes, you can check out Grapes from Cal­i­for­nia and this book: Green Black Red: Recipes for Cook­ing and Enjoy­ing Cal­i­for­nia Grapes (Cal­i­for­nia Table Grape Com­miss). And, if you have a healthy grape recipe to share, enter it into the Makeover Your Snack con­test on the Grapes from Cal­i­for­nia Face­book page! There’s a $5,000 prize up for grabs!!

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Dis­clo­sure: I received the book listed above & com­pen­sa­tion to buy grapes from the Cal­i­for­nia Table Grape Com­mis­sion as part of a cam­paign with Fam­ily Review Net­work. All pho­tographs, opin­ions, and expe­ri­ences are my own. The book link above is an affil­i­ate link.