Hands up if you like chocolate ice lollies? Right, that's just about everyone then. Why not try this chocolate avocado version for a more nutritious frozen treat? Perfect for chocoholics - kid-sized and adult.
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About five years ago we went on holiday to Cornwall. On a glorious sunny day we went to a beautiful beach called Polzeath.
Polzeath is an enormous beach and we set up camp for the day at the far end near some rock pools. This was a good idea in many ways but it was rather a long walk to the toilets - and the ice cream van.
I took the children to get an ice cream and had to carry Miss R (who was 18 months at the time) back whilst she ate her chocolate ice cream.
It was a hot day and being only tiny she ate it very slowly the result being that by the time we got back to the others both of us were absolutely covered in chocolate.
Nowadays I'm a more sensible mum who tends to save chocolatey treats for home - when it's easier to clean up and I don't have to be dripped on!
Use up over-ripe avocadoes
These chocolate avocado ice lollies are a great frozen treat to make for home. If you have a ripe avocado that needs eating up this is the perfect use for it.
You just need a few minutes to whizz the ingredients together and you have a perfectly creamy healthy chocolate ice lolly that the kids (and you) will love.
I have added maple syrup to this to sweeten it - however this can be omitted or increased if you prefer to suit your own taste.
- Do they taste of avocado? No.
- Are they creamy, delicious and chocolately? Yes.
- Should you make them today? Absolutely!
Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients to make these lollies:
- ripe avocado
- cocoa powder (or cacao powder to make them even healthier)
- milk (I use oat milk)
- maple syrup (optional)
Equipment
You'll need:
- blender*
- lolly (popsicle) moulds*
- lolly sticks* (if your lolly mould doesn't come with them)
Babies/toddlers
These lollies are suitable for babies and toddlers. You may want to leave out the maple syrup for young babies.
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Chocolate avocado ice lollies
Equipment
- Ice lolly (popsicle) mould
- Lolly sticks
Ingredients
- 1 ripe avocado
- 25 g cocoa powder or cacao powder
- 200 ml milk I used oat milk
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup or more to taste
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and whizz until well combined. It's a good idea to scrape the sides down once so you don't end up with bits of unblended avocado in your lolly.
- Taste the mixture and add more maple syrup if its not sweet enough for your taste.
- Pour the mixture into your ice lolly moulds, pushing it down with the end of a spoon to avoid air bubbles.
- Freeze for 12 hours or overnight until frozen solid.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Nutritional information is approximate and is intended as a guide only.
Nutrition
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Jo Thomas
Didn't have any lolly moulds, so I just froze this in a tub. It worked great and M now regularly asks for choc choc ice cream as a pudding! I've also made a batch with a bit of frozen banana I had lurking in the freezer and it was also yum.
Mandy Mazliah
Ah that's great to hear - frozen banana always makes things super creamy. Thanks for commenting x
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Oh this is definitely a sneaky one! And a great way to get the kids eating avocados!
Mandy Mazliah
Thanks Kat! They love it and have no idea what makes it so creamy x
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
They look amazing Mandy...I wonder if my kids would go for them... they hate avocados but love chocolate... interesting! Eb x
Mandy Mazliah
Hmm you’ll have to try it out. It doesn’t taste of avocado at all
Balvinder
These look amazing. Can't wait to try it.