These chocolate orange sweet potato ice cream bars, or ice lollies, are vegan and have just four ingredients, including sweet potato. The perfect healthy treat for a hot summer day.
The kids loved these healthy chocolate ice lollies
These healthy homemade ice lollies were a HUGE hit with my kids. All three of them absolutely devoured them, didn’t notice that they weren’t ordinary ice lollies, couldn’t detect the sweet potato and asked me to make more. With just four ingredients, a healthy portion of hidden vegetables and no added sugar what’s not to like?
If you’re looking for a summery hidden vegetable recipe for picky eaters then this is a great one for you. All you need to make these lollies are bananas, sweet potato purée, cacao powder and an orange.
Sweet potato purée is such a useful ingredient to have in your freezer
I usually have some sweet potato purée frozen in little pots or ice cube trays. I add it to pasta sauce or into macaroni cheese to make these dishes a little healthier and to make sure that my children at least eat a little portion of vegetables every day!
If you have bananas that are going brown in the fruit bowl but don’t have time to make banana bread then slicing them and freezing them is a great idea. Frozen bananas make smoothies lovely and creamy or you can use them to make nice cream, the healthiest version of ice cream that you’ll find. Alternatively make these healthy chocolate orange ice lollies.
You’ll need a food processor or high powered blender to make these lollies. I used my Froothie Optimum G2.3 blender*. Read my review.
How to make healthy chocolate and sweet potato ice cream bars:
Healthy chocolate orange ice lollies with sweet potato
These healthy homemade ice lollies were a HUGE hit with my kids. All three of them absolutely devoured them, didn't notice that they weren't ordinary ice lollies, couldn't detect the sweet potato and asked me to make more. With just four ingredients, a healthy portion of hidden vegetables and no added sugar what's not to like?
Ingredients
- 2 small bananas chopped and frozen
- Juice of one orange
- 1 tbsp raw cacao powder
- 100 g sweet potato cooked, puréed and cooled
Instructions
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Place all the ingredients in a food processor or high powered blender.
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Blend until well combined and smooth.
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Pour into four ice lolly moulds and freeze overnight.
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Enjoy!
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I’m liking up with this week’s CookBlogShare, hosted by Eb at Easy Peasy Foodie.
Mandy these look delicious and I love that you have made them so healthy with added sneaky veg! brilliant x
You know me Jenny, if I can get some veg in a recipe I will!!
Yum, Gonna try this!
Let me know what you think Samina!
These are the best lollies ever! I’ve made them for my fussy toddler and she loved them. She never liked sweet potatoes, what a great way to hide them! I’ll be making them again soon. A great recipe!
Hurrah! I am so glad that you tried them and she enjoyed them. I’m going to be making them time and time again for my picky eaters too x
Wow, what a fab idea
I love how inviting these look Mandy – after all who doesn’t love chocolate orange – but i love even more that they have a great healthy twist to them! Super sneaky but I imagine it was really satifying to know that your youngsters thoroughly enjoyed them, wanting more not having noticed your the sneakiness with fruit and veg 🙂
Angela xx
I think the sweet potato really helped to make them creamier – they were certainly enjoyed!
Such a fab sounding and healthy lolly – I love it, and it must be good if your kids liked them!! I really like your idea of freezing sweet potato puree to add to meals to make them healthier – top tip! And I like the tip about bananas – I do that too, A LOT!! As bananas in this house always go brown before we eat them…frozen banana is a fab addition to smoothies and ice cream! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x
My freezer saves me from so much food waste Eb! Although I must admit that I sometimes forget what is in it and rediscover it at the bottom months later…
This is such a clever idea and super sneaky getting sweet potato in a lolly!
Thanks Kat – I think it makes them even creamier!
Mandy, these ice lollies sound right up my street! I’ve used sweet potatoes to make chocolate ice cream, and frozen bananas with avocado and cacao powder for moreish ice cream but would never ever have thought of combining them with orange juice and turning them into ice lollies. I often make ice lollies that end up breaking in half in the mould, but yours look absolutely perfect. My four would love them!
Oh thanks so much Mel – these were so popular with my kids, I really must make them again before it gets cold. I’d love to hear what you think if you do make them x