Have you ever bitten into a creamy popsicle that you didn’t like? Probably not. This post is for those who love creamy popsicles! They make for a great summer dessert without getting your oven involved. These decadent sweet treats are also perfect for kids summer snacks, 4th of July cookouts, and really any summer party!
When the summer heat hits and you want just a little sweet treat that cools you down AND tastes great, what better treat than a homemade popsicle?
I’ve rounded up a variety of mostly creamsicle recipes that are sure to hit the spot this summer — with a handful of light and refreshing fruity options thrown in for variety.
But if I had to choose between fruity or creamy? Creamy wins every time.
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1. STRAWBERRY PINA COLADA POPSICLES
These Strawberry Piña Colada Popsicles turn your favorite summer cocktail into a creamy frozen treat. Made with full-fat coconut milk, coconut cream, pineapple, and strawberries, they’re rich without being heavy. You can make them with rum for the adults or swap in rum extract to keep them kid-friendly, same great flavor either way. Pro tip: freeze your pineapple chunks before blending for a thicker, creamier consistency.
2. Creamy Fudgesicles
If you grew up chasing the ice cream truck for a fudgesicle, this recipe is going to take you straight back. Just four ingredients, milk or cream, cocoa powder, sugar, and chocolate chips, and you have a rich, creamy homemade version that puts the store-bought ones to shame. Worth noting: if you use wooden sticks or paper straws, let the popsicles freeze for an hour or two before inserting them so they stay perfectly centered.
3. FUDGE BROWNIE POPSICLE
While we’re still on the topic of fudgy delightful popsicles, this one has BROWNIE CHUNKS IN IT. A fudge popsicle with actual brownie chunks frozen inside is such a good idea. It’s like a frozen brownie sundae on a stick. The base is a rich cocoa mixture with cornstarch to keep it thick and creamy, and the brownie pieces add a chewy texture you don’t expect from a popsicle. If you want to make it even easier, use a boxed brownie mix for the chunks and no one will know the difference.
4. STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE POPSICLE
These Strawberry Cheesecake Popsicles taste exactly like a frozen slice of cheesecake and somehow manage to pull it off in popsicle form. Made with cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, and fresh strawberries, the texture is incredibly rich and creamy. The optional crushed graham cracker pressed into the base adds that classic cheesecake finish that really ties it all together.
You can also use crushed biscoff cookies instead of graham crackers as they get less soggy compared to graham crackers.
5. Orange Creamsicles
It’s an Orange Julius in popsicle form with an extra dose of creaminess with heavy cream in this recipe.
These Orange Creamsicle Popsicles are made with just six ingredients including cream, milk, honey, fresh orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla, blended together in minutes. The orange zest is what really makes the flavor pop. Kazow. If you want a more intense citrus flavor, add a little extra zest before pouring into the molds.
6. Dole Whip Popsicles
If you have ever had a Dole Whip at Disney World or the Dole plantation you already know what you are getting into here. This homemade version captures that same light, creamy, tropical pineapple flavor in popsicle form using just four ingredients. Canned crushed pineapple makes it an easy pantry recipe you can throw together anytime. For an adults-only version, a few tablespoons of rum blended in turns these into a frozen piña colada situation that is hard to beat on a hot day.
7. BERRY YOGURT POPSICLE
One of the lighter options in this roundup and a beautiful one at that. These Berry Swirl Yogurt Popsicles use a mix of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries cooked down and swirled into full fat Greek yogurt sweetened with honey. The swirl effect creates a gorgeous marbled look that makes them just as pretty to look at as they are to eat. A good tip from the recipe: cook your berries down first and let them cool completely before swirling into the yogurt, otherwise the heat will thin out the mixture and the swirl effect won’t hold.
8. OREO POPSICLES
These Oreo Popsicles are made with just five ingredients, crushed Oreos folded into a mixture of heavy cream, yogurt, vanilla, and sugar. A smart little trick in this recipe is placing whole cookie pieces at the base of the molds before pouring in the mixture so every popsicle has a pretty cookies-and-cream look when you pull it out. Want to make it your own? A swirl of peanut butter or hot fudge stirred into the base takes these to a whole other level. Dangerous.
9. MANGO LASSI POPSICLE
If you have ever had a mango lassi and thought it should never end, this recipe is for you. There was an Indian restaurant I used to haunt every other day just for their soft serve mango lassi, and these popsicles just brought up that memoryyy. Made with whole fat Greek yogurt, full fat coconut milk, maple syrup (or sugar or honey), and pureed champagne mango layered together in alternating sections, they capture everything that makes a lassi so good! Champagne mangoes specifically, also called ataulfo, are the move here as they are less fibrous and puree into something silky and intensely sweet. If you’re familiar with carabao mango–these also work really well!
10. Decadent White Chocolate Pistachio Ice Pops Recipe
Pistachio paste is dangerous in this household. A creamy pistachio milk base gets frozen, dipped in a white chocolate shell, and finished with a drizzle of pistachio paste mixed with melted white chocolate. The result looks like something from a boutique frozen dessert shop and requires no ice cream machine whatsoever.
11. LAYERED ICED COFFEE POPSICLES
For the coffee lovers who need their fix even on a pool day. These Layered Iced Coffee Popsicles are made with three distinct layers: a creamy milk layer, a latte layer, and a straight coffee layer, all with mini chocolate chips scattered throughout.
The layering technique is what makes these so stunning to look at, and the recipe has a clever trick of reversing the layer order for alternating popsicles so the whole batch looks different even though they taste the same. One important note: make your coffee a little sweeter than you normally would since freezing dulls sweetness significantly.
12. Cookie butter popsicples
If you have ever eaten Biscoff cookies and thought about them for the rest of the week, this recipe is going to be a problem for you in the best way. Cookie butter is essentially speculoos cookies blended into a spread with the consistency of peanut butter and the flavor of spiced gingerbread.
Here it gets warmed with whole milk and heavy cream, mixed with crushed butter cookies, and frozen into a popsicle that tastes like dessert in every sense of the word. Trader Joe’s carries their own version called Speculoos Cookie Butter, or you can use Biscoff spread which is widely available at most grocery stores.
13. Mangonada Popsicles Recipe
Mangonadas are a classic Mexican street drink made with fresh mango, lime, chamoy and Tajin, and this recipe freezes all of that into one ridiculously good popsicle.
14. HOMEMADE FRUIT POPSICLES
Think of this less as a single recipe and more as a framework for making fruit popsicles with whatever you have on hand! The base formula is simple: fruit, yogurt or juice, honey, lemon juice, and vanilla blended together in five minutes.
The recipe includes three specific flavor combinations to get you started — strawberry yogurt, blueberry apple juice, and a sneaky green apple zucchini version that actually works.
15. COOKIES AND CREAM POPSICLE
If the first cookies and cream recipe felt a little too indulgent, this lighter version uses whipped topping instead of heavy cream for a texture that is airier and a little less rich.
Same classic cookies and cream flavor, just with a bit less guilt. Four ingredients, ten minutes of prep, and into the freezer it goes.
16. MANGO & STICKY RICE POPSICLE
@soyummy Treat yourself to a yummy mango sticky rice pop
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17. Roasted Strawberries and Cream Popsicles
If you are feeling a little adventurous, this recipe sneaks in a drizzle of balsamic vinegar before roasting the strawberries and the result is a jammy, deeply concentrated berry flavor that takes it to the next level!
18. Coconut Hojicha Popsicles
Hojicha is roasted green tea, and if you have only ever tried matcha you are in for a completely different experience. Where matcha is grassy and bright, hojicha is earthy, warm, and toasty with a flavor that pairs beautifully with coconut milk. Just four ingredients plus an optional chocolate ganache drizzle if you want to take it up a notch.
19. STRAWBERRY MATCHA LATTE POPSICLE
Also from Cooking Therapy and just as stunning visually. These Strawberry Matcha Latte Popsicles are inspired by the layered drinks you see at boba shops, with three distinct layers: a matcha green layer, a plain oat milk white layer, and a pureed strawberry red layer at the bottom. Each layer freezes completely before the next is added so the colors stay clean and separate.
20. HALO HALO POPSICLES
@juanbigbite You need to make these Halo-Halo Popsicles to spice up your dessert game! Dasurv mo ‘to this summer BiteFam ☀️ #JuanBigBite #foodieph #longervideos #longervideo #halohalo #nestlecream #nestlecreamph #dessertrecipe #icecreamrecipe ♬ original sound – Miguel | Juan Big Bite
You can use common tropical fruit like mango, coconut gelatin, macapuno (young coconut meat), lychee, or any other fruit of your choice. This is usually how halo halo is made but you can totally turn it into a popsicle. Using coconut milk and adding in a layer of ube ice cream would be delicious!
21. CREAMY CINNAMON HORCHATA POPSICLE
If you have ever had a cold glass of horchata on a hot day you already know how good this is going to be. This recipe takes the classic Mexican cinnamon rice drink and turns it into a creamy frozen popsicle using real long grain white rice blended with sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla.
The rice gets fully blended and strained out so what you are left with is a smooth, silky base that freezes beautifully. It is a little more involved than the other recipes here since you are essentially making horchata from scratch first, but the payoff is worth it.
22. BASIL LEMON POPSICLE
These Basil Lemon Popsicles are made with nonfat Greek yogurt, lemon juice and zest, honey, and fresh basil blended together until smooth.
If you have never used basil in a dessert before this is a great entry point because the lemon keeps it bright and familiar while the basil adds an herby freshness that makes the flavor feel more interesting than a plain lemon popsicle. You can also swap the lemon for lime in equal amounts if you want a basil lime version instead.
Looking for delicious lemon desserts for summer?
23. Creamy Strawberry Mango Popsicles
Possibly the easiest recipe in this entire roundup. These Creamy Strawberry Mango Popsicles require just three ingredients: a jar of strawberry jam, fresh or frozen mango chunks, and heavy cream or full fat coconut milk. That’s it.
The strawberry jam layer gets blended with cream, poured into the mold halfway, then the mango layer gets blended on top and swirled together with a knife.
24. Creamy Peach & Honey Popsicles
Peach season is short and this is one of the best ways to use it. Roasting the peaches before blending them into full fat yogurt with honey, lemon juice, and vanilla concentrates their flavor in a way that raw peaches simply cannot match and keeps the texture creamy rather than icy.
The roasting step only takes about 30 minutes and the difference it makes is noticeable. If you want to skip the yogurt, full fat coconut milk works just as well for a dairy free version.
25. Creamy Strawberry Semifreddo
If popsicles aren’t quite your thing but you still want a creamy frozen strawberry dessert this summer, meet the semifreddo. It is an Italian frozen dessert that translates literally to “half cold” and that is exactly what it is — frozen but never hard, always silky and sliceable straight from the loaf pan.
This one is made with whipped cream, Greek yogurt, vanilla, and a cooked strawberry sauce all folded together and frozen without a single piece of equipment beyond a mixing bowl. No ice cream machine, no eggs, no complicated steps. Just slice, drizzle the fresh strawberry topping over it, and act like you planned this all along.
26. Spiced Chai Popsicles
Your favorite fall drink in frozen form. These Spiced Chai Tea Latte Popsicles are made by brewing a strong batch of black chai tea and infusing it with six spices: cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, cardamom, and nutmeg.
Cashew milk gets whisked in for a subtle creamy nuttiness, and maple syrup balances out the bold spices without overpowering them. If you are someone who counts down to chai season every year, these are going to make summer a lot more bearable.
I hope you found a couple of popsicle ideas to try this summer! Be sure to save this pin and enjoy a cool summer.
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