Double Chocolate Popsicles

These Double Chocolate Popsicles are simple, easy to make, extra creamy, and perfect for any chocolate lover! They make a delicious summer dessert but they can be enjoyed any time of the year!

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Why This Recipe Works

Creamy and chocolatey - These popsicles are extra creamy, chocolatey, and perfect for the summer! I love a good refreshing fruity popsicle but sometimes you just need something a little creamier that tastes like a frozen dessert, right? And if you want to combine the fruity flavor with chocolate, try these Chocolate Covered Cherry Popsicles!

Better than store-bought - There are no weird hidden ingredients or artificial flavors or sweeteners in these popsicles! They're made with real food that's actually good for you. Granted, you shouldn't eat them all at once because of the sugar in maple syrup but they're much healthier and better for you than most store-bought popsicles!

Easy and simple - The popsicles are made with just a few simple, easy to find ingredients and they need minimal hands on time. All you need to do is blend your ingredients, pour the mixture into popsicle molds, and once they're frozen, dip them in chocolate. The hardest part is waiting for them to freeze, so you can finally enjoy them!

Ingredients

• Yogurt - You can use full fat Greek yogurt or creamy coconut yogurt depending on if you want these popsicles to be vegetarian or vegan. Make sure the yogurt is full fat if you want the popsicles to be extra creamy.
• Milk - Aside from yogurt, I also add almond milk so these aren't just frozen yogurt popsicles. You can use any milk you like either non-dairy or whole milk. You can also skip this and just add more yogurt! Coconut milk, cashew milk, oat milk, or macadamia milk all work great.
• Cacao powder - I used raw cacao powder but regular cocoa powder works as well. They have slightly different flavors because raw cacao powder is not roasted which also means it will have more antioxidants and vitamins still intact.
• Maple syrup - Any liquid sweetener works here but the flavor of dark maple syrup is delicious with chocolate and yogurt.
• Vanilla extract - This adds a little bit of flavor and ties all the flavors together really well. You can use vanilla extract, vanilla pasta, vanilla powder, or scraped vanilla bean.
• Cinnamon - Cinnamon balances sugar and it goes with all the other flavors. You can skip it but I highly recommend adding a little sprinkle.
• Sea salt - The maple syrup in these popsicles needs to be balances with a little bit of salt which brights out the sweetness, tames it in a way, and brings out all the other flavors. You don't need much, just a small pinch is enough. Use sea salt or Himalayan pink salt whenever possible. Try to stay away from table salt, it's too processed.
• Chocolate shell - You'll need two chocolate bars and coconut oil or butter. I like using dark chocolate, 70% or 85% chocolate, but you can use any chocolate bar you prefer.

Variations and Substitutions

• Yogurt pops - You can skip the milk and add more yogurt instead to turn these into chocolate yogurt popsicles! Just like frozen yogurt but on a popsicle stick.
• Different sweetener - If you're not a fan of maple syrup, you can add honey or agave. I don't recommend adding sugar or any other dry sweetener because it may not dissolve properly and could settle on the bottom of the popsicles molds. Alternatively, you could also use flavored store-bought syrup (like Monin or Torani) or homemade simple syrup to sweeten these popsicles! Try them with this Chocolate Simple Syrup or a Vanilla Simple Syrup.
• White chocolate - You can make the popsicles be dark chocolate on the inside and make the shell out of white chocolate instead of dark but two different chocolate flavors!
• No chocolate shell - You can also skip the chocolate shell completely and just keep the popsicles as they are to keep things simple when you don't have time to dip them in chocolate. You could also just drizzle them with the chocolate instead.
• Toppings - Before the chocolate shell hardens on the popsicles, you can sprinkle them with hemp seeds, cacao nibs, slivered almonds, or crushed nuts like roasted almonds, hazelnuts, or pecans.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Add yogurt, milk, cacao powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and sea salt into a blender.
2. Blend until just mixed.

3. Pour the mixture into your popsicle molds and insert a popsicle stick into each one.
4. Freeze for at least 8 hours.
5. To take the popsicles out, run the molds under hot water briefly and carefully pull the popsicles out.
6. Transfer them back to the freezer in a freezer bag or on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to ensure they don’t melt as you dip them in the chocolate.

7. Break up the chocolate bar and melt it in a double boiler with coconut oil.
8. Dip each popsicle in the chocolate or drizzle the chocolate on top.
9. Lay the popsicles out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to set.

Serving and Storing

After you take the popsicles out of the molds and before you dip them in the chocolate, I highly recommend placing them back into the freezer again to refreeze for 10-15 minutes while you prepare the chocolate. This prevents them from melting too much while you dip them in the chocolate and it will help the chocolate shell to harden quicker than it would otherwise.

Once you are done dipping the popsicles in chocolate and the chocolate shell has hardened, return them back into the freezer either in a freezer bag or a freezer-safe container. You can store them for 3-6 months if frozen properly.

Once you take them out of the freezer, they should be enjoyed immediately as they can melt quickly.

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