The Creamiest Vanilla and Chocolate Popsicles

Portions: servings

Calories: 452kcal

There's no better summertime dessert than popsicles; this vanilla and chocolate popsicles recipe will make you so happy. They are very creamy, like eating a frozen pudding, and the mixture of flavors works wonderfully.

By Clara Gonzalez - Last revised Nov 12, 2023. Published Jun 24, 2015.

Why I ❤️ it Recipe Ingredients Preparation

Vanilla and chocolate popsicle.

Why I ❤️ it

If you feel like making some homemade chocolate popsicles, these vanilla and chocolate popsicles are incredibly creamy, as creamy as any store-bought popsicle you can find, but made at home, where you can enjoy them any time you want.

These lovely frozen treats are also very easy and quick to make, are gluten-free, and can be adapted to a vegan diet. The perfect ice pops for a hot summer day.

Vanilla and chocolate popsicle recipe

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With simple ingredients and instructions, these lovely homemade vanilla and chocolate popsicles will cheer up the warmer days.

Course: Dessert

Inspiration: Latino

Category: chocolate milk popsicles, homemade popsicles, vanilla popsicle

Author: Clara Gonzalez

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Utensils and tools

Popsicle mold
Wooden popsicle sticks

Ingredients

For the chocolate popsicles

1 cup evaporated milk at room temperature
3 tablespoons cocoa powder (unsweetened)
¼ cup condensed milk (or to taste)
1 teaspoon of dark vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of Xantham gum (optional)
Chocolate syrup to garnish

Preparation

Before you start, make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1: Combine

In a mixing bowl, combine evaporated milk, cocoa powder, condensed milk, vanilla extract, and Xantham gum. Whisk until everything is mixed well and taste to see if it needs more sweetness, and add more condensed milk to taste.

If the Xantham gum does not dissolve completely, you can process the mixture in a blender.

Step 2: Pour into molds

Pour in lines of chocolate syrup into four popsicle molds, then pour the milk mixture into the popsicle molds, and place the popsicle sticks.

Step 3: Freeze

Keep in the freezer until the popsicles set.

Top tips

To remove from the mold, dip the mold in lukewarm water for a couple of seconds.
Use molds with smooth sides; these popsicles were a bit harder to remove from the molds when I used the ridged molds.
Adding a teaspoon of Xantham gum to the mixture helps to make them much more creamy and prevents the formation of crystals. Xantham gum is a natural thickening powder popular in keto and gluten-free baking.

Chocolate popsicles. — Vanilla and chocolate popsicle.

Variations

For a vegan version, substitute almond milk and sugar to taste for condensed milk. Oatmeal milk would work fine too.

Instead of drizzling with chocolate syrup, you can add chocolate chips to the chocolate popsicles instead.

Another great way of serving it is to coat it with minced roasted peanuts or sugar sprinkles after removing it from the mold.

If you're looking for another great cold chocolate dessert, try this Oreo fluff, or this healthful chocolate protein ice cream.

Nutritional information

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FAQs

What is the difference between ice cream and a Popsicle?

Ice cream, as the name indicates, is made with cream. Traditional ice cream also includes eggs, and different flavoring agents, and is churned to add air to it as it freezes. Popsicles are frozen treats that may or may not contain cream, and have sticks to hold them.

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