How to Make Healthy Homemade Dippin’ Dots

In case you haven’t noticed yet, I’m pretty much addicted to Pinterest, and if you’re into crafting, you probably already know why.  A friend recently pinned a version of frozen yogurt dots from One Good Thing By Jillee.  I thought they looked awesome, and decided to make it a bit more of a “craft” rather than just a recipe; and this is what we ended up with.

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What You Need to Make Yogurt “Dippin’ Dots” In the Freezer

  • Yogurt
  • Bananas
  • Food coloring (optional, especially if you use fruit or berry yogurt)
  • Plastic zip bags
  • Cookie sheet
  • Freezer

 

 

Let your little ones have fun squishing it all together.  It's fun to see how different colors mix together and to get the bananas nice and squished.

Let your little ones have fun squishing it all together. It’s fun to see how different colors mix together and to get the bananas nice and squished.

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What I Learned the Hard Way:

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#1. You really, really have to squish the bananas or else the chunks will be too big to fit through the hole when you’re piping the mixture onto the cookies sheet.

#2. If you used cheap plastic bags, they will probably leak.

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Lorna Doone Brewer is a freelance writer, also known as the Queen Bee. She lives in the beautiful Inland Northwest with three spirited daughters and a wildly outnumbered husband.

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6 comments

  1. ter

    im a grown up n i think this sounds good when the heat lets up n i can get shopping im going to get stuff n try it.. hope u dont mind if i pass this along to someone


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      Lorna Doone Brewer

      AM – You could totally replace the food coloring with pureed berries and still get some fun colors. I’d even experiment with some vegetable juices just to see what happens!

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