Strawberry passion fruit popsicles {Paletas de fresa y maracuya}

Easy recipe for homemade strawberry passion fruit popsicles {paletas de fresa y maracuya},made with layers of strawberry juice and passion fruit juice, or using a mix of diced strawberries with passion fruit juice.

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These homemade strawberry passion fruit popsicles {paletas de fresa y maracuya} are perfectly refreshing and this fruity combination is one of my all-time favorites. These passion fruit strawberry popsicles can be prepared a few different ways: I made some with layers of strawberry juice and passion fruit juice, and also made some using a mix of diced strawberries in passion fruit juice. A third option is to mix the strawberry and passion fruit juices together.

All the options are delicious, so it will come down to your personal preference. The layers are fun, but do require the extra step of waiting for each layer to be almost frozen before adding the next one. I love small chunks of fruit in my popsicles so dicing up strawberries, placing them in a mold and covering them with passion fruit juice is a great way to make strawberry passion fruit popsicles. Mixing the juices together to get that amazing flavor of strawberry and passion fruit is another easy option – plus you can also add some chopped strawberries to the popsicles molds.

For the passion fruit juice, you can make your own from scratch, which works if you have access to a lot of passion fruits. The other alternatives are to use store bought passion fruit juice (just make sure it’s real passion fruit juice and doesn’t have other things like grape juice in it) or to use store bought frozen passion fruit pulp concentrate. I will occasionally get lucky and have some fresh passion fruits available, but most of time I use the frozen pulp – you can find it at most Latin grocery stores. If I can I will buy a few fresh fruits and use their pulp (and seeds) to add an extra touch of freshness, but if not just using the frozen pulp works fine.

Strawberry passion fruit popsicles

Easy recipe for homemade strawberry passion fruit popsicles {paletas de fresa y maracuya}, these refreshing popsicles can be made with layers of strawberry juice and passion fruit juice, or using a mix of diced strawberries with passion fruit juice.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Ecuadorian, Fusion, Latin

Keyword: Paletas, Passion fruit, Popsicles, Strawberry, Strawberry passion fruit popsicles

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Time in the freezer: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes

Servings: 10 to 12 strawberry passion fruit popsicles

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of ripe fresh strawberries washed and hulled
• 1 cup water
• ¼ to ½ cup of sugar or honey
• 4 cups of passion fruit juice fresh or from frozen concentrate*
• 10-12 popsicle molds or disposable paper cups
• 10-12 popsicle sticks

Instructions

• If making the layered popsicles, prepare the strawberry part of the popsicles by blending the strawberries (save a few if you want to dice them and add some strawberry chunks to the popsicles) with 1 cup of water and ¼ to ½ cup of sugar or honey. Taste and adjust the sweetness level based on your preference.
• Pour either of the strawberry mix or the passion fruit juice into each popsicle mold until it is half full. You can alternate and make some with a bottom layer of strawberry and some with a bottom layer of passion fruit. If using cups as molds, usually put them in the freezer for about an hour, and then add the popsicle stick (if not it will be slightly slanted – which is also fine). When the first layer is almost frozen, usually a few hours later, add the second layer of strawberry or passion fruit. Return them to the freezer and let them freeze completely before serving.
• For the option of combining the strawberry and passion fruit juice, just mix the juice together, and fill the molds. Or fill each mold with half of the strawberry mix, and immediately finish filling with the passion fruit juice. Place in the freezer and add the popsicles sticks after about an hour – or add them before if you don’t mind the sticks being slanted.
• For the easy option of using chopped strawberries and passion fruit juice, dice and slice the strawberries, then place the chopped strawberries in the popsicle molds and pour in the passion fruit juice. Place a popsicle stick in the middle of each mold. Place the popsicles in the freezer until completely frozen before serving, about 4 hours.

Notes

To make the passion fruit juice using frozen pure passion fruit pulp: combine a defrosted 14 ounce pack of passion fruit pulp with 2 ½ cups of water and ½ cup of sugar – mix well, taste and adjust sugar to taste. If you want you can add the fresh pulp/seeds of 1-2 fresh passion fruits to the mix.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g

These strawberry passion fruit paletas are part of #PaletaWeek hosted by Lola’s Cocina. Check out all the delicious paleta flavors that are included in this fun roundup.

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