Strawberry-Ricotta Popsicles

by Jamie on May 16, 2011

The temperatures are kinda crazy here in Ohio. One day it’s in the low 50’s, then the following day it’s in the 80’s. The heat has me realizing two very important things; One: I need a pedicure something fierce and Two: it’s time to stock with the freezer with homemade ice cold treats. What better way to chill out than with a Strawberry-Ricotta Popsicle?

I completely forgot to put my Zoku in the freezer after the last time I used it, so I decided to make these popsicles the old school way – in a Dixie cup. It really couldn’t be simpler, just pour your popsicle mix into the cups, cover the top of the cup with a small square of foil, insert your stick and freeze.

I’ll admit it, I was a little leery about adding ricotta cheese to a popsicle; however the results were quite splendid. The blend of ripe, sweet berries mixed with tangy ricotta cheese creates a smooth and creamy popsicle that simply begs to be devoured on a hot Summer day. I can’t wait to play around with more ricotta infused popsicle recipes – I envision a lemon cream popsicle in my very near future!

What’s you favorite cool summer treat?

Strawberry-Ricotta Popsicles

Yield: 8-10 popsicles

Ingredients:
1 pint (12 oz.) fresh strawberries, hulled
2 cups (15 oz.) Sargento® Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
1/4 cup sugar, or to taste
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

Directions:
1. Puree strawberries in a blender or food processor. Add ricotta cheese, sugar and lemon juice; blend or process 2 minutes.
2. Pour into freezer pop molds or 3 ounce plastic coated cups. Cover with pop mold tops or foil. Insert wooden sticks. Freeze 3 hours or until firm.

Notes:
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Sargento.

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Tagged as: Berries, Cheese, Easy Recipes, Frozen Desserts, Fruit, Lemon, Popsicles, Spring Desserts, Strawberries, Summer Recipes

{ 52 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Cookbook Queen May 16, 2011 at 9:19 pm

These look gorgeous!!

I’m with you on the weather…it’s the same way here in Arkansas. You never really know how to dress for the day.

2 Jayme aka The Coop Keeper May 16, 2011 at 9:32 pm

Just found your website, and I’m already addicted! Beautiful. Can’t wait to try these – I like it that the ricotta will offer a bit of protein, and there isn’t much sugar. Good deal. Thanks so much…

3 Najwa Kronfel May 16, 2011 at 9:32 pm

Ricotta on popsicles! that’s a great idea! it sounds really yummy, thank you!

4 Jayme aka The Coop Keeper May 16, 2011 at 9:35 pm

What a great idea- I love the addition of the ricotta – creamy, a bit of protein and low sugar. I’ll surely give these a go. Just found your website and I love it!

5 leslie May 16, 2011 at 9:41 pm

These sound very interesting. When I was doing the South Beach Diet, I used to eat a dessert that was just ricotta and cocoa w/ some splenda..It was yummy. So I bet these are delight!

6 melissa@IWasBornToCook May 16, 2011 at 9:42 pm

These look delicious! I love fresh berries with whipped cream – actually had some for dessert tonight

7 marla May 16, 2011 at 10:15 pm

These popsicles thrill me, I mean really they do. I have never used ricotta in pops, but I use it every where else. Genius girl!

8 Courtney May 16, 2011 at 10:21 pm

Picture perfect pops! I love that you use a dixie cup!

9 ButterYum May 16, 2011 at 11:18 pm

What a great recipe! Totally on my diet, too – whoohoo! I’m going to give it a try this week. Thanks for posting it!

ButterYum
PS – I’m overdue for a pedicure too.

10 Miss May 16, 2011 at 11:21 pm

I’m with you on the crazy weather, but my kids eat popsicles year round and I know they would love yours!

11 Richard Haber May 17, 2011 at 12:28 am

What a timely recipe! We just made a large batch of ricotta from whole, goats and buttermilk. It tastes so good right out of the cheese cloth I can imagine how it will taste as strawberry ricotta pops. This stuff is so much fun…

12 shaffy May 17, 2011 at 12:45 am

strawberries…. cheese… my kind of thing. these will be attempted once me & the kids recover from sore throat & coughing. from eating too much brownies in one sitting. like one whole pan.

13 Tessa May 17, 2011 at 2:08 am

I don’t have a popsicle mold, so I’ll have to keep the dixie cup method in mind. Never heard of that before, but it sounds like it works The popsicles look great!

14 Vimitha May 17, 2011 at 5:13 am

Gorgeous looking popsicles… Would love to have a freezer full of this for the heat…

15 Lauren at Keep It Sweet May 17, 2011 at 8:12 am

Oh wow, these look wonderful!

16 Urban Wife May 17, 2011 at 9:15 am

Oh, this looks delicious and made with no heavy cream? I am in heaven.
p.s. I like the new look!

17 rebecca May 17, 2011 at 9:19 am

Where do you get those popsicle sticks? So cute!

18 Amanda N May 17, 2011 at 9:51 am

That actually sounds delicious. I bet the ricotta made it super creamy too.

19 megan @ whatmegansmaking May 17, 2011 at 9:57 am

I’m going to make these for sure! So easy and pretty Now my husband cant complain that we bought those dumb popsicle molds and never use them…

20 Paula May 17, 2011 at 10:55 am

Waiting impatiently for a hot day to make these…they look scrumptious and so refreshing!

21 Terri A. May 17, 2011 at 11:06 am

I have everything to make these (except the sticks). Will be making them today. Yum!

22 Alicia C. May 17, 2011 at 11:32 am

Um… YUM?! We’re trying this as soon as the weather gets warm (again.) Yeah, I’m in Michigan where the weather changes every five minutes or so. But I know it’ll be hotter than heck before I know it! I love that these are so healthy, yet creamy. Thank you for sharing!

23 Amanda- Eating In Winnipeg May 17, 2011 at 12:12 pm

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24 Katrina May 17, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Great recipe! Love the sound of these! Also, great new website!

25 Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit May 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm

I’ve never thought to use plastic cups for my popsicles! We have weird popsicle molds – space ships… they’re okay, but ridiculously hard to photograph!

26 Liz May 17, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Rictotta + strawberries = two of my all time favorite things! Gotta make these!

27 Happy When Not Hungry May 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm

Wow these popsicles look amazing! Love the ricotta in there too. Yum!

28 New Orleans Honey May 17, 2011 at 4:47 pm

I have never tried Ricotta cheese before so maybe its time I do. I make a nice “freezy cup” as my grandkids say. I don’t have the recipe with me but I know it contains fresh bananas and sweetened condensened milk. I am interested in your wooden sticks though. Where do you buy them? They look like the ones the ice cream truck used to give you when you bought an ice cream cup. We always use popsicle sticks. I like yours much better.
Honey

29 Monica May 17, 2011 at 5:32 pm

Those sound genius and look amazing!!

30 Jen May 17, 2011 at 6:10 pm

What a great idea! Never thought to use ricotta in a frozen dish before…

31 Felice - All That's Left Are The Crumbs May 17, 2011 at 7:09 pm

I just happen to have a Sam’s Club size container of ricotta at the moment. I can’t wait to try this and maybe some other flavors too. I seriously doubt I will be able to get a picture of mine that will look half at good as yours.

32 Betsy May 17, 2011 at 8:27 pm

I wish it was warm enough in san diego for these! Soon enough

33 Kirsten May 17, 2011 at 9:22 pm

How many popsicles does this recipe make? Thanks!

34 Jamie May 17, 2011 at 9:37 pm: Kirsten-
It will make 8-10 popsicles depending on the size of your molds.
-Jamie
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35 Janet Sanford May 18, 2011 at 12:58 am

Sub Splenda and you have a great low carb snack! I actually eat that as a substitute for ice cream!

36 Debra May 18, 2011 at 4:50 am

Wow I stumbled across this blog, and what great recipes. Only problem (for me) is i do not see where I can subscribe for updatges

P.S. these sound yummy!

37 Jamie May 18, 2011 at 4:16 pm: Debra-
Thanks for stopping by. You can subscribe for email updates via this link.
Thanks-
Jamie
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38 Angie -- Bigbearswife May 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm

I would have never thought to use ricotta cheese in them to make them creamy!

39 Amy @ A Little Nosh May 18, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Oh, and a good way to add some calcium and protein to your diet. I need to make these for my son…he’d love ‘em!

40 Anita Menon May 18, 2011 at 5:24 pm

I have had Ricotta cheese before and I found it lighty and not that cheesy. It has a very subtle flavour and somehow I can imagine it with strawberries. Both of them nearly have the same flavour quality. The mauve color of the popsicle makes it look very tempting.

41 AManda May 18, 2011 at 5:25 pm

Gorgeous! And delish I am sure!

42 Eva May 18, 2011 at 8:30 pm

Oh my goodness, this looks absolutely wonderful! I love the combination of fruit and ricotta, putting them in a Popsicle must taste amazing.

43 Wenderly May 19, 2011 at 9:49 am

I hear ya about this zany weather! I’m SO ready for chillin’ in the heat. And especially with one of these tasty treats!

44 Ashley@bakerbynature May 19, 2011 at 10:11 am

These look so freshing! It’s so humid here in NYC today, perfect way to cool down if you ask me.

45 Pretty. Good. Food. May 20, 2011 at 1:19 am

Yum! So summery

46 Sue May 21, 2011 at 3:14 pm

Sounds wonderful~refreshing and CREAMY:)

47 Nancy @SensitivePantry May 21, 2011 at 4:21 pm

What a great idea! I never would have thought of adding ricotta to a sweet frozen treat. Thanks for sharing.

48 megan {a dash of megnut} May 25, 2011 at 8:40 pm

yummmm. i’m loving strawberry season right now. im in the middle of making strawberry ice cream as i write this. and i have another quart of strawberries ready to go. now i know what ill be doing with them!

49 Marta June 1, 2011 at 6:17 am

I haven’t try the recipe yet but they look so yummy that I decided to use the image in my newest blog post about celebrating children’s day. Hope that’s ok!
Thanks!

LOVE your blog!

Hello!
My name is Marta and I run Craftaria shop and the blog with the same name.
I use this item in my newest post. Let me know if everything is ok.
Feel free to share the post!

Thanks!
Marta

http://www.craftaria.com/2011/06/celebrating-childrens-day.html

50 Sweet Charity June 2, 2011 at 10:59 am

Its so hot here, so I think I’ll try these soon. They look yummy! Thanks.

51 CJ @ Morsels of Life March 17, 2012 at 8:44 pm

This sounds wonderfully creamy and refreshing! Now just waiting for better strawberries.

52 Karrin September 6, 2012 at 5:49 pm

This looks so delicious! I’ll have to buy one of those popsicle molds!
I have a blog that is devoted to homemade ice cream! I think you’d like some of my recipes!

http://nondairyicecream.blogspot.ca/

Cheers!