How to Make Easy Homemade Frozen Treats for Kids

Why would you want to make homemade frozen treats for your kids? Have you looked at the price of these summer favorites lately? Plus, your version is likely much tastier than popular brands. In my book, homemade is always better. They'll keep in the freezer just like the others, too. That is, as long as the kids don't know about them. These easy homemade frozen treats disappear pretty fast once they do.

Homemade cookie sandwiches are the grand-kids favorite. The grown-ups around here love them too. Frozen treats don't get any better than this. They cost a small fortune at convenience stores. You can make them for much less. Start with your favorite freshly baked (cooled) cookies. Place a generous spoonful of ice cream between two. Press together. Wrap in plastic wrap. Freeze. Don't forget to hide a couple for yourselves.

Short-cut:

Use packaged cookies.

My favorite homemade frozen treats are fudge-bars. You wouldn't believe how simple these are to make. Why pay the ice cream man for frozen chocolate milk? That's right, that's all a fudge-bar is. Just pour chocolate milk into an ice pop mold and freeze. Kids will come running to you now. You can buy ready-made chocolate milk or make your own by adding chocolate syrup to milk.

Try something different:

Use strawberry milk, chocolate almond milk or chocolate soy milk.

Can you duplicate an orange cream bar? Absolutely. You won't get the layers you find in store bought versions of this kids favorite. You will get all the flavor. Simply whip orange drink with a splash of cream and freeze in an ice pop mold. This homemade frozen treat is tastier than the original. Want a more natural version? Use orange juice and soy milk instead.

The best part:

You can make cream bars with other flavored drinks too.

How about some homemade juice bars? Make an endless variety of homemade frozen treats for kids by freezing fruit juices. It's a healthy alternative to frozen lemonades, limeades and frozen sugar based drinks. You can mix and match juices too. Experiment with flavor combinations. Kids often come up with the best ones

Make it better:

Add real fruit to your juice bars to duplicate popular brands.

Trying to keep frozen treats low cal without artificial sweeteners? Kids don't care about calories, but you should. Keep your kids out of the overweight revolution with these frozen treats. Try simply adding lemon or lime juice to water and freezing. You can also use extracts such as orange or mint for an interesting change.

Switch it up:

Try duplicating a popular trend by making frozen treats from flavored green teas. The grand-kids favorite is pomegranate.

What about those chocolate coated bars? What would kids do for frozen treats like that? Believe it or not, they're very simple to make. Just slice frozen ice cream into squares. Place on foil. Pour some chocolate shell liquid over one side. Flip and do the other side. Wrap in foil and freeze. Chocolate shell is found in the ice cream aisle, next to the chocolate syrup.

Make it nuttier:

Sprinkle nuts on before shell hardens.

Make mine butterscotch:

Use a butterscotch shell instead.

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Source:

Personal experience