Sublime Strawberry Popsicles

Summery Strawberry Popsicles are all about fresh fruit and refreshing flavors that you can enjoy on the hottest days of the year! This is a super fast, super fantastic strawberry popsicle recipe you can whip up in no time with just 3 ingredients!

Strawberry Popsicles

The last thing I want to do in the summer is spend time at my oven or stove. I need to cool off, not stand in a hot kitchen.

That’s why I wanted to teach you all how to make strawberry popsicles that are no frills, no fuss, but so delicious — and with only berries, sugar, and lemon juice!

So summer is all about no-bake desserts, which very often turns into a popsicle palooza. They’re just so easy and so scrumptious when you can use ripe, seasonal fruit! 

Raspberries, kiwis, cantaloupe, pineapples and oranges… they’re all fair game for ice pops in my house. To be honest, so is coffee!

But you just can’t beat the classics, and nothing screams summer treat to me like simple strawberry popsicles.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

• Strawberries – Ripe, dark red berries are ideal for these ice pops. They have tons of juice, are easy to blend, and create the most gorgeous color!
  
  That’s not to say you can’t use frozen strawberries. You totally can! You’ll just want to let them thaw for a bit before blending so you don’t burn out your blender’s motor.
  
  Frozen fruit also tends to make homemade popsicles more watery, so overall, I recommend using fresh fruit whenever possible.
  
• Sugar – Just two tablespoons of white granulated sugar should be all you need for 10 homemade strawberry popsicles!
  
  Letting those berries macerate in the sugar really helps to bring out their natural sweet-and-tart flavor and aroma.
  
  You can start macerating the berries up to 24 hours in advance.
  
• Lemon Juice – Why lemon juice? Well, that little bit of acidity goes a long way!
  
  It balances out the sugar, matches the natural tartness of the strawberries, and just adds an overall bright taste that makes these pops taste amazingly refreshing!
  
  You could also use lime or even orange juice.

Tips and Tricks to Make Homemade Strawberry Popsicles

• Make them a little sweeter than you like.

Did you know that food tastes less sweet when it’s cold? It’s a thing!

Our taste buds are less receptive to cold food. So even if something tastes perfectly sweet when you’re mixing it up, you’re likely to find it not sweet enough once it’s frozen.

That’s why I recommend tasting your blended berries for sweetness before freezing. If it’s not sweet enough for you, it’ll definitely taste too bland once it’s frozen.

Add just a touch more sugar than you think you need, and your strawberry fruit popsicles will end up perfect!

• Best practices for using popsicle molds.

It’s easy to automatically fill all of the molds to the brim with your yummy berry concoction, but remember that liquid expands while it freezes!

So leave about ¼-inch of space in each mold to make sure they don’t spill over.

And there’s nothing more annoying than a lopsided popsicle stick! Keep those sticks in place with a little aluminum foil layered between the mold’s top and bottom.

This extra step will also make sure the tops don’t freeze to the popsicle, which is always a huge pain to thaw and peel off!

• Want a more intense flavor?

Because the ingredients are simple and natural, homemade strawberry popsicles are a lot more subtle than some of those store-bought ice pops!

Get a more concentrated flavor by adding strawberry jam or syrup to the blender — or swirled right into the molds!

Prep Ahead

• Chop the strawberries

Kitchen Tools You Will Need

• Ice Pop Mold – Silicone molds are great! This one comes with reusable sticks too.
• Blender – A high-powered blender is a must in every kitchen!

Bonus Flavor Ideas

Sweet and tangy strawberries taste so, so good with so many other fruits! Add bananas, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi… literally anything fruit to these pops, and they’ll be a hit.

Either blend them up along with the berries or chop them into chunks and mix them in for texture.

Not into pairings? You can adapt this recipe to feature any of the above fruits and get amazing results.

And speaking of texture, I’ve also seen some really interesting fruit popsicles that use brown sugar instead of white to get a little extra variety in there!

So if you love the deep, caramel-like sweetness of brown sugar, that’s worth a try too.

Storing Strawberry Fruit Popsicles

Once frozen, wrap your strawberry popsicles in parchment paper or place them into separate baggies. Then, add all of those to a larger gallon-sized bag for maximum freshness. 

You can store them for months this way. And, it frees up your popsicle mold for a new batch!

Strawberry Popsicle Recipe FAQ

Enjoy!

With love, from our simple kitchen to yours.

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Originally published June 2012, updated and republished April 2026

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