Barley Free Watermelon Mint Popsicles
These popsicles are pure summer in frozen form — juicy watermelon blended with fresh mint, a squeeze of lime, and just enough honey to round everything out. The result is bright, refreshing, and genuinely hard to stop eating once you've had one. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve is the secret move here, giving each pop a silky, clean texture without any fibrous bits getting in the way. Grain-free frozen treats can be surprisingly tricky to find at the store, where stabilizers and maltodextrin (often derived from barley or other grains) sneak into ingredient lists. This recipe keeps things beautifully simple — just whole fruit, fresh herbs, citrus, and honey, so you know exactly what you're eating. A quick run of warm water over the mold and they release perfectly every time, no wrestling required. Make a batch the night before and you'll have the most popular thing at any backyard gathering.
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8 servings
- 6 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes (about ½ small watermelon)
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the watermelon cubes, mint leaves, lime juice, honey, and salt in a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 30–45 seconds.
- 2
Taste the mixture and adjust with a little more honey or lime juice if needed. Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a large measuring cup or pitcher, pressing gently on the solids to extract all the liquid — this removes the mint fiber and any foam for a cleaner popsicle.
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