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Cherry Dragon Fruit Popsicles

January 14, 2025

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  • Yield: 8 bars
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Time: 5 minutes prep

Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, is a tropical fruit celebrated for its vibrant pink skin and mildly sweet, refreshing taste, reminiscent of a cross between kiwi and pear. Packed with antioxidants, vitamin C, fiber, and magnesium, it supports digestion, boosts immunity, and promotes healthy skin. Its striking appearance and nutrient-rich profile make it a favorite in smoothies, bowls, and healthy snacks.

While tart cherries are known for their pain-relieving properties, sweet cherries are no joke! Sweet cherries are a fruit that still falls pretty low in the glycemic index despite being sweet. They contain natural painkilling compounds called anthocyanin glycosides that not only make them red (along with the prussic acid they contain) but can be a pain reliever for arthritis, muscle pain, gout, fibromyalgia, labor pains, sore throat, stomach pain, etc.

These bars also contain melatonin, an antioxidant that calms and helps you fall asleep. Cherries can help prevent many diseases associated with inflammation, such as heart disease, arthritis, and cancer, and have even shown promising evidence in preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The lesson of the day: everybody should eat a few cherries every day! 

Along with the cherries, I have included gelatin because it helps protect and cushion the joints. Gelatin also contains glycine, an amino acid that helps regulate body temperature while sleeping and improves mood as well as the quality of sleep. I can go on and on about the benefits of gelatin, as there are so many, so feel free to visit the references and read the article on gelatin. 

Here’s a mouthwatering, fun, and easy way to incorporate them into your daily diet—cherry dragon fruit ice pops! They are easy to make and will probably even pass the kid test. That is the most crucial test of all, as far as I’m concerned! I have only fur kids, so when someone contacts me and tells me their picky-eating kid liked one of my recipes, I am beyond delighted! Go ahead…make my day! 

The cherry-flavored baking extract can be purchased online, in the baking section of a large chain art supply store, or at a well-stocked supermarket. 

Ingredients:

  • 2 scoops EFX Sports Vanilla Creme Wafer Protalyn Whey Protein Isolate
  • ½ peeled and sliced dragon fruit—also known as Pitaya 
  • 1 cup of cherries, pitted and sliced 
  • 1 envelope of unflavored gelatin 
  • 2 packets of stevia sweetener 
  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt 
  • 12 oz. almond milk 
  • 1 tsp. cherry flavored baking extract (optional) 
  • Popsicle sticks and a popsicle mold 

Directions: 

Put the almond milk in a blender with the gelatin, stevia, Whey Protein Isolate, yogurt, and cherry baking extract, blend until mixed, and set aside. Put the dragon fruit slices in the pop mold and add the cherry slices. Push the sticks in and see if the fruit holds them up (the top of my pop mold cracked, so I have to use other methods to brace the sticks!). Pour the blended ingredients into the pop mold segments and freeze for 6-24 hours. If removing them from the pop mold gives you trouble, fill the sink or a large bowl with hot water and soak the plastic part of the pop mold for about a minute. Pull each pop out, then store them in a container resting on their skinny sides for a few days. 

Nutrition:

Calories: 62
Protein: 7.6g
Fat: 11g
Carbs: 4.5g
Fiber: 1.3g
Sugars: 3g

Desiree Shaw

Desiree Shaw has been involved with the Fitness Industry for over a decade. She is a professional photographer, personal trainer and self-professed "Foodie" who absolutely hates the word 'diet'. Desiree loves turning naughty, fattening, 'slap-your-hand-cuz-it-don't-belong-in-the-cookie-jar' foods into more lifestyle friendly, nutritious and delicious recipes.

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