Discover the ultimate frozen indulgence with these Strawberry, Banana, and Custard Ice Lollies (or popsicles if you’re across the pond). Made from the finest ingredients, each lolly bursts with the natural sweetness of ripe strawberries, creamy bananas, and luscious custard.
Last week was half term so I found myself taking a week off from recipe development to recharge my batteries.
Sometimes you just have to take your foot off the pedal or you run out of gas! So with renewed enthusiasm and the sun’s rays beating down, I decided it was high time I developed an ice lolly recipe.
These Strawberry, Banana & Custard Ice Lollies almost developed themselves as they were ingredients I had to hand and which needed using up.
I’d bought strawberries for our dessert the previous day but the family plumped for apple pie and custard instead. So with the leftover custard and unused strawberries, I decided to add some banana for a creamy texture and flavour.
Then I added melted chocolate and sprinkles for that classic Fab ice lolly look!
The trick with the chocolate coating is to add any flavourless vegetable oil so that the chocolate doesn’t crack while it’s in the freezer.
You also need to be quick when applying the sprinkles as I found myself having to double dip my first attempt as the chocolate sets so quickly!
These Strawberry, Banana & Custard Ice Lollies are bursting with creamy, fruitiness and are far healthier than any shop-bought ice lollies.
Plus they are so quick and easy to make that there isn’t any excuse not to make your own ice lollies!
If you are making them for small children then I would use smaller ice cream moulds as they are quite filling.
Better still get your children to make them (with supervision).
We enjoyed ours as a dessert and I think they would be great to have at a BBQ to impress your guests!
If you’re admiring the shape of my ice lollies then you can find out more about the moulds in this review!
More Ice Lolly & Ice Cream Recipes
Here are some more ice lolly and ice cream recipes for you to try:
- Salted Caramel Crunchie Ice Cream
- Caramel Ice Cream
- Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk
- Black Forest Vanilla Ice Milk
- Cooling Cucumber, Elderflower and Mint Ice Pops
- Eton Mess Ice Lollies
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Strawberry, Banana & Custard Ice Lollies
Ingredients
- 250 g strawberries
- 70 g banana
- 40 g icing sugar
- 80 ml custard
Coating
- 125 g plain chocolate or mix of plain & milk chocolate
- 1 tbsp light olive oil
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Place the strawberries, banana, icing sugar and custard into a blender and blend until smooth (I use a stick blender).
- Taste and add more icing sugar if needed and blend again.
- Pour into 4 ice lolly moulds (100 ml capacity).
- Freeze until solid (about 4 hours).
- To make the chocolate coating place a small bowl over a small pan of water, heating gently.
- Break the chocolate into the bowl and add the oil stirring until melted.
- Take off the heat and cool down to room temperature.
- Dip the ice lollies into the chocolate and quickly sprinkle on the sprinkles before the chocolate sets (sets very quickly).
- Serve immediately or place on grease proof paper and put back in the freezer.
judy kennedy
Sort of healthy? I really crave one
Camilla
Well healthier than a shop bought lolly for sure:-)
Amy Fidler
What a lovely idea x love these x
Camilla
Thanks Amy-)
Helen Moulden
Wow, never even considered trying custard in an ice lolly!
Camilla
Glad to have enlightened:-)
Richard Eldred Hawes
What a good idea to use leftovers to make icecream lollies
Camilla
Thanks Richard:-)
A S,Edinburgh
These are so pretty! And they sound really tasty, too.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Richard Eldred Hawes
Ice lollies are always handy things to have in the freezer and these are nice and creamy
Camilla
Thanks Richard:-)
Rich Tyler
Yummy, def.going to try my hand at these 🙂
lisa
These look so good! it sort of reminds me of a nobbly bobbly but better! and they were my favourite!!
Camilla
Thanks:-) Yes I see what you mean Lisa, although I was more of a Fab girl (of course LOL;-)
Heather Haigh
They look fantastic – I bet they taste great too.
Camilla
Thanks Heather:-)
Corina
What gorgeous looking lollies! I currently have far too many strawberries at home too as we went to a pick your own at the weekend and of course we picked far more than we could eat!
Camilla
Thank you so much Corina:-) Yes we’ve often picked too many but then there’s always something nice to make with them:-)
George L
Kids would love these this summer 🙂
Camilla
I’m sure they would:-)
RainbowChild
These look utterly divine . . .must try them out this summer! Thanks for posting such a fab recipe!
Camilla
Thank you so much:-)
sandy ralph
wow these sound so good I must try them out
Camilla
Thanks Sandy:-)
Elizabeth
I am absolutely loving the sound of these! I will have to make them for my kids when I get back from my bikepacking trip. Thanks for sharing with the No Waste Food Challenge!
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth:-)
Anosa
Oh wow, I am salivating just by looking at them. I don’t think they would last long enough for me to take pictures if I recreated them in my home
Camilla
LOL thanks Anosa:-)
Kim Styles
They sound heavenly -you are so inventive!I didnt even know you could freeze custard- I might try and make my favourite apple crumble and custard flavour lollies- what do you reckon?
Camilla
Thanks Kim, I could imagine instead of sprinkles you could use a crumble topping on an apple lolly:-)
joanne casey
These look amazing…i cant wait to try these out on the kids, thanks for great recipes x
Camilla
Thank you Joanne:-)
Jenni
Oh these look so cute! I love the sprinkles – I am a massive fan of sprinkles and icelollies mixed. I am going to give these a go!
Camilla
Great Jenni, so glad you like them:-)
Katie Bryson
Camilla this is a truly fabulous recipe and the styling is GORGEOUS! I’m going to have to get myself some of these moulds as they’re too adorable for words. My kids are going to love these fruity lollies!
Camilla
Thank you so much Katie, nothing was planned re styling but I happened to have 5 strawberries (that I hadn’t gobbled up) left and some spare melted chocolate so it all just kinda happened as I was wondering how I was going to present them after making!The moulds are great, I’d forgotten all about them and have some others I must use too!
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain
These look so pretty Camilla, and what a great way to use up fruit to make a healthy treat for the warm weather.
Angela x
Camilla
Thank you Angela, yes a great way to cool down in a healthier way:-)
Ana De- Jesus
What an inventive and surely delicious concept for an ice lolly , I like the fusion of sprinkles too.
Camilla
Thank you Ana, everything is better with sprinkles:-)
Melanie Edjourian
These look absolutely amazing, I want to give those a go with my children.
Camilla
Great Melanie and thank you, lets hope the sun comes back out;-)
Ren Behan
So tempting….and am almost falling off my chair to even think that we have the weather for them – hooray!
Camilla
Thanks Ren, well as soon as I posted the them we had storms here LOL:-)
Nikki
Oooh these sounds amazing. Love the presentation too! 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Nikki:-)
Sus // roughmeasures.com
Good tip about adding veg oil! I adore these little lollies, the heart shape is amazing, did you use moulds, if so where did you get them from?
Camilla
Thanks Sus. I reviewed the moulds a few years ago, there’s a link in the text:-)
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
These look amazing Camilla, and I love that they are heart shaped too. Everything is better with sprinkles! These would be perfect on a hot day like today.
Camilla
Thank you so much Dannii, yes I’ve had a tub of sprinkles just waiting to have their moment of glory and it finally came:-)
glenn hutton
These look amazing and look like a specialist shop had made them… Wow!
Camilla
Aaw, thank you so much Glenn:-)
Rhian Westbury
Wow these look amazing and sound super duper healthy x
Camilla
Thank you so much Rhian:-)
shannon ritchie
These look yummy! I will try making these with my cousins!
Camilla
Thanks Shannon, have fun:-)
Hananh
These look delicious, saving this post so I can make these soon!
Camilla
Great Hananh:-)
Paighton Millington - The Lazy Baker
These are mouthwatering! Perfect for the weather we’ve been having recently – hopefully there’s plenty more sun to come, so I can make plenty!
I’ll be grabbing the ingredients at our next food shop
Camilla
Excellent Paighton, so glad you like them:-)
Maya Russell
Great looking lollies and I’m sure they taste great with all that fresh fruit.
Camilla
Thanks Maya, they certainly do:-)
Laura Harrison
These look very yummy. I have retweeted it on Twitter xx
Camilla
Thank you so much Laura:-)
Angela Milnes
These look delicious and a great treat which my family might like. Thanks for the recipe. Angela from Daysinbed
Camilla
Thank you Angela:-)
Kavey
These look utterly gorgeous, Camilla and I the heart shapes and the chocolate and sprinkles! Using up leftover fruits is definitely a great idea for lollies and so refreshing when it’s hot outside. Thank you for joining in Bloggers Scream For Ice Cream!
Camilla
Thank you so much Kavey. I’m now eyeing up a mango I have in the fridge!