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If you want to make your own baby teething popsicles, these sweetpotato veggie popsicles are perfect. Made with different veggies full of nutrition, there’s no sugar or weird things in here. Give to baby during teething periods, or really any time since these teething popsicles are full of nutrition!

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Remember our popular spinach baby food recipe? When I first tested that recipe, I did save some of that puree and put it in popsicle molds for baby teething popsicles.

I recently came back to it to remake it and play around with different flavors, and realized I never even shared these popsicles with veggies.

What’s great about this recipe is that you can use it as a spinach puree recipe, or turn them into veggie popsicles.

Teething can be such a tough stage for both babies and parents—between the endless drool, fussy moods, and sore gums, it often feels like nothing quite helps.

And I often want a reason to use my pumped breastmilk, so I usually make breastmilk popsicles for teething.

But, I thought, why not add more nutrition? If the baby will be sucking on this, may as well give more nutrition and flavor!

The cold temperature naturally soothes inflamed gums, while the firm texture gives babies something safe to gnaw on (and hold themselves!).

And of course, helping to hopefully relieve some discomfort.

Why These Baby Teething Popsicles Help

• Full of nutrition – Wholesome ingredients like sweetpotatoes, yogurt, peanut butter, breast milk or formula make these more than just something to suck on, but teething popsicles that also provide nutrition, too.
• Can be made into puree or frozen into popsicles – I often like to double a recipe so I can repurpose it, which is exactly what you can do with these baby teething popsicles! Save some to serve as a baby puree (you can serve on an ezpz pre-loaded spoon for baby to work on hand-eye coordination), and freeze the rest in your popsicle molds of choice!
• Easy to find, whole ingredients– No weird sweeteners or ingredients – just stuff you’d want to feed your baby. Their naturally sweet, creamy flavor makes these veggie popsicles a baby favorite, and they blend beautifully and are gentle on little tummies. So many recipes with sweetpotatoes are baby and kid friendly!

Ingredients for Sweetpotato Popsicles

Here’s what you’ll need to make these baby popsicles. You really need two key ingredients, but there are several optional ones that I typically add in as well.

• Sweetpotato – Sweetpotatoes are high in a slew of nutrients listed above, carbohydrates, and natural sweetness
• Breastmilk or formula – You can also use breastmilk, formula or whole milk to blend the baby food further.

There are also many additional options to add more nutrition.

• Peanut butter – healthy fats and a great way to introduce allergens. Fat is necessary for babies’ and growing kiddos’ brains! If you don’t want to use peanut butter, you can also use this baby friendly peanut powder. Or leave it out completely. 
• Full fat yogurt – healthy fats, protein, calcium, probiotics, great way to introduce allergens
• Spinach – good iron source and a versatile green high in micronutrients
• Cinnamon – optional, for flavor

How to Make Teething Popsicles for Baby

To make this sweetpotato baby spinach baby food, you’ll need a high speed blender!

First, cook your sweetpotato. I would recommend microwaving the sweet potato, since it cooks in 6-7 minutes! Allow a few minutes to cool.

Then, you’ll just add it to the blender along with everything else and blend.  It couldn’t be easier.

Add any of the optional ingredients and continue to blend.

Then, you’ll have your mixture. The final color of your veggie popsicles may depend on what additional things you add.

You can either keep this and use it as a puree, or pour it into popsicle molds and then freeze for 4-6 hours to form sweet potato baby popsicles.

Making Baby Popsicles with Other Purees

You could also follow the same method for any of these purees to make baby teething popsicles.

• Cherry Puree
• Kiwi Puree
• Parsnip Puree
• Cantaloupe Puree

Storage

Keep your baby popsicles in the freezer until you’re ready to enjoy. Enjoy within three months for best nutrition, but certainly before 4-6 months.

Servings 4

Veggie Baby Teething Popsicles

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN

If you want to make your own baby teething popsicles, these sweetpotato popsicles are perfect. Made with different veggies full of nutrition, there's no sugar or weird things in here. Give to baby during teething periods, or really any time since these teething popsicles are full of nutrition!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 0 minutes mins

Freeze Time 4 hours hrs

Total Time 4 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Ingredients  

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• 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato, cooked and peeled
• 6 oz breastmilk or formula, for blending
• 1/3 cup full fat Greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup spinach
• 2 Tbsp peanut butter
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon

Instructions 

1. Combine all ingredients in a food processor or high-speed blender to get a smooth consistency. Add more milk if you want a more liquid consistency.
2. Transfer puree to popsicle molds. Freeze for 4-6 hours.

Notes

Makes 4-6 popsicles, though quantity will depend on amount of liquid used and ingredients added. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 73kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 51mgPotassium: 139mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 2594IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 0.3mg

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