Sweetpotato Veggie Popsicles (Great for Baby Teething!)

If you want to make your own baby teething popsicles, these sweetpotato veggie popsicles are perfect. Made with sweetpotatoes, spinach, peanut butter, yogurt and milk, there’s no sugar or weird things in here. Give to baby during teething periods, or really any time, since these homemade baby 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 yogurt popsicles for baby, which are the perfect baby teething popsicles.

Yogurt, peanut butter, spinach and sweetpotato combine for a healthy, nutrient-rich homemade popsicle for baby. So many recipes with sweetpotatoes are baby- and kid friendly!

Plus, what’s great about this veggie popsicle recipe is that you can use it as a spinach puree recipe and/or turn it into veggie popsicles. Versatile!

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, it may as well offer more nutrition and flavor. Plus, it can also be served as a puree for baby led weaning.

Veggie Popsicles That Double as A Baby Veggie Puree!

And so do I, as a parent and Registered Dietitian!

• Full of nutrition – Wholesome ingredients like sweetpotatoes, yogurt, peanut butter, spinach, breast milk or formula make these more than just something to suck on, but nutritious baby popsicles for teething.
• Soothes inflamed gums in teething babies – 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.
• 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 pops! 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– the naturally sweet, creamy flavor from 5 wholesome ingredients makes these veggie popsicles a baby favorite. So many recipes with sweetpotatoes are baby and kid friendly!

What You Need

Here’s what you’ll need to make these baby popsicles. You could make a simple version with just sweetpotato, spinach, and breastmilk and/or formula.

• 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.
• Spinach – A good iron source and a versatile green high in micronutrients
• 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 – Full fat yogurt offers healthy fats, protein, calcium, probiotics, great way to introduce allergens
• Cinnamon – optional, for flavor

How to Make Veggie Popsicles for Baby

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 a high speed blender with the other ingredients.

Add any of the optional ingredients and continue to blend.

Add more breastmilk or formula to thin it out, if serving as a puree.

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 baby puree, or pour it into popsicle molds and then freeze for 4-6 hours to make teething popsicles for baby.

Making Teething Popsicles with Other Purees

You could also follow the same method for any of these purees to make other flavors for popsicles!

• Cherry Puree
• Kiwi Puree
• Prune 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 taste and nutrition.

Servings 4

Sweetpotato Veggie Popsicles for Baby

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN

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 veggie 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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