Cultured Guru Logo
Cultured Guru Logo
  • Start Here
  • RecipesWe love to create delicious recipes with gut health in mind. By using our recipes, you can easily create any dish knowing that it’s good for gut health! Our recipe blog also includes Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, and Paleo Recipes.
  • About
  • Learn
  • Shop
  • Contact
  • Start Here
  • RecipesWe love to create delicious recipes with gut health in mind. By using our recipes, you can easily create any dish knowing that it’s good for gut health! Our recipe blog also includes Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, and Paleo Recipes.
  • About
  • Learn
  • Shop
  • Contact
Sweets & Snacks

Probiotic Strawberry Mango Popsicles with Chia Seeds

Loaded with sweet strawberry and tart mango flavor, these creamy strawberry and mango popsicles are going to be your new favorite summer sweet!

Prep: 15 minutes
Total: 15 minutes
Jump to Recipe Rate Recipe
Recipe Index | Cook | Sweets & Snacks

Probiotic Strawberry Mango Popsicles with Chia Seeds

Loaded with sweet strawberry and tart mango flavor, these creamy strawberry and mango popsicles are going to be your new favorite summer sweet!

Mango Popsicles with Strawberry and Chia Pudding

Chia pudding makes these delicious mango popsicles so creamy! I wanted to balance the sweet strawberry and tart mango flavors with a bit of soft creaminess, and chia pudding is perfect.

The chia pudding layer is made with coconut milk, vanilla, chia seeds, maple syrup, and a pinch of salt. The creamy base pairs well with just about any fruit, but I enjoy the tropical flavor combination of the coconut and mango.

My Favorite Popsicle Mold

If this is your first time making popsicles, you’ll need a popsicle mold. There are so many options for shapes and sizes of popsicle molds! I like the shape pictured here the best, and I love the popsicle mold I bought.

It’s a silicone mold, and there are some downsides to using silicone. Mainly, it can get messy when placing it in the freezer since it isn’t very sturdy. I suggest making sure you don’t over-fill the compartments and lift the mold from the bottom middle support piece when placing it in the freezer.

The pros outweigh the cons for this type of popsicle mold. I love using this type of mold because it’s so easy to get the popsicles out. Since the silicone is malleable, you can just press up on the bottom of the tray and the popsicles slide right out.

Strawberry Mango Popsicles Are The Perfect Summer Dessert

I love to eat something sweet after dinner! In the summer though it gets so hot here in Louisiana that I don’t want anything decadent or heavy after dinner.

I prefer something refreshing, but still a little creamy and sweet. That’s why I like to make chia pudding and chia pudding popsicles! It satiates my sweet tooth in such a healthy and refreshing way.

These Mango Popsicles are Probiotic too!

This is optional, but I wanted to make these popsicles probiotic. I simply added two tablespoons of greek yogurt to the chia pudding layer. This is such an easy way to give this summer sweet treat and an even healthier boost!

More Summer Dessert Recipes to Try

  • Lemon Cream Pie Chia Pudding
  • Easy and Healthy Blackberry Cobbler Chia Pudding
someone holding one of the strawberry mango popsicles with a bite taken out of it. There are more popsicles on a bed of ice in the background.
Print
Sweets & Snacks

5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

No reviews

Probiotic Strawberry Mango Popsicles with Chia Seeds

These creamy strawberry and mango popsicles are going to be your new favorite summer sweet! Loaded with sweet strawberry and tart mango flavor, these creamy popsicles will refresh you all summer.

  • Prep: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

Coconut Chia Pudding layer

  • 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons kefir or yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons chia seeds
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Mango layer

  • 1 cup mango, diced
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup water

Strawberry layer

  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

  1. Combine the coconut chia pudding ingredients and let it sit aside for about an hour, whisking periodically until it is thick and the chia seeds are uniformly hydrated. 
  2. Combine the mango layer ingredients in a blender and set aside.
  3. Combine the strawberry layer ingredients in a blender and set aside.
  4. Fill popsicle molds, layering and alternating the coconut chia pudding, mango, and strawberry mixtures. Layer until the molds are full.
  5. Add popsicle sticks and freeze overnight.
  6. Run under warm water for about 15 seconds to loosen the popsicles, then pop them out of the molds and enjoy! 

Notes

  • the popsicle mold I use is linked in the blog post above this recipe.
  • for vegan popsicles, use vegan yogurt or kefir

Did you make this recipe?

Please leave a 5-star review below if you loved it! Tag @cultured.guru on Instagram

 

Nutrition information is auto-calculated and estimated as close as possible. We are not responsible for any errors. We have tested the recipe for accuracy, but your results may vary.

author avatar
Kaitlynn Fenley Author, Educator, Food Microbiologist
Kaitlynn is a food microbiologist and fermentation expert teaching people how to ferment foods and drinks at home.
See Full Bio
fermentation food microbiology sourdough sauerkraut fermenting at home fermented foods fermented drinks
social network icon social network icon social network icon social network icon

welcome!

hey i’m kaitlynn, i’m a microbiologist and together with my husband jon we are cultured guru.

more about us

let’s connect!

newest recipe

Fruit and Herb Shrub Vinegar Master Recipe
Vinegar & Tonics

Fruit and Herb Shrub Vinegar Master Recipe

never miss a thing

learn more about microbes from a microbiologist
Loading

on pinterest

Instant Pot Vegan Chicken Noodle Soup
Sourdough Smores Cookies
High Protein Cottage Cheese Mac and Cheese
Sourdough & Miso Chicolate Chip Cookies
Sourdough Dinner Rolls
Homemade Cottage Cheese

top rated recipes

How to Make Moroccan Preserved Lemons with Sea Salt
Fruits & Roots

How to Make Moroccan Preserved Lemons with Sea Salt

Slow Cooked Pork Roast with Sauerkraut Potatoes and Carrots
Protein

Slow Cooked Pork Roast with Sauerkraut Potatoes and Carrots

Sparkling Golden Beet Kvass Made the Traditional Way
Beverage Fermentation

Sparkling Golden Beet Kvass Made the Traditional Way

learn more

Understand microbes and master fermentation with our online courses!

learn

rate and review
We would love to hear what you think!
Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star


  1. Jamee Fleullan
    05|29|2021

    Looks superb, I’m going to totally make this!

    Reply

you may also like

Kids Love It
Sweets & Snacks View Recipe

Probiotic Cherry Mango Popsicles Made With Real Fruit

Sweets & Snacks View Recipe

Southern Pecan Pie in a Jar Chia Pudding

a strawberry slice being dipped into a container of chia pudding.
Sweets & Snacks View Recipe

Berry Cream Pie Chia Pudding

join us on insta

@cultured.guru

A lot of people think vinegar kills all microbes b A lot of people think vinegar kills all microbes because shelf stable pickles do not contain microbes. But with shelf stable pickles, it’s the pasteurization/sterilization via hot water bath or pressure canning that makes shelf stable pickles free of microbes.

Hot hot hot acid in a pressurized environment does kill, well…most microbes. 

Think about “refrigerator pickle” recipes, though. They need to be stored in the refrigerator because vinegar alone doesn’t stop fermentation.

Fridge pickles are made without pasteurization/sterilization (canning) so they will wild ferment without refrigeration, and not necessarily in a good way because there’s not enough salt. 

All vinegar is made via fermentation too, and vinegar fermentation involves acetic acid bacteria, but also a ton of LAB, mainly Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, and Leuconostoc (the same genera you’d find in fermented veg.)  I linked a reference paper in my fermented mushroom recipe blog, so you all can read about the LAB involved in vinegar fermentation. 

Try 🍄‍🟫googlin’🍄‍🟫“fermented mushrooms” and you’ll see my recipe, it’s the first result (usually) 🤗

#mushrooms #fermentation
I will not ever wild lacto ferment just beets agai I will not ever wild lacto ferment just beets again lol. Mixing with cabbage for beet sauerkraut is the best though! 

“Lacto fermented beets” was the first ferment I tried to make after learning sauerkraut in college. My best friend Sidney came over and we used these gorgeous beets from the farmers market, with 2.5% salt, and some spices. Well, it ended up tasting like beet moonshine and it was just… not good.

But it was a conduit for learning. Those beets were my first lesson in how different sugars and growth in the rhizosphere vs the phyllosphere influences fermentation. 

Cabbage and the cabbage microbiome offer a lot to balance out beets in fermentation, and I think mixing into a sauerkraut is the only way to go for lacto fermenting beets! 

Try googlin’ “beet and red cabbage sauerkraut” and you’ll see my recipe, I’m Cultured Guru.
Squash is the secret ingredient! My Roasted Butte Squash is the secret ingredient!

My Roasted Butternut Squash Hot Sauce recipe is free on my website! I didn’t cook this one, so yes it’s still probiotic.

When lactic acid bacteria ferment the starches in winter squash, they naturally convert them into emulsifying compounds called exopolysaccharides. So when we blend our hot sauce after fermentation, there’s no watery separation in the bottle. Roasting the squash with the garlic for the recipes also adds such good flavor! 

Definitely make sure it’s fully fermented and not bubbling anymore before you blend and bottle. Otherwise, it’ll carbonate in the cute little hot sauce bottles.

#hotsauce
Myth Busting: Yes, the SCOBY IS the pellicle! Plee Myth Busting: Yes, the SCOBY IS the pellicle! Pleeeease stop saying it’s not. 😌



Watch till the end, I show you how to grow one!



This is a little tidbit from what I teach in the Kombucha lesson in our Fermented Drinks Semester online course!

I also share this recipe FOR FREE just ✨GOOGLE✨ “cultured guru SCOBY” and you’ll see my full recipe with the perfect sugar to tea ratios for growing, feeding and maintaining a kombucha SCOBY.

#kombucha
And the knife stays in the box. GOOGLE “sourdoug And the knife stays in the box. 

GOOGLE “sourdough king cake” my recipe is the first one! 👑☂️💚✨

If you’re like me and prefer from scratch, homemade everything, you’ll definitely want to try this king cake for Mardi Gras! I used organic naturally dyed sprinkles and all that jazz too. 

If you just search “sourdough king cake” on google you’ll see my recipe, it’s usually the first one. 

My main tips for making this:
✨use a very active starter or throw in some instant yeast with your starter
✨make sure the dough is actually proofed before shaping it. If it’s cold in your house it will take longer. 
✨please follow directions! You can cold ferment the dough in the fridge after it doubles in size and BEFORE filling and shaping.

🎵Song is Casanova by Rebirth Brass Band
Fermentation is a gift from the microbes of this e Fermentation is a gift from the microbes of this earth.

When we had a food business, I could never shake the feeling that fermentation is not meant to be sold to you from a fluorescently lit grocery shelf in an endless cycle of waste. Fermentation is meant to be cultivated in your home, with your hands, with intention and love in a sustainable, grateful practice of reciprocity and nourishment. 

This is the story of how we got here. 

After so many lessons learned, our small fermentation business is now value aligned, peaceful, fulfilling, and happy.  It often seems like the gut feelings (the microbes within us) guided us in the right direction. To teach. 

You can learn for free on our blog, or you can enroll in our online courses (we extended our new year sale!) Either way, with me as your teacher, you’ll learn to adopt a holistic perspective on the microbial ecosystems that influence our food, lives, and the planet.
Flower Icon
LEARN ABOUT MICROBES FROM A MICROBIOLoGIST
Loading

recipes

  • Sourdough
  • Sauerkraut
  • Yogurt & Kefir
  • Pickles
  • Sweets & Snacks

more

  • Start Here
  • About
  • Learn
  • Shop
  • Contact

social

  • TikTokVisit Cultured Guru TikTok Account
  • InstagramCultured Guru Instagram Account
  • PinterestVisit Cultured Guru’s Pinterest Account
  • FacebookVisit Cultured Guru’s Facebook page
  • Privacy & Terms
Footer Logo
Footer tagline
copyright

©2026

Cultured Guru

.

website by saevil row + MTT. all rights reserved.