Boosted with nutrients, these cool smoothie pops will taste like sweet summer strawberries and are a perfect dairy-free snack.
Hunting for perfectly ripened goodness under leaves and branches in the abundant sunshine, embracing how dirty our hands, t-shirts, and faces became as we filled buckets and bushels and bags…there was nothing better as a kid. 
Even today as a thirty-something, I still get my picking on.
Apples and pumpkins in the fall, berries in the spring, and tomatoes, peaches, and bell peppers throughout the summer. To this day, whenever I visit my parents in upstate New York in the fall, we pick bushels of eggplant and tomatoes and spend an afternoon canning tomato sauce, preparing vats of fresh baba ganoush, and filling freezer containers with Eggplant Parmesan.
My favorite way to enjoy strawberries after an afternoon of picking is washed, sliced, and tossed in a bowl with about-to-burst blueberries. With the intense heat of summer, however, I crave something more refreshing.
Thinking back to summer days as a kid, sprinting to the sidewalk whenever that jingling, joyous sound of the Ice Cream Truck came within ear shot, preparing a frozen treat with those freshly picked strawberries was nothing short of summer day perfection.
This recipe is light and flavorful that highlights that natural sweetness of strawberries.
Instead of adding white sugar to the blended strawberries, I added just a touch of agave nectar, a natural sweetener. What makes these treats a step above what you would get from the Ice Cream Truck? A dreamy, healthy, gluten-free and plant-based product called DREAM Boosted Original Coconut Beverage.
Using DREAM in place of regular non-dairy milk in this recipe significantly boosts the nutritional value as well as the dreamy creaminess. Instead of drinking your smoothie, enjoy it on the back porch, cooling off one lick/bite at a time – however you roll.
DREAM Boosted Original Coconut Beverage is a superfood beverage boosted with protein, Vitamin C and Omega-3’s. Each serving adds 10g of plant-based protein, 1300mg of omega 3-ALA fatty acids, and antioxidant vitamins A, C and E to your recipes. Wowza.
DREAM is also boosted with camu camu fruit and chia and flax seed oil. It’s also lactose, dairy, and gluten-free. Dream, indeed.
- Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- ½ cup shelled unsalted pistachios (ground)
- 1 lb fresh strawberries (washed and hulled)
- 1 tbsp agave (or another natural sweetener)
- 2 cups DREAM™ Boosted Original Coconut Beverage
Instructions
- Place strawberries, agave, and DREAM Boosted Original Coconut Beverage in a blender. Blend until ingredients come together.
- Add the ground pistachios and pulse to combine.
- Pour contents of blender into desired ice pops mold, filling to indicated “fill” line.
- Freeze mold(s) overnight, or at least 8 hours.
- Remove individual ice pops from their molds (I had to run mine under hot water for 20 seconds).
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Snack
The Recipe is great. I mean I tried making it and yes! as a first timer I was near to perfect. THe stawberry pistachio is perfect.
Thanks for sharing. :)
Strawberry Pistachio, looking light and delicious one. Thanks a lot for it’s introduction to the masses. I have jotted down all the recipe.Hopefully try sometime…Thanks once again Stephanie.
I never would have thought of making a smoothie with pistachios! That is so smart! Stephanie, YOU are so smart!
This really looks so yummy and I will defiantly be going to try it this evening. Thanks for sharing.
Looks amazing and yummy. Thanks a lot for it’s introduction. Definitely gonna try this at home.
Wow it’s really looking delicious. Thanks STEPHANIE KIRKOS for sharing this lovely recipe.
First of all, I want to say thanks to you for sharing this lovely recipe. Me and my kids just love this.
This formula is light and delightful that features that normal sweetness of strawberries.
Looks delicious summer pops! Is Agave Nectar calorie free? Can you try Stevia next time? I’ve started using Stevia on almost everything. Not like Sugar but still good. Absolutely zero calories.
I like to bake my Strawberry Pistachio Crisp on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat mat to catch bubbling juices and keep it from sliding around.
This bright blushing Fresh Strawberry Pistachio Crumble is the perfect … tasting warm strawberries straight off the vine with sweet juice dripping down
This recipe is light and flavorful
Just a great recipe. I love the way you have explain the recipe (step by step). I hope , I can make this properly with your provided instruction. Thank you very much.