Cardamom Cinnamon Sweet Potato Pops

Make ’em a Meal!

By / Photography By | May 30, 2019

Ingredients

SERVINGS: Makes 5 or 6 (3-ounce) pops
  • 1 large sweet potato
  • ¾ cup canned coconut milk or homemade milk of choice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 4 Medjool dates, pitted, soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes and drained
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

About this recipe

Dinner? Dessert? You be the judge. All we know is our testers had to make a double batch of these decadent, delicious and good-for-you pops. Healthy recipe developer Liz Moody, author of Glow Pops, relies on using ingredients with fiber and fat to make them easy to bite into when frozen and replaces sugar-based syrups with more nutritious alternatives. If you like pumpkin pie, or feel that healthy glow after eating sweet potatoes, you’ll feel blissful after nibbling on this healthy meal replacement that uses blended dates to add a touch of sweetness. 

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Place sweet potato on a parchment paper–lined baking sheet and roast for 45 to 60 minutes, or until very soft. Remove and let cool completely. 

Halve the sweet potato and scoop the flesh into a blender, discarding the skin. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until very smooth. 

Pour the mixture into pop molds and freeze for 1 hour, then insert sticks and freeze for at least 4 hours more, or until solid.


Recipe reprinted from Glow Pops. Copyright © 2017 by Liz Moody. Book and cover photograph copyright © 2017 by Lauren Volo. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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Ingredients

SERVINGS: Makes 5 or 6 (3-ounce) pops
  • 1 large sweet potato
  • ¾ cup canned coconut milk or homemade milk of choice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 4 Medjool dates, pitted, soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes and drained
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract