Before summer ends and everything goes back to being routine, I have an urge to share this most tasty, healthy, and easy Black Bean Popsicles with you!
My teen child always wants some chilly sweets during hot days, but I am reluctant to buy store bought ice cream or popsicles. Why, there are so many “organic-healthy” popsicle options on the market, plus they can be quite inexpensive you might think.
Yes, I agree with you. However, being a conscious freak like me makes it hard to buy things that end up creating more garbage than I want.
I can’t really stop my family from wanting to eat these kinds of snacks, but to create some healthy snacks is a challenge I love to do, so I can have some sweet & yummy things on hand at home for my family to enjoy. I started to think about my childhood desserts.
As I always remember eating homemade desserts without packaging, and one of my favorites was Black Bean Popsicles!
They are so tasty with only 4 ingredients you probably have in you pantry. The taste of coconut milk mixes with soft black beans make this Black Bean Popsicles so creamy.
Knowing how to cook and eat beans in a more appropriate way now, I spend more time to make it right for this one by sprouting them too.
Seeing my family enjoy homemade Black Bean Popsicles is so satisfying. The fact that they are not digesting unknown ingredients to their bodies helps, plus there is no garbage at the end.
Ready to make your loved ones happy with this? Let’s make it together!
Ingredients:
Note: This makes a little bit more than 6 popsicles
- 1 cup (28 g) dried black beans
- About 1 pint (16 fl oz) if using homemade coconut milk or a can if using store bought
- 4 TBSP (56 g) of good sugar
- ⅛-¼ TSP (.006 g) or more of good salt
Instructions:
- In a glass jar with a sprouting lid, wash the beans well, cover with filtered water and soak overnight.
soak the bean overnight
- The next morning, dump the soaking water and rinse well. Put the jar in a container to drain, cover with a kitchen towel, and sprout for one day.
- The next day, you can see that most of them have tiny sprouts. Rinse the beans well,and cover with filtered water.
most of them have tiny sprouts
- Cook while keeping covered on medium heat and bring it to a full boil, then skim the scum that rises off if you like. Turn the heat to low and cook until the beans are soft. (it takes about 30 minutes or so)
- In a small pot, heat coconut milk on low. Add sugar and salt, mix well and let them dissolved (adjust the sweetness to your own liking.)
- Add the beans to the mixture, and let it cool.
- When the mixture is cool enough, separate the juice to a pouring cup of your choice. Pour the juice up to 3/4 of the popsicle molds.
- Freeze the mixture for 30 minutes to let the juice become thicker (like slushy.) This process makes the beans spread in the molds better as they tend to all sink to one spot if the juice too liquid.
- When the juice has structure, add the beans in. carefully place the covers and adjust the sticks to make sure they are in the middle and freeze until hardened.
- Voila! to enjoy, rinse the molds under water for a few seconds and you can remove them easily.
voila!
Have you made this Black Bean Popsicle before? Share it with me below, I’d like to hear about it!
