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Orange Creamsicles

March 23, 2010 by Erica 10 Comments

Orange Creamsicle

Here’s a creamy, subtly orange treat that works great as a popsicle or scooped out of a container. And it tastes great with muffins, cookies, and brownies.

Having these around makes it easy for us to consume some yogurt. I love having this as a breakfast treat – especially during the summer, along with a muffin and a glass of water. The vitamin C is built in.

A nice addition to this might be a drop of orange oil, although I didn’t have any on hand. Another option is some orange zest, although some of us don’t like particles in our pops! And finally, candied orange peel would be a delightful topping! I might try that soon.

Just one minor warning: these do taste more like yogurt than ice cream. So if you’re not a yogurt fan, you probably won’t like these.

Orange Creamsicles

Ingredients

  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 1 cup crème fraîche (or half & half yogurt or your choice of milk  will work, but it will not be as creamy)
  • 1/2 cup of honey

Preparation

 

  1. Add the egg yolks, lemon juice, orange juice, and honey to a double boiler or other bowl that can sit on top of slow boiling water. Stir the ingredients until blended.
  2. Keep the mixture warm with a fairly low flame while it slowly becomes thicker. It takes about 10 minutes for it to become thick. It will resemble lemon curd, and have a custard consistency.
  3. Cool the orange mixture to room temperature. I speed up the cooling process by placing it in the refrigerator for a few minutes.While it is cooling, beat the egg whites until they have stiff peaks.
  4. Fold in the yogurt and the cooled orange mixture into the whipped egg whites.
  5. Pour the custard into pop molds and freeze for at least 4 hours.

Makes about 4 pops

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Filed Under: Desserts, Gluten-Free, Lactose Free, Paleo, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), Vegetarian Tagged With: oranges, yogurt

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  1. Laura

    August 26, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    How many will this recipe make? (If you use the popsicle molds in the picture how many will it fill?)

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    • Erica

      August 26, 2012 at 4:29 pm

      Laura, I haven’t made this in quite a while, but from my memory it makes about 4 pops.

      Reply
  2. Carol

    May 9, 2011 at 9:07 am

    We’re making this today-yeah spring. When is the orange juice added in? It seems no one else is having a problem with that. We added it with the lemon mixture, but–that doesn’t seem right. It’ll be good anyway I’m sure, but for next time, we’d like to know.
    THANK YOU!

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    • Erica

      May 15, 2011 at 9:58 pm

      Hi Carol. I haven’t made this in a while, but from my memory, I added the orange juice at the beginning, when creating the curd. I edited step #1. Thanks for alerting me!

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  3. Erica

    March 25, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    Jill, WOW. I just read your story. Congrats on twins! You’re a true survivor. And thanks for the kudos.

    Reply
  4. Jill

    March 25, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    These look awesome and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your site. Thanks!!

    Reply
  5. Alisa

    March 25, 2010 at 5:08 am

    That looks wonderful!I’d love to try this:)Thanks for sharing how to make it.

    Reply
  6. Alisa-Foodista

    March 24, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    I just made popsicles a few days ago with some leftover mango juice.I’ll try this recipe next

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  7. Erica

    March 24, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    Ann, I wish I could recommend a good substitute, but my experience with egg subs has been uninspiring. One suggestion: you could whip the yogurt to get it lighter and just omit the eggs. That might be enough to make it lighter. It will still be heavier than it would be with the eggs, but I think it would still be tasty once frozen. You might also need less of the orange custard though, so add the custard slowly and do taste test after you’ve blended all the ingredients together.

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  8. Ann

    March 24, 2010 at 6:03 am

    This recipe looks wonderful! Is there anything that you could substitute for the eggs? Hopefully there is, and i wil be able to try these!

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1 tablespoon 3 teaspoons
1/4 cup 4 tablespoons
1 cup 8 ounces
1 teaspoon 5 ml
1 tablespoon 15 ml

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Gas Mark Fahrenheit Celsius
  1/4  225  110
  1/2  250  130
    1  275  140
    2  300  150
    3  325  170
    4  350  180
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One of my boys was diagnosed with Crohn’s, which inspired me to start Comfy Belly, and create recipes to share my love of good, healthy food. Read More →

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