Creamy, dreamy sugar-free pina coladas on a stick! These can be made with or without rum. Dairy-free and vegan options too!
It’s going to be a long hot summer, my friends. Okay, so it’s only early May, but I know it in my heart of hearts that it’s going to be a hot, dry one here in the Pacific Northwest. In April, we started having a few stretches of 80+ degree weather, interspersed with the typical rainy chilly stuff. These stretches are coming more and more frequently now and I find it a little scary. Both in the short term, because last summer’s record temps had me begging for mercy, and in the long term because of what it says about climate change. I don’t do well in the blazing heat, I really don’t. And so I need copious amounts of ice cream and popsicles to keep me from losing my mind.
Enter my first low carb popsicle recipe of the year: a deliciously creamy pina colada on a stick. I kept the pineapple itself to a minimum to keep the carbs down. Thankfully, a little bit of frozen pineapple goes a long way to giving these popsicles their tropical flavour. I added a touch of pineapple extract but honestly, if you can’t find any, it’s not the end of the world. You will still have some of that pineapple-y flavour coming through and it really doesn’t add many carbs.
These are doubly fun because they can be made “virgin” for the kids, or you can add a little rum for frozen cocktail fun. You can also make these entirely dairy free. I used So Delicious Culinary Coconut Milk because it’s very thick and creamy but regular canned coconut milk would work as well. And the So Delicious Coconut Milk yogurt makes a great replacement for Greek yogurt (it’s even Vegan!).
So…bring on the long hot summer. I may be whimpering from the heat, hiding in my cool basement. But at least I will have plenty of Pina Colada popsicles on hand!
Please see my low carb Pina Colada Popsicles on A Sweet Life.
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Retha Naylor says
I am presently in a trial study with Dr. Stephen Phinney to reverse t2. I am only allowed berries for fruit and occasionally olive, tomatoes or avacado as fruit limit 4 oz daily. If I eliminate the fruit, double pineapple extract..what would the total carb count be? THANK YOU! I miss pineapple
Carolyn says
You will have to calculate the carb count yourself on something like my fitness pal, but it probably won’t lower the carb count by all that much. I was pretty careful to make sure only to use a little pineapple in these.
Evelyn Williams says
I cannnot find the recipe…the site is not there. Very disappointed.
Carolyn says
It’s there. Their site was down yesterday but it’s back up!
Evelyn Williams says
Thanks.
linda says
It’s 3C here this morning outside Summerside….. Still making soup!
Caroline says
Pina coladas are a favorite…they remind me of being on vacation! These are really beautiful! They’d be so much fun to serve at a picnic on a hot day!
Georgie Halpin says
Yes, very upset that the recipe can;t be found
Carolyn says
Why would you be upset? All you need to do is click the link that says “Please see my…”, Big link in teal at the bottom.