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These Red White and Blue Popsicles are perfect for summer holidays, lie Memorial Day and the Fourth of July! They’re a perfect way to beat the heat and celebrate your patriotic holidays with some fun!

A popsicle on a wooden stick that is colored red, white, and blue.

These Red, White, and Blue Popsicles are so pretty, and such a delicious way to cool down on a hot day. They’re so easy to make starting with a pudding mix, and some star shaped berries, for a fun and festive treat that kids and adults will love!

These popsicles are studded with strawberries, and blueberries, making them perfect for enjoying all summer long.

A plate of pudding popsicles that are colored red, white, and blue on a plate with blueberries and strawberries.

Why make these popsicles

  • Patriotic Fun – These popsicles are loaded with red, white, and blue colors are are perfect for our summer patriotic holidays!
  • Great for Kids and Adults – My kids love helping me make, and eat these popsicles. And I love them too!
  • Perfect for a Hot Day – These homemade popsicles are creamy, and cool and the perfect treat for cooling down with on a warm day.
A plate of pudding popsicles that are colored red, white, and blue on a plate with blueberries and strawberries.

Ingredients Needed:

This is a quick overview of the ingredients you’ll need for this Red, White, and Blue Pudding Pops Recipe. Specific measurements and full recipe instructions are in the printable recipe card below.

  • cheesecake instant pudding mix – you can also substitute this for a a white chocolate pudding mix (vanilla instant pudding has more of a yellow color, but can also be used)
  • milk – whole milk will give you the best creamy popsicles. A lower fat milk will give you an icier popsicle, but can be substituted
  • red and blue food coloring
  • strawberries
  • blueberries
A bowl of milk, a package of pudding mix, and a bowl of strawberries and blueberries.

Tools Needed

How to make Pudding Pops

A bowl of star shaped strawberry pieces and blueberries.

Step 1: Make the Strawberry Stars. Cut the stems off your strawberries, and slice them from the top down to be about 1 centimeter, or 1/4 inch thick. Use a 1 inch cookie cutter to cut out strawberry stars from each slice. Repeat with all the strawberries. (Use the leftover strawberry pieces for smoothies, strawberry jam, etc.)

A bowl of pudding.

Step 2: Make the pudding.  Pour the pudding and milk into a small bowl and whisk them for a few minutes according to the box directions, until the pudding starts to get a bit thicker. 

Three bowls of pudding, one is colored blue, and one is colored red.

Step 3: Color the Pudding. Separate the pudding into 3 bowls. Add drops of blue food coloring to one, and red food coloring to another. Stir them together.

Popsicles in a popsicle stand with their plastic containers on.

Step 4: Assemble the Popsicles. Add a few pieces of the fruit to the popsicle molds, sticking the strawberry stars to the edges of the mold to keep them visible. Fill the pop molds one third of the way with the red pudding mixture. Repeat with more fruit, then white pudding mix, then more fruit and blue pudding mix. Cover the popsicle molds and stick a popsicle stick into the middle and freeze until solid.

Tips and Tricks:

  • Release the Popsicles – To help get the popsicles out of their molds, run warm water over the outsides of the mold (especially at the bottom).
  • Berries – I added 5-6 strawberries, and 5-6 blueberries to each pudding pop. But you can use as many as you’d like. 
  • Make More – This recipe makes about 6 jello pudding pops, but you can easily double or triple the recipe to make more pops for a bigger group. 
  • Yogurt Pops – Instead of Jell-o pudding pops, make yogurt pops by mixing 2 cups of your favorite vanilla yogurt, mixed with 1/2 cup heavy cream and 1/4 cup honey.
An above photo of red white and blue colored popsicles full of blueberries and star shaped strawberries on a white table.

Storage Instructions:

The frozen pudding pops can be left in their popsicle molds and stored in the freezer for up to 1 month.

You can also transfer them to an airtight container, with layers of parchment paper, or plastic wrap between each one. 

A hand holding a popsicle that is striped red, white, and blue with star shaped strawberries in it.

You’ll love these fun patriotic popsicles this summer. They are perfect for the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or all summer long.

More Popsicle Recipes:

If you make these Red White and Blue Popsicles please leave a comment and 🌟 rating letting me know what you think! If you post the photo on Instagram, please tag me – I’d love to see what you’re making!

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A plate of pudding popsicles that are colored red, white, and blue on a plate with blueberries and strawberries.
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Red White and Blue Pudding Pops

These Red White and Blue Popsicles are perfect for summer holidays, lie Memorial Day and the Fourth of July! They're a perfect way to beat the heat and celebrate your patriotic holidays with some fun!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword fourth of july, independence day, popsicles, pudding mix, Red White and Blue Pudding Pops
Prep Time 30 minutes
Freezing Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 112kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 16 strawberries
  • 3.4 oz cheesecake instant pudding (1 small box)
  • 1.75 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup blueberries
  • blue food coloring
  • red food coloring

Instructions

  • Cut the stems of the strawberries and slice the strawberries from the top down to be about 1/4inch to 1 cm thick. 16 strawberries
  • Use a 1inch star cookie cutter to cut stars out of each slice of the strawberries. Set them aside.
  • Add the pudding mix and the milk to a medium sized bowl and whisk them together for a couple minutes until the pudding starts to thicken. 3.4 oz cheesecake instant pudding, 1.75 cups whole milk
  • Separate the pudding into three equal portions. Add a couple drops of blue coloring to one, and red to another. blue food coloring, red food coloring
  • Add a few strawberry stars and blueberries to each popsicle mold. Pressing the stars into the sides of the molds. 1/2 cup blueberries
  • Scoop the pudding mix into the molds, filling them about one third of the way through with the red pudding. You can use a bag to pipe the pudding into the mold.
  • Repeat with more berries, and more pudding filling them each to the top.
  • Repeat adding the white pudding mix, and then the blue. Add more berries as desired.
  • Cover the popsicle molds and place a popsicle stick into the center of each of the popsicles. Don't press the popsicle sticks all the way down as you want them to be good to hold still.
  • Freeze the popsicles for 4-6 hours, or until the popsicles are completely frozen through.

Nutrition

Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 670mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 122IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 0.03mg

These red, white, and blue pudding pops were first posted on July 2, 2013. The photos and text were updated for clarity on June 21, 2024.

 

 

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