Popsicles for LO?

musicalsilver · July 2014

Anybody have a good brand of popsicles?

Daycare does popsicles on Wednesdays and Fridays (water play day in the summer), and the "family of the week" is responsible for bringing them in - we're up for next week. They've requested fruit-only/non-artificial ingredients. There's a flier out of the classroom for Edy's brand fruit&veg popsicles, but I was horrified to find that, when I saw them in store, they're sweetened with splenda. EWWWWWW. I have an undying hate for artificial sweeteners.

Soooo ... suggestions for a place to find popsicles without scary ingredients for LO (this was a Publix, and I didn't see anything much better there, though maybe I just need to go to a bigger store with a better selection?).

ASmallWonder · July 2014

Outshine bars? They're pretty big for little kids though :-/

musicalsilver · July 2014

@nykkolaughs - I'm happy to hear that the Edy's brand has something other than that nasty nonsense. I was having some serious issues with the fact that they were advertising the Edy's brand if they were artificially-sweetened. I'll definitely have to check out some other stores to see if I can find better Edy's selection!

@elmoali - I have been trying to find smaller popsicles - I have tried to restrict it to smaller popsicles (since LO and his compatriots are so little), but I'll keep those in mind if I can't find anything else!

ASmallWonder · July 2014

It's too bad the school wouldn't just fork out the money to buy baby popsicle molds and ask the parents to supply juice and they could make their own (miniature) ice pops.

musicalsilver · July 2014

@elmoali - that would be an awesome idea! I have a popsicle mold for 4 popsicles, but there are 6 LOs who need the goods ... so I'd have to buy another if I wanted to provide homemade popsicles (homemade *is* okay at my daycare). Maybe I should look into the price on a new popsicle mold ... because that might be the wiser thing to do.