Neapolitan Greek Yogurt Pudding Pops

These Neapolitan Greek Yogurt Pudding Pops are made with flavored milk and are a filling after school snack or a great way to refuel anytime of day! I’m happy to be partnering again with the American Dairy Association Mideast to bring you this recipe as part of their #DairyFuel for Back-to-School program.

If you are in my house these are also known as Choco-Berry Pudding Pops because choco-berrry milk is the best milk in all the land according to my kids. It all started this past March when the boys got some chocolate and strawberry powder for milk in their Easter baskets. Not being able to choose which flavor they wanted to try first choco-berry milk was born.

I’m a wife and a mom in a house full of boys who love to eat…and drink! Those boys sure  do love their milk! I rarely (if ever?) pick up just 1 gallon. There’s always room for milk in our refrigerator!

If your child is not enthusiastic about drinking white milk you should not feel guilty about giving them flavored milk. Seriously let’s be done feeling guilty. I want to share some points with you from the American Dairy Association:

• Studies show that children who drink flavored milk meet more of their nutrient needs; do not consume more added sugar, fat or calories; and are not heavier than non-milk drinkers.
• Flavored milk contains the same nine essential nutrients found in white milk, including three of the four nutrients of concern identified by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as limited in children’s diets – calcium, vitamin D, and potassium.
• Drinking low fat or fat-free milk, in flavors like chocolate and strawberry, can help children get their three servings of milk every day.
•  Kids who drink milk when they are young are more likely to drink milk as adults. Lifelong milk drinking is linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart and less chance of developing diabetes.

People much smarter than I have a lot more sensible things to say about this so I want to direct you to a few resources before I give you the recipe for these delicious pudding pops.

• 5 Reasons Why Flavored Milk Matters – Adding chocolate to milk doesn’t take away its essential nutrients
• Myths and Truths about Flavored Milk –Nearly all (95%) of 8-ounce servings of chocolate milk served in schools have 150 calories or less {{TRUTH!}}
• Ohio’s Flavored Milk Makes the Grade – Great news for my fellow Ohioans and why I’m akay with my son drinking flavored milk at school.
• Interactive Video Q&A – Pediatricians answer your questions to commonly asked flavored milk question

Neapolitan Greek Yogurt Pudding Pops Recipe

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Prep Time:10 mins

Total Time:6 hours

These Neapolitan Greek Yogurt Pudding Pops are made with flavored milk and are a filling after school snack or a great way to refuel anytime of day!

Ingredients:

• 3.4 oz box French Vanilla Jell-O, divided
• 2/3 C white milk
• 2/3 C chocolate milk
• 2/3 C strawberry milk
• 6 T French Vanilla Greek Yogurt (I used Chobani), divided

Directions:

1. Divide the dry pudding mix between the bowls (about 2 T in each bowl)
2. To each bowl add 2/3 cup milk and 2 T yogurt
3. Spoon into popsicle molds and freeze at least 6 hours.

Notes:

• Not in the mood for popsicles? Spoon the mixtures into small bowls and give it a swirl for pudding.

Original recipe and images © In Katrina's Kitchen

I will be DAIRY excited (get it?!) if you join me and some other fabulous bloggers for a #DairyFuel for Back-to-School twitter party at 9PM EST.

**ADA Mideast has compensated me for my time to create this recipe. As always, all thoughts are 100% my own.