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Frozen Yogurt Bites are the 2 ingredient snack hack that tastes like a creamsicle, sweet clementine segments dipped in vanilla yogurt and frozen into poppable little bites, and they became the official after school snack at our house the first week I made them. If frozen fruit snacks are your thing, our viral candied grapes are the crunchy cousin of this recipe.
Five minutes of dipping, three hours in the freezer, and the healthiest dessert in this kitchen is ready.
Frozen Yogurt Bites Quick Look
- 🕒 Prep Time: 5 minutes
- 🌡️ Cook Time: 0 minutes
- ⏳ Total Time: 5 minutes plus freezing
- 🍽️ Serving: 2 people
- ⚡ Calories: 124kcal
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Sweet orange and creamy vanilla, exactly like a creamsicle pop
- ✋ Difficulty: The easiest recipe on this site, even quicker than our cream cheese fruit dip
Quick Answer
Peel clementines and separate the segments, then dip each one in vanilla yogurt, leaving a little fruit exposed at the top. Place the dipped segments on a parchment lined sheet tray and freeze for 3 hours or until frozen solid. Serve straight from the freezer.
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Why This Recipe Works
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- Clementines are pre portioned. Each segment is a natural single bite with its own membrane holding it together, no cutting, no juice mess, no prep beyond peeling.
- Leaving a peek of fruit exposed. The bare tip is your handle for dipping and eating, and the flash of orange tells everyone exactly what is inside.
- Vanilla yogurt over plain. The sweetened vanilla mimics the ice cream half of a creamsicle, plain yogurt freezes icy and tart in comparison.
- A parchment lined tray. Frozen yogurt welds itself to bare metal, parchment releases every bite cleanly with zero casualties.
- The 3 hour freeze. Long enough to freeze the yogurt shell solid while the fruit inside stays just soft enough to bite through.
- Freezing changes the texture. The yogurt turns into a creamy frozen shell and the cold mutes the citrus acidity, together they genuinely read as ice cream.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It is a 2 ingredient recipe with a 5 minute prep, the effort to payoff ratio is unbeatable.
- They are a snack you can say yes to every single day, fruit and yogurt dressed up as dessert, lighter than even our raspberry dessert cups.
- Kids can make the whole recipe themselves, dipping fruit in yogurt is the perfect starter kitchen job.
Key Ingredients
Two ingredients. That is the whole list, which means each one is doing half the work.
- Vanilla Yogurt: The creamsicle half of the equation. A thicker vanilla yogurt clings to the fruit in a satisfying shell, Greek vanilla works beautifully if you want extra protein.
- Clementines: Sweet, seedless, and already portioned into perfect dipping segments. Their bright orange flavor against the vanilla is what makes every bite taste like a creamsicle pop.
See recipe card for exact quantities.
Variations and Substitutions
Once you own the dip and freeze move, the flavor combos are endless.
- Berry version: Whole strawberries or a skewer of blueberries dipped the same way freeze just as beautifully.
- Chocolate orange: Use chocolate yogurt on the clementines for a chocolate orange candy vibe.
- Honey lemon: Stir a teaspoon of honey and a little lemon zest into the yogurt before dipping.
- Banana coins: Thick banana slices dipped and frozen taste like little banana cream pops.
- Sprinkle party: Roll the wet yogurt edge in sprinkles before freezing for birthday level excitement, then serve them next to a scoop of our no churn cookie dough ice cream.
How to Make Frozen Yogurt Bites
- Line a sheet tray with parchment paper so the frozen bites release cleanly.
- Peel the clementines and separate them into individual segments.
- Dip each segment one by one into the vanilla yogurt, leaving a little bit of fruit sticking out at the top.
- Place the dipped segments onto the lined sheet tray, spaced so they do not touch.
- Freeze for 3 hours or until frozen solid, then serve straight from the freezer.
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Use cold, thick yogurt straight from the fridge, it coats the fruit in a heavier layer than yogurt that has warmed on the counter.
- Pat the segments dry before dipping, yogurt slides right off wet fruit.
- Double dip for a thicker shell. Freeze the tray 20 minutes after the first coat, then dip again for a serious creamsicle layer.
- Do not let the bites touch on the tray, they will freeze into one giant creamsicle cluster, delicious but hard to share.
- Transfer to a freezer bag once solid and they keep for 2 weeks, ready whenever the snack attack hits.
- Serve straight from the freezer, they soften quickly and the yogurt shell gets sticky at room temperature.
Serving Ideas and Suggestions
These are the after school MVP, set them out with a bowl of our cream cheese fruit dip and fresh berries for a snack board kids demolish.
For a hot day dessert spread, pair them with a copycat Chick Fil A frosted lemonade, two frozen treats that feel like a splurge but are not.
Hosting a party? Scatter them around a tray of candied grapes for a fruit dessert board that costs almost nothing to make.
They also make a genius lunchbox surprise, pack a few frozen in a small insulated container and they are perfectly slushy by lunchtime.
Frozen Yogurt Bites FAQs
A thick vanilla yogurt makes the best Frozen Yogurt Bites because it clings to the fruit in a substantial shell and its sweetness delivers the creamsicle flavor. Greek vanilla yogurt works wonderfully for extra protein, and dairy free vanilla yogurts coat and freeze just as well.
Plan on about 3 hours for Frozen Yogurt Bites to freeze solid on the tray. Thicker double dipped shells can take closer to 4 hours. Once solid, move them to a freezer bag or airtight container and they keep for up to 2 weeks.
Wet fruit is almost always the culprit. Pat the clementine segments dry with a paper towel before dipping, and use thick, cold yogurt straight from the refrigerator. If the yogurt is thin, a quick 20 minute pre freeze of the dipped tray followed by a second dip builds a shell that stays put.
Absolutely, Frozen Yogurt Bites work with nearly any bite sized fruit. Strawberries, banana slices, grapes, and pineapple chunks are all fantastic dipped and frozen the same way. Softer fruits like raspberries freeze harder, so let those sit out a few minutes before eating.
They are one of the most wholesome treats you can make, each serving of these Frozen Yogurt Bites is about 124 calories of fruit and yogurt with no added candy coating. Using a low sugar or Greek vanilla yogurt makes them even more snack worthy for every day.
Freeze the Frozen Yogurt Bites solid on the parchment lined tray first, then transfer them to a freezer bag or airtight container. They keep for up to 2 weeks in the freezer, separate layers with parchment so the yogurt shells do not stick together.
Chasing more freezer treats? Our candied grapes are the next 5 minute wonder.
Frozen Yogurt Bites
Ingredients
- 6 oz vanilla yogurt
- 3 clementines or citrus fruit of choice
Instructions
- Peel clementines. Dip each section one by one into the yogurt, leaving a bit sticking out at the top. Place onto a lined sheet tray. Place in the freeze for 3 hours or until frozen.6 oz vanilla yogurt
Nutrition
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