We'll go through the process here for making the mochaccino smoothie pops and counting their carbs. To make the other flavours, simply sub in those ingredients in step 2... the rest of the process is the same.

1.

Before you get popping, weigh a popsicle stick using a nutritional scale and write down this number for later use (to calculate the carb content of the finished product, without the stick). If you use popsicle molds that are in different shapes and sizes, weigh each individually to make sure you capture any difference in their weights.

For example, the weight of my green plastic popsicle stick (on the left-side of the picture at the top of this page) is 10g.

2.

Add frozen yoghurt, milk, instant coffee powder, brown sugar, and unsweetened cocoa powder to a blender cup, measuring the carb content of each individual ingredient. Power up the blender (on the Smoothie or Purée setting) until smooth, about 1 minute.

3.

Pour into popsicle molds. Freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight, until solid.

For the monster and robot pictured here I used Tovolo Pop Molds from BedBathAndBeyond.ca. Note that this is NOT an affiliate link... it's just here to spread the fun. 🙂

If you don’t have popsicle molds, you can re-use single-serve yoghurt containers – just fill, cover with cling wrap, insert a wooden popsicle stick through the centre of the plastic wrap, and freeze.

4.

Add up the individual carb counts (that you wrote down in step 3) to calculate the total carbs in that batch.

For example, using the carb counts in the ingredient list above, the total carbs of my batch of Mochaccino smoothie pops was:

36 + 12 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 56g

5.

To remove the molds, run warm water around the outside of the mold until you can twist or wiggle the popsicle free.

6.

Weigh all of the finished popsicles (with their sticks) from this flavour batch. Since this weight includes the sticks, to arrive at the total weight of the consumable product, subtract the weight of all the sticks.

For example, the total weight of my batch of Mochaccino smoothie pops including sticks was 358g. Then I subtracted 42g, the weight of plastic bases/sticks, arriving at 316g weight for the popsicles themselves.

7.

Calculate the carb factor for this batch of popsicles: divide the total carbs (calculated in step 2) by the total weight (from step 6).

For example, the total carbs (from step 4) in my batch of Mochaccino smoothie pops was 56g, which I then divide by the 316g weight (from step 6), arriving at a carb factor (by weight) = 0.18.

8.

When you're ready to eat one, weigh that individual popsicle with the stick.

For example, the Mochaccino popsicle pictured above (on the left) weighs 72g, including the stick.

9.

Subtract the weight of the stick.

For example, the weight of the Mochaccino popsicle minus the weight of the stick is 72g (from step 8) – 10g (from step 1)= 62g. This gives you the weight of the actual smoothie pop that you are about to eat.

10.

Multiply this weight by the carb factor (that you calculated in step 7) to calculate the total carb content of that popsicle.

For example, the Mochaccino smoothie pop contains 11g of carbs (62g x 0.18 carbs/gram weight).

 

Now you're ready to put up your feet, put in the earbuds and enjoy!