These Vegan Yogurt Melts for baby are super simple and delicious with just 2 ingredients needed. Refined sugar free, gluten free, and perfect for snacking.
One trip down the baby food aisle of your local grocery store and you quickly realize there are tons of options. From the endless sea of formulas and all those tiny jars of purees to numerous different puffs, crackers, cereals, and yogurts. Though there are a lot of choices, many have questionable ingredients or are simply not vegan and then there is the cost. All those little jars and pouches get EXPENSIVE!
One of the more common snacks I see offered to babies is yogurt melts. Not vegan of course, but easily adapted I figured. So I gave it a go and it worked out great! These Vegan Yogurt Melts are super simple with just 2 ingredients needed, unsweetened vegan yogurt and freeze dried fruit, and about 5 minutes of prep work.
Ingredients
Fruit powder thickens up non dairy yogurt so the mixture is pipe-able and the dots hold their shape on the sheet pan rather than running into one big blob. The powder also seems to help slow down the melting a bit although these yogurt melts are definitely not a portable snack. It's best to serve this yummy little snack at home.
- freeze dried fruit of choice
- unsweetened non dairy yogurt
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
To make these yogurt melts. start by grinding freeze dried fruit into a powder. Then stir the powder into the non dairy yogurt. Next pipe the mixture into small dots on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Freeze the dots until solid.
Top Tip
While young babies love these, older kids would probably prefer a little more sweetness. For older kids, use a sweetened yogurt and spread the mixture in an even layer on the baking sheet. You could even add shredded coconut and chopped fruit at this point for extra deliciousness. Then just freeze and break into pieces for a yummy yogurt bark the older kids are sure to enjoy.
Equipment
You will need a spice grinder or high speed blender to make the fruit powder in the yogurt melts. If you don't have a grinder or blender you can also find fruit powder online.
Storage
Store yogurt melts in a freezer safe container in the freezer. Good for up otherwise 1 month.
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Recipe
Vegan Baby Yogurt Melts
Equipment
- spice grinder
Ingredients
- 1 5.3 oz unsweetened coconut yogurt like So Delicious
- ¼ cup freeze dried fruit such as blueberries or strawberries
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and set aside.
- Place freeze dried fruit in a coffee/spice grinder or blender and grind/blend until fruit is powdered.¼ cup freeze dried fruit such as blueberries or strawberries
- In a small bowl combine yogurt and fruit powder until thoroughly mixed.1 5.3 oz unsweetened coconut yogurt like So Delicious
- Scoop mixture into a piping bag or a sandwich bag and cut off tip of bag.
- Pipe small dots of yogurt on to prepared baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet in freezer for about 2 hours or until yogurt dots are frozen.
- Transfer yogurt melts to a freezer safe container. Store in freezer.
Christine says
Hi! How long would these last in the freezer? Thank you!!