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Home Made Fab Ice Lollies

Published on June 12, 2014 • Last updated January 28, 2019 by Elizabeth Atia
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Home Made FAB Ice Lolly My three children are big fans of the Fab Ice Lolly; layers of strawberry and vanilla ice coated in chocolate and sprinkles. I’m not even sure I’ve ever tried the shop bought version myself, having never been introduced to them until I moved to the UK, but apparently they are Britain’s favourite ice lolly!

Coconut Milk Ice Cream by Aimee RyanI’ve become a recent convert to the wonderful world of coconut milk ice cream recently, after I was sent a copy of Aimee Ryan’s Coconut Milk Ice Cream to review.

Her book is filled with more than 80 fantastic dairy free, grain free and refined sugar free recipes including one for Chocolate-Covered Strawberries & Cream Pops based on the Fab lolly.

Aimee’s original recipe uses maple syrup which I don’t have in my cupboard at the moment, so I adapted it with the ingredients I had on hand – namely plenty of caster sugar and a bag of frozen mixed red forest fruits dug out from the bottom of the deep freeze.

Delicious! These are so simple to make and they taste FAB! The coconut milk ice has a wonderful coconut vanilla flavour and combined with the dark chocolate coating and sprinkles, well, it certainly made me feel like a child again. That and the fact I ate mine whilst swinging as high as I could on the swing set in the local play park!

To read the book review and a gorgeous recipe for Mayan Chocolate ice cream and for your chance to win a copy of Aimee’s book for yourself see my giveaways page!

I’m linking this recipe up with two blogging challenges: Kavey Eats hosts a fantastic Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream challenge which is all about fruit this month, and Four Seasons Food, co-hosted by Louisa over at Eat Your Veg and Anneli at Delicieux and guest hosted this month by Tina at The Spicy Pear is all about summer food in the colour red.

BSFIC fsf-summer

Home Made Fab Ice Lollies

A home made vegan alternative to Britain's favourite ice lolly!
4.5 from 4 votes
Print Rate
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 12 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 6 lollies
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

  • 1 full fat coconut milk
  • 50 grams caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200 grams mixed red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, cherry, black currant, etc)
  • 75 grams caster sugar (more or less, to taste)
  • 90 grams dark chocolate
  • hundreds and thousands sprinkles
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Instructions 

  • Whisk the coconut milk and caster sugar together until the sugar has dissolved.
  • Pour into ice lolly moulds until they are 2/3 full. Pop in the freezer for an hour.
  • Meanwhile, prepare the fruit purée. Combine mixed red fruits and caster sugar together in a small saucepan. Gently heat and simmer until the fruit is softened. Purée and set aside to cool. You may need to use more or less caster sugar depending on the fruit you use.
  • Fill the rest of the ice lolly moulds with the fruit purée, pop in the lolly sticks and return to the freezer overnight.
  • Break chocolate in a small heat proof bowl suspended over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir until melted, allow to cool slightly and then dip the ends of the ice lollies in the chocolate, coating them 1/3 of the way up.
  • Roll in sprinkles and pop back in the freezer for half an hour or so until the chocolate hardens and the ice cream refreezes where the warm chocolate has melted it.

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About Elizabeth Atia

Daydream adventurer. Expat Canadian. Foodie. Calls Shetland home.

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Comments

  1. Just Toju

    May 7, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    i think to make this more like the original fab lolly, you should fill the mold with the puree then just DIP it in the coconut milk then dip in chocolate and put sprinkles on the top of the chocolate.

    Reply
    • samantha

      May 7, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      oh my gosh yes! you should make a blogging food channel!

      Reply
  2. Herbert Appleby

    September 14, 2015 at 11:36 pm

    I’ve always thought I needed a fast freezer to get the smooth texture of a shop bought lolly. Is this right?

    Reply
  3. Farhana

    November 1, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    I love love love this! thank you so much!

    Reply
  4. KATE SARSFIELD

    July 7, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    We don’t have them over here (Ireland) but I make something similar using condensed milk & fruit pulp (no sugar). Absolutely scrummy & not too sugar-loaded so ok for diabetic dad (as long as we hide them in the freezer in the garage).

    Reply
  5. Jayne T

    July 3, 2014 at 8:24 am

    These look fantastic, better than the shop bought version, my children would love them. Nice to see a vegan recipe too.

    Reply
  6. Heather Haigh

    June 29, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    Those really do look Fab, and I’m sure the ingredients are way more nutricious than the commercial variety.

    Reply
  7. What Kate Baked

    June 29, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    You’ve stirred so many childhood ice cream memories with these brilliant FAB lollies- fabulous indeed!

    Reply
  8. Camilla @FabFood4All

    June 23, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    Ooh what a brilliant idea, my son is the biggest Fab fan in our house and I’m sure he’d love these too:-)

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 24, 2014 at 7:08 am

      Nothing beats a home made ice cream 🙂

      Reply
  9. Tracy Nixon

    June 20, 2014 at 6:01 am

    What a fab idea!

    Reply
  10. Honey

    June 16, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    These look yummy! Will have to make them x

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 16, 2014 at 7:06 pm

      They really are quite scrummy! I can’t wait to try all the rest of the recipes in her book!

      Reply
  11. dominique

    June 14, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    These look so beautify! it’s nearly a shame to eat them, but I think I would manage

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 15, 2014 at 8:55 am

      Heehee, we managed to scoff ours down pretty quickly! 😀

      Reply
  12. Kim Carberry

    June 14, 2014 at 9:28 am

    They do look Fab!! hehehe I’ll have to give these a try x

    Reply
  13. Tory Knowles

    June 14, 2014 at 9:23 am

    What a brilliant idea, I love coconut and so does my son so will be giving these a go for definite.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 14, 2014 at 9:27 am

      OOh let me know how you get on 🙂 I love feedback on recipes

      Reply
  14. Hazel

    June 14, 2014 at 5:44 am

    What a brilliant idea- I’ll have to try these.

    My children love Fabs, but they’re made by Nestle, so they don’t get them very often. These could make me very popular!

    Reply
  15. tracy polland

    June 13, 2014 at 9:58 am

    I made these earlier this morning in advance of my kids coming out of school later (they will be so pleased!). Good way to start the weekend – hope the weather is as good! Very easy to make and look delicious. Great recipe – thanks!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 13, 2014 at 10:43 am

      Fantastic! Let me know how they turn out and what the kids think of them. 🙂

      Reply
  16. Aimee / WallflowerGirl.co.uk

    June 12, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    They look so adorable!!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 12, 2014 at 7:57 pm

      Thank you so very much for the inspiration xx

      Reply
  17. Holly Nelson

    June 12, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    They look awesome – I love that you add ‘passive time’ into your recipe too.

    Reply
  18. Laura

    June 12, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    S soon as I saw these I practically squealed out loud. I absolutely love Fab lollies, the have to be my favourite no-cone ice cream!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 12, 2014 at 12:36 pm

      I really ought to try a shop bought one to see what all the hype is about! 🙂

      Reply
  19. Kavey

    June 12, 2014 at 10:21 am

    They look fabulous! (Geddit?)

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 12, 2014 at 10:27 am

      Bahaha! 😀

      Reply
  20. Kathryn

    June 12, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Fabs are my absolute favourite ice lolly but I’ve never thought about making them at home – can’t wait to try this idea! They look wonderful.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 12, 2014 at 10:56 am

      I never thought about making them either until I was inspired by Aimee’s book. So simple to make and super yummy!

      Reply

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