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!
I’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.
Home Made Fab Ice Lollies
Ingredients
- 1 400 ml tin coconut milk
- 50 grams caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 200 grams mixed red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, cherry, black currant, etc)
- 75 grams caster sugar (more or less, to taste)
- 90 grams dark chocoalte
- sprinkles
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.
Mum of three, daydream adventurer, OU Life Sciences graduate, occasional crafter, ex-pat Canadian & quite possibly Britain's most northerly food blogger.
Just Toju says
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.
samantha says
oh my gosh yes! you should make a blogging food channel!
Herbert Appleby says
I’ve always thought I needed a fast freezer to get the smooth texture of a shop bought lolly. Is this right?
Farhana says
I love love love this! thank you so much!
KATE SARSFIELD says
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).
Jayne T says
These look fantastic, better than the shop bought version, my children would love them. Nice to see a vegan recipe too.
Heather Haigh says
Those really do look Fab, and I’m sure the ingredients are way more nutricious than the commercial variety.
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What Kate Baked says
You’ve stirred so many childhood ice cream memories with these brilliant FAB lollies- fabulous indeed!
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Camilla @FabFood4All says
Ooh what a brilliant idea, my son is the biggest Fab fan in our house and I’m sure he’d love these too:-)
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Elizabeth says
Nothing beats a home made ice cream 🙂
Tracy Nixon says
What a fab idea!
Honey says
These look yummy! Will have to make them x
Elizabeth says
They really are quite scrummy! I can’t wait to try all the rest of the recipes in her book!
dominique says
These look so beautify! it’s nearly a shame to eat them, but I think I would manage
Elizabeth says
Heehee, we managed to scoff ours down pretty quickly! 😀
Kim Carberry says
They do look Fab!! hehehe I’ll have to give these a try x
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Tory Knowles says
What a brilliant idea, I love coconut and so does my son so will be giving these a go for definite.
Elizabeth says
OOh let me know how you get on 🙂 I love feedback on recipes
Hazel says
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!
tracy polland says
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!
Elizabeth says
Fantastic! Let me know how they turn out and what the kids think of them. 🙂
Aimee / WallflowerGirl.co.uk says
They look so adorable!!
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Elizabeth says
Thank you so very much for the inspiration xx
Holly Nelson says
They look awesome – I love that you add ‘passive time’ into your recipe too.
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Laura says
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!
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Elizabeth says
I really ought to try a shop bought one to see what all the hype is about! 🙂
Kavey says
They look fabulous! (Geddit?)
Elizabeth says
Bahaha! 😀
Kathryn says
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.
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Elizabeth says
I never thought about making them either until I was inspired by Aimee’s book. So simple to make and super yummy!