Homemade Yogurt Melts (Baby Friendly)
These baby yogurt melts are a fun little finger food snack, an awesome way for babies to enjoy real yoghurt.
Why This Recipe Works
- Melt in the mouth makes them perfect for babies early on in their solids journey.
- Simple ingredients: Yoghurt + fruit + veggies
- Stores in the freezer, perfect little snack for little ones
Ingredients you will need
The base of these yogurt melts is greek yogurt. I then use fruit and veggies to create three different flavours. 1. blueberries and banana, 2. spinach and apple sauce, 3. raspberries and pear.
Substitutes
- Greek Yogurt: You do need a thick yoghurt for this recipe to work, a thick coconut yoghurt or soy yoghurt will work as well.
- Fruit & Veggies: You can use any flavour combinations, alternatively you can also stir commercial baby purées through greek yoghurt.
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used no-added-sugar apple sauce, chopped frozen spinach, frozen blueberries, and raspberries from their ranges in this baby yogurt melts recipe.
How to Make Yogurt Melts
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my baby yogurt melts, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Place the first measure of greek yoghurt and your chosen fruit and or veggie flavourings into a blender and blitz until you have a smooth purée.
Step two: Gently stir the purée through the second measure of greek yoghurt
Step three: Spoon the flavoured yoghurt into a piping bag, or any small bag with the corner cut off.
Step four: Pipe small blobs (buttons) of the flavoured yoghurt on to a baking tray (or flat plate) that will fit in your freezer that is lined with baking paper, parchment paper or a non-stick reusable liner.
Step five: Freeze until solid, this will take about an hour. Remove from the freezer and transfer the melts into an airtight container. Store in the freezer until your little one needs a cool yoghurt treat.
Top Tips
Here is how you can make these baby yogurt melts recipe perfectly every time!
- To be able to successfully pipe the yoghurt melts you need the mix to be thick, use a thick yoghurt to start
- Don't purée all the yogurt with the fillings, when you do this, greek yogurt will loose it's thick texture and will therefore become to runny to pipe.
- I find it is easiest to pipe the yogurt bites from a very small opening. Only cut a very small corner off the bag you are using, or use a fine piping tip.
FAQs
Most babies can begin to enjoy yogurt from when they start solids.
Baby yogurt melts, melt in the mouth and become liquid, therefore they do not pose a choking hazard.
Store the baby yogurt melts in an air-tight container in a freezer for up to 3 months. Once removed from the freezer they will need to be served immediately.
Store-bought yoghurt melts are typically made by dehydrating or freeze dried flavoured yogurt, these melts are frozen which means they are more filling and contain no additives.
Frozen yoghurt melts are simply plain yoghurt combined with fruit making them a healthy choice
These are frozen yoghurt melts, they melt on heating, meaning they quickly liquify in the mouth.
If your baby has just started their solids journey you might be on the hunt for other baby snacks, my homemade teething rusks are a popular recipe on my site, as are my baby led weaning muffins and baby cookies.
If it's the cuteness of this snack that caught your fancy then you may also like my fruit gummy recipe, it lasts a little longer at room temperature so is more portable for snacking out and about.
Baby Yogurt Melts
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup greek yogurt
- ¼ pear 30g I use tinned pear, but this recipe will work with a very fresh soft pear (skin removed).
- ¼ cup raspberries 25g
- ¾ cup greek yogurt
Instructions
- Place the first measure of greek yoghurt and your chosen fruit and or veggie flavourings into a blender and blitz until you have a smooth purée.
- Gently stir the purée through the second measure of greek yoghurt
- Spoon the flavoured yoghurt into a piping bag, or any small bag with the corner cut off.
- Pipe small blobs (buttons) of the flavoured yoghurt on to a baking tray (or flat plate) that will fit in your freezer that is lined with baking paper or a non-stick reusable liner.
- Freeze solid, this will take about an hour. Transfer the melts into an airtight container. Store in the freezer until your little one needs a cool yoghurt treat.
Notes
Ingredient Substitutions
- Greek Yoghurt: You do need a thick yoghurt for this recipe to work, a thick coconut yoghurt or soy yoghurt will work as well.
- Fruit & Veggies: You can use any flavour combinations, alternatively you can also stir commercial baby purées through greek yoghurt.
Other flavour ideas
This recipe makes pink raspberry and pear yogurt melts, other tested flavours- ¼ cup Blueberries + 30g Banana = purple baby yogurt melts
- 13g frozen spinach + 2 tablespoon apple sauce = green baby yogurt melts
Tips
- To be able to successfully pipe the yoghurt melts you need the mix to be thick, use a thick yoghurt to start
- Don't purée all the yogurt with the flavourings, when you do this, greek yogurt will loose it's thick texture and will therefore become to runny to pipe.
- I find it is easiest to pipe the baby yogurt melts from a very small opening. Only cut a very small corner off the bag you are using, or use a fine piping tip.
- Store in an air-tight container in a freezer for up to 3 months. Once removed from the freezer they will need to be served immediately.
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