Homemade Yogurt Melts (Baby Friendly)

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These baby yogurt melts are a fun little finger food snack, an awesome way for babies to enjoy real yoghurt.

a small white bowl of baby yogurt melts in 3 colours, pale pink, lavender and pale green.
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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.

4 photo collage showing the ingredient combinations for baby yogurt melts.

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.

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.

Yogurt, raspberries and pears in a blender ready to be puréed.

Step two: Gently stir the purée through the second measure of greek yoghurt

Pink raspberry purée in a mixing bowl with thick greek yoghurt.

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Step three: Spoon the flavoured yoghurt into a piping bag, or any small bag with the corner cut off.

Purple blueberry flavoured yoghurt in a piping bag.

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.

Women's hands piping small buttons of flavoured yoghurt on to a baking paper lined tray.

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.

Pale purple baby yogurt melts in a glass container with lid, ready to go into the freezer.
Three flavours (green, purple, pink) of baby yoghurt melts in a glass freezer container.
Once made, you can freeze a mixture of baby yogurt melt flavours together.

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

What age can babies have yogurt

Most babies can begin to enjoy yogurt from when they start solids.

Are baby yogurt melts a choking risk

Baby yogurt melts, melt in the mouth and become liquid, therefore they do not pose a choking hazard.

How to store baby yogurt melts

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.

What’s the difference between these and store-bought yogurt melts?

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.

Are yogurt melts healthy?

Frozen yoghurt melts are simply plain yoghurt combined with fruit making them a healthy choice

Do yogurt melts dissolve?

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.

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Baby Yogurt Melts

These baby yoghurt melts are a fun cool snack or babies
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Course: Snack
Cuisine: Western
Keyword: baby yogurt melts, baby melts, baby yoghurt melts, yoghurt buttons, yogurt for babies, baby yogurt snack, yogurt bites for babies
Servings: 3
Calories: 53kcal
Author: Stacey

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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.

Nutrition

Calories: 53kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 1mg
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