This was my 4 year old son's hand hours (and several hand washings!) after I gave in and bought him a Sponge Bob popsicle in the park.

I know the picture isn't perfectly clear, but if you look closely, you can see that the various red dye #s godknowswhat have streaked his hand.

A little scary, no?

What's a mom to do?  I remembered having a read a post on Weelicious about mango popsicles and tinkered around with the proportions a bit.

The next day, I made these:

Mango Pops

3 very ripe mangoes, chopped

1 cup of whole milk or yogurt

an optional dash of cinnamon or chili powder (the latter for adventurous adults!)

Process mango and milk or yogurt in a food processor or blender and freeze in ice pop molds.

Makes about 12  pops–depending upon your molds.

I actually chose to make fewer pops and reserved about a cup of puree before freezing for my 16 month old's breakfast 🙂