Making your own homemade Baby Yogurt Melts is so much better than the freeze-dried store-bought finger food. Filled with healthy fats, probiotics, and calcium, this yogurt and fruit snack makes mealtime even more fun for toddlers. Great for growing babies or a gumming tool for teethers, too!
Why Make DIY Yogurt Melts at Home?
Forget the freeze-dried yogurt melts from the store and make your own at home. When you provide your babies and toddlers with healthier, more personalized snacks, you know exactly what goes into their food. As a parent, wouldn’t you want your child to eat the freshest, preservative-free snack made with wholesome ingredients?
Store-bought yogurt melts can be pricey for the small quantity provided. Homemade yogurt melts are budget-friendly and a sustainable option because you skip the plastic packaging.
Ingredients for Homemade Yogurt Melts
- Whole milk Greek plain yogurt: There are many brands of greek yogurt on the market. Some have slightly different consistencies or flavors. Choose a brand that is thicker in consistency such as FAGE or Chobani brand. You can also use a plant-based, dairy-free yogurt if you prefer, but remember that you need a thick yogurt for this recipe to work. A thick coconut yogurt or soy yogurt can make a great dairy-free alternative.
- Baby food puree: Be sure to choose a baby fruit puree (single fruit or fruit blend) that is 100% pure fruit only. Depending on the fruit flavors you choose, the color of the melts will vary. You can make your melts using different flavors of store-bought or homemade baby puree.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Step-by-Step Guide: How to Make Yogurt Melts
- Make The Yogurt Mixture: Stir together the Greek yogurt and baby fruit puree.
- Pipe: Pipe small dime-sized circles of the yogurt mixture onto the parchment paper-lined pan with a piping bag or a Ziploc bag with a small cut at the tip.
- Freeze: Freeze the baby yogurt melts for 2 hours.
- Serve: Serve 1-2 baby yogurt melts at a time, or more, according to the age of the child.
Serving Suggestions
Serve these snacks as a soothing tool to ease teething discomfort, or a cool and refreshing, delicious snack! They’re a great source of calcium, probiotics, and essential nutrients needed to support healthy growth.
Yogurt melts are great as a side to lunch, an easy snack, or to grab as an on-the-go treat, but just because they’re kid-friendly doesn’t mean adults won’t love them, too! But if you’re looking for something shelf-stable, my baby trail mix is just as delicious, but it’s made with freeze-dried fruit, puffs, and cereal so it won’t spoil.
Tips For Making Homemade Yogurt Melts
- Make A Veggie Version: Baby 100% pure vegetable purees can also be used to make these baby yogurt melts. I suggest sticking with sweeter, milder vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, or butternut squash. The flavor of the sweeter vegetables combined with the Greek yogurt tastes more pleasing than vegetables such as green beans or spinach.
- Stir Or Spill: If your Greek yogurt has settled and the liquid is on the surface, stir the liquids back into the yogurt or simply pour off the excess. This will ensure that when the fruit puree is mixed into the yogurt, it is a thick enough consistency to be piped and frozen for these baby yogurt melts.
- Form Different Flavors: You can make a variety of different flavors and pipe them all onto one large, parchment paper lined baking sheet to freeze at once. This will give your baby a variety of flavors and colors to enjoy.
- Serving Size: Depending on the age of your child, you can pipe small drops or larger dime-sized circles onto the tray before freezing. The size of your melts will determine more or less total servings.
Variations of Yogurt Melts to Try
One of the best parts about a DIY yogurt melt recipe is the endless flavor possibilities! By mixing yogurt with different fruit or vegetable purees, you can create a variety of nutritious combinations custom to your child’s preferences.
- Create The Classics: Stick with the classic fruit flavors by mixing plain yogurt with purred strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, bananas, or pear.
- Serve Seasonal Snacks: Blend plain yogurt with pumpkin puree or sweet potato puree and a pinch of cinnamon for a fall-inspired snack.
- Get In The Greens: Combine plain yogurt with spinach and unsweetened applesauce for an extra boost of calcium.
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Yogurt Melts
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup whole milk greek style plain (unflavored) yogurt FAGE Total 5% milkfat
- 1½ tablespoons 100% fruit baby food puree any fruit flavor
Instructions
- Line a small rimmed, freezer safe, tray with parchment paper. Set aside.
- To a small bowl stir together the whole milk greek yogurt and baby fruit puree until fully combined.⅓ cup whole milk greek style plain (unflavored) yogurt, 1½ tablespoons 100% fruit baby food puree
- Transfer the yogurt mixture to a small piping bag and snip a small opening at the tip.
- Pipe small, approximately ¼ – ½ teaspoon sized, dollops of the yogurt mixture in rows onto the prepared tray.
- Freeze the baby yogurt melts for 2 hours.
- Remove the baby yogurt melts from the freezer and transfer them to a small freezer safe, lidded container, for longer freezer storage.
- Serve 1-2 baby yogurt melts at a time, or more, according to the age of the child.
Jenn’s Notes
- Baby 100% pure vegetable purees can also be used to make these baby yogurt melts. I suggest sticking with sweeter, milder vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, or butternut squash. The flavor of the sweeter vegetables combined with the Greek yogurt tastes more pleasing than vegetables such as green beans or spinach.
- If your Greek yogurt has settled and the liquid is on the surface, stir the liquids back into the yogurt or simply pour off the excess. This will ensure that when the fruit puree is mixed into the yogurt, it is a thick enough consistency to be piped and frozen for these baby yogurt melts.
- You can make a variety of different flavors and pipe them all onto one large, parchment paper lined baking sheet to freeze at once. This will give your baby a variety of flavors and colors to enjoy.
- Depending on the age of your child, you can pipe small drops or larger dime-sized circles onto the tray before freezing. The size of your melts will determine more or less total servings.
