It’s not often that I get to be a hero to my boys, but when I first mashed up their favorite homemade granola with a smoothie into Frozen Breakfast Smoothie Bars they went wild for them. So naturally, I need to share this morning hack that I’ve created in collaboration with Quaker. I’m certain you and your family will love them like mine do.
It’s simple tricks like this that can make the difference between setting the day’s tone with crazy or calm. I’ll take calm over crazy, 100% of the time—as will my boys.
And since this can be prepared ahead of time, imagine what you can do with just a few more free minutes in the morning. Often this means we can actually talk and plan our day, rather than bustling around while only catching a word a here or there. Trust me, that has happened, and the resulting consequence usually entails mad-dashes across town for nearly-missed pick up or drop off.
So see what I mean about starting the day off right? And while we are on the subject of morning hacks, here’s another tip: get your kids involved in the kitchen. It alleviates, some of the weight off of you and helps kids form good habits for preparing and eating good food.
These frozen smoothie pops are definitely something they can handle. For the ones you see here, we started with a simple homemade granola using Quaker’s Old Fashion Oats and gave it a few mix-ins, baked and cooled it, then layered it throughout the smoothie pops. The granola softens to the consistency of an oatmeal cookie.
As for the yogurt, I like Greek yogurt for its thickness and high protein serving, but any yogurt will work. If you have a strong sweet tooth like me, you can add some honey or agave to the yogurt mix. For the berries give it a quick jamming on the added flavor.
That’s it. Once the jam cools, start layering! See what I mean about this being a fun and easy morning hack? You totally got this, so grab the popsicle molds and get started.
*This post is in collaboration with The Quaker Oats Company, all opinions are my own.

Frozen Breakfast Smoothie Popsicles
Ingredients
- 4 oz. strawberries
- 4 oz. raspberries
- 4 oz. blueberries
- 1 quart plain or vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 honey (optional)
- 1 1/2 cups granola (recipe follows)
Instructions
In a medium size pan over medium hight heat, combine and cook strawberries and raspberries until it simmers rapidly. Cook for 10-12 minutes, stirring often, until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature. Repeat with blueberries. (If berries need some sweetening add 4-5 tablespoons sugar to achieve preferred sweetness.)
In a large bowl, combine and mix together yogurt, milk and honey. Mixture should be thick, but pourable.
To assemble:
Pour a tablespoon or two of yogurt in to each mold. Add a tablespoon of granola and then a tablespoon or two of fruit jam. Continue layering until molds are filled. Tap mold against counter to release any air bubbles. Insert popsicle stick and freeze for at least 6 hours (time will vary according to freezer setting and how full it is). To remove smoothie pops from mold, run it under hot water. Unmold and enjoy! Separate each frozen pop with parchment paper and transfer to freezer. Popsicles will keep for unto three weeks.
Homemade Granola
Makes 4-6 servings
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice 1
- 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup chopped salted almonds
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Preparation: Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Cover a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. In a small saucepan, cook and stir maple syrup, brown sugar and orange juice over medium heat until sugar dissolves. In a medium bowl, combine and mix together the oats, almonds and salt. Pour the maple mixture over oats and stir until combined. Spread the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the baking sheet and stir granola. Return to oven and bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until the mixture begins to brown. Cool completely. Transfer and store granola in an airtight container for up to a week.
Oh I love these healthy pops! Perfect for snacking on and easy on the go breakfast! 🙂
It’s 42 degrees at the moment in Australia- what I would do for something as cooling and refreshing as this! Looks like I need to give this a try.
So pretty, breakfast never looked better!
These look amazing, I love the picture of the arrangement of the mixture before you froze it.
I love the idea of the porridge oats too.
These are great Naomi! What kid WOULDN’T flip over getting popsicles for breakfast! My little sis is going to love them!
I love these! what a great idea to have ready to go in the morning! or in muffin cups! love these and so gorgeous!
Ready to scarf several of these down now! So healthy too. I love how you used 3 types of berries and want to use my frozen berries. I hope that’s ok. My fridge is 10 years old and we need to get a new one so I’m cleaning it out and trying to use up all the stuff in there. And I have bags upon bags of berries.
These are perfect!!! Makes it so easy for breakfast on the go.
What an awesome breakfast to have on hand!
I eat oats for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. Seriously it’s an addiction. so OBVS I need these gorgeous bars! Pinned!
Great idea! My boys would love these!
So pretty. And awesomely FUN!
I can just imagine your kids’ faces when you pulled these out for breakfast 🙂
Beautiful as always 🙂
Yep, I want these for breakfast! I have yogurt parfaits almost every morning and love this take on that.
I love our morning hacks like this for getting the boys up and out the door!
If I could eat Popsicles for breakfast I would every day! Gorgeous.
just beautiful, I can enjoy it even it is cold weather
I just love the color of these bars! So pretty and a sure way to start the day on a bright note. Definitely a more fun way to eat yogurt and granola.
Absolutely crushing on these bars and how healthy & gorgeous they are. Breakfast pops forever! I’d feel wonderful about giving these to kids or having these as a treat.
these are stunning! love the idea for making healthy ones for a quick breakfast
Gorgeous! I think these must taste amazing.
LOVE these Naomi! Totally gorgeous!
Love them! I was wondering, which molds do you use? I love the classic shape yours have. Thanks so much. 🙂
Oh my gosh – these are a whole breakfast in a popsicle!! Where have these been all my life?!
Beyond pretty and the perfect flavors!