Ingredients

JUN
Cheeky Monkey Popsicles
Welcome to the jungle! This month we’re making a frozen treat you’ll go
bananas for - Cheeky Monkey Popsicles. They’re healthy and delicious, but
best of all look just like me!
Ingredients
strawberries
banana
about 6 - 8
you’ll just need half of it
brown sugar
1 teaspoon
greek yoghurt
mild honey
salt
3 tablespoons
1-2 teaspoons
1 mini pinch
Prep time: 20 minutes Freezing time: 5 hours Crafting time: 20 minutes Serves: 2
To know whose turn it is to get messy, refer to the spoon icons below:
Grownups,
do the honours.
Team up.
Together is better!
Wahay!
Kids lead the way.
But first, a quick tropical shower. Wash your hands before it stops.
Ok, it’s time to get started. Warm up those fingers.
Craft List
For the Monkey’s body, arms, legs and ears, we’ll use:
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Espresso cups from your favourite coffee shop (or classic ones cut in half)
Stencils
Safety scissors
Non toxic paint
A brush
A Posca pen (or just a finer brush)
Liquid glue or tape
To draw the outline of Monkey’s face you’ll need:
• Dark chocolate sprinkles
• A stencil
To make the eyes we’ll use:
• Mini meringues
• Chocolate syrup
• A toothpick
And for the tongue:
• Popsicle sticks
• Food colouring + water
• A pencil
2.
The Monkey Cups
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1
2
First paint the outside of the
espresso cups blue. Then paint
the popsicle sticks red with
red food colouring and water.
Everyone can be an artist here,
just
3 go for it (berets are optional).
3
While the cups and sticks dry, cut
out Monkey’s arms and legs. If you
need a little help - use our stencils.
Show them how it’s done using
safety scissors. It’s just safer (like
the name).
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5
Add little hair to your Monkey
cup using a Posca pen or a fine
paintbrush. Then draw a line on
the red stick using a pencil. This
will be Monkey’s tongue. Give
Monkey any hairstyle you want!
Except a man-bun. Monkeys
aren’t into man-buns.
3
Time to build our little fellows!
Glue the legs and arms on the
cups. Ta da! Plop! Stick! Show the
little ones how it works.
3.
The Recipe
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2
Wash the strawberries, pit them
and cut them up roughly. Pop
them in a bowl with the sugar
and salt and stir to bring out the
juices. You cut. They stir… and
everyone tries to resist eating all
the strawberries, which is really,
really hard.
Meanwhile, peel the banana and
break it into pieces. Pop half the
pieces in a blender along with the
yoghurt and honey. Finally, add
the strawberries. Let the children
handle this step. Splish, splosh!
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4
Blend until there are no bits left.
Cheeky hands away! Grownups
are in charge here. Whrrrrrrr!
Your luscious mix is ready. Now
pop it in those paper cups. Little
spoons hold the cups while
grownups pour… all the way to the
top just below the edge.
Pssst, time to turn these cups into marvellous popsicles.
Just add the final touches while the little ones are (ahem)
monkeying around.
4.
The Details
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1
1
Make Monkey’s face using the
stencil and chocolate sprinkles.
Hold your breath. Just teasing. A
little focus and a teaspoon should
do the trick.
Wedge the popsicle stick in for the
tongue and drop two sprinkles for
the nose. It’s all in the detail..
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5
Draw pupils on the (upside down)
mini meringues using a toothpick
and some chocolate syrup. Cute.
Simple. Works like magic.
3
Then put the eyes in place. Here’s
our cheeky Monkey. Marvellous,
isn’t it?
Now place your little monkeys in the freezer for about 4
to 5 hours for delicious popsicles. Patience is the key.
Bananagrams anyone?
5.
New in the Jungle? No worries. To eat your yummy,
luscious, can’t-resist-it popsicle, just peel the paper off
and go. Lap, lap!
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Strawberries
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strawberries
to a
loved one.
Strawberries are rather
daft! They’re the only fruit
to wear their seeds on the
outside… and those little
seeds are actually a type
of dry fruit, that contain
THEIR OWN mini seeds.
Astonishing.
This recipe has been cooked with seasonal produce.
So your ingredients travel less and are fresher… Hurray for us and the environment!
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Use this chart to see if strawberries are in season next time you cook :)
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Stencils
arms and ears
legs
face
fold here
This BIG SPOON, LITTLE SPOON recipe has been brought to you by
(and its two nutty chefs Stef and Lauren).
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