Creamy Whole Lemon Ice Pops (2025)

June 2, 2015

by Kirbie

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These lemon ice pops are creamy and use an entire lemon (including skin and rind) for an ultra lemony flavor. They are the perfect summer treat.

I’ve been a walking kitchen disaster lately. Like most people, I sometimes have a bad kitchen day where nothing is going right and the smart decision is to just step away and try again another day. But I just went through a week long phase of kitchen mishaps, including 4 complete recipe fails and a shatteredpenguin shaped salt shaker (sob).
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I had this lemon ice pop idea in my head for awhile, but it took four tries to get it right. Last year I made whole lemon bars and they were the best lemon bars I’ve eaten. I’ve also made whole lemon ice cream. Using the entire lemon really brings the lemon flavor to another level. So I wanted to apply the same to these ice pops.
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I also really wanted creamy ice pops, which is a tricky balance. Too creamy and your ice pops are basically frozen ice cream and while it tastes good, it looks like crap because it can’t hold its form.

But after three fails, several trips to the grocery store for more ingredients, I finally found the balance I was looking for and I’m excited to share this recipe with you now.
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If you like this recipe, check out: whole lemon bars and my entire collection of ice pop recipes which includes my Creamy Biscoff Popsicles.

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Servings: 8

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

These lemon ice pops are creamy and use an entire lemon (including skin and rind) for an ultra lemony flavor. They are the perfect summer treat.

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Ingredients

  • 1 (14-oz) can fat free sweetened condensed milk (must use fat free! regular condensed milk will be too creamy and ice pops won't freeze right)
  • 1/2 cup whole milk (see note)
  • 1 whole lemon minus seeds

Instructions

  • Slice your lemon into thin slices and remove the seeds. Discard seeds. Place lemon slices into a blender.

  • Add condensed milk and whole milk into blender. Blend at high speed (I used my smoothie setting) until smooth batter forms and lemon is completely pureed. Pour into ice molds and freeze for several hours or overnight. To remove, run ice molds under warm water for a few seconds and then pop out of ice pop molds.

Notes

  • You can use reduced fat milk but your ice pops will be icier.

The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.

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35 comments on “Creamy Whole Lemon Ice Pops”

  1. Laura Petrillo July 21, 2021 @ 3:22 pm Reply

    So I made these, added an extra half lemon for more tartness, but my pops have lots of lemon bits in them. Taste is good but too many bits. Did I just not process it enough?

    • Kirbie's Cravings Team September 24, 2021 @ 6:33 pm Reply

      It helps to have a high-powered blender for this recipe. If you used one, you may not have processed them long enough.

  2. Amanda June 14, 2020 @ 4:34 pm Reply

    Great recipe – & works with regular sweetened condensed milk too, when the pops are left to freeze for a whole day 🙂

    • Kirbie July 10, 2020 @ 12:40 pm Reply

      I’m glad you enjoyed!

    • Jeannie January 28, 2021 @ 12:19 pm Reply

      Ooh, thank you for sharing that, Amanda!

  3. Becca June 9, 2018 @ 4:43 am Reply

    I had high hopes for these popsicles but they weren’t tart enough for me. I was initially drawn to this recipe hoping to mimic the tart lemon and creamy flavor that you’d get in a lemon meringue pie….but it was a miss for me. Maybe because of the peel it lacked that burst of tart lemon I like.. This was a more mellowed lemon flavor. Which is absolutely fine if that is the profile you want.

    • Kirbie June 12, 2018 @ 9:00 am Reply

      I wasn’t trying to make a tart ice pop, so I can see why these wouldn’t be tart enough for you. Sorry they weren’t what you were looking for.

  4. Kiki May 2, 2017 @ 1:22 pm Reply

    Do you peel the lemon?

    • Kirbie May 2, 2017 @ 9:43 pm Reply

      nope!

  5. Mary April 21, 2017 @ 7:16 am Reply

    Do you know if you put this in a container and freeze could you dip it like ice-cream?

    • Kirbie April 21, 2017 @ 7:57 am Reply

      this recipe was designed to be a popsicle so it won’t work as ice cream. I do have an ice cream version though! https://kirbiecravings.com/2015/06/3-ingredient-no-churn-whole-lemon-ice-cream.html

  6. Darcy February 9, 2017 @ 9:49 pm Reply

    Would this work with lime?

    • Kirbie February 10, 2017 @ 10:20 pm Reply

      I have not attempted it with lime. I’ll have to try sometime!

    • Amber June 20, 2017 @ 10:16 am Reply

      I have tried this with lime and it is Amazing!

      • Jeannie January 28, 2021 @ 12:44 pm

        Thanks for letting us know it works with lime, Amber! It wasn’t too bitter for you? Or how many limes did you use?

  7. Emily April 26, 2016 @ 3:49 pm Reply

    I can’t wait to try this

    • Kirbie April 27, 2016 @ 8:24 am Reply

      hope you enjoy!

  8. Dalia AlAmad April 12, 2016 @ 11:44 pm Reply

    Hello, I love this recipe it looks really good. I’m going to try it this weekend. Would you by any chance know the nutritional information of these popsicles? (How many calories per pop?)

    • Kirbie April 14, 2016 @ 11:03 am Reply

      I don’t know, but I usually use caloriecount.com to calculate the nutritional information for a new recipe. You can enter in the recipe and it’ll calculate everything for you

      • Sarah W. March 18, 2018 @ 5:45 pm

        150 calories each according to caloriecount.com

      • Kirbie March 20, 2018 @ 9:22 am

        thanks for sharing!

  9. Bianca February 15, 2016 @ 3:24 pm Reply

    Are they sour?

    • Kirbie February 17, 2016 @ 9:51 am Reply

      they are sweet, but also have the natural sourness from lemons.

  10. Corinna June 15, 2015 @ 1:45 am Reply

    Two questions – From somebody not based in the US – how large a can of condensed milk do you use? you might consider updating the recipe with “sweetened” 🙂 … Also, do you use regular lemons or Mayer lemons?

    • Kirbie June 15, 2015 @ 10:24 pm Reply

      the can is 14 oz. Either regular or meyer will work. I prefer meyer but I actually used regular for this recipe

  11. Amy L June 5, 2015 @ 3:01 am Reply

    Did you use Sweetened condensed milk or just condensed/evaporated milk?

    • Kirbie June 5, 2015 @ 11:40 pm Reply

      fat free sweetened condensed milk. evap milk is something different!

  12. Lauren @ A Nerd Cooks June 3, 2015 @ 4:05 pm Reply

    These look so great! I’ve made Deb Perelman’s whole lemon bars (which rock) multiple times, so I love this idea.

    • Kirbie June 4, 2015 @ 7:09 am Reply

      thanks! i think these have that same intense lemony flavor that I really like

  13. Leela June 3, 2015 @ 10:22 am Reply

    They look delicious!

    • Kirbie June 4, 2015 @ 7:10 am Reply

      Thank you!

  14. Faye June 3, 2015 @ 9:29 am Reply

    Augh I’ve had those kitchen mishaps week. They suck so bad. You’ll have to post a pic of the penguin. I didn’t realize there was a fat free version of condensed milk!

    • Kirbie June 4, 2015 @ 7:11 am Reply

      The penguin was in a million pieces =( I will have to post a pic of his pepper companion though. so bummed i broke one of them

  15. Sarah @ SnixyKitchen June 3, 2015 @ 12:31 am Reply

    Aw man – I know how frustrating kitchen fails can be! I’m so glad you stuck with these lemon pops thought because: DROOL! They look like they’re bursting with lemon flavor!

    • Kirbie June 4, 2015 @ 7:10 am Reply

      I was so determined to get these right! so glad I did because i really love them!

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