These are great for either a snack, dessert, or something cool for a hot day! I decided to use raspberries for mine, however you can put whatever fruit in you want!

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Sometimes when the sun is out and the weather is nice, I really crave an ice lolly. My natural instinct, would be to go to the freezer and get a branded ice cream. My local corner shop, was close enough to get something which was frozen and most likely covered in chocolate.

A new instinct for when I see the weather is going to be nice, is to whip up a batch of frozen doughnuts. They are then in the freezer ready to go.

To form the shape of these, I used a doughnut mould. I bought a pack of 4 moulds, which included different shapes! These are the ones I use.

I found that using these moulds meant that they would easily form whichever cute shape that I wanted them to. As they are made of silicone, you can easily pop them out once frozen. They don’t lose their shape or break easily either.

Who’s idea was it?

Although putting yoghurt in the freezer might seem like the simplest idea going, it was actually ‘discovered’ in America by a man named H.P. Hood. He introduced his idea in the 1970’s as a soft serve dessert, as it had a similar taste to ice cream.

Interestingly, the concept of frozen yoghurt didn’t become popular until the 1980’s. I couldn’t help but laugh when I found out the main complaint from consumers was that it tasted too much like yoghurt!

Since then, frozen yoghurt was given the name of ‘froyo’. It has been a popular dessert choice in many restaurants and ice cream vans ever since.

The concept of froyo became more popular in the 80’s due to the increasing awareness of healthy ingredients, and by the 90’s, frozen yoghurt had taken over 10% of the market in frozen desserts!

Why not Ice Cream?

Of course, as we are making these slimming friendly, why don’t we have a look at what the difference is between this recipe and if I were to eat a normal Ice cream?

Say, for example, I choose to pick up a Cornetto from the shop. You’re looking at approximately 200 calories and around 15g of sugar. The muller light that I have chosen for this recipe, has 99 calories and 7g of sugar. That alone makes 3 of the heart shapes, which are decent sizes. This means that you can enjoy your day knowing that you don’t need to worry about going ‘off plan’.

Choice of fruit

As you can see, I have used raspberries in my frozen doughnuts. I love how easy it would be to adapt this to pretty much any flavour, simply by changing the fruit that you put in, or the flavour of yoghurt. Raspberries are one of my favourite fruits in the summer. Why not try a different fruit or different flavour of yoghurt.

If you make this recipe, be sure to tell me what you think in the comments below. If you have Instagram, take a snap and tag me in it! @thesliceofjess

More delicious desserts:

• Biscoff & Banana Pancakes
• Raspberry Roulade
• Chocolate Mousse
• Doughnuts

*Calorific value may change depending on brand of food used*

Last updated: 4th November 2021