Mango Lassi Popsicles – sweet, creamy, colorful, and impossible to limit yourself to just one.
I really really enjoyed these Mango Lassi Popsicles, and if you love mango, you will love these popsicles. But they’re all gone now, and I am dreaming of tasting them again. Recently, my relationship with my beloved mangoes ended, and it came without any warning.
It can happen to anyone, just like it happened to me. Got your attention? Good. Here’s the story.
It happened on a Thursday night. My family is crazy about mango, so we always have them at home during mango season. I had cut three mangoes after dinner and my children ate some while I was cleaning up the kitchen. After they went to bed, I came downstairs and saw some leftover mangoes on the plate. I ate a few pieces and kept most of them for my husband. Shortly after, all of a sudden I felt a big knot form in my throat.
I knew something strange was happening. I felt like a lump had grown out of nowhere in my throat and I could barely swallow. I told my husband about this discomfort and he told me to take allergy medicine right away. We then of course looked it up on the Internet and found out that some people can get an allergic reaction to mangoes, but the usual symptom was swollen lips.
My lips were fine, and I looked normal from the outside – well except for the fear on my face. But when I opened my mouth, it looked like my cheeks were also swollen. And then when I brushed my teeth, my mouth was numb.
On the next day I went to see my doctor to make sure I didn’t get food poisoning, and she told me the worst news ever: I’m allergic to mangoes! In fact I was the second patient that week who came to see her due to mango allergy. Really? I am suddenly allergic to mangoes even after eating mangoes fine for YEARS!?!?
The doctor told me, “No more mangoes for you. You were lucky this time.” She said the condition could be deadly if my throat got too swollen and blocked the airway.
I was in shock. I couldn’t believe that I could have been dead just from eating mangoes and that I cannot eat them anymore, for the rest of my life.
So long, my favorite Mango Lassi Popsicles! I really wished that I had 100 of these delicious popsicles before I got allergic to mangoes. But then I probably wouldn’t be talking to you now.
So consider this an urgent notice – make these Mango Lassi Popsicles now to enjoy before it’s too late!
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- 2 mangoes
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 cup plain simple syrup (1 cup = 1 cup water : 2 cups sugar)
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Gather all the ingredients.
- Cut the mangoes into chunks and put in in the blender. Add 1 Tbsp. of simple syrup and puree until it turns creamy.
- In a large measuring cup, add 1/3 cup of Greek yogurt. Then pour the mango puree on top.
- Add enough simple syrup to the mixture so that you have 2 cups total.
- Pour into a large bowl and whisk it all together.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together 2/3 cup Greek yogurt and the leftover simple syrup.
- Now you have yogurt mixture and mango mixture. Place both mixtures in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes until they are a little more firm (for nice marbling).
- Add the mixture to your popsicle mold/cup, alternating between the mango mixture and the yogurt mixture. Wrap each mold/cup with plastic wrap.
- Snip the plastic wrap on top of molds with scissors and insert craft sticks into each mold/cup. Place in the freezer for 4-5 hours until firm.
- To remove the Popsicles from the molds/cups, run under hot water until they are easily released. Enjoy!
Equipment you will need:
- Popsicle molds
I use these Tovolo Groovy Ice Pop Molds and paper cups.
Recipe adapted from Cooking Stoned.
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My dear girl, what a terrible scare you have had, and how very sad that you can now never enjoy mangoes anymore. It is very sweet of you to share this recipe with those of us who can!
I enjoy your blog tremendously, so many many thanks for all the other interesting stories and recipes.
Hi Ina! Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m so happy to hear you enjoy my blog and thanks for stopping by to leave a comment! xo 🙂
Hi Nami,
Thank you for sharing your story and recipe! Mangoes are my favorite food in the world…I’d have to eat it and take my chances. Lol My mom has had the exact same thing happen t her though. She grew up eating mangoes off the trees in Honolulu. I still do. But one summer, she came for a visit and she ate some mango and got very sick…just like you described. Her throat swelled and she had difficulty swallowing and breathing. We quickly gave her anti-histamines and an inhaler (which also have a histamine blocker effect) and she was okay. We were all surprised by it but had figured it had to be the juice in the mango. Since that incident, I know of one time that my mom cooked with mango (not from Hawaii, but from South America) and she was fine. So it is an odd, inconsistent allergy…
I have a zoku Popsicle maker that has yet to be christened. I’d love to try these! I’m assuming you’re using a plain Greek yogurt (not the vanilla) for the pops?
Thank you again and I hope you find another fruit that works just as well as mango for these lovely pops that you can eat!
Hi Dawn! Thank you so much for your kind comment. I’m sorry to hear your mom has the same reaction. I think it can be just a certain kind of mango too, not all mango like you said. I will try different mango one day (small amount) with anti histamine with me. 😀
Yes, plain Greek yogurt, not vanilla one. Thank you so much for writing!
I think you should try an organic mango and have some allergy medication at the ready just in case. I honestly think it would be more likely you are allergic to the chemicals they use rather than developing an allergy overnight. The things Americans do to produce is shocking.
Hi Charlotte! Thank you for your recommendation! Yes I’ll try organic kind next time. I am aware of horrible pesticide used and we try to eat organic food as much as possible. 🙂
I had that reaction a while ago after having eaten mangoes for years. I went online (I don’t have the link) and learned that there’s something just under the skin of the mango that irritates. You should peel and then peel again to make sure there’s not even a bit of peel left then wash wash wash in water. As long as your mango is very ripe–it has to be ripe–it shouldn’t irritate you anymore.
It’s the same with other fruits too. They have to be ripe and whatever irritates, it’s generally concentrated at the skin. If you get used to eating only ripe fruit with the peel removed (even if it’s an apple or pear), you’ll generally find you feel better.
That being said, some food just needs to be cooked. You could try peeling, washing then cooking your mango a little bit. The texture will be different but it’s easier to digest. Maybe a chutney.
If it’s a food sensitivity and not a food allergy (which is deadly), generally you should keep testing over time. Check with your doctor.
Hi m! Thank you so much for your kind comment! I also believe my case is exactly you mentioned. I will definitely give it a try again and be extra careful handling it. I really appreciate your detailed explanation and I’m sure it helps/helped others who read your comment. Thank you for sharing!
These sound divine! My family loves mangos so I may have to give these a shot this summer when it starts getting blistering hot here on the border between New Mexico, Texas and Mexico!
I’m sorry to hear about your allergy! My mom went through something similar with nuts. She’s 62 and has eaten nuts ALL her life, but a couple years back she was given a batch of home made biscotti with pistachios in them. Something about the cooked nuts made her system go “AH!! NO! GET AWAAAAY!” and she ended up in the ER in anaphylactic shock. She has to carry an epipen now, just in case. Its THAT bad in some cases.
There are a few nuts she can have one or two of before she starts to itch, but over all.. she cant even LOOK at them any more!
From what I read in the past, apparently the body can suddenly just decide it no longer likes something – like it did for you and my mom – and go crazy. This results in an allergic reaction.
I hope for you its just a case of something causing the irritation, like the last poster suggested. But please do be careful!
Hi ACWN! Thank you so much for your kind comment. So sorry to hear about your mom with her new nuts allergy. That is so scary. It’s really strange that body all the sudden has a reaction to some kind of food. I hope I can eat fresh mangoes one day (I haven’t yet tried), but I’ll need to make sure to eat tiny bit and prepared to take a allergy pill….. at this point, I feel it’s not worth a try, and my kids become so worried when there is mango ice, mango candy, mango everything around me. They are more concerned about me than myself. 🙂 Thank you once again!
If using sweetened Greek yogurt is it still necessary to make simple syrup? I’d rather avoid the syrup and rely on honey sweetened yogurt instead.
Hi Amy! You can totally avoid it or use honey instead. 🙂
Does this work with nonfat and whole milk yogurt? Which one did you use?
Hi Meredith! I’ve used both non-fat/full fat greek yogurt before, and they work just fine. 🙂
I am sorry you got allergic to mangoes! The same happened to me with pineapple. If I eat or drink some I get terrible tummy cramps and get really sick. I can eat mango, though (so far at least!) so I will try your popsicles. They look yummy!
Hi Laura! Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m sorry to hear you can’t eat pineapple anymore. 🙁 I hope you enjoy these popsicles for me! 😀
I felt the same, 3 years ago I had hives. Went to my doctor and got some allergy test. The doctor told me than I am allergic to avocado, cinnamon, rice, etc.. almost all of the food I usually ate…I have the same reaction, I said “WHAT????”. how am I allergic to the food I have been eating since I was little. It was really depressing for me at that time, til I google and found out about “leaky gut”. I research more about it and then change my diet. My gut healed and went back to eating the fruits they said allergic to. Just stay away from food the cause inflammation. Hope you feel ok now.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. andI will make this right now with my kids.
Hi Anabel! Thank you so much for sharing your story! I have started to eat mango since then but whenever I eat, I am aware about “possible” allergic reaction and I don’t eat a lot anymore. I’ll look into leaky gut syndrome! Thank you so much. I hope you enjoy(ed) this recipe with your children. 🙂 xo
Do you need the simple syrup for this to work?
Hi Leigh! You need some sugar to make ice cream, but you can decrease the amount. I haven’t made it except for this portion, so I can’t tell how it’ll be…. let us know if you change the amount of syrup. 🙂
There is a cross reaction mango/poison oak and I started to react to mango after a bad encounter with poison oak. Since I gave up gluten and dairy this vanished for me. I can have Mango again.
Take a good food allergy test at a functional medicine physician
Hi Annette! I’ve never had poison oak before but that’s interesting! Thanks for letting me know. I should get tested!