Homemade Yogurt Tubes (aka GoGurt Fakes)
By popular demand here’s my method to making my version of GoGurt yogurt tubes or On the Go Yogurts. There are a few other brands out there and when we go to Panera Bread, my son always loves his Horizon Organic version of the GoGurt pops. One day I was talking with a friend and said to her, “Well we could just make our own with the Foodsaver. But that would be in all of my spare time.” Then I needed to get creative with this huge tub of yogurt my husband bought so my son could eat it and not spill everywhere.
I broke out my Foodsaver and got to business. It really was not that hard, and I think they would be great frozen and you could fill the tubes with whatever you like! Juice, pudding, pureed fruit or as Angela told me today you can even fill with fresh pureed basil from your garden! GENIUS!!!
And if you are concerned about the cost, take a look at this post that outlines the “hidden” costs of buying the real thing. Even after adding the cost of the Foodsaver supplies, you aren’t even come close to that cost, especially if you make your own homemade yogurt! And if you don’t want to invest in a Foodsaver how about some silicone ones?And the best part is, you know what is going into them, you aren’t adding extra ingredients to increase the shelf life. It is a win/win!
Homemade Yogurt Tubes or Pops
Author/Source:
Kelly @ Onceamonthmom.com
Ingredients:
- 16 ounces of Yogurt of your choice or Homemade Yogurt
- Foodsaver rolls
- Gallon Ziploc Bag for storing them all together
Directions:
First pull out roughly a 4 inch piece of food saver plastic.
Next Seal ONLY one side, then the other leaving about an inch or an inch and a half space in the middle.
Next take a ziploc bag, drape it over a cup, and pour your filling inside.
Cut the end off of the bag, and twist the open side and prep for filling the tubes.
Fill the tube and tap it on the counter a few times to make sure the air bubbles are out and you get a full tube! Leave about a two inch space and seal again.
And boom! There you go instant on the go yogurt pops!
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This makes me ALMOST want to buy a Food Saver. However, I KNOW how very lazy I am. But I am filing this away!
You mentioned silicone ones. Was that silicone tubes? And any idea where to find those?
They are these ones we saw on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036B9KHO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=onamomo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0036B9KHO
Keep an eye out on craigslist, etc…found a food saver still in the box with two rolls of bags being sold from a church- $20!!
OMG! I love this idea!!! My boys are always asking for these things and I find them too expensive. Bonus I already have a food saver and make my own yogurt. Yay! I love it when I come across ideas that make me a rockstar in my children’s eyes! Thank you, thank you!
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This is brilliant!
GENIUS.
I have an old seal-a-meal wonder if the food saver plastic would work in the seal-a-meal… otherwise I see a wish list update coming soon… I think Costco and Walmart both carry it…hmmm,.
That’s so creative! I keep waiting for the day that my daughter is old enough to not squirt yogurt tubes everywhere (evidently 3 1/2 is not yet old enough).
What a GREAT idea! I make homemade organic yogurt all the time (I do mine in a small cooler) I’ve made frozen yogopops (in a pop cycle mold) for my grandkids but this would be great too! They LOVE gogurt but I hate the extra junk they put in a lot of the store bought yogurt.I’m going to have a bumper crop of blueberries I could use too!I even have a food saver already!
Thinking you could also do this w/ pudding to make pudding pops (but smaller)
Just found you from Mother Huddle – can’t wait to try the homemade yogurt pops and other ideas from your site – thanks a million for the wonderful ideas!
Thank you Kelly!! We look forward to seeing you hear more often!
OK, I must be missing something. How do you avoid having the yogurt sucked into the vacuum? Hope you answer because I’d really like to do this.
Barb – I left about 2 inches of head space and I just pressed the seal button twice (on the newer models) and it seals the packet only and doesn’t vacuum the contents out. Hope that helps!
Don’t you have to freeze it first before sealing the final end? if not, how does it keep from sucking up the yogurt into the sealer?
Never mind, I just saw your comment to someone else
I love the idea, but I have an older model that would suck out the contents, unless I pre-froze the tubes before sealing. I may have to look into the silicone molds.
I’m just curious- why isn’t the Foodsaver mentioned more on this site? It seems like everything is frozen in ziplock bags or tins… are ziplock bags much less expensive?
That would be because MOST of the writers don’t own one (namely me-Tricia) so I wasn’t aware of the beauty of them. I apparently need to remedy that fact quickly!
lol- When/If you do decided to start using one, I’m looking forward to your reviews!
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I am *totally* making these! I make my own yogurt, and this would be fabulous with it!!
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I don’t have a food saver but found these 2×8 ziplock bags that I am going to use! If it works it will also save time! I got 100 of them for $5 including shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-ZIP-LOCK-PLASTIC-BAGS-2-X-8-PACK-1-2-PENS-/370537800936?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2412843229233938042
very cool!!!
Just checking in for a follow-up… Ashley, were you able to try the ziplock bags and did that work? Thanks!
I am curious if young children can open these if they are sent to school in a lunchbox. My kids aren’t given much time to eat so I know the teachers don’t have time to go around with scissors opening packages for kids. Can the foodsaver bags be easily torn open?
Our GF/DF writer Angela suggested cutting a triangle in both sides so it’s easier to tear for the little ones.
I also had a ton of yogurt left one day and my son refused to eat it from a spoon because he had eaten yogurt as a tube variety the day before at a friend’s house. I scooped a bunch into snack size ziplock bags and stored some in the freezer and some in the fridge. When he was ready to eat them, I just cut off one little end and he squeezed the yogurt into his mouth with less mess than the tube kinds! Works great and much cheaper!!!
I make yogurt, this is interesting – I don’t have young children, but this could be adapted to various things. I purchased 2 Foodsavers for the price of one last year as one of the pre-black Friday sales for Pro Bass Shop. It came with 4 extra rolls free with each set so it was a great deal. I am still reluctant to really trust silicone for cooking, over cautious I guess.
I manage to pick up the organic yogurt in the tube at our local Kroger when it is on markdown b/c it’s about to expire. I just shove it in the freezer. My girls prefer it frozen anyway. Plus, if they do ask for it in their lunch, it goes in frozen and is fine to eat (still semi-frozen) by lunchtime.
Oh…and frozen yogurt tubes = WAY less mess!
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This is a fantastic idea! We’re gonna try this for the summer! I don’t own a FoodSaver, though, because we’ve been through three of them in less than ten years. Try ARY Vacmaster – MUCH better quality and more features.
do you know if the plastic is BPA and pthalate free? thanks. i hope it is because this is what I’ve been searching for!
Per the Foodsaver site “In response to your inquiry, none of our FoodSaver® branded bags, rolls or canisters contains Bisphenol A.”
I’m going to make a tube for my homemade granola too. Thaw and mix them together in a bowl. My granola always runs out before the yogurt does. This way I’l always have granola with my yogurt.
Now, to find a deal on a FoodSaver!