Bomb Pops
Published May 20, 2022 • Updated February 1, 2026
Sugar-free homemade version of America's favorite popsicle
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Skip the sugar and high fructose corn syrup this summer and make your own keto bomb pops with cherry, lime and blue raspberry layers.
My favorite summer popsicle is the Bomb Pop (or as some call it, the Rocket Pop). Along with the fudgesicle, it’s a go-to treat to keep you cool when the sun is blazing outside.
This classic patriotic popsicle is an American icon. Three flavors layered in red, white and blue and shaped like a rocket or a bomb. It’s been a favorite frozen treat for kids since the 1950s.
Whether you buy your bomb pops from the grocery store or the ice cream truck, they’re all loaded with sugar and high fructose corn syrup. This homemade low-carb bomb pop recipe is sugar-free but still deliciously sweet with the classic flavors: cherry, lime and blue raspberry.
How to make bomb pops
- Make a “sugar” water base of the ice pops by combining a powder sweetener into water.
- Red layer: Combine 1 1/4 cups of the sweetened water with cherry flavor extract and red food coloring. Pour into a rocket popsicle mold and freeze for 2 hours.
- White layer: Combine 3/4 cups of “sugar” water with 1/4 cup heavy cream or coconut milk and lime flavoring. Pour on top of frozen red layer and freeze for 2 hours.
- Blue layer: Combine 1 1/4 cups of the simple syrup base with blue raspberry extract and blue food coloring. Pour on top of frozen white layer. Freeze at least 4 hours or overnight.
Key ingredients
- Water – Since we’re making popsicles, water is our base.
- Sweetener – I use a sugar-free sweetener to keep these keto friendly. Use powdered or confectioner’s sweetener since it dissolves more easily in water. If you use granulated sugar-free sweetener, you’ll need to heat the mixture over medium heat until it dissolves.
- Flavor extracts – For the cherry flavor layer, we use cherry extract. Lime layer, we use lime flavoring. And blue layer, we use blue raspberry extract.
- Cream – Heavy cream gives the white layer its creamy look. Coconut cream or milk works too if you’re dairy free.
- Food coloring – Red and blue food dyes are added to color the layers.
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Ingredients
3 1/4 cups water -
1 cup powdered sugar free sweetener
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1/4 teaspoon cherry flavoring extract
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1/4 cup heavy whipping cream or coconut milk
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1/4 teaspoon lime flavoring extract
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1/4 teaspoon blue raspberry flavoring extract
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food coloring (red & blue)
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popsicle mold
Step by Step Instructions
Step by Step Instructions
Make popsicle base
Add 3 1/4 cups water to a large measuring cup. Pour in powdered sugar free sweetener and mix until dissolved.
- Water
- Powdered sugar free sweetener
Red layer
Pour 1 1/4 cups of ‘sugar’ water into a smaller measuring cup. Add cherry flavor extract and red food coloring. Mix until combined. Pour into popsicle molds filling 1/3 of the way full. Freeze for 2 hours or until hardened.
- Cherry flavoring
- Red food coloring
White layer
Pour 3/4 cups of the sweetened water to a measuring cup. Add heavy cream or coconut milk and lime flavoring. Stir until combined. Pour into the popsicle molds over the frozen red layer. Fill until 2/3 from the top. Freeze for 2 hours or until hardened.
- Heavy cream
- Lime flavoring
Blue layer
Pour 1 1/4 cups of ‘sugar’ water into a smaller measuring cup. Add blue raspberry flavoring and blue food coloring. Mix until combined. Pour into popsicle molds on top of the white layer, filling to the top. Insert popsicle sticks. Freeze for 4 hours or until hardened.
- Blue raspberry flavoring
- Blue food coloring
Nutrition disclaimer
The nutrition information provided is an estimate and is for informational purposes only. I am a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.); however, this content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your physician or other qualified health provider before making any lifestyle changes or beginning a new nutrition program.
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What is a bomb pop?
A patriotic popsicle invented in the 1950s with red, white and blue layers shaped like a bomb or rocket. Also called rocket pops.
What flavors are in a bomb pop?
The flavors in a classic bomb pop are cherry, lime and blue raspberry. However, they have added other flavors such as Jolly Rancher, Warheads, watermelon and others.
How many calories are in a bomb pop?
In the original bomb pop, there are 40 calories per popsicle.
Sugar Free Sweeteners have carbs! What kind of sweetener are u using that has 0 carbs? Even splenda has 24 carbs per cub. Curious what you are using.
I use Lakanto, Truvia Sweet Complete or Swerve. With keto, we don't count carbs from the majority of sugar-free sweetener since they don't affect blood sugar. Or aren't absorbed, just like fiber.
I love your recipes!!!! I made these and forget to put the "holders/sticks" in until the second/middle step. May I ask how you got you "holders/sticks" in and still have room to add the other two colors? Thank you, T
My sticks only went into the first layer, but you can freeze for 30-45 minutes with the first or second layer then add the sticks and continue freezing until hardened.