Easy 2-Ingredient Yogurt Melts for Baby
These easy 2-Ingredient Yogurt Melts are a simple (and seriously fun!) way to offer your baby a nutritious snack. Perfect for easing teething discomfort, encouraging self-feeding, or just adding a little joy to snack time, they’re cold, creamy, and melt beautifully on tiny tongues. Great for 8 months and up!
Medically reviewed and cowritten by Jamie Johnson, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Lauren Braaten, Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT).

Looking for an easy DIY version of store-bought yogurt melts for your baby?
Then this recipe is for you!
These melts only require 2 ingredients and take just 10 minutes to make! While they’re not the same freeze-dried version you’ll find in stores, these homemade yogurt melts are (in my opinion) even better. They’re made with fresh, wholesome ingredients and are perfect for babies and toddlers to work on their pincer grasp, soothe teething discomfort, and enjoy as a tasty snack or part of a meal.
To make them, it’s simple – just mix together a little yogurt and your little one’s favorite homemade or store-bought puree (I recommend this blueberry puree, it’s a favorite in our house!), then spoon or pipe the mixture onto a baking sheet and pop them in the freezer. That’s it!
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Ingredients
Make sure to read the recipe card below for full ingredients and instructions!
- Yogurt: try to use a thicker plain whole milk yogurt such as Greek or Australian style, so the melts will stay in their disc shapes while freezing. You can also use a plant-based yogurt if you prefer. If your yogurt gets too thin while working with it, simply put it back into the fridge for 10-15 minutes to firm back up.
- Baby Puree: you can use any store-bought or homemade baby food purees that you like.
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Purees to Use
The wonderful thing about these baby yogurt melts is that you can use leftover homemade baby food puree. Or you can make the process even easier and use store-bought purees. Here are some of our favorite homemade baby food purees:
- Peach Baby Puree
- Creamy Mango-licious Baby Food Puree
- Spinach + Apple Baby Food Puree
- Blueberry Baby Food Puree
- Apple, Raspberry + Vanilla Baby Food Puree
- Banana, Cherry + Beet Baby Food Puree
The flavors I used for these yogurt melts are:
- Red: steamed beets and strawberries
- Orange: steamed carrots and mango
- Yellow: mango and banana
- Green: steamed apples and kale
- Purple: steamed apples and blueberries
Recipe Tips
- For toddlers over the age of one, you can add in a teaspoon of honey for a sweeter treat.
- Use a spatula instead of your hands to help avoid melting while transferring to a freezer-safe container.
- These creamy treats do melt rather quickly, so it’s best to take out only a few at a time when eating.
- Let the yogurt melts sit at room temperature for 1-2 minutes to thaw a little before giving them to your baby. If the yogurt melts are too solid, there is a risk of choking. You can also check and see how quickly they melt in your mouth before giving them to your baby.
Get the recipe: Easy 2-Ingredient Yogurt Melts for Baby
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt
- 1-2 tbsp baby food puree, homemade or store-bought
Instructions
- Prep: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a silicone mat.
- Mix: In a small bowl, mix together the Greek yogurt and baby food puree until completely incorporated.
- Prep Piping Bag: Spoon the yogurt mixture into a resealable baggie or piping bag and cut the very end of the bag off. At any point your yogurt blend becomes too thin or runny, simply put the baggie back into the fridge for a couple of minutes to harden back up.You can also just use a small spoon and dab a small amount of the yogurt mixture onto the baking sheet.
- Dot: Squeeze small round discs into rows onto the baking sheet. When the baking sheet is full, place the baking sheet into the freezer for 4 hours or overnight to harden.
- Store: Pop the melts off of the baking tray and store them in an air-tight container. These melts do melt rather quickly so it's best to only take out a couple at a time.
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26 Comments on “Easy 2-Ingredient Yogurt Melts for Baby”
Thank you for the recipe
You’re welcome! xo
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My mom has a freeze dryer and I was wondering if that would be doable with these? I haven’t made them yet but was planning on it and would like to have some for road trips and other outings for my baby.
I don’t have a freeze dryer (but desperately want one) so I haven’t tried this recipe on them. But I do think it would work great. If you try it please let us know how they turn out. Thanks!
We tried them and she loves them, but it does end up crumbling a lot into powder unfortunately, but just add water and it turns into yogurt!
Thanks for sharing this recipe my son loves yogurt melts. So now instead of buying them I can just make them at home for him.
So much cheaper and easier!
These melt really quick even before my daughter can have them and are cold right out of the freezer for winters.
Do you let them thaw or do can you give these straight from the freezer?
straight from the freezer, or they will melt on you:)
How fast do these melt? My 10 month old is just starting finger foods and I am scared to death of her choking! These seem like a choking hazard??
Once in the mouth, these melt really quickly so not a choking hazard at all.
Do you a suggestion to use something besides dairy yogurt ? Could use something else like coconut for my dairy free babe? Thank you !! Love your site so much ❤️❤️
I haven’t tried coconut milk yogurt but I would try the thickest brand you can find and I am sure it would work out. If you try it, let me know how it turned out.
xo, Michele
Do you a suggestion to use something besides dairy yogurt ? Could use something else like coconut for my dairy free babe? Thank you !! Love your site so much ❤️❤️
I haven’t tried coconut milk yogurt but I would try the thickest brand you can find and I am sure it would work out. If you try it, let me know how it turned out.
xo, Michele
Do you a suggestion to use something besides dairy yogurt ? Could use something else like coconut for my dairy free babe? Thank you !! Love your site so much ❤️❤️
I haven’t tried coconut milk yogurt but I would try the thickest brand you can find and I am sure it would work out. If you try it, let me know how it turned out.
xo, Michele
Because my 14mo old has never had any commercially produced foods, when I saw this post, I admit that I figured I’d use my own homemade puree vs. the Beech-Nut. When I happened to be standing next to the Beech-Nut baby foods at Target this weekend, though, I picked up a pouch, and was happy to see that in the Banana | Blueberry | Avocado pouch, there were only organic bananas, organic blueberries, organic avocados, and a tee-tiny bit of organic lemon! I purchased one pouch, made up this recipe, and my kiddo, who has never much liked yogurt, is OBSESSED with them! He absolutely loves them! I pulled the container out of the freezer this morning, gave ’em a little shake, and he smiled from ear to ear! I only wish they were less melty so I could send ’em to daycare with him! Thanks for introducing me to the Beech-Nut brand, and thanks for another recipe that’s a winner!
I am so glad your little one loved the recipe and you learned a fun and easy recipe! I truly love BN and recommend their products when you don’t have time to make your own. I have heard you can use this same recipe and use a dehydrator to make them more like puffs and less messy but I don’t own a dehydrator so I haven’t been able to test it yet.
xo, Michele
Because my 14mo old has never had any commercially produced foods, when I saw this post, I admit that I figured I’d use my own homemade puree vs. the Beech-Nut. When I happened to be standing next to the Beech-Nut baby foods at Target this weekend, though, I picked up a pouch, and was happy to see that in the Banana | Blueberry | Avocado pouch, there were only organic bananas, organic blueberries, organic avocados, and a tee-tiny bit of organic lemon! I purchased one pouch, made up this recipe, and my kiddo, who has never much liked yogurt, is OBSESSED with them! He absolutely loves them! I pulled the container out of the freezer this morning, gave ’em a little shake, and he smiled from ear to ear! I only wish they were less melty so I could send ’em to daycare with him! Thanks for introducing me to the Beech-Nut brand, and thanks for another recipe that’s a winner!
I am so glad your little one loved the recipe and you learned a fun and easy recipe! I truly love BN and recommend their products when you don’t have time to make your own. I have heard you can use this same recipe and use a dehydrator to make them more like puffs and less messy but I don’t own a dehydrator so I haven’t been able to test it yet.
xo, Michele
Because my 14mo old has never had any commercially produced foods, when I saw this post, I admit that I figured I’d use my own homemade puree vs. the Beech-Nut. When I happened to be standing next to the Beech-Nut baby foods at Target this weekend, though, I picked up a pouch, and was happy to see that in the Banana | Blueberry | Avocado pouch, there were only organic bananas, organic blueberries, organic avocados, and a tee-tiny bit of organic lemon! I purchased one pouch, made up this recipe, and my kiddo, who has never much liked yogurt, is OBSESSED with them! He absolutely loves them! I pulled the container out of the freezer this morning, gave ’em a little shake, and he smiled from ear to ear! I only wish they were less melty so I could send ’em to daycare with him! Thanks for introducing me to the Beech-Nut brand, and thanks for another recipe that’s a winner!
I am so glad your little one loved the recipe and you learned a fun and easy recipe! I truly love BN and recommend their products when you don’t have time to make your own. I have heard you can use this same recipe and use a dehydrator to make them more like puffs and less messy but I don’t own a dehydrator so I haven’t been able to test it yet.
xo, Michele