Recipe: Homemade Yogurt Fruit Leather
2013
Let’s start today’s yogurt fruit leather recipe with a little story.
The other day I was on a quest to do something cool with my dehydrator that I got for Christmas. I wasn’t quite sure what the outcome would be, but I had read somewhere that you can dehydrate yogurt. Cool, right? I was told it would result in a sort of “taffy” texture. Well, I like taffy. And I like yogurt. So I went to town creating a raspberry yogurt taffy recipe.
When things don’t go as imagined
Well, it didn’t quite turn out as I thought. When my yogurt was finally all dried I certainly didn’t have this “oh it’s taffy!” moment. It was getting late, so I wrapped up my trays in some plastic, went to bed, and forgot all about them.
Two days later I walked into my kitchen to see my daughter and husband chowing down on my forgotten dehydrated yogurt experiment.
“These are great!” My husband said, as my little girl begged for more. “When did you make these homemade fruit roll ups?”
“Really?” I said, “You like them? I was kind of disappointed in the result.”
It took a good five minutes of the hubs to convince me that they were good. I just needed to changed my perspective of what I had intended them to be. Taffy? No. But a wholesome, delicious, and nourishing fruit leather? Yes. I could get behind that.
Yogurt fruit leather for the win!
There are a ton of fruit leather and fruit roll up recipes out there. And many of them are pretty great with simple ingredients: Fruit. But the reason why I love these yogurt fruit leathers is because it is a more complete package. You get a little fat, a little protein, some quality carbs, beneficial bacteria…. all rolled up into an easily portable yummy package.
Do you need a dehydrator for this?
Probably not, although I haven’t tried these in the oven. Just set your oven to the LOWEST temperature possible (maybe even crack the door a bit if it seems too hot). Although, if it’s in the funds, I’d highly recommend getting a dehydrator. They are such a great tool for making wholesome snacks.
Raspberry Yogurt Fruit Leather
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries (preferably organic as berries are high in pesticides)
2 cups full fat yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 – 2 Tbs honey
Directions:
1. Put all ingredients in a blender or food processor (love this one). Blend until smooth.
2. Cover your dehydrator trays with plastic wrap or unbleached parchment paper.
3. Spread the yogurt mixture thinly over 2 – 3 trays. (Mine took up two trays in my Excaliber Dehydrator.)
4. Dehydrate at 135 degress for 6 – 8 hours (I’d start checking around 4 hours, as humidity levels will change the time for everyone. Mine took about 7 hours.)
5. Cut up in strips and store in an air tight container.
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Enjoy!
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Wow! They look amazing. And super easy. I’ve been looking for healthy “sweets” for the kids.
Thanks! Hope you like them.
Hmmm… those look delightful. I love that they are a fruit leather WITH protein. So rare. Some day I may have to see if my awesome sister who has a dehydrator will let me try making them… or maybe I’ll win one. Here’s hoping!
Luckily, I know your awesome sister. I bet something can be worked out.
I love the look of this recipe as I’m always looking for healthy treats for my 4 kids. Thanks for sharing. My only concern is I’ve heard that plastic wrap is so carcinogenic that it is banned in cancer wards in hospital. Not sure how we find out if that is true, but that would be my only reservation with this wonderful recipe/method. I have a dehydrator and BPA free vaccuum bags so I’m going to give it a try. Thank you.
Yeah, I’m going to use non-bleached parchment paper next time. I think it will do the job.
I was wondering if I could use parchment paper instead.
…Cautious of heating plastic for anything for any amount of time because of chemical leaching.
Have you tried it with parchment paper?
Thanks!
Welp, if I had actually read the comments, I suppose I would’ve noticed my question had already been asked and answered. Thanks!
Ha ha! No worries.
Hey Robin, I love this idea! I got a dehydrator for my birthday last year and only got to try fruit leather once
I will definitely be trying this soon especially because my little girl can have dairy now. I have been a huge fan of your site for a while and can always find something good to share with my followers, thanks! 
Aw, thanks! Hope she likes them (and you, too)!
Do you think full fat Greek yogurt would work? I’ll be using the oven method.
Thank you!
Yep. Should work just great.
So cool! I love fruit leather, and I think this is my favorite.
I love what the yogurt adds to it. Hope you like it, too!
Love this recipe Robin! So easy to make and it looks so so delicious. I am so excited to make this. Your blog is just awesome. I love reading all your posts! I am always waiting for the next one to come up;)
Aw, thanks Diana. That’s sweet, especially because your blog is so beautiful!
I made these over the weekend, and they were a hit! Surprisingly, with the picky one who I have been trying to find snack alternatives for. Thank you so much! The second batch is already in the dehydrator-doubled.
Oh good! I’m so glad.
Robin, This fruit leather looks and sounds so delicious! I adore yogurt so I have to make your recipe.I will share on FB and Pinterest on Wednesday. Thanks!
Thanks, Shelley! I hope you like them.
I just happen to have all these ingredients at home! I know what my kids and I are doing this afternoon…
Yay! Hope you like them.
Hey, I was wondering if this recipe MUST use full fat yogurt (I am responsible for someone that has very low tolerances to any types of fats, good or bad)
You can use whatever yogurt you like, of course. I just support using full fat because yogurt naturally has fat… meaning low-fat or non-fat yogurt is much more processed.
If you have the Excalibur or any other dehydrator that allows for temp. Control, I recommend not heating over 115 to preserve the live active cultures in yogurt.
Yes! Great point.