It’s that time of the year where, instead of complaining about everything cold, we are embracing it in order to get some relief from the summer heat!
Dawn and Emily are at an age where all things ‘popsicle’ light up their lives with joy, spending time every day sucking their sweet, cold treat. I quickly grew tired of the plain frozen-juice pops, and went on a mission to find new wonderful recipes to try out. The girls like them much better, and it gives them different flavours and textures to experiment with.
1. Mango Kulfi
This ice-cream-type desert originated in Pakistan and India. While this recipe calls for mango, you can substitute it for many other ingredients, including peach or orange.
2. Dripless Popsicles
If you’re a mom, you probably find that giving popsicles to young children a rather stressful event. Try dripless popsicles! The jello in the recipe solidifies the popsicles enough that they don’t make a mess while being eaten.
You will need:
1 package fruit-flavoured Jell-O
1 packaged unsweetened Kool-Aid
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup boiling water
2 cups cold water
Place Jello-O in bowl. Add boiling water and mix till gelatin is dissolved. Add sugar and Kool-Aid. Dissolve as much as possible. Add cold water, and continue mixing until all particles are gone. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.
3. Rocky Road Pops
You will need:
1 package instant chocolate pudding
2 cups of milk
1/2 c. miniature marshmallows
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
Prepare pudding according to package directions. Add in marshmallows and nuts. Pour into molds and freeze.
4. Ice-Creamsicles
Love the flavour of a store-bought creamsicle? Try this:
You will need:
1 can of frozen concentrated orange juice, partially defrosted
1 can of water (same can as the juice came in)
1 pint vanilla ice cream
Combine all ingredients in the blender and blend till smooth. Place in molds and freeze.
5. Creamy Fruit Pops
3 cups grape (or other) punch
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Combine the two ingredients and freeze in popsicle molds.
6. Orange-Banana Smoothie Pops
Recipe courtesy of Country Living.
7. Oreo Pudding Pops
You will need:
1 box instant chocolate pudding
2 cups of milk
8 Oreo cookies, crushed into crumbs
1/2 cup thawed cool-whip or whipped cream
Prepare chocolate pudding according to package directions. Add crushed cookiest and whipped toping. Combine till smooth. Place in popsicle molds and freeze.
8. Banana Blueberry Swirl Popsicles
9. Banana and Coconut Frozen Yogurt Popsicles
10. Easy Creamy Lemon-Dream Popsicles
You will need:
2/3 cup sugar
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
1 pinch salt
1 2/3 cup buttermilk
Whisk all ingredients together until sugar is well-dissolved. Mold and freeze.
11. Maple Mocha Pops
12. Homemade Fudge Pops
You will need:
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
3/4 c sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Place chopped chocolate into a medium glass mixing bowl. Set aside. Combine heavy cream, milk, sugar, and cocoa powder in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until cocoa is dissolved and mixture comes to a simmer. Remove from the heat and pour over the chocolate. Let stand for 2 to 3 minutes and then whisk gently until all chocolate is melted. Add the vanilla extract. Divide into molds and freeze.
13. Honeydew-Lime Popsicles
You will need:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
4 cups cubed honeydew
2/3 cup fresh lime juice.
Combine ingredients into blender and puree. Force puree through a fine-meshed sieve, passing through as much of the pulp as possible, discarding the remain. Distribute into a popsicle mold and freeze at least 6 hours.
14. Melon Popsicles with Mind, Honey, and Yogurt
You will need:
1 medium melon, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
handful of mint leaves
3 TBs honey
1 TB lime juice
1 cup unsweetened Greek strained yogurt
Purée the melon, mint, honey, and lime juice in a food processor. Strain into a bowl through a fine sieve, pressing on the solids to extract the juice. Discard the solids. Stir in the yogurt until smooth. Distribute into a popsicle mold and freeze.
15. Frozen Strawberry Peach Pops
16. Cardamom Rhubarb Sorbet Pops
3 1/2 cups fresh rhubarb, chopped
2 1/2 cups water
1 2/3 cups sugar
1/4 ts. salt
2 ts. dried lemon zest
1/2 ts. cardamom
1 ts. vanilla extract
2 TB corn syrup
Place the rhubarb, water, sugar, salt & lemon zest in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. The rhubarb should get very soft. Cool. Place in blender and mix until smooth. Press through a strainer to remove pulp. Stir in remaining ingredients. Dispense into mold and freeze.
17. Red, While, and Blueberry Pops
From Serious Eats, a nice snack for summertime.
18. Plum Smoothie-Pop
Another neat one from Country Living.
19. Kiwi Ice Pops
…and another!
20. Rootbeer Float Pops
From Erin Cooks
21. Tyler Florence’s Yogurt Popsicles
And this final one is courtesy of Oprah.com
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