Easy Homemade Popsicles
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Category
Appetizers/Snacks
Cuisine
Modern American
Servings
6-8
Cook Time
3 hours
Is it really summer without popsicles? Since we’ve all got a bit more time around the house this summer, it’s the perfect opportunity to make a foray into popsicle making. Whether you’re making boozy popsicles for those 21+ or assisting little hands in making healthy juice pops, this is a fun, easy activity that yields a popsicle far superior to the supermarket.
How to freeze your popsicles:
You can find any number of fun popsicle molds online like this one or this one. If you don’t have a popsicle mold, you can always DIY one. All you need is:
3 oz Dixie cups Popsicle sticksToothpicks and tape to hold the stick upright (optional)
Here’s a couple of our favorite summer popsicle recipes.
Each recipe makes 6-8 pops depending on your mold size.
Ingredients
- 1-pint strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 2 cups Limeade
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3 tablespoons Spiceology Citric Acid (this is the same stuff you’ll find on your favorite sour gummies)
- 1-pint strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 2 cups orange juice
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3 tablespoons Spiceology Carbonated Sugar (like Pop Rocks but with more “pop”)
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- 2 cups pineapple juice
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2 tablespoons Spiceology Purple Haze
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2 tablespoons Spiceology Bloody Mary Blend
- 6 sticks of celery
- 2 cups Tomato juice
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flaky salt
Sour Strawberry Lime Popsicles
Strawberry Orange Firework Pops
Purple Monster Pops
Sunday Brunch Bloody Mary Popsicles
Directions
Sour Strawberry Lime Popsicles
Wash, hull, and chop strawberries.
Pour the mixture into popsicle molds. Place sticks and freeze for 2-4 hours (or until frozen).
Prior to serving, remove from mold and roll in Citric Acid until you’ve reached your desired level of sourness.
Strawberry Orange Firework Pops
Wash, hull, and chop strawberries.
Combine cut strawberries with orange juice and mix in a blender or with an immersion blender.
Pour the mixture into popsicle molds. Place sticks and freeze for 2-4 hours (or until frozen).
Prior to serving, remove from mold and roll in Carbonated Sugar.
Purple Monster Pops
Mix Purple Haze with orange juice. Pour 1-2 inches into the bottom of the mold. Freeze popsicles
.Once the orange juice base layer has frozen, remove from the freezer and add pineapple juice. Place sticks and freeze for 2-4 hours (or until frozen).
Remove from the freezer and enjoy.
Sunday Brunch Bloody Mary Popsicles
Wash and chop celery stalks into a stick length (about ¾ the length of your mold
Mix tomato juice with Bloody Mary Blend
)Pour mixture into molds, add celery sticks. Place in freezer for 2-4 hours.
Remove from freezer and sprinkle with Flake Sea Salt prior to serving.
