When I was a kid, we had a set of popsicle molds that I loved. They produced round popsicles and the handle part had little circus animals on them. My sister and I would always fight over who got the elephant or the lion. In later years we got one of those sets with the build-in straw, that allowed you to slurp up the melting juice so that it didn't spill out all over your hands. In those days, there was just nothing better than a homemade popsicle made from orange or applejuice.
With summer undeniably here, what better time pull out those molds and make some of your own homemade frozen treats.
- Check out the strawberry yogurt pops that those clever folks at The Kitchn stirred up.
- At Kristen's Raw, she made popsicles out of green smoothie. Cooling and delicious.
- Over at Brownie Points, they're making BBQ chocolate pops from the Essence of Chocolate
- Al Dente is dreaming of popsicle molds in fun shapes and how they'll whip up the Vietnamese-style pops recently seen on YumSugar.
- ErinCooks reviews a book all about making frozen pops and makes me hungry in the process.
- The Pastry Girl (of Dessert First) makes lemon yogurt pops with raspberries. I start to drool.
- The folks at Phoodie offer an assortment of suggestions for making popsicles. My favorite? Beer pops!
- Nicole at Baking Bites does homemade Drumstick-style ice cream cones. Not popsicles, but certainly delicious.
8-12-2008 @4:30PM Joel said... There is a certain charm to making your own pops, but for a healthy treat, I've recently begun buying these frozen treats called frosteas and frostbites. They sell them at my local Whole Foods. They are in a plastic wrapper like an icee and are tea flavors. They are totally natural though, not artificial tea flavors. I like to have healthful snacks and sometimes I can't make them myself.
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