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I do believe that Krystina Castella's book, Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone has been the hottest cookbook this summer. I've seen it everywhere from Oh Joy! to Baking Bites to Elastic Waist. I've had it sitting on the arm of the rocking chair in my living room (where all my homeless cookbooks end up) for the last month. I bought some popsicle molds so that I could try out a few of the recipes, but life (and the state of my freezer) has continually gotten between me and homemade popsicles. However, last weekend, my boyfriend and I bought a new refrigerator. It will be here on Saturday and so I pulled Pops! out of the stack so that I could prepare to take advantage of the new, larger freezer that's coming my way. Having spent a little time flipping through this book, I can see why everyone has been going so crazy for it. Castella divided the book into six sections, Healthy Energy Pops, Fruit Juice Pops, Soda Fountain Pops, Cream and Pudding Pops, Coffee and Tea Pops and Cocktail Pops. These are definitely not the old popsicles I made with nothing more than reconstituted orange juice as a kid.
I think that the first recipe I'm going to test out when I have the new freezer this weekend will be Apricot Pops on page 47. For those of you who already have this book, which recipes have you tried? Any that are must-makes?
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8-12-2008 @10:46AM Erin said... That book is fabulous! I'd definitely highly recommend it.
My favorite, from the three recipes I made, were the Pistachio Pudding Pops:
http://erincooks.com/2008/07/04/pistachio-pops/
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8-27-2008 @4:50PM rose1234 said... I bought this book and I loved the pictures. So far, I've only made one recipe in it; the white grape pops. Wasn't as good as I had hoped. I think using the popcicle molds that you get at the grocery store are kinda of worthles. The handles come off without the popcicle. I bought some popcicle sticks to use with the mold in the future. WRT the recipe, the grapes were very refreshing in the popcicle, but I wish I had added some sugar to the juice. Tart is great in a glass of white grape juice but you kinda expect something really sweet when you bite into a popcicle. Plus all the grape halves sank to the bottom and there wasn't an even distribution with the fruit. Next time I'll pack the grape halves in the mold and then just prepare myself to eat the thing fast. Juice melts faster than water, fyi.
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8-12-2008 @11:13AM Christy said... Yes!! The mojito pops are awesome (although I omitted the actual chunks of fruit and went for juice/pulp instead, for a great result).
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8-13-2008 @3:18PM Liz Petty said... Thanks for turning me on to Elastic Waist! I didn't realize this blog even existed until I clicked on the link in this post. It's a great corner of the Web devoted to not only food, but also issues that interest me, such as women's issues, body image, fitness and nutrition! I highly recommend it!
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