Well I recently moved into an area where the ice cream truck comes multiple times a day. Playing it's Pied Piper music that drives my four year old to the place where she has to have a popsicle or she is going to lose it. (She is just slightly dramatic.) And since we weren't even close to summer when this started happening, I figured I needed to bit the bullet and finally commit to some ice pop molds.
And in my best fashion, I continued to put it off. We found ourselves in mid-July when I finally gave in and ordered some molds. And then a few weeks later I ordered another set because they were awesome. And I was kicking myself for waiting that long in the first place.
The molds we ended up with were FoodWorks Silicone Popsicle Molds and I fell in love with them for a few reasons.
- They weren't a drippy mess. I had visions of my four year old coming in the house or standing in my kitchen with popsicle goo dripping on my floors and down the front of here. With these, even if she takes forever to eat them they are a squeezy tube. No drippy messes.
- The caps seal really well. I was a little bit afraid to just stick the cap on and throw them into the freezer on their sides or wherever I could stick them. But no problems. And B can recap hers, stick it back in the freezer and finish it another day (that doesn't typically happen but at least its an option.)
- I can stick them anywhere I want in the freezer. I don't need to have space for a stand or holder or a flat area where they need to be chilled so they don't spill everywhere.
- Dishwasher safe. Enough said.
For the past month we have been playing with recipes. This one is my absolute favorite.
Watermelon Lime Yogurt Pops
What you need:
2 cups of cubed watermelon
3/4 cup greek yogurt*
Juice of 2 limes (about 1 TBS)
Sweetener of choice to taste**
Blend it all together. Pour into popsicle molds. Freeze and enjoy!
* to make them dairy free I have also used coconut milk yogurt
**I used about a tablespoon of raw honey to sweeten ours
21 Day Fix Conversion: (For 2 popsicles)
2/3 Purple
1/3 Red
1/2 Teaspoon (if using honey)
(Truthfully...there is so little greek yogurt per serving that I tend to not count it. Especially if I only have one. Because 1/6 of that container is like an extra bite of chicken. I would be a little more concerned if it was something I ate everyday.)
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