Blueberry Lemon Popsicles
There are a lot of funny things about food blogging. There are haha funny things, like when we try to tell our friends stories about our lives and they’re inform us that they already know what we are going to say because they read it here, but there are also interesting funny things.
One interesting funny thing is that there are trends in the food blogging world. Right now, for example, grilled pizza is very trendy. Trends often correlate with seasonal produce, but sometimes they seem random, like baking with bacon. Not really getting that one.
Popsicles are another trendy item at the moment. Fancy ones with alcohol and herbs, simple uni-flavored fruit pops, pretty much anything that you can imagine is out there. We made ours with the last of the blueberries from our picking extravaganza (we only used one cup though, to my father’s relief) and lemon, because we’ve heard that the combo is amazing.
These treats are so refreshing on a hot day. And they’re guiltless enough to justify having one for afternoon snack and another for dessert. Feel free to experiment with flavors to your heart (or tongue’s) content.
Ingredients:
(blueberry popsicle)
1 cup blueberries
1/4 cup frozen grape juice concentrate, slightly thawed
(lemon popsicle)
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
zest of 2 lemons
1 cup lemon juice
Make blueberry flavor by pulsing blueberries in a food processor for about 10 seconds, then stirring to combine with the grape juice concentrate. To make lemon flavor, heat water and sugar, stirring, until sugar has dissolved then add zest, bring to a simmer, and remove from heat. Let cool. Pour the sugar mixture through a strainer into the lemon juice, and stir to combine. Pour blueberry flavor into popsicle molds and fill about 1/4 of the way. Freeze (about 30 minutes), then fill another 1/4 with lemon flavor, and continue alternating and freezing until popsicles are ready.
Wow, those look absolutely delicious. They look so refreshing for a hot summer day.
13 Jul 2008 at 10:35 pm
these pictures are absolutely magnificent.
14 Jul 2008 at 3:51 am
Oh man. I would pretty much kill for one of those right now. Let me know if you’re interested in setting up a popsicle stand over here…….
14 Jul 2008 at 7:00 am
Oh, those look amazing! So refreshing!
16 Jul 2008 at 5:13 pm
They look really yummy! I wish the sun would stay out long enough to enjoy some ice lollies outside!
That’s a clever idea to layer them as they look amazing!
18 May 2009 at 2:51 pm
perfect for a summer day!
18 May 2009 at 8:17 pm
yummy!
19 May 2009 at 7:52 pm
come on you should have used plastic sticks, wooden sticks just feel icky on icecream pops
20 May 2009 at 3:56 am
Just stumbled on your blog – I have one thing to say: wow!!! Thanks for sharing – now I’ll have to go and buy some moulds
20 May 2009 at 12:06 pm
How do you prevent the mixture from sticking to the inside of the mold? I can never get the Popsicle to slide out easily. They always stick and pieces end up breaking off inside the mold. What a pain in the ass.
26 May 2009 at 12:58 pm
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25 Jun 2009 at 3:05 pm
Hey Ron, you could try quickly running the mold under hot water, enough to slide it out. Or try flexible silicon molds.
27 Jun 2009 at 5:30 pm
Oh, yum! These look super refreshing and my kids could make them by themselves. What fun!
29 Jun 2009 at 2:29 pm
OMG these looks so refreshing!
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28 Jul 2009 at 10:18 pm
These are brilliant; such a good idea. Can’t wait to make them. Thanks for the great recipe.
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