Popsicle Cookbook The Best Homemade Popsicles, Fruity & Chocolate Pops, and Frozen Treats to Satisfy All Your Summer Needs! Healthy and Easy Ice Pop Recipes for Kids and Adults Kaitlyn Donnelly Copyright 2019 by Kaitlyn Donnelly. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, except in the case of a brief quotation embodied in articles or reviews, without written permission from its publisher. Disclaimer The recipes and information in this book are provided for educational purposes only. Please always consult a licensed professional before making changes to your lifestyle or diet. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to anyone with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.
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INTRODUCTION
S ummer means fruit and berry season is in full swing. It's time to replace the usual creamy delicacy with healthy homemade fruit popsicles. Making popsicles out of juice at home is easier than ever. Spend 10 minutes or less and get breathtaking refreshing desserts full-of-live vitamins. Collected for you in this book are fifty-five of the best homemade popsicle recipes.
Inside, you will find ideas that tell you how to make incredibly tasty homemade fruity, chocolate, creamy and smoothy, veggie popsicles. Pops with berries, fruit and even a Sparkling Champagne - this is not the desserts of fashionable places, but homemade popsicles, which you can easily make at home.
CHAPTER 1. The Basics of Popsicles
General cooking methods
Homemade fruit popsicles will help you escape the heat. Also, you will receive wholesome vitamins A, D, E, P, B, and minerals.
- The easiest way to make fruit pops at home is to freeze fruit juice in a unique mold.
After the liquid is slightly frozen, a wooden stick can be inserted into the mold.
- The second method involves the preparation of berry ice pops. The mixture is poured into popsicle molds and then frozen.
- There is a cooking option, but it is a bit more complicated. You need to blend the berries in a blender and add lemon juice (or one that is listed in the recipe). Place the sugar in a saucepan with water, bring to a boil, let cool, then add the berries. The resulting mixture should be poured into individual molds, and cooled in a freezer until full firm.
- You can also make milk-yogurt fruit ice pops. For this, you need natural yogurt and milk.
Whip yogurt and add juice or pureed fruit. The mixture must be frozen. Then add the juice and freeze again.
- Also, you can prepare puree from fresh fruit. They must be thoroughly rinsed, then cut into small pieces, and rinsed again.Put fruit in the blender and blend until smooth. The resulting fruit puree is poured into molds or cups, sticks placed in the molds, then put in the freezer for 4-6 hours.
Types of Popsicles
In this book, you will discover different types of pops, from fruity to hidden-veggie. After trying a few, use recipes as inspiration, combining and mixing the flavors, playing with layers, and inventing new combinations.
Fruity pops: Fruit pops are prepared from fresh, ripe, sweet-smelling, in-season fruits. Sugar, honey, and flavorings are mixed in to make a sorbet-like base after the pureed mixture is poured into the popsicle molds and frozen until firm. Chocolate pops : Chocolate popsicles can be made from melted chocolate chips, chocolate whipped in a yogurt mixture with cocoa powder, and with chocolate topping. Creamy pops : Smooth, rich-tasting, creamy popsicles are prepared from a mixture of yogurt, milk, condensed milk or other dairy or non-dairy products. Fusion pops: Innovative flavors and sometimes unusual, unexpected combinations using ingredients such as herbs, vegetables, and full-flavored liquids make for the best popsicles.
The secrets of fruit pops:
- Use fresh fruits and berries.
- Wash fruit thoroughly and remove any damaged areas.
The secrets of fruit pops:
- Use fresh fruits and berries.
- Wash fruit thoroughly and remove any damaged areas.
Make juice or fruit/berry puree immediately before cooking popsicles.
- If you are preparing pops using syrup, use as little water as possible. The more concentrated the juice, the tastier it will be.
- Popsicles made from sieved juice are more transparent but also denser. Pops made from fruit juice with pulp or from fruit/berry puree will turn out looser and softer and with a richer taste.
- After preparing the popsicle mixture, pour it into silicone or plastic molds, and place it in the freezer. After 1-2 hours, when the mixture thickens, insert a stick into the center of each shape, and return to the freezer until it fully freezes.
- If popsicle is difficult to remove from the mold, dip mold in hot water for twenty seconds.
- If the treat is stored for a long time in the freezer, it may harden excessively, so eat soon after making.
- Ice pops can be made from coffee and tea.
- Make fun layered popsfor example, one of peaches, then the other of strawberries, and alternately filling them into the molds.
Homemade popsicles FAQ
Can popsicles be made without a mold? You can prepare fruit pops in yogurt containers, cans, glasses, or even in a bread pan! If you have problems inserting sticks in these non-traditional shapes, firmly wrap the top of the mold with aluminum foil (try to prevent the foil from touching the mixture). Then poke the sticks through the foil, and they'll stand! How do you make popsicles that are soft? It all comes down to the molecular structure! Water freezes to ice, which is definitely not the ideal popsicle. However, if you start adding sugar, fiber from fruits or fat from coconut milk, the molecules can not freeze so neatly, and as a result, it will be a more fluffy, creamy popsicle.
How can you make sugar-free yet sweet popsicles? You can make sugar-free fruit popsicles using either fruit puree (which contains natural sugars and fibers to preserve soft fruit pops), fat coconut milk, or Greek yogurt.
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