Smoothie Pops!

Step 4 Freeze!

Put your pops in the freezer for at least 4 hours. Then enjoy your yummy healthy treat anytime of day. Happy summer!

Comments

[Buskieboy]

Thanks for the tips! What I was doing recently was pre-chilling my molds to start the freezing process faster and not give the Kool-Aid flavor/water a longer chance to separate. It did improve it somewhat, but I was still left with basically a hard water ice cube shell with the flavor trapped inside. I will definitely try your suggestions, and I like the idea of making a slush, to suspend the water and flavor equally. This would also be helped by the pre-chilling of the molds too! I will experiment and if successful make an instructable for sure!

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BTW, this pre-chill ideaI got from watching a show called "How It's Made" Fascinating process.  Simple but elegant! 
Here are the ULTIMATE Instructables on popsicle making! :D

HOW IT'S MADE FROZEN TREAT YOUTUBE EPISODE
(starts at 5:45)

Continues here:
HOW IT'S MADE FROZEN TREAT YOUTUBE EPISODE PART 2

[Buskieboy]

Yum!  I'm hungry!  They look deeeelish!

I've been trying to make regular popsicles using Kool-aid, but
I find it tends to separate, i.e. water and flavor, and I get basically
an icecube wrapped around the flavor core.
Does anything like that happen with these recipes?
If not, I think I'll go with the yogurt etc. and forget about the Kool-aid.

cheers,
Buskieboy

[egbertfitzwilly]

Take a look at my soft and easy lemon sorbet, a similiar process can be used by you.

Use some clear Karo syrup to lower the freezing point, this will keep them from turning into flavored ice cubes.

Mix up a batch of Kool Aid sorbet in a large bowl and place in the freezer. Periodically stir the mixture with a spoon. Start with water as cold as you can get the mix and sugar to dissolve in. Consider making a simple syrup with the Kool Aid, allowing that to cool and chilling thoroughly ( ice cubes can be added since its all going there anyway ) then adding this liquid to a larger quantity of pre-chilled water.

Once it begins to freeze into slush pour into popsicle molds and allow to fully solidify. The thicker the slush the creamier the final popsicle will be.

Experiment with the Karo syrup and sugar in the Kool Aid ( use real Kool Aid, not the pre-sweetened kind ). If you try this please consider making an instructable.

[izzyinsf]

Yes! Oddly enough strawberries and other watery fruits can turn into little ice cubes if they're chunky. "Creamier" fruits like bananas, along with adding lots of yogurt and blending everything up really well, seems to make a better smoothie pop.

[egbertfitzwilly]

If you follow a similar procedure to the one outlined the bits of berrysicle can be reduced.

Use the blender to puree most of the strawberries. Use this in the base smoothy mix. As above pour the blend into a large bowl and place in freezer. Stir periodically as it begins to form a slush.

Once the frozen mixture begins to solidify dice up the remaining berries, either by hand or in a blender to get "nibbles" of berry. Mix these thoroughly into the slush and pour into the popsicle molds.

In most cases the slushie mix will insulate the berry bits enough to keep them soft and edible.