"Fudge" Popsicles

Further adventures in Popsicle making... This time we have CHOCOLATE!. I think I used too little chocolate because my Fudgesicles came out weird and cracked looking. I also think my chocolate chips were not real chocolate. They refused to melt properly in my double boiler. Sometimes I really wonder what I am doing making these Popsicles. I am making them in a very anti-intuitive fashion. I never would imagine HEATING ingredients to make Popsicles. Because... I am going to freeze them... and it takes longer for hot things to cool down. So maybe my mistake was pre-making the hot part of the batter before hand. On taste, it was very sweet and milky, and you could almost taste the caloric overload explosion in your mouth. At 140 calories each, their taste was just not worth it. Never again.

Buttered Popcorn Popsicles

What was I thinking? Why did I ever think that butter and popcorn flavored Popsicles could be good? I really have no clue. But it happened. I actually made these monstrosities. Biting into them, they had  the flavor of salt and fat women trying for weight loss. I could literally not pallet more than one bite... Never make buttered popcorn flavored popsicles. Just don't do it.

I also tried to make a carmel sauce, but it ended up just being burnt candy bits. It tasted good but was in no way smooth enough to get onto these Popsicle without melting them.

I won't give y'all the recipe, because trying this is cruelty to ones mouth.

Strawberry Banana Popsicle

Well, last night I tried my 2nt Popsicle in my fancy Popsicle maker. At the request of my boyfriend, I made 'strawberry banana' Popsicle. The recipe used really made it taste like a smoothie on a stick, mixing a bit of milk and yogurt with fresh strawberries really makes a delicious flavor. The banana batter was a bit too thick to pour correctly into the mold, and banana flavored things are really just NOT my cup of tea. Overall, it is still a better Popsicle than a store bought one, but just not as good as the strawberry shortcake one I made earlier.



Recipe:
Strawberry 'Batter'
1 Tb Sugar
2 Tb Milk
1 T vanilla yogurt
1.25 cups strawberries

Banana Batter:
2 Tb sugar
2 Tb Milk
3/4 cup banana

Strawberry Shortcake Popsicle

So my good friend Ali(another member of this co-op) got me a fancy Zoku Popsicle maker for my Birthday a few weeks ago. This thing is amazing in that you just keep it in your freezer and it instant freezes popsicles in under 8 minutes. (wut!)

Anyhow. Decided to try it out today. So I made 'Strawberry Shortcake pops' (I used the recipe from the book that came with it, I know, super creative, but that is what recipe books are for!).

The vanilla part is made with 2 vanilla pudding cups, 3/4 cup water, 3 T sugar and 1 T vanilla extract all whisked together. While the strawberry layer is frozen strawberries I microwaved pureed with 2 T fresh clover Beaverton OR honey, 3/4 T water and 1/8 T vanilla.

Calorie Count: ~75 calories each.
You can buy tons of 'low calorie' snacks that taste far worse that this that market themselves as '100 calories each!' or you can make your own for less money, and better flavor. I am sure you can make these in ice cube trays or cheap popsicles makers as well, and just leave them freezing over night.

My boyfriend, Tom commented that 'normally Popsicle are watery and lacking in flavor and suffer from this, and they(the ones I made) do not' I was reminded of a creamsicle and margaritas myself.

So there you have it, my first adventure in Popsicle making.