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| woolgirl |
Posted - Jun 06 2011 : 12:37:06 PM
Well, summer has officially arrived in the Midwest! I have been using those popsicle maker deals that you put juice in then there are plastic sticks you put in the top, but it is so hard to get them out, and since they come 4 in a container I don't want to run all of them under warm water. Is there an easier way to get them out or to make homemade popsicles? I love being able to give Rosemary popsicles made from 100% juice!
Liz
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| woolgirl |
Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 5:14:49 PM
So after making a huge mess with grape juice popsicles (boy, was that fun to clean up!) I figured out a neat trick...coffee filters under the popsicle! Rosemary thinks it looks like a skirt for the popsicle, and it keeps her hands and other my house cleaner!
Liz
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| WoodstreamDreambyNicole |
Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 4:26:19 PM
I have that kind of popsicle maker - 2 actually and this year I added a new kind of popsicle maker to my kitchen tool set because of the problem you mentioned about not wanting to defrost all of the popsicles to get one out. I bought it through the Montessori catalog to support a local school at Christmas time, but this is the new one I have: http://www.amazon.com/Tovolo-80-8002G-Green-Star-Molds/dp/B000G34F2U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309735474&sr=8-1 Last week I saw that the Whole Foods is carrying them, too.
So far this year I've made watermelon popsicles that my 3yo loves! I pureed 1/2 seedless watermelon in the food processor with 1c simple syrup I made up quickly in the microwave. It made 12.5 popsicles (the 1/2 popsicle I topped off with apple juice and then there was one opening left and I just put apple juice in that one).
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| Heartbroken farmgirl |
Posted - Jun 11 2011 : 07:24:44 AM
Like Karla said, we just hold the popsicle we want out in our hand for a quick bit. My DH just runs one edge of the tray in a slow water flow. The Dixiecup idea is cute. We make tons of yogurt pops, and the occasional Fudgcicle too. These seem to slip out much easier than the juice ones. What I can't stand is the Kool-aid ones my mom made us as a kid. The water always froze to the center, and all the flavor to the outside! After you had had it for maybe two minutes, you'd sucked all the "life"out of it, and were left with a big icecube on a stick.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jun 11 2011 : 07:08:51 AM
I am going to research popsicle molds. For us the dixie cup and stick idea may create too much trash for us. If I locate a BPA free and overall good source, I'll post it.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jun 11 2011 : 07:04:35 AM
I like the dixie cup idea also. I don't like to use plastic, but I don't use saran wrap either. Hmmm? I wonder what else I could use or reuse instead of saran wrap?
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 08:02:26 AM
As soon as Violet was born, I went out and splurged on the tupperware popsicle set. I made an ENORMOUS mess last summer when I tried to make yogurt pops and I haven't tried them again since. I couldn't get the lids to snap and ended up sending smoothie all over myself and my kitchen. There has to be an easier way!
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| woolgirl |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 6:12:44 PM
I like the dixie cup idea, I just have these little things that are kind of like a 4 compartment ice cube tray. I am thinking they may be more trouble than it's worth though!
Liz
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 6:10:14 PM
You can buy plastic and old fashioned wood pop sticks, and how I do it, I use those small dixie cups (paper and waxed)use a piece of saran wrap, pour in what ever you are useing, put on wrap, stick the stick thru, and freeze. When done and needed, peel off cup. I also make bigger ones useing the clear plastic party tumblers, and a few seconds in your hand, and they pull right out. I use home canned fruit, mixed in yogurt and frozen...
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| woolgirl |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 5:05:14 PM
I am making some strawberry lemonade ones right now. I just blended the strawberries then swirled it in the lemonade. Yum!
Liz
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| karla |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 05:45:21 AM
We just always held them briefly in you hand & it loosened up. Try putting chocolate pudding in -they make the best pudding pops!!
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| Turtlemoon |
Posted - Jun 06 2011 : 6:46:19 PM
i read somewhere that if the tray is already cold from the freezer when you add the juice it freezes less to the container itself. Haven't tried it but it seems to work with my ice cube tray! I love your daughters name!
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