Saturday, August 7, 2010

{{almost}} un-meltable popsicles

My four year-old loves popsicles. 
I hate getting the stains off his face, hands and clothes. 

Recently in the grocery store, I saw a box of "slow-melt" popsicles. 

My first thought: "Awesome!" 

My second thought: "what kind of crazy chemical did they put into these popsicles that is going to {poison} my child?!" 

So I read the ingredients. You know what it was? 

Gelatin! 

My third thought "Holy {cow}, I am making these myself!"

{{almost}} un-meltable popsicles 

1 package Jell-O (raspberry for me!)

fruit juice or Kool-aid (I used lemonade)

Make Jell-O according to package directions, but instead of adding cold water, add cold juice or Kool-aid. 

Pour into popsicle mold, or do what I did and use 3 oz {Dixie} cups.

Stick in a stick!

Freeze.









Enjoy!

Put {away} the Oxy-Clean. (For now anyways...)

<3 AmberLou





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26 comments:

  1. Brilliant! I gotta try these!! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  2. YES! That is awesome, gotta try this!! :)

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  3. Great idea, cute pictures :)! Saw you at Delicious Ambiguity, thanks for sharing!

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  4. Oh this is just perfect, my little girls just have to have a Popsicle at least once a day, it's mandatory. Cleaning up the mess is the part I hate, especially the mess my 1 1/2 year old, Paisley, makes on herself and everywhere else. I'll have to try these, thanks, -Chyna http://everybuddydreams.blogspot.com

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  5. What a fab idea! I have a similar one too. Thanks for sharing. Perfect for these hot days.

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  6. This is an wonderful idea! Who would have thought? Does it change the texture of the popsical?

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  7. @Breanna, It does if you don't add juice... if you make it just like Jell-O and freeze it, it tastes kinda like... frozen Jell-O. You can actually stretch this a bit and add even more juice without losing flavor, and make lots more popsicles. I just make the batches small since my son is pretty much the only one who eats them. (Pictures to the contrary)
    AmberLou

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  8. Yummy! Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday!

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  9. Great idea! Too bad my niece and nephew are going home today or I would definitely make these with/for them!

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  10. That IS a good idea! I will have to try it this week!

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  11. GREAT IDEA!!!!!! Thanks for the recipe and linking to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday.

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  12. I love it. I am trying it. Thank you! Are they yum-o?

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  13. Clever! I'm sharing this one with all my grand-children's mommies.

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  14. Oh my goodness...My son would LIVE on Popsicles if I would let him. I am definitely going to try this!!!

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  15. Love this idea and hope to be using it soon. I have a freezer full of otter pops that have to go first.

    Thanks for the post
    Lisa
    www.lisasrecipecards.blogspot.com

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  16. Another option for slow-melters that they can even eat for meals is to blend chunks of fruit (we use bananas and peaches most often) with plain yogurt and some honey, then freeze. The fiber in the fruit and thicker yogurt helps to eliminate drips. Pretty sure we made 12 batches of eight for one kid this summer and no mommy guilt!

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  17. Great idea! Thanks for figuring this one out! :) I might have to give this a try.

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  18. Great idea! I love it! :)

    I featured you here:
    http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

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  19. Brilliant! My 15 year old genius fabulous daughter will love this!

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  20. Brilliant idea!!! I'm am going to make these for my kids.

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  21. oh. my. goodness. I'm going to have to try this....I was just muttering under my breath this morning as I went around the house mopping up popsicle juice spills. ;-)

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  22. Gotta love homemade popsicles!

    Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites!

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  23. Love love love! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's! I can't wait to try it!

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