Home made fruit popsicles are one of my favorite food memories of the summer holidays. There is a small story behind how we started having these in summers.
Since mangoes were our favorite fruit, most of the other fruits were automatically ignored. I remember once mom had got watermelon, pineapple and lychees during our holidays and they were all sitting in the fridge for a couple of days untouched. That’s when mom thought of this fantastic way to finish all the fruit and at the same time take our taste buds to fruits other than mangoes. And the moment we had them, there was no looking back. These popsicles had got a permanent place in our freezer so much so that even our friends started coming more often to our home to call us to play so that they too might get some.
These are 3 of my most favorite combinations which are relished now by my kids too.
Pineapple and orange popsicles
Take 2-3 slices of pineapple and chop them finely. Now add to this a tbsp. of honey and let it rest for ½ hour. Now mix these well and add it to the bottom of the popsicle molds. Fill the rest of the mold with orange juice. I use fresh orange juice but the canned ones work well too if you need a quick fix. Freeze this for 2 hours at-least and your popsicles are ready
Lychee and rose popsicles
Peel and deseed 8 lychees and chop them finely. To this add some rose syrup and water and mix well. Add this mixture to the popsicle molds and keep it to set. Simple easy and tasty popsicles are ready.
Watermelon and lime popsicles
This one is my favorite combination. Take 8-10 cubes of watermelon and cut them finely. To this add 4 tbsp of honey. Squeeze ½ a lime on to this and add about 3 cups of water. Mix this and add it to the popsicle mold and keep it to set and your popsicles are ready
Tip : If you don’t have time, just take watermelon cubes and de seed them. Insert a toothpick into the cubes and put it in the freezer to set. This is the simplest and most nutritious popsicle. This helps infants when they are teething too.
Here’s where you can get some attractive popsicle moulds
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I too love popsicles. For that matter this summer I made them for kids. Lychee plus rose flavor seems to be tasty. Would try soon
I enjoyed reading this. Will try them by weekend…
wow this is so amazing!! A must try this season
Just love this post. Totally meant to beat the heat.
i am going to try these this summer much needed
With mangoes in the current season, we’ve been making mango popsicles a lot often now. We still have few in the freezer now:D I would love to try these varieties too 🙂
I’ve been making coconut banana ice cream and kulfi for my daughter. Will try these recipes for variety I’m sure she’ll like them
Yummylicious post ! You’ve listed some of the best and simple recipes to beat the heat. Hyderabad is normally hot so this would surely help.
Yumm!! Quite an interesting blog you have here. I was hopping from post to post, just checking out your blog, trying to decide what to read when I saw this one and of course, had to stop here!!
Living in Bhopal, all cold eatables are loved by us. I am trying one soon, it is pretty hot here at present 😀
These look easy to make and yum to taste 🙂
These are fun, easy recipes! It’s not quite winter yet, so I’m going to try one of these tomorrow!
The weather continues to be extremely hot and tiring! These are just the perfect pick me ups for our days! I like how easy they are to make, and rely on healthy ingredients.
Watermelon 🍉 is my little ones favourite. He just love to eat his favourite fruit like this. Will try this sure. Thanks for sharing
Awww! This one took me to my childhood. Really easy recipes!
My grandchildren always ask for ice pops when they visit. Now I can make them instead of relying on the sugar water I buy in the stores.
I love your unique popsicle recipes, Sabeeka! I like to enjoy popsicles all through the year and I plan to make these as soon as possible! Thanks for sharing!
Need to try this out. 🙂
these popsicle recipe sounds easy and yummy, summers are coming i am surely gonna try them