Citrus Ice Pops Recipes

CITRUS ICE POPS

Steps:

• Place the grapefruit juice, orange juice, water, lemon juice, and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and chill the mixture in the freezer until very cold, about 10 minutes.
• Mix the vanilla yogurt with the strawberries, and chill.
• Spoon a little of the cold juice mixture into 6 ice pop molds, using about 1 1/2 tablespoon of mixture for each mold. Place the molds into the freezer until the juice freezes, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the cold strawberry yogurt into each ice pop, and top each pop with the remaining citrus juice mixture. Freeze until fully hardened, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

CAMPARI-CITRUS ICE POPS

Steps:

• Combine 2/3 cup sugar and 2/3 cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir to dissolve the sugar; let cool. Combine the simple syrup, 3 cups fresh orange juice, 1 cup Campari and the juice of 1 lemon in a pitcher. Pour the mixture into 16 ice pop molds, add wooden sticks and freeze until firm, at least 8 hours.

LEMON-BUTTERMILK ICE POPS

Steps:

• Whisk sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, and salt in 4-cup measuring cup until sugar dissolves. Whisk in buttermilk. Divide mixture among 8 ice pop molds (each about 1/4 to 1/3 cup capacity). Cover and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours and up to 5 days.

CITRUS ICE POPS

Steps:

• Place the grapefruit juice, orange juice, water, lemon juice, and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and chill the mixture in the freezer until very cold, about 10 minutes.
• Mix the vanilla yogurt with the strawberries, and chill.
• Spoon a little of the cold juice mixture into 6 ice pop molds, using about 1 1/2 tablespoon of mixture for each mold. Place the molds into the freezer until the juice freezes, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the cold strawberry yogurt into each ice pop, and top each pop with the remaining citrus juice mixture. Freeze until fully hardened, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

STRAWBERRY-CITRUS FREEZER POPS

Steps:

• Place strawberries, water and sugar in a food processor; pulse until combined. Divide among molds or cups. Top molds with holders; if using cups, top with foil and insert sticks through foil. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours., Wipe food processor clean. Add clementines and orange juice; pulse until combined. Spoon over strawberry layer. Freeze, covered, until firm.

EASY ANY-JUICE ICE POPS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring sugar and 1/3 cup water to a boil over high, stirring until sugar dissolves. Transfer to a 4-cup liquid measuring cup or medium bowl and refrigerate until cool, 30 minutes. Stir in juice. Pour mixture into eight 3-ounce ice-pop molds. Insert ice-pop sticks and freeze until solid, 6 hours (or up to 2 weeks).

STRAWBERRY CITRUS ICE

Steps:

• For sugar syrup, place sugar and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved. Remove to a bowl; cool slightly. Refrigerate, covered, until cold., Process strawberries and juices in a blender until smooth. Add sugar syrup; pulse to blend., Pour into cylinder of ice cream maker; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Serve immediately or store in freezer containers, allowing headspace for expansion.

CITRUS SPRITZ POPS

Steps:

• In a large measuring cup, whisk together the Aperol, Prosecco, club soda, and orange juice until well combined.
• Place 2 blood orange slices into each mold. Pour the Aperol mixture evenly into each and insert the popsicle sticks. Freeze until firm, about 6 hours or overnight. Serve the popsicles in a glass of chilled Prosecco if desired.

CREAMY CITRUS POPS

Steps:

• Bring 1/4 cup water to boil. Add to orange gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Cool 5 min.
• Meanwhile, beat pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Spoon 1/3 of the pudding into small bowl, then spoon half of the remaining pudding into separate small bowl.
• Line 8-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Add orange gelatin and 1/2 cup COOL WHIP to one bowl of pudding; stir until blended. Pour into prepared pan; spread to form even layer on bottom of pan. Freeze 15 min.
• Repeat layers twice, using remaining water, gelatin flavors, prepared pudding and COOL WHIP. Freeze 5 hours or until firm.
• Use foil handles to transfer dessert from pan to cutting board; cut into 8 bars. Insert wooden pop stick into short side of each bar to serve.

"CANDY CORN" FROZEN CITRUS CREAM POPS

Steps:

• Put one can of milk in each of 2 bowls, then whisk lemon zest, 1/3 cup lemon juice, and 18 drops yellow food coloring into one bowl.
• Whisk orange zest, orange juice, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and remaining 18 drops yellow and 9 drops red food coloring into second bowl.
• Beat cream in another bowl with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then gently fold half of cream into each condensed milk mixture.
• Divide orange mixture among the molds, about 2 1/2 tablespoons per mold, then freeze until firm, at least 30 minutes.
• Divide lemon mixture among molds, about 2 1/2 tablespoons per mold.
• Place cover on molds and insert sticks, making sure they are straight (important for removing top when unmolding). Freeze until completely firm, at least 8 hours.
• If using a multiple-pop mold, partially submerge up to 1/4 inch from top of mold in a large bowl or sink of room-temperature water for 30 seconds. Remove mold from water, then remove cover and pull out pops.
• If using individual molds, run hot water over them for about 5 seconds, then let stand 30 seconds and remove cover.
• In either case, serve immediately or wrap individually in plastic wrap and freeze until ready to serve.