Gourmet Popsicles

Ever since my good friend Raveena shared a popsicle recipe with me I have been obsessed with Popsicles. OBSESSED! I dragged Ray to 4 different stores to find popsicles makers. Finally we settled on the ZOKU popsicle maker from Williams and Sonoma for instant gratification... AND I also bought the Norpro Aluminum lid so that we can make lots and lots of popsicles.  So far we have make 4-5 batches and have about 10 popsicles left in our freezer. Surprisingly this has been one of my most successful projects! 

Norpro Popsicle Maker

We have tried making lots of different flavors including mango coconut, sesame, strawberry, key lime pie, banana fosters and Taro. Here's the recipe below. Enjoy!


Base:
one 15-ounce can light coconut milk
1 1/4 cups skim milk (we used lactaid)

1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 cups water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Whisk the coconut milk and skim milk together. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla bean and stir in. Whisk in the sweetened condensed milk, water, vanilla extract, and salt.

We then divided the base into 1 cup bowls and experimented with different flavors. Basically we just added everything in to taste.

Sesame - stir in 1 tablespoon of sesame paste (you can buy this in the stores)

Key Lime Pie - mix in the lime juice from 1-2 key limes. We also mixed in layers of crumbled graham crackers. (1/2 cup crushed graham crackers, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, 3 tablespoons of splenda)

Mango - mix in diced mangos

Banana Fosters - 1 ripe banana + 2 tablespoons butter + banana rum + 2 tablespoons of brown sugar all pureed together

Butter Pecan - chopped pecans + 1 tablespoon butter + salt to taste (i think about 1/2 teaspoon)