How to Make Fruit-Filled Ice Cubes

A fun way to spice up a drink is to cool it with fruit-filled ice cubes. Crystal-clear blocks of ice with pieces of fresh fruit frozen inside are sure to impress party guests. Though it may look like you spent hours preparing these special ice cubes, they are actually simple to make.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Bring a pot of water to boil and then let it cool. Pour the cooled water into an ice cube tray. Ice made of boiled water turns out clear rather than cloudy.

2. Select a variety of fruit. Strawberries, raspberries, orange and lemon freeze well. Blueberries and cherries are small enough to use whole.

3. Remove skin, rind and seeds from fruit. Then and cut the fruit into pieces that fit in each section of the ice cube tray.

4. Drop a piece of fruit carefully into the water of each section in the ice cube tray. Allow excess water to spill out, leaving the sections full.

5. Place the ice cube tray into the freezer for several hours. Once frozen, remove the cubes from the tray, and you have eye-catching fruit-filled ice cubes to liven up your drinks.

Tips & Warnings

• Cater fruit-filled ice cubes to particular drinks. For example, make pineapple ice cubes for a pina colada.