How to Make Spiked Popsicles

Mid-day martinis may cause some heads to turn, but cocktails on a stick-aka "poptails"-are a perfectly acceptable daytime (or anytime) summer treat! Here is how to whip some up.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Popsicle molds
• Fruit juices
• Popsicle sticks
• Flavored alcohol (rum or vodka)
• Frozen fruits
• Sheet of Styrofoam
• Wrapping paper or wall paper

1. Collect your favorite juices: pineapple, guava, raspberry, acai, kiwi, mango, peach, the list goes on.

2. Pick up some flavored alcohol like Bacardi rums in coconut, watermelon, lemon, raspberry or Zone flavored vodkas: banana, melon, peach, lemon and tangerine.

3. Mix the juices with the alcohol using this ratio:
   3 cups of juice
   2 oz. of alcohol

   * You don't want to make them much stronger because the alcohol does not freeze.

4. For extra credit add frozen chunks of fruit like mango, banana and raspberry. You can even add herbs like chopped mint or basil.

5. Pour the juice and alcohol mixture into the popsicle molds, and if needed, wait until the mixture hardens, then insert popsicle sticks (it depends on the popsicle molds) and freeze.

6. For the presentation, wrap a piece of rectangle-shaped Styrofoam (found at craft stores) with wrapping paper or wall paper. Cut slits in the paper, then insert the popsicles into the Styrofoam. Serve immediately!

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the spiked popsicles are not around children! Serve a different dessert to the kids so there is no confusion.

• Don't eat poptails and drive.

Resources

• Flavored Vodkas
• Rums