How to make great Tasting Homemade Popsicles

Homemade Popsicle are easy to make and you can save money making great tasting homemade Popsicles rather than buying store bought Popsicles. With this recipe you Popsicles will turn out as good or better than the store bought Popsicles.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 Kool-Aid packets - Any Flavor
• Water
• Mixing Spoon
• 2 Quart Pitcher
• Popsicle Tray OR
• Ice cube tray
• Tooth Picks or Popsicle sticks
• Plastic Warp

1. Pour both Kool-Aid packets, any flavor you wish, into the 2 Quart pitcher.
   If you need more than 2 Quarts of Popsicles, Use 2 Packets of Kool-Aid per 2 Quarts. This will help to maintain the flavor after freezing.

2. Add water to the pitcher with the Kool-Aid mix up to the two Quart level.
   Stir until the Kool-Aid mix is dissolved.

3. Fill the Popsicle tray 3/4 full with the Kool-Aid. Remember the Kool-Aid will expand when frozen and will finish the other 1/4 of the Popsicle tray. Insert the tops with sticking onto the Popsicle Tray
   
   OR
   
   Fill ice cube tray 3/4 full. Cover the ice cube tray with plastic wrap. Poke a hold trough the plastic wrap with the tooth picks or Popsicle sticks. Each tooth pick should be in the middle of each ice cube Popsicle.

4. Freeze the Popsicles for about four hours or until frozen solid.
   When removing the Popsicles from the tray, you can dip the tray into warm water to make the Popsicle easier to remove.

Tips & Warnings

• Can be used with no sugar Kool-Aid if needed.
• Popsicles make great snacks for Hot Summer Days.
• As suggested by many reader you could also use fruit juice. Use 2 cans of concentrated fruit juice and add 3/4th of the suggested water.

Resources

• Kool-Aid
• Great Homemade Slushy
• Tracy's Other Aritcles

[sallyemaycreate]

on 7/12/2009 Great idea... brings back memories! 100% fruit juice would be great for kids! Thanks 5*

[cherylphillips]

on 7/11/2009 Great job with the description! 5*

[tracysmith159]

on 7/10/2009 Not a bad suggestion. I remade the Popsicles with concentrated fruit juice and only add 3/4 of the suggested water. Came out great. Thanks for giving me the idea. Also if you don't like the tooth picks, you could buy Popsicles sticks at your local store, then just cut a small slit in the Plastic wrap to place the Popsicle stick in.

[MommyTeach]

on 7/10/2009 Toothpicks are good but just too dangerous for the little ones. Maybe snapping the popsicle sticks and then sanding the edge down and washing and drying them before use might be better. I've made them with fruit juice too which is yummy and healthy. 5*

[godfather25]

on 6/30/2009 Great article on making great tasting homemade popsicles.