Serving Up Summer, One Popsicle at a Time

We here in Seattle, where the current daytime high temperature is 56 degrees F, have heard tales that the rest of the nation (more or less) is experiencing summer. We're told of heat waves and days where people actually see the sun. And while I'd hoped to write this post while lusting after an ice-cold popsicle, I instead dedicate the post to those of you chasing down the ice cream truck in your neighborhood. As for Seattleites, well, we can only dream...

And I do dream--of colorful popsicles in shapes of starbursts and rockets. Check out these super-cute popsicle molds:

• Tovolo shooting stars
• Tovolo rockets
• Cuisipro sailboats

The best part of making your own popsicles? You can make any flavor you want! When the sun does finally come out in Seattle, I think I'll try this recipe, recently featured on YumSugar (visit their site for step-by-step photos!):

Vietnamese-Style Coffee on a Stick

Ingredients:
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1-3/4 cups water
1/4 cup freshly ground espresso

Directions:
1. Brew the coffee to a strong robust flavor, approximately 10 minutes if using a French press.
2. Pour the sweetened condensed milk into a separate bowl.
3. Slowly pour the hot coffee into the bowl with the sweetened condense milk. Stir.
4. Chill coffee and sweetened condensed milk mixture in the refrigerator until cool.
5. Strain the coffee, if needed.
6. Fill popsicle mold and place in freezer.
7. Once frozen, pop out of the mold and enjoy.

Makes 4 popsicles, depending on size of mold.

--KitchenMaus

Comments

[Honolulu Mom on June 10, 2008 at 12:53 PM]

Yum -- this is a winner! I wonder how adding some large cooked pearl tapioca to the mixture before freezing would taste. One of my favorite summer icy drinks is the Pearl Vietnamese Coffee (with a large circumference straw, of course) from Chinatown in Honolulu.

[Sous-chef on the Run on June 10, 2008 at 04:24 PM]

Can't wait to try this recipe--looks delicious! I bet you could do a Thai Iced Tea popcicle using CurrySimple's Thai Iced Tea Concentrate:
http://www.currysimple.com/servlet/the-22/Thai-Tea%2C-CurrySimple%2C-Thai/Detail