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June 30, 2011

Homemade Blueberry Popsicles





These are so refreshing and perfect for a hot day like today!  I personally love little fruit chunks in my popsicles but my daughter is not a fan, so I strained out the "yucky lumps" for her.  It was quite hard getting a decent photo; as soon as they come out of the freezer, they didn't stand a chance!  My daughter asked every 15 minutes when they would be done waited as patiently as a 6 year old is capable of and once they were ready, there was about a 2-second interval from the time they left the freezer until the time they entered her mouth.  Kids!


Ingredients:
Printable Recipe
  • 1 pint fresh blueberries 
  • 1/2 c water
  • 1/2 c white sugar 
  • 2 tsp orange zest 
  • 1 c grape juice 
Directions:

Process the blueberries, water, sugar, orange zest and grape juice together in a food processor.  Press the blueberry mixture through a sieve, extracting as much of the juice as you can.

Pour the liquid into freezer pop containers.  Freeze until set.

Enjoy!


12 comments:

  1. Yum! I think my son would LOVE LOVE these and just bought some Popsicle molds the other day. Going to try these out today but i don't have blueberries so I might use strawberries? Should be the same recipe right?

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  2. The neighbor kids went crazy over these and they loved that they were homemade! Yes, would be the same recipe but I use apple juice or milk with strawberries instead of the grape juice. :)

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  3. Oh, you just have to look at the girls' faces to know these were a major hit! This is a recipe to hang onto for sure!

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  4. This is my kind of treat...In fact, I'm posting a homemade blueberry ice cream later this week:)

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  5. Beautiful, happy kids with partially eaten fresh blueberry popsicles...Your photos captured it just right!

    P.S. Adding the orange zest is killer :)

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  6. Looks reallly slurping good! I would enjoy it too as much the kids do! Both your daughters are very cute!

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  7. I just picked some blueberries so I am definitely going to have to try this out!

    xo

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  8. Refreshing and easy to make! Great idea!

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  9. Great idea for the kids, I think they would love these! Mmm Good!!

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  10. I totally understands why your kids couldn't wait to taste the popsicles! They sound delicious! Your girls are adorable. Thanks for sharing.

    Amy
    http://utry.it

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  11. Love me some blueberries! And love creative uses for them, like this. I just made & posted about Blueberry-Lime Iced Tea ... it's yummy, too!

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  12. I love homemade popsicles and they're so much healthier than storebought. Thanks for linking up to Sweets for a Saturday.

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