These watermelon pops were so easy that I can hardly justify calling it a recipe, but they're so good that I thought someone else would enjoy knowing how to make them. Chris and I got watermelons a few weeks in a row from Bountiful Baskets, and we find it tough to eat an entire one on our own before it goes bad. The first one we sliced up and brought to a potluck with some friends, but the second watermelon has just been sitting here. I've tried freezing it for smoothies, but I think the water content is too high because it ended up freezer burned. Then the other day I ran across this recipe for Watermelon-Blueberry Pops, and just had to try it. It was every bit as easy and yummy as I'd hoped. Here's what I did.1. Cut a watermelon into chunks
2. Put them in the blender. I actually had to do two rounds of melon.
3. Add in a bit of lemon/lime juice.
4. Turn the blender on and push it down so it all gets blended into a liquid.
5. Taste it and add your sweetener of choice if necessary (I didn't need any).
6. Put some blueberries at the bottom of dixie cups or whatever you're using as popsicle molds.
7. Pour your pureed liquid into the cups, and do your best to stand a popsicle stick up in them. Don't worry if they won't stand up.
8. Freeze till solid- mine were frozen in 3 hours.
Bonus tip!
To get the popsicles to release from their cups/holders, run them under water for a second or two.
Here's what one looked like when I freed it from the cup.
The dark spot in the corner is a blueberry, and the whole thing is tilted because I couldn't get the sticks to stand up straight. They still taste great though.I'm wondering if you could do this with other fruits, such as strawberries or peaches (or the cherries in our refrigerator that are on their last legs).
2 friends stopped by:
To get the sticks to stand up straight cover with plastic wrap and poke a small hole for the sticks, or let is set a bit before putting them in! Yummy! I may have to make some with the watermelon we have at home...if it makes it long enough to become something besides watermelon!
I eat sliced peaches frozen in the freezer, they are so yummy. I bet they would work good. Strawberries would too but you would have to strain the seeds out. What about mango, bananas, or honeydew melons?
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