Not Made Of Money

With the heat of Summer here, my kids are always wanting a cool treat. My solution to keep them happy while still keeping the grocery costs down is to make homemade popsicles. I purchased a couple of popsicle molds at the dollar store and I have an assortment of ways that I make the popsicles.

1. Orange juice popsicles. I fill the popsicle molds with orange juice. These taste wonderful! Sometimes I mix frozen orange juice concentrate with lemonade concentrate (adding the appropriate amounts of water) and make my popsicles with this mixture.

2. Kool-Aid or fruit punch popsicle. I try to buy any mix that is on sale. Sometimes we combine different punch or kool-aid flavors. Kids love to experiment with their favorite flavors!

3. A juice and fruit pop. You make these by using the blender and mixing orange juice with either canned/drained peaches or pears and then putting the mix into the popsicle molds. I’ve even heard of people making popsicles from the leftover juice from canned fruit.

Other resources for homemade popsicles:

Summer Popsicle Recipes – Great recipe for a dripless popsicle!

For those who love strawberries, here is a recipe for a homemade strawberry treat.

Frozen orange creamsicle pop , Berry Yogurt Popsicles, and perfect for the 4th of July, Rocket Pops!

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