Blue Martini Ice Pops Food

HEALTHY RED, WHITE AND BLUE FROZEN POPS

Steps:

• Put six 3-to 4-ounce ice pop molds in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Combine the strawberries and 1 tablespoon each coconut cream and honey in a blender. Puree until smooth. Pour into a liquid measuring cup and set aside. Rinse out the blender.
• Combine coconut milk, 1 tablespoon each coconut cream and lime juice in the blender. Puree until smooth.
• Evenly divide strawberry puree between the frozen pop molds. Carefully layer the coconut milk over the strawberry puree. Freeze for 30 minutes. Rinse out the blender.
• When you are ready to complete the frozen pops, combine the blueberries and the remaining 1 tablespoon each coconut cream, honey and lime juice in the blender. Puree until smooth (see Cook's Note).
• Remove the frozen pop molds from the freezer and fill with the blueberry puree, and insert the frozen pop mold stick.
• Freeze until set, at least 4 hours up to overnight. Let sit at room temperature for 5 minutes before unmolding and serving.

ICE POPS

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin, soft drink mix and sugar in boiling water. Stir in cold water and pour into popsicle molds or small plastic drinking cups. Add popsicle sticks when firm but not frozen completely; freeze until hard.

BLUE MARTINI ICE POPS

Steps:

• Simmer water, sugar, and zest in a small saucepan, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Cool syrup, then stir in gin, vermouth, and Curaçao. Discard zest. Pour into molds and freeze at least 24 hours. Add sticks when mixture is slushy, about 1 hour.

BLUEBERRY SWIRL ICE POPS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring blueberries and 1/4 cup sugar to a boil over high. Reduce heat and simmer, crushing berries against side of pan with a wooden spoon, until mixture is syrupy, 3 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and refrigerate until cool, 30 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar, yogurt, and cream until sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Pour yogurt and blueberry mixtures, alternating them, into eight 3-ounce ice-pop molds, making 5 or 6 layers in each. With a skewer or thin-bladed knife, swirl mixtures together in an up-and-down motion. Insert ice-pop sticks and freeze until solid, about 6 hours (or up to 2 weeks).

COOL BLUE MARTINI

Steps:

• In a shaker filled with ice, add first four ingredients.
• Shake well, then strain into 2 martini glasses.
• Garnish with lemon twists.

BLUE MARTINI ICE POPS

Steps:

• In a saucepan simmer water, sugar and lemon zest until sugar is dissolved.
• Cool the syrup, then stir in gin, vermouth and Curacao; discard the lemon zest.
• Pour into molds and freeze until the mixture is slushy.
• Insert the sticks, then return to freezer.