Coconut Cherry And Vanilla Bean Ice Pops Food

COCONUT POPS

Steps:

• Puree a 14-ounce can of coconut milk with the grated zest of 1 lime, the juice of 2 limes, 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar and 1/4 cup shredded coconut. Pour into small popsicle molds or 3-ounce paper cups; insert wooden popsicle sticks. Freeze several hours, or until firm.

CHERRY-COCONUT ICE POPS

Steps:

• Whisk the yogurt with the coconut milk and 2 tablespoons of the sugar in a medium bowl until the homogeneous and smooth. Set aside.
• Combine the cherries with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the cherries start to break down, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir and continue cooking until the mixture reaches a jam-like consistency. Use a wooden spoon or potato masher to mash the cherries and continue cooking until the cherries have thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Place a tablespoon of the yogurt mixture in each cavity of a ten (3- to 4-ounce) cavity ice pop mold. Add a tablespoon of the cherries to each. Top each with another tablespoon of the yogurt. Continue alternating until the cavities are nearly full. Cover the mold and insert the ice pop sticks. Freeze until frozen, at least 6 hours.
• Run the mold under water to loosen the ice pops. Remove the ice pops and enjoy immediately or freeze them in an airtight container with parchment paper separating each row of pops (see Cook's Note).

COCONUT ICE POPS

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, mix coconut milk, half-and-half and sugar. Heat over medium heat 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in coconut extract and coconut. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Pour coconut mixture evenly into molds or cups. Cover with foil; place in freezer about 25 minutes or until partially frozen. Insert craft stick through foil into each pop. Freeze 8 hours or until firm. To serve, remove pops from molds or peel off paper cups.