Mandarin Orange Coconut Freezer Pops Food

MANDARIN ORANGE-COCONUT FREEZER POPS

Steps:

• 1. Add coconut milk, oranges, and sugar to blender. Blend until smooth.
• 2. Pour mixture into ice pop holders and insert popsicle sticks, or plastic tops.
• 3. Freeze 5 hours or overnight.

ORANGE CREAM POPS

Steps:

• For Ice Pops:
• In a small saucepan add the reserved Mandarin orange juice and 1 cup of sugar, and cook over medium-high heat until thick and syrupy, about 8 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
• Reserve 4 orange segments for garnishing the Orange Fizz Cocktail. In a blender combine the cooled syrup with remaining oranges and puree. Reserve 1 cup of the blended orange mixture for Orange Fizz Cocktail. Add the heavy cream to the blender with remaining orange mixture and vodka, if desired, and blend until smooth. Pour into ice pop molds, cover, insert ice pop sticks and freeze until frozen, about 4 hours.

REAL FOOD CHOCOLATE DIPPED MANDARIN ORANGES

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper. Place it in the freezer to chill while you prepare everything.
• Wash and peel all of the mandarin oranges. Separate mandarins into segments. Set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add chocolate chips, healthy fat of choice and sea salt and allow to melt - stirring often. Remove from heat as soon as chocolate chips are melted.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add cacao butter and allow to melt - about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add cacao powder, honey and sea salt, whisking until fully incorporated and forms a syrup.
• Dip each mandarin orange segment halfway into the melted chocolate and place on the lined baking sheet. If you're using sea salt, lightly sprinkle a few grains of salt over the melted chocolate.
• Immediately return the chocolate dipped mandarins on the baking sheet to the freezer. Allow to chill for at least 15 minutes before serving.

COCONUT MANDARIN PARFAITS

Steps:

• Pour milk into medium bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 min or until well blended.
• Spoon half of the pudding evenly into 4 dessert glasses, and drop a few mandarin orange slices into the pudding.
• Let pudding set for 5-10 minutes.
• Cover with few mandarin slices, touching the edge of glass.
• Top orange slices with a spoonful of sheredded coconut, rest of pudding, then the rest of coconut.
• There is no set amount for each serving, just divide the layers evenly for four servings. You can also get creative with your ingredients -- like substituting bananas for the oranges. I think two average-sized bananas would work.

MANDARIN ORANGE-COCONUT FREEZER POPS

Steps:

• Add coconut milk, oranges, and sugar to blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour mixture into ice pop holders and insert popsicle sticks, or plastic tops.
• Freeze 5 hours or overnight.