Now's the time to clean out your freezer! Trust us, you'll need the extra space to test these 14 grown-up popsicles, plus seven other refreshing adults-only treats we came across. By Alexa Tucker, REDBOOK.
Courtesy of Confections of a Foodie Bride
1 bottle dry white wine
½ cup simple syrup
½ cup orange liqueur
2 lemons
2 cups chopped fruit (recommended: strawberries, green apples, peaches and blackberries)
Combine wine, syrup, and orange liqueur. Juice 1 lemon into mixture. Slice other lemon thinly and halve the slices. Add in remaining fruit. Pour into 3-ounce paper cups and freeze for 2 hours. Insert popsicle sticks and freeze until solid. Yields 24.
Courtesy of Bakers Royale
1⁄3 cup blackberries
4 oz crème de cassis
Splash of fresh lime juice
2 pinches lime zest
20 oz Prosecco
Pour crème de cassis on blackberries and crush. Add lime juice and zest. Put 1 tsp of mixture into each popsicle form and pour Prosecco on top. Freeze for 2 hours. Insert popsicle sticks and freeze overnight. Yields 12
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Courtesy of SheKnows
3 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
2 oz tangerine flavored vodka
¼ orange, segmented and diced into small pieces
Combine juice and vodka. Place 1 piece of orange chunk in the bottom of each popsicle mold. Fill the molds ¾ full. Freeze at least 3 hours, or until frozen. Yields 6.
Courtesy of Confections of a Foodie Bride
½ cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
¼ cup silver tequila
¼ cup orange liqueur
12 3 oz. disposable paper cups + popsicle sticks
Heat water and sugar in small saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Let cool. Pour into pitcher with lime juice, tequila, and orange liqueur. Pour 5 Tbsp of margarita into each cup. Freeze for 2 hours, then insert popsicle sticks. Freeze overnight.
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½ pint lemonade
½ pint iced tea, slightly sweetened
Handful of mint leaves
Shots of cold gin
Combine lemonade and tea; fill molds ¼ full. Thinly slice the mint. Scatter a few over the liquid and freeze until semi-hard (25 minutes.) Repeat until molds are full. Serve with shot of gin to dip into while eating.
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Courtesy of Garrett Kern
¼ cup fresh blood orange juice, strained
¼ cup Grand Marnier
1 pinch salt
Plastic wrap, as needed
Toothpicks, as needed
Mix juice, Grand Marnier, and salt. Pour into ice cube tray. Wrap tray tightly in 2-3 layers of plastic wrap. Insert toothpick into each compartment and freeze until solid. For an interesting presentation, serve them stuck in an orange. Yields 20.
Courtesy of SheKnows
3 cups cranberry juice
½ oz triple sec
1 oz cranberry flavored vodka
1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
6 fresh cranberries
Combine cranberry juice, triple sec, vodka and lime juice in a bowl. Place one cranberry in the bottom of each mold. Pour in juice mixture until molds are ¾ full. Place lids on molds and freeze at least 3 hours, or until frozen. Yields 6.
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Courtesy of Local Kitchen
12 oz rhubarb pulp (2 lbs of stewed rhubarb, drained for juice)
1 cup orange juice
½ cup + 2 Tbsp fine-grain sugar
2 Tbsp tequila
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 cup cranberries (frozen)
Blend rhubarb pulp, orange juice, sugar, tequila, and lime. Add cranberries and process until mixture turns pink with bits of cranberry visible. Spoon into molds. Allow to freeze partially (about 1 hour) before adding popsicle sticks. Yields 8.
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