These are the popsicles I imagined when I bought popsicle molds. Popsicles so simple and inexpensive to make, yet bursting with flavors both sweet and tart. Popsicles that come together easily, from ingredients I usually have on hand, yet taste like some kind of frozen confectionary masterpiece.
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Herbal tea is one of my favorite drinks of all time, and hibiscus is one of my favorite types of herbal tea. I like hibiscus as hot tea, or iced tea, in sorrel, with seltzer from my soda stream, and now, as an Arnold Palmer style popsicle with lemonade.
When I first decided I would make these I wasn't 100% sure about how to go about it. Could I get the two liquids to stack, like some restaurants do? Should I make the tea and lemonade totally separately, like when one makes an Arnold Palmer drink? If I did that, I would either need to make a simple syrup for the lemonade aspect. While simple syrup isn't hard, I wanted this recipe to be very simple.
Then I realized I could just add all the sugar for the lemonade and the tea to the tea while it was hot, then add some cold water and lemon, and voila, Arnold Palmer. I then decided to add some raspberries because yum, raspberries. If you have a different berry- strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, any of these would work nicely in this pop. The berries aren't even necessary- the tea/lemonade pop would be great on its own.
Hibiscus Tea Lemonade Popsicles
4 Cups water, divided
3 hibiscus teabags (or 3 tsp loose tea)
Juice of 4 lemons
1/4 C Honey
3 Tbsp Sugar
1 Cup raspberries
Boil 2 Cups water, and add a few cubes of ice to the other 2 Cups water, to keep it nice and cold.
When the water boils add the tea bags, let steep until the tea is a very rich red- about 4 minutes.
Remove tea bags and add honey and sugar, mix until both dissolve fully. Add lemon juice and the ice water, mix well.
Allow to cool for a bit if you use plastic molds, to prevent any melting or leeching of plastic chemicals.
Add a small handful of raspberries to each mold, about 7 berries, and fill with the tea/lemonade. The berries will float at the top. If you wish to disperse them better you can push some down with your popsicle sticks when you insert them.
Add your sticks/covers to your molds, and freeze about 7-8 hours. I run my molds under warm water for about 10-15 seconds before removing the pop when serving.
Substitutions: Black tea, the traditional Arnold Palmer tea, would be lovely in these pops, as would green, chamomile, or a myriad of fruity herbal teas.
The 3 Tbsp sugar could be replaced with 3 tbsp honey, or 2 tbsp of agave syrup.
Substitutions: Black tea, the traditional Arnold Palmer tea, would be lovely in these pops, as would green, chamomile, or a myriad of fruity herbal teas.
The 3 Tbsp sugar could be replaced with 3 tbsp honey, or 2 tbsp of agave syrup.
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