Pineapple Coconut Pops

We followed the recipe on the Zoku Company's Blog for Pineapple Coconut Pops.

The ingredients were simple:

8 ounces fresh pineapple

½ cup pineapple juice

¼ cup unsweetened coconut milk

¼ cup milk

2 tablespoons sugar

¼ cup sweetened shredded coconut

One Simple Step:

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth

After waiting about 10 minutes for them to freeze, removal was a cinch with the Super Tool.

They looked a little plain,

so we poured coconut milk over them and rolled them in more shredded coconut.

Overall, they were a good introduction to learning how the Zoku Pop Maker works.

The pineapple taste was a bit overpowering,

so next time we'll add more shredded coconut before and after blending.

For a New Year's celebration, it could be fun to get this:

Wilton Shimmering Stars Edible Glitter

and roll the popsicles in them.

The gold and yellow combination would make a unique sparkly treat!

LUCUMA POPS

The lúcuma (Pouteria lucuma) is a subtropical fruit native to the Peru's Andean region.

We utilized the Powder to make this delicious recipe. Lucuma powder tends to settle at the bottom of the mix so it needed to be stirred often. A good idea was to pour the mix one third at a time at 3 minute intervals. This gave it a layered look. We used the Oh, Fudge! recipe but substituted the Lucuma powder for the cocoa.

Official Zoku Blog

http://blog.zokuhome.com/

Obviously, I didn't make these...but I did find the official Zoku Blog! We have to make ours better! What we lack in perfection, we will make up for with pizazz!

Wow! What next holiday is coming up? NYE? MLK Day? Hmmm....

Strawberry Yogurt Pops

The New Orleans team has officially entered the Roku craze. What a wonderful and fun gift!

First off, I would strongly recommend to any new Roku user that reading the directions is important. As I do in my normal day to day life, I didn't read the directions and boy, I should've! My problem solving skills were absolutely put to the test when I created my first popsicle creation, put it in the freezer and waited 9 minutes...only to find it was still liquid! So, if you're a Roku user, you realize that we didn't allow it the 24 hours of freezing prior to use. Oh well, we just left our popsicles in the freezer for 24 hours and they were perfect. :-)

For our first creation, we decided to practice the basics (since clearly we had enough issues with the basics when it came to freezing!) and go with a test run. We used fresh strawberries, strawberry yogurt, orange juice and a little bit of water. A very natural and refreshing treat. See picture above.

To add, Mia is great with adding recipes, but I don't do recipes. I'm a rebel. I just go with what I feel! So if we ever happen to come up with an awesome popsicle, you'll know its always a one of a kind creation.

We are now in the planning phase for our NYE popsicle. More posts to come...

Kristen & Colleston

Zoku + TSA = unhappy

well, i dont know how the tsa would have reacted, but my brief google searches informed me that you can't carry-on the zoku quick pop maker. since there is some magic liquid in the zoku that the tsa cant quantify they force you to check it. i refused to gamble, so it will be sent via usps (mom promises that she'll send it shortly via flat-rate box)...so no pops from me for a few days!! :( just wanted to place this public service announcement in case you, too, were thrinking about traveling with you zoku!

"Oh, Fudge!"

When cooking with wine, they always say to use a wine you would drink. The same rule applies to popsicle making (don't worry, these aren't wine pops!). I have wonderful memories of eating fudge-sicles growing up and these were even better! We used a high-quality powdered chocolate (Peruvian, in fact) which worked well in this recipe. The chocolate flavor is so intense -- so be sure to choose your favorite cocoa!


Recipe for Oh, Fudge:
1 cup water
2.5 ox bittersweet chocolate
1/3 cup sugar
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup (2.5oz) milk
1Tbsp half & half

In a medium saucepan over low heat whisk together the water, chocolate, sugar, and salt until the chocolate has completely melted (do not boil) and chocolate granules have dissolved, about 5 min (test by dipping a clean spoon into the mixture; if you don't see many chocolate specks, it's ready to come off the heat). Let cool slightly (about 10 min). Whisk in the milk and half & half. Refrigerate until cool. Pour into the molds and wait 9 min. Yields 6.

Honeydew-Basil Pops

Our first popsicle attempt was a success! We proceeded straight to advanced techniques and used star shaped pear slices inside the pop. Forget fancy tools, we just used a chopstick to place them onto the mold. Interestingly these tasted very similar to a mojito and were delicious.We were skeptical, but it really works!

Recipe:
18-1inch honeydew melon cubes (9oz chopped)
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
4 large basil leaves
3 Tbsp water
1Tbsp + 2 Tsp of sugar

Combine Ingredients in blender and puree for 30-60 seconds until basil leaves are fully broken down (we used hand blender). Chill popsicle base and pour into molds for 9 minutes. Makes 6 pops.