Zoku Popsicles

My friend recently purchased a Zoku Duo Quick Pop Maker which you can find here on Amazon. I went over to her house today, and we made some delicious popsicles!

The Zoku maker is an insulated box that has spaces carved out for popsicles. Surrounding the popsicle holes is a metal material that helps freeze the popsicles quickly (the maker always stays in the freezer). To make the popsicles, you create a mix of blended fruit or fruit juice and water, and pour it into the Zoku maker. You can also add chunks of fruit. In less than 10 minutes, the popsicles are frozen and ready to eat!

 

 

For our first set, we made orange juice and lemonade popsicles. We used juice concentrate, but fruit juice would work too.

To begin, we combined about a spoonful each of orange juice and lemonade along with some water. You only need to make a little bit of the mixture for 2 popsicles.

Next, we placed the reusable plastic popsicle sticks in the slots that are designated for them.

Then we poured the mixture into the maker.

 

After filling, we placed the it in the freezer.

In seven minutes, the popsicles were ready!

To remove the popsicles, you twist a green handle around the stick. Then, you lift out the popsicle. You place it back in the maker, undo the green handle, and then take the popsicle out using the stick. This video demonstrates how.

YUM! For our second batch, we blended pineapple, water, and a little bit of sugar.

Then, we poured the mixture into the Zoku, and repeated the whole process again.

Voila!

The pineapple popsicles were delicious, but the orange juice and lemonade ones were kind of sour. The Zoku maker is such a cool idea, works really well, creates (pretty) healthy snacks, and is so fun to use! I'm definitely going to consider purchasing one.