Recipe: Boozy Innocent Smoothie Popsicles

In the Summer, when I was a kid, instead of always having shop brought ice lollies my Mummy used to experiment with making our own for me using drinking yogurt, fromage frais, fruit juice and practically everything healthy you could possibly think of giving your child. (I think the drinking yogurt ones were my favourite!) For years the popsicle mould sat in the bottom of our larder not doing much until I had an idea. You can make ice lollies out of Innocent Smoothie, right? And you can add alcohol to them, right? And so my Boozy Innocent Smoothie Popsicles were born...
All the measurements depend on your moulds, but for a mix that makes about 10 popsicles you need one regular sized carton of smoothie and 85g of alcohol, extremely well mixed. You can use any flavour combination you wish, but my favourite combination so far that I really cannot get enough of is Strawberry & Banana smoothie with Limencello Liquor which makes irresistible strawberry and lemon popsicles. Also in the picture is Kiwis, Apples & Limes smoothie with Vodka. It makes for a really refreshing and slightly sour popsicle, but you can barely taste the Vodka in them. A little pro tip, if you find with your moulds you find it hard to get the lid off as the lolly sticks have slanted about anchoring it in place, let it freeze for an hour before you put the sticks in.


I'd love it if you let me know what you thought of these if you try them, and any of your favourite combinations if you try something different - at the moment I'm plotting Pineapples, Bananas & Coconuts smoothie with Rum...