Patriotic Red and Blue Freezer Pops

Patriotic Red and Blue Freezer Pops are sure to be a big hit with the kids! So cute served at Memorial Day and Fourth of July celebrations, they do take a little bit of work to get the perfect three layers but it is completely worth it.

Kids of all ages love ice pop, especially when they are red and blue! Why choose between blue or red when you can have both! These are easy to make, even the kids can join in and help.

Change the Colors of Your Freezer Pops

Red and Blue Freezer Pops are always a fun addition at Fourth of July and Memorial Day picnics. The colors can be changed for other holidays and party theme colors.

The layer colors can be changed as desired by changing the flavor of powdered drink mixes you use. The lemonade layer can also be changed with pink lemonade or fruit juice.

The only thing you really need to do is freeze between layers.

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Ingredients

• Blue Raspberry Lemonade Unsweetened Drink Mix (like Kool-Aid)
• Granulated sugar
• Lemonade
• Cherry Unsweetened Drink Mix (like Kool-Aid)
• Water

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How to make Red and Blue Freezer Pops

1. In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to a simmer. Add 1/2 cup sugar and the blue drink mix and stir until everything is fully combined. Remove from the heat.
2. Add a little blue food coloring or gel to achieve the desired shade of blue. I used about 1/8 teaspoon of royal blue food gel.
3. Fill a freezer sleeve with 1 ounce or 2 tablespoons worth of the blue liquid.
4. For example, if you prepared a large cup, insert the sleeves into tall cups and fill them with two or more cups. Place in the freezer until half set which usually takes around 4 to 6 hours.
5. Around one hour before filling the middle of the ice pop, make the lemonade and place it in the refrigerator to cool.
6. Once the bottom of the pops is frozen, you can remove them from the freezer.
7. Add 1 ounce or 2 tablespoons of lemonade on top of the partially frozen blue layer and place back into the cups. Freeze for 4-6 hours until partially frozen.
8. While the white layer is in the freezer, make the red layer. In a small saucepan, simmer 1 cup of water then add 1/2 cup of sugar and the cherry drink mix. Stir until it is dissolved.
9. Remove from heat and add 1 cup of cold water and stir.
10. Take off the heat and add a cup of cold water then stir. Put it in the refrigerator to allow it to cool completely.
11. After 4-6 hours, check the middle layer is solid. Once it is, remove it and add 1 ounce or 2 tablespoons on top of the white layer, not passing the fill line.
12. Put the ice pops back in the freezer and this time get them completely frozen, which might take up to 8 hours.

Once the ice pops are completely frozen, you can store them on their sides. They will keep in the freezer for around 1 month.

If you want a slower melting ice pop, then add some unflavored gelatin to the mix. Since these are served in a sleeve, I am never too worried about them melting too fast.

How to make the perfect pops

Unlike our adult ice pops and slushsicles, when placed into cups for freezing, they will flatten out because they are not completely full.

Just because you can squeeze more of them into a single cup doesn’t mean you should. Since only 1/3 of the sleeve is filled with liquid, you will flatten the bottom layer and the rest of the Zipzicle sleeve will never fully expand.

Notes on Making Red and Blue Freezer Pops

Unlike our adult ice pops and slushsicles, when placed into cups for freezing, they will flatten out because they are not completely full.

Just because you can squeeze more of them into a single cup doesn’t mean you should.

Since only 1/3 of the sleeve is filled with liquid, you will flatten the bottom layer and the rest of the Zipzicle sleeve will never fully expand.

If you want skinny ice pops then you will want to cram that cup full.

I personally prefer the full 3-ounce pops, so I do not put more than 4 freezer pops in a cup.

It makes for a better presentation and also buys me a few more minutes for adding the next layer.

If you want a slower melting ice pop, then add some unflavored gelatin to the mix.  Since these are served in a sleeve, I am never too worried about them melting too fast.

Instead, these mimic an otter pop, and the best part of an otter pop for me as a kid was the drinking the melted liquid at the bottom of my pop.

The flavors used for Patriotic Red White and Blue Freezer pops were Blue Raspberry Lemonade with 1/8 of teaspoon Royal Blue Food Gel, Lemonade from a powdered mix, and Cherry.

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