Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Frozen Goodies



My popsicle molds get a lot of use. When I was a kid living in Texas, I remember always having frozen orange juice or grape juice popsicles, and a lot of times that's still what I'll have in my freezer. But I also need some chocolate now and then...

All the recipes I found for fudgsicles involved mixing up a box of instant pudding and then freezing it, which I was not going to do. Then I saw a recipe in Martha Stewart FOOD for vanilla pudding pops. I tried a batch (which I infused with cardamom pods - yum.) So then I took the chocolate pudding recipe I usually use, and tweaked it a little bit...then stuck it in the freezer. I think I have made it two or three times this summer.

Later in the summer my dad made some incredible strawberry jam. One batch didn't set, so he was left with some strawberry syrup. I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it...(see the picture above!) I used this recipe for lemon pudding, then swirled the strawberry syrup through it. I can't even begin to express HOW GOOD these are!

Fudgsicles

- 3 Tbsp corn starch
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- generous 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla

Combine sugar, cocoa, starch and salt in a saucepan. Whisk in milk, then yolks. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until first bubbles appear, then cook another minute (pudding will be starting to thicken.) Take off heat. Pour through seive, then add vanilla. Pour into popsicle mold and freeze.

5 comments:

Brittany said...

YUM! I need to get some of those lil popsicle stick thingies. I loce a good fuggicle.

Peabody said...

I ate my fair share while living in AZ. Those look so nice and refreshing.

Cynthia said...

It is so darn hot down here, would love to have one or two of your frozen goodies.

Laura Paterson said...

Mmmm - must be the best use of failed jam - ever!

Anonymous said...

I am still using the Tupperware Popsicle molds my mom had when I was a kid. I'm probably poisoning my family from the degrading plastic. . .but they still work!
I've always just frozen juice. . .but, uh. . . homemade fudgsicles?! Holy Gods!