homemade ice pops

The Best BPA-free Popsicle Molds for Homemade Ice Pops

Updated summer 2013 edition! Each summer I release a BPA-free popsicle mold guide for green families. Why? Because homemade ice pops rock. They save resources, save you money and are fun besides. If you’re new to homemade ice pops start with the following posts, then check out the popsicle molds below. Benefits of homemade popsicles How [...]

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Upcoming Book Title: 200 Best Ice Pop Recipes

I recently posted 8 Cool Popsicle Recipe Books for Year-round Organic Ice Pop Fun. As you can tell from the number 8, there aren’t that many popsicle recipe books around. I did just see this recent upcoming title though… 200 Best Ice Pop Recipes It looks fairly decent, though it does seem slim on images [...]

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8 Cool Popsicle Recipe Books for Year-round Organic Ice Pop Fun

So, I’ve been looking around to see which popsicle recipe books are available nowadays, because my goal was to post the top 10 popsicle books, but sadly, it’s slim pickings. It’s hard to even find a popsicle book with over 15 reviews on Amazon. Once you get under 15 reviews, I don’t really feel like [...]

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Silly Lollypop Men Popsicle Molds

These silly Lollypop Stick Men Popsicle Molds will have your kids laughing all the way to the freezer. Most ice pop mold handles are a bit boring, but not these stick-minded handles with their crazy antics. Just pour your favorite popsicle mixture into the molds, pop in a silly reusable stick-man handle and wait about an hour or two for [...]

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Green Product Review: Tolovo Popsicle Molds

Review summary: Though I talk about them all the time, I’ve never done a dedicated Tolovo ice pop mold review even though I’ve made well over 1,000 ice pops with them. So, it’s high time. These popsicle molds are, for the most part, excellent molds with very few cons. This review has been updated and [...]

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Freezycup Stainless Steel Individual Ice Pop Mold

We’ve seen one stainless steel popsicle mold here before, but I’ve never tried them because they’re fairly expensive and I’ve read some wacky reviews of the set on Amazon, noting that steel shavings show up in the popsicles (yikes). No idea if it’s true, but that’s what I’ve read. Anyhow, recently I came across these [...]

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Crazy Google Eyed Ice Pop Molds

It’s rare we see something new on the popsicle front around here, but today, check these out: Frosty Friends Novelty Ice Pop Molds with Google Eyes These super fun popsicle molds are nowhere near dull and will really delight your kids The set comes with a silicone base for making three crazy eyed pops and, [...]

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How to make organic homemade vegan popsicles

Making proper organic popsicles was one of my main issues with going vegan, which shouldn’t surprise anyone here. Of course I’d jump to ice pops – you don’t mess with popsicles gosh darn it. That said, I figured I’d post how to transform any ice pop from vegetarian to vegan for myself and for any [...]

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Should you make sugar-free ice pops?

This question is part of the Organic Homemade Popsicle Q&A series. As I pointed out in two previous posts (see below) sugarless ice pops don’t freeze or taste as good as ice pops made with some sort of sweetener. A sugarless pop is akin to plain old ice – way too hard and flavorless for an ice pop. How [...]

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Can I make homemade organic popsicles without a blender?

This question is part of the Organic Homemade Popsicle Q&A series. If you don’t have a blender and you want to make homemade ice pops year-round, I’d buck up and get a decent inexpensive blender. You don’t need to pay much for a blender that will get the job done and last forever. I spent [...]