Best home-made ice lolly recipes for kids and how to make them this summer
Skip the frozen aisle of the supermarket with these incredibly simple and totally delicious home-made ice lollies
YOU'LL never again need to rush to the supermarket in the summer heat when your kids ask for ice lollies thanks to these easy faff free recipes.
From strawberry, to cola, these give a range of different flavour options that will leave both children and adults satisfied with the taste, and feeling a lot cooler no matter the scorching temperatures outside.
Strawberry ice pops
You can't go wrong with a classic strawberry lolly. Fact.
Made with just three ingredients, all you need is a punnet of fresh strawberries, 1 orange, 60ml of water, and 50g of caster sugar.
Firstly, put the sugar and water in a saucepan and allow to boil for three minutes until the liquid forms a sugary syrup.
Meanwhile, cut the stalks off the strawberries and puree in a blender.
Once the syrup has cooled, combine the puree, syrup and juiced orange into six ice lolly moulds.
Freeze for as long as they take to set (usually around 4 hours) and serve. Voila!
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Tropical ice lollies
This one couldn't be any simpler - plus the .
Combine 100ml of tropical fruit juice with a further 100ml of lemonade, mix and then decant into as many ice lolly moulds as they comfortably fill.
Seriously, there's no excuse for buying a tropical ice lolly ever again.
We'd recommend jazzing it up a bit with some kiwi and watermelon slices for full summer picnic effect.
Cola ice lollies
Offering up a less sugary alternative to a normal fizzy drink, these are on the slightly more complicated side of things.
To make these homemade cola treats, you will need 2 limes, half a lemon, 4 tbsp of light brown sugar, a cinnamon stick and 500ml of water.
Start by grating the lime zest into a pan and combining with the brown sugar, cinnamon stick and a mug of water.
Allow to simmer for five minutes before cooling and then add the lemon and lime juice.
After this, strain into a measuring jug and add 500ml of water before serving into the moulds. Four hours later and you're good to go, not a can of coke in sight.