Homemade Bomb Pops

One of my absolute favorite summer memories from when I was a child was playing outside with my friends, most of the time all day long until the street lights came on, and Bomb Pops.  As an adult, I don’t do much playing outside, unless I’m chasing my little monsters, but I do still enjoy a Bomb Pop on a hot summer day. 

A few nights ago I was having a serious craving for one of my favorite popsicles when I decided to try my hand at making a homemade version of a Bomb Pop.  While I couldn’t get the consistency of mine to quite match the store bought version(I don’t know the word really to describe their consistency, aside from almost creamy), the taste was almost right on.  And while I still definitely prefer the real thing, my Homemade Bomb Pop’s will definitely hit the spot the next time those late night cravings hit again. 

Homemade Bomb Pops

 

You’ll Need:
1 package of Cherry Kool-Aid
1 package of Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid
1 package of Lemonade
Sugar
Popsicle molds (small paper cups and popsicle sticks work too)

Directions:
Prepare Kool-Aid according to package directions (I made all 3 flavors at the same time in different containers).  Pour Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid into the bottom of popsicle molds (fill molds about 1/3 full with Blue Raspberry Flavor) and place in the freezer to freeze completely.  (I should mention that this process does take a little time, but the results are awesome so it’s worth it and the kids had a lot of fun helping so I consider that a success). 

Once blue layer has frozen, remove popsicle molds and pour 1/3 of the Lemonade over the Blue Raspberry layer and pop into freezer until Lemonade layer is almost frozen (with a thin layer of ice over the top) and then slowly add the Cherry Kool-Aid on top of the Lemonade mixture, filling the mold to the top.  Place tops on the molds (you may have to push a little harder when inserting the tops (if they have sticks attached to the tops)  to carefully break through the lemonade layer.  Freeze popsicles until completely frozen (I chose to freeze them overnight) and serve. 

TIP:  If you’re popsicle molds are like mine, sitting them down in a bowl of hot water before trying to pull them out of the mold will help them release easily.

Enjoy!

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Easy 4th of July JELL-O Cupcakes!

Since July 4th is this coming Monday and I know that everyone will be having cookouts and get-together’s this long weekend I thought I’d share one of my favorite dessert recipes with y’all.  These are easy, absolutely amazingly yummy, and you can even make them red, white, and blue in honor of the 4th!

 

Red, White, and Blue Jell-O Cupcakes!

 

Makes  2 dozen

 

1 box of white cake mix (prepared according to package directions)

1 3 oz. box of your favorite red Jell-O (we used cherry)

1 tub of Cool-Whip

Blue food coloring (optional)

 

Preheat oven according to package directions.  Prepare white cake mix according to package directions, fill cupcake pan (lined with cupcake papers) 3/4 of the way full and follow the baking instructions for cupcakes.  Once the cupcakes have cooled place the cupcakes inside of a baking dish (I used 2 13x9 baking dishes to accommodate all of the cupcakes).  With a toothpick or fork poke holes into the tops of the cupcakes (going about 3/4 of the way into the cupcakes…be careful NOT to poke through the bottom of the cupcakes). 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile dissolve Jell-O using 1 cup of boiling water and set aside.  DO NOT add the cold water to the Jell-O!  Once the Jell-O has dissolved pour into a measuring cup and then slowly soak the top of each cupcake with enough of the Jell-O to cover the top.  Once all of the cupcakes have been soaked with Jell-O  transfer the cupcakes into clean baking dishes and refrigerate at least 2 hours (I made them the night before and refrigerated them, covered, overnight). 

 

 

 

 

Right before serving cupcakes (or up to an hour or two before if you cover and refrigerate afterward) add 2 to 3 drops of food coloring to the Cool Whip and lightly fold until you reach the desired blue color (you can also skip this step and just use the Cool Whip as is, which is what I did).  If adding food coloring be careful not to mix or whip the air out of the Cool Whip.  Frost the top of each cupcake with Cool Whip and serve.

 

 

These cupcakes are AMAZING and you WILL be asked to make them every single time there is a get-together!  The best part is that they are beyond moist and so full of flavor from the Jell-O!  Enjoy!

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