Pops!: Icy Treats for Everyone

by Krystina Castella

You’ve never tasted ice pops quite like these—featuring over 100 creative recipes for making the perfectly sweet and refreshing summer treat
 
This innovative book gives the ice pop a flavor makeover, providing more than 100 recipes and variations for irresistible concoctions you’ve never tasted before. You’ll also learn fancy techniques for making whimsical pops that look as fun as they taste.
 
Kids will enjoy the juicy pops and flip over the soda fountain and pudding pops. Grown-up kids will dig the energy-boosting coffee and tea pops, plus delight in the sophisticated cocktail pops. And for the do-it-yourselfers, this book provides instructions for making your own pop molds from recycled housewares and even silicone. When it comes to pops, the possibilities are endless—and so much fun!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Bo]

I read the beginning part of this book and then skimmed through the recipes. The author has some very creative ideas - both for the molds and the physical making of popsicles, as well as the recipes themselves. But most of it seemed too involved and a lot of work to me. There were also a lot of, what I would call, exotic ingredients. So I'm thinking the popsicles could get pretty expensive. The coffee popsicles and alcoholic popsicles were of no interest to me either. But I could see someone who loves cooking with the flair of decorating added to it, that they might enjoy this book.

[Gabriella]

Fruity pops, tea pops, coffee pops, alcohol pops...all kinds of pops. I didn't love all of the recipes, but some of them were different from the same old pop recipes so I liked that. One thing that makes this stand out a bit from the other pop recipe books I've seen is that it has a section on pop molds, not just options available on the market but ideas for how to make your own DIY molds.

[Dey]

Appreciated the inclusion of icy treats from different cultures and suggestions on making your own moulds. Feeling inspired to make my own flavour combinations which is one of the best results a book like this can have.

I don’t know much about photography, but the photos were excellent — really showed the depth of colours.

[Kathleen]

Learn to make not only icy treats, but your own custom molds for them, too! A variety of fruit, cream, and other flavors are on offer here.

[LemontreeLime]

Great recipes!

[Kelly]

Everything in this book looks great. I appreciated the pictures, the creative recipes, and the introductions for each.

[Wendy]

This cookbook is filled with yummy recipes that include both fruit and veggies that you can turn into popsicles and enjoy all year long, but especially in summer.

[Jennifer Salazar]

I just found some extra popsicle sticks today at Sur La Table so I can make the Mai Tai, and martini pops from this book! Lots of enticing recipes, and simple clear instructions. Perfect summer treats. Some friends and I have coincidentally been curious how we could make popsicles from the ice cream recipes in David Leibovitz's great book, The Perfect Scoop. Hope the recipes in this book can help us figure that out.
AND, the author is a local designer, so that makes the book extra cool, too!

[Irene]

In Florida this winter I got into the habit of eating popsicles at night. Not one popsicle. Usually at least 4. Grape. It got expensive. So I went on Amazon looking for popsicle molds so I could make my own. This book was suggested and it sounded interesting so I bought it and I'm glad I did. It has loads of ideas for all kinds of flavors, textures, mix-ins, and ways to make them pretty. Without this book I never would have decided to bring popsicles to a pot luck supper. They were a hit!

[Nicole]

Tons of yummy and exotic ideas for popsicles can be found in this little book. Since I don't drink alcohol anymore, it is going to become my Mr. Boston's guide for delicious summer taste treats. However, if you do enjoy a libation every now and again you might like this book as well. A recipe for sweet and salty Margarita pops are on page 105.

[Sonja]

Picked up this great little NON-cookbook at Kohl's!

Great treats to cool off the family this Summer...
After making several of the POPS... I ended up sending the book to family in Florida for them to enjoy.

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[aylin]

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[Autumn]

Great, detailed recipes for show-stopping popsicles. Castella pays equal attention to taste and design, making popsicles seem like the new cupcakes. Or maybe even the new knitting.

[Jason]

Delicious and inspirational. We have made more paletas than we can possibly consume. I am sick of our tasty bounty. Why is it not summer?

[Felecia]

So tasty that I literally wanted to lick the pasge

[Sandie]

It was just okay- some of the recipes are interesting but many are the same old, same old

[Beka]

Okay, but nothing special.

[Helena]

Very pretty popsicle (sorry, in my world they're popsicles, not ice pops) recipes. Probably fancier than I would want to get, but it was fun to flip through.

[Courtney]

Yum!! I LOVE ice pops!

[Lucy]

The pictures are all so delicious looking(most of them)

[Wren Wilson]

I have read a lot of popsicle recipe books, and this one is my favorite.