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If you’ve ever made an ice lolly at home, the chances are it looked something like this – dull and uninspiring!
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Well, all that changes here, with some great ideas for home made lollies that look like they’re shop bought!
Check this one out! Look at the gradual change of the colour from red to orange. And it tastes delicious too!
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To make one, you first need to make a mould. Use a clean, empty plastic drinks bottle for this.
Cut it in half, and place the top half inside the lower half, like this.
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Pour in some orange juice, so that the mould is just over half filled.
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Next, add in some undiluted blackcurrant squash.
There’s a trick to doing this – just get hold of a spoon, and hold it upside down over the top of the orange juice. Pour the blackcurrant squash onto the spoon, so that it goes in really gently.
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The blackcurrant squash is denser than the orange juice. That means it’s heavier, so it sinks down to the bottom of the mould and then gradually rises up and mixes in, giving a great effect!
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Now stick two paper clips on either side of the rim of the mould, like this.
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Stretch an elastic band over them…
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…and that stretched elastic band will hold a lolly stick in place.
When done, the lolly needs to go into the freezer for three hours.
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The great thing about these lollies is that you can use both solids and liquids together to produce a great layered effect, like this one which was made with mashed banana, strawberry yoghurt, chocolate milkshale and undiluted blackcurrant squash!
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If you want to make this lolly, set up another mould like the one used above.
Start with the mashed banana first, because it’s heaviest. Spoon it in, but make sure it doesn’t touch the sides of the mould, because that will spoil the layered effect once frozen!
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Next, add strawberry yoghurt.
Again, just spoon it in.
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The chocolate milkshake comes next.
Use the same back-of-spoon technique used in the making of the first lolly to add this to the mould.
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Finally, use the back-of-spoon technique once more to add in the blackcurrant squash.
This time, the squash is mixed with water in equal parts.
If it appears to mix together, don’t worry, it will settle!
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Fix another lolly stick in place, as with the others, and pop it in the freezer for three hours.
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How about making a plain blackcurrant lolly with a surprise inside?
This one has a cylinder of banana milkshake running through it!
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Just make a plain lolly, using diluted blackcurrant squash in the kind of mould that’s been used for the previous two.
Leave it in the freezer for one hour.
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After that hour, the lolly should be part set so take it out of the freezer.
Make a hole for the banana milkshake by dipping a metal spoon into some hot water and easing it into the lolly, as close to the stick as you can!
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Then you can pour in the banana milkshake!
Aim for a 1cm thickness on the top of the part-frozen blackcurrant squash lolly.
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Why not experiment with other ingredients and let us know what creations you come up with, on our message board?
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