Tooty-Fruity Popsicles

by Tracy Carpenter

Growing up in hot Florida summers, some of my best memories are eating Popsicles with my family. I remember making them with Kool-aid as a kid. We would freeze orange juice in ice trays, cover them with foil, insert toothpicks, and enjoy.

Today you can buy Popsicle molds in all shapes and sizes, Further, flavor possibilities are only as limited as your imagination. I had so much fun making the Popsicles featured in this article I felt like my kitchen was a playground.

1-8 oz can crushed pineapples

1-15 oz peaches in light syrup

1-15 oz pears in light syrup

6 strawberries, sliced

1 kiwi, peeled and sliced

2 Table-spoons Tang

1/2 package of a small box of vanilla pudding mix

Drain the canned fruit into a bowl and save the juice. Liquefy the pineapples, peaches and pears in a food processor and mix together in a medium bowl. Add the pudding mix and Tang to the juice you drained from the fruit. Mix well and add to the liquefied fruit and mix well again. Pour a little into the mold and place a kiwi against the side of the mold. Then pour a little more of the fruit mixture over the kiwi and slide a strawberry against the side of the mold. Finally, finish filling the mold up with the fruit mixture. Cover with foil and insert sticks and freeze for about 6-8 hours. Run hot water over mold to release Popsicle.