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'...just right for this time of the year.' --Cake Craft & Decoration, August 2008
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"Pops!" introduces adults to a whole new Popsicle - one that is a fun, fashionable food. This original compendium includes more than 100 recipes for ice pops with unique tastes and flavour combinations, such as Sour Plum, Sweet Martini, Thai Iced Tea, and Blueberry Cheesecake-Popsicles that today's grown-up kids will be proud to serve at their birthday gatherings, barbecues, and cocktail parties. And for those whose creative interests stretch beyond the kitchen and into the DIY realm, "Pops!" offers innovative techniques for making ice molds from found objects and for crafting silicone molds from small toys like army men and toy animals. Whether it's a simple treat on a hot summer afternoon or an elegant finish to a special meal, "Pops!" presents an indulgence appropriate for every occasion. These cool treats are beautiful, tasty, glistening objects of art that are not just for kids, but for everyone.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm really enjoying using this book! Some really interesting, unusual and some really healthy ideas for popsicles/ice lollies, for instance one recipe calls for pumpkin. By the way, you can buy canned pumpkin at Waitrose. Looking forward to trying out several of the recipes as well as adapting some to my own taste. Great ideas for frozen cocktails too. Just a lot of fun!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are some gorgeous looking recipes in this book, and I can tell it is going to be well used by the end of the coming summer. For instance, the pop pictured on the far right of the cover is a banana split pop, with half a frozen banana hidden inside all of the layers of ice cream, sorbet and sauce.
Most of the recipes are complex and adult oriented, but there were plenty of recipes that I know my two year old wil enjoy. Now to buy some pop moulds!
Most of the recipes are complex and adult oriented, but there were plenty of recipes that I know my two year old wil enjoy. Now to buy some pop moulds!
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80 of 83 people found the following review helpful
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2 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
I agreed with the reviewer who said the long over-the-top reviews looked like a publicist wrote them. However, I bought the book anyway. It truly is as good as I hoped it would be. So far I have made Fresh Fruit bubbly pops, Grape Pops, and Coconut pops. They all turned out as good as the pictures looked in the book. My only complaint is that the recipes make a LOT of "batter". So I have cut them in half so that I have just the right amount to fill my 6 large Tovolo pops (also from Amazon). If you were using the Tupperware pops you would have WAY too much batter. I haven't tried any of the really exotic cocktail pops, just the summery fruity ones. The fruity ones taste a lot fresher than the fruity type pops I bought at the supermarket. I highly recommend this book.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Delicious Ideas - A lot of special ingredients needed
25 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback
Look in your cupboards - do you have ginger juice, pomegranate seeds, fresh apple cider, diced lychee, tangerine juice or Thai coffee powder? If so, then have no fear these recipes are going to delight and amaze you with all kinds of amazing flavor sensations. If your cupboards are more like mine filled with North American "staples" then it's going to take a trip to a grocery store, or a specialty Asian foods store to get stared on some of these pops.
Don't get me wrong, I love this book and I have enjoyed every pop I have made so far, but in the wallet department, some of these recipes are a stretch! Buying specialty ingredients that can go bad also means you will have to be dedicated to finding other uses for them if they are going to spoil, or make another round or two of that same pop. Not every recipe will send you to the store, there are many in the book that will help you use up what's around the house - but like a specialty foods cookbook, this one has many ideas that require unexpected delights.
The author of this book is right it really is for kidults - those adults with nostalgia for their past and a few dollars to invest in their vision. I recommend this book to those of you who are serious about ice pop making and want explore the exotic recipes, and those of you who are just looking for quick ideas for kid summer treats I think should stick to the millions of internet recipes available.
Don't get me wrong, I love this book and I have enjoyed every pop I have made so far, but in the wallet department, some of these recipes are a stretch! Buying specialty ingredients that can go bad also means you will have to be dedicated to finding other uses for them if they are going to spoil, or make another round or two of that same pop. Not every recipe will send you to the store, there are many in the book that will help you use up what's around the house - but like a specialty foods cookbook, this one has many ideas that require unexpected delights.
The author of this book is right it really is for kidults - those adults with nostalgia for their past and a few dollars to invest in their vision. I recommend this book to those of you who are serious about ice pop making and want explore the exotic recipes, and those of you who are just looking for quick ideas for kid summer treats I think should stick to the millions of internet recipes available.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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13 Mar 2010
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I actually purchased this book looking for some recipes for fruit pops for summer--and those we've tried have been good. But the book had a lot of other choices as well, the chapter titles are: Fruit Juice Pops, Healthy Energy Pops, Soda Fountain Pops, Cream & Pudding Pops, Coffee & Tea Pops, and Cocktail pops. So it has a nice selection of things to try beyond the basic fruit juice pop.
So far, we've tried the Root Beer float pops, the Carmel latte pops, and the Thai Iced Coffee Pops. All were yummy and not difficult to make. There are lots of pictures which I always helpful for a recipe book. The book also has a section on how to make your own Popsicle molds, which I haven't tried yet, but it looks like you can be creative with those if you're more craftsy.
The molds I use are also sold by Amazon. They're smaller than standard pops, but that's what I like about them. They don't melt before you can finish them. And since they're silicon, they're easy to unmold. Orka Ice Pop Molds, White Base
So far, we've tried the Root Beer float pops, the Carmel latte pops, and the Thai Iced Coffee Pops. All were yummy and not difficult to make. There are lots of pictures which I always helpful for a recipe book. The book also has a section on how to make your own Popsicle molds, which I haven't tried yet, but it looks like you can be creative with those if you're more craftsy.
The molds I use are also sold by Amazon. They're smaller than standard pops, but that's what I like about them. They don't melt before you can finish them. And since they're silicon, they're easy to unmold. Orka Ice Pop Molds, White Base
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