The news about the effects of watermelon inspired me to create my newest popsicle: watermelon margarita! Served with a small bowl of margarita salt, these uberfrozen margs were tangy and delicious. Beware, the popsicles contain liquor and melt rather quickly. To avoid a melty mess, I froze my platter for an hour before serving. Learn how to make these simple, scrumptious popsicles when you read more!
Watermelon Margarita Popsicles
Original Recipe
Original Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups watermelon puree (roughly 1/4 medium size seedless watermelon)
1/4 cup lime juice (roughly 1 large lime)
3 ounces tequila
1 ounce cointreau
2/3 cup sugar
Directions
- Chop the watermelon into small pieces. Using a Cuisinart, puree the watermelon. Place the puree in a large mixing bowl.
- Add lime juice and sugar to watermelon puree. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add tequila and cointreau and stir well.
- Fill popsicle molds or Dixie cups. If using a dixie cup, cut small squares of tinfoil to cover the top of each of the cups.
- Use a sharp small knife and cut small slits in the tops of the tinfoil to insert the popsicle stick.
- Place the Dixie cups in a flat bottomed container. Place the popsicles in the freezer and wait patiently until frozen.
Makes 10 3-ounce popsicles.
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Temperley London
oh, yum. i'm sitting here in the OTHER hemisphere where it's the dead of winter but i can't wait to try that this weekend. I'll eat it in front of the heater all rugged up....sounds great
1I'm so going to try these the next time I go to the lake!
2These sound delish! We're on the verge of a heatwave here. Perfect timing!
3The temperature just dipped down to 104 degrees Fahrenheit, but these sound like just the treat! My husband will love these!
4Those look amazing! I've been looking for interesting popsicle recipes....
5this looks really good!
6UMMMMMM..... Popsicle... :9
7This is perfect for a beach weekend.
8Sounds lovely, but I'm not sure I need a popsicle to get me to down copious quantities of either watermelon *or* tequila.
9Those sound so good! I'll have to try them asap
10Yum, sweet idea
11reading about those popsicles got my mouth watering!
12Yum, have you ever made a rum-soaked fruit dessert for an outside party, you know the ones where you clean out and carve up a watermelon to make it into a pretty "bowl" and fill it up with chunks of cold, rum- and sugar water soaked fruit? I know these are really old fashioned, but I LOVE them!....
sounds yummy!
13Love popsicles and this recipe sounds great. I'll definitely try it.
14Try adding fresh basil into the watermelon puree, it sounds weird, but it tastes amazing.
15I'm going to try these with splenda instead of sugar this weekend!!
16i'm throwing a party this weekend...i'm def going to try these out!!
17These are perfect for laying by the pool with gf's!
18These sound incredible - is there anything better than watermelon anything in the summer?
19ummm...yummmmmmmm!
20how long do those babies take to freeze?
Just looking at these makes me want to throw a bbq!
21I imagine these will freeze a lot more slushy than something like a plain fruit juice popsicle because the tequila and cointreau that are dispersed throughout will never freeze. Instead of making popsicles, I might try making frozen margaritas. Put all the contents into a plastic container, add more tequila than the recipe calls for to taste (I think there was so little to allow the popsicles to freeze into something more solid), stir it all up, and pop it into the freezer. The liquor will keep it slushy, and then it can be served in a glass rimmed with margarita salt and garnished with a watermelon slice. It should be less messy than the popsicle version, and stronger, although maybe not as much fun to look at! I really like the idea of the basil addition that robs mentioned too, yum!
22so going to make those! yummy
23ooh! these would be PERFECT for my friend's bachelorette party weekend in tahoe!!
24So creative for the kid in all us adults.
25so good/tasty looking! ill have to try this out
26mmm yummy!!!!! gosh you have to patent these, their a gem!
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