Cantaloupe Ice Pops

Hi, everyone!
Yesterday, I was at the grocery store, and saw cantaloupe and honeydew ice pops! They sounded sooo good, plus they were on sale, so I grabbed a package! 

When I got home, I looked at the ingredients list...to see the calorie count... :) 
and realized there was NO cantaloupe, or honeydew in them!...only sugar, water and artificial flavor, color, etc. Can you tell, I don't buy ice pops too often? 

So, I decided to make my own cantaloupe pops...with real cantaloupe...besides, I had one in the fridge I needed to use.

Here's the recipe I found online from Taste of Home.
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cantaloupe-ice-pops

Cantaloupe Ice Pops Recipe

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Your reminders to "eat your fruit" will finally stick, once kids take a lick of these mmm-melony snacks. A perfect use for over-ripe cantaloupe, these pops make a light dessert or healthy between-meal refresher.

This recipe is:

Healthy

Quick

Diabetic Friendly

Cantaloupe Ice Pops Recipe

• Prep: 10 min. + freezing
• Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

• 4 cups cubed cantaloupe
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 12 plastic cups or Popsicle molds (3 ounces each)
• 12 Popsicle sticks

Directions

• In a blender or food processor, combine the first five ingredients; cover and process until smooth. Pour 1/4 cup into each cup or mold; insert Popsicle sticks. Freeze until firm. Yield: 1 dozen.

Nutritional Analysis:One ice pop equals 36 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 fruit.

The fresh mint and lemon juice made them really refreshing. 

See the little bits of mint in the pop?

The only ingredient I didn't add was the lemon zest. 

I forgot that. Duh!

~ TIPS ~

I bought an inexpensive mold set, because that was all the store had; and I was in a hurry to make the pops.

Before I make them again, I'm buying a better quality ice pop mold...the individual kind, NOT the kind with all the molds stuck together. It was difficult to remove just one at a time, since they were all stuck together.

Or, I'll use little cups and Popsicle sticks.

Also, I'll change the sugar to 1/3 cup if the cantaloupe isn't really ripe and sweet.

These are going to be my new Summer treat. YUM!

I hope you try them. I'd love to know what you think.

Hugs,

Babs

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