Blackberry Sweet Tea Popsicles Recipe

Blackberry Sweet Tea Popsicles

When the summer heat threatens to overwhelm you, go ahead and arm yourself with these Blackberry Sweet Tea Popsicles. This frosty treat is sure to make everyone happy. They are so easy to make you’ll wonder what’s taken you so long to jump aboard the popsicle bandwagon. Check out down below to see what you’ll need add these sub-zero babies to your ‘beat the heat’ arsenal.

Ingredients:

2 cups of your favorite Sweet Tea
1 cup of granulated sugar
1 cup of water
2 cups fresh blackberries, divided

Additional Equipment:

Popsicle mold
fine mesh strainer
juicer

Directions:

Prepare your the blackberry simple syrup. Add one cup of granulated sugar and one cup of water to a sauce pot over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup of fresh, washed, and picked over blackberries. Using a muddler or a fork break berries apart to release juice. Bring mixture to a boil, then remove from heat. Cover with a lid and allow mixture to steep for ten minutes. Strain mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a Mason-style jar. Secure lid and refrigerate until the blackberry simple syrup is cool, about 20 – 30 minutes.
Pour 1/2 blackberry simple syrup and 1/2 sweet tea into each popsicle mold and freeze for an hour.
Add the remaining 1 1/2 cup of blackberries to a juicer. Add juice to one cup of sweet tea. Remove popsicle molds from the freezer and add the sweet tea and blackberry juice mixer to the fill-line of each mold.
Return molds to the freezer for 1 – 2 hours or overnight.
Remove the Blackberry Sweet Popsicles from molds and serve.

Blackberry Sweet Tea Popsicles

Blackberry Sweet Teasicles Recipe Type : Popsicle Cuisine: Dessert Author: D. Durand Worthey Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours 15 mins Serves: 6

Author: D Durand Worthey

Ingredients

2 cups of your favorite Sweet Tea
1 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups fresh blackberries, divided
Additional equipment:
popsicle mold
fine mesh strainer
juicers

Directions

Prepare your the blackberry simple syrup. Add one cup of granulated sugar and one cup of water to a sauce pot over medium-high heat, add a ½ cup of fresh, washed and picked over blackberries. Using a muddler or a fork break berries apart to release juice. Bring mixture to a boil, then remove from heat. Cover with a lid and allow mixture to steep for ten minutes. Strain mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a Mason-style jar. Secure lid and refrigerate until the Blackberry Simple Syrup is cool, about 20 - 30 minutes.
Pour ½ blackberry simple syrup and ½ sweet tea into each Popsicle mold and freeze for an hour.
Add the remaining 1½ cup of blackberries to masticating or centrifugal juicer, add juice to one cup of sweet tea. Remove Popsicle molds from the freezer and add the sweet tea and blackberry juice mixer to the fill-line of each mold.
Return molds to the freezer for 1 - 2 hours or overnight.
Remove the Blackberry Sweet Popsicles from molds and serve.