This Homemade Creamsicle Recipe is a perfect summer treat. Cooling down in the summer with a Popsicle is a must for everyone in our household (including the hubby). This past weekend I finally broke down and purchased a new Zoku Quick Pop Maker and accessories. I felt the need to spoil myself ha ha! To soften the blow with the hubby and our budget I decided I would make his favorite frozen treat.. Homemade Creamsicles. I have made my Homemade Creamscicle recipes in other pop molds in the past and he always loves them. Making pops at home is so simple and they always taste so much fresher than store bought pops.
Homemade Creamsicle Recipe
I was super excited to make a test run with my new gadgets. I purchased 2 of the Zoku Single Quick Pop Maker
as well as the Zoku Storage Case
and also the Zoku Chocolate Station. I feel like a princess with all my new pop makers and accessories. You can find the single Quick Pop Maker at TJMaxx too for $19,99 each. But they do no not carry the additional accessories.
After making my first round of pops I will say I am highly impressed with the maker and the storage case. It’s nice to make some pops and just toss them in the storage case for everyone to enjoy their pops when they are ready for them. The pops came out perfect and SUPER tasty! I really liked that I could add the cream to the center of our ops just like store bought pops. If you are considering purchasing a Zoku Single Quick Pop Maker I say GO FOR IT! I wish I would have purchased mine sooner.
Orange Creamsicles were the perfect recipe to make first time using my pop maker. They were so simple to whip and SUPER tasty. This recipe works with a traditional pop maker too, you will just need to allow your first layer to freeze before adding in the cream.
The ingredients need for this Homemade Creamsicle Recipe are so simple… Orange Juice, Heavy Cream, Sugar and Vanilla. YUM!
INGREDIENTS Yeilds Approx 3- 4 POPS
1/2 cup Orange Juice
1 cup Heavy Cream
2 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
DIRECTIONS
If you are using a Zoku Quick Pop Maker:
Mix together cream, sugar and vanilla.
Pour Orange juice in maker up to fill line.
Place stick in position.
Wait 3 1/2 minutes.
Use suction tool to remove unfrozen juice from center of maker or carefully pour off unfrozen juice.
Fill this now empty space with cream mixture.
Wait 5 minutes or until cream in set (frozen).
Use tool to remove pop and place in freezer.
If you are not using a Zoku:
Mix together cream, sugar, vanilla and orange juice.
Pour mixture in popsicle molds or small paper cups.
Place in freezer for 10-15 minutes or until mixture begins to firm.
Insert sticks and return to freezer for several hours.
Use hot water to release from molds.
I really liked how quickly the Zoku Quick Pop Maker froze my first layer… no waiting and waiting for the first layer to freeze. A Perfect and Quick Pop every time! I know the Zoku Single Quick Pop Maker is going to be great for making all sort of refreshing treats. No more purchasing of fancy pops from the stores.
Homemade Creamsicle Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- If you are using a Zoku Quick Pop Maker:
- Mix together cream, sugar and vanilla.
- Pour Orange juice in maker up to fill line.
- Place stick in position.
- Wait 3 1/2 minutes.
- Use suction tool to remove unfrozen juice from center of maker or carefully pour off unfrozen juice.
- Fill this now empty space with cream mixture.
- Wait 5 minutes or until cream in set (frozen).
- Use tool to remove pop and place in freezer.
- If you are not using a Zoku:
- Mix together cream, sugar, vanilla and orange juice.
- Pour mixture in popsicle molds or small paper cups.
- Place in freezer for 10-15 minutes or until mixture begins to firm.
- Insert sticks and return to freezer for several hours.
- Use hot water to release from molds.
This was an activity with my 12 year old. For us, this mixture did not become solid. We had a big mess on our hand and took a long time to clean the zoku and let it thaw in order to get the half frozen mixture out. I added more oj to the recipe ( did not measure) and this time it worked out. The flavors are great but looking up zoku problem solving on the internet showed that high fat mixtures will not freeze so I’m thinking a different portion needs to be explored which has more OJ and less fat cream.
Hubby loved these. We substituted Orange Crush for orange juice. I read the rècipe wrong and only added 2 tsp sugar (I used vanilla sugar) instead of 2 Tbsp and it still worked out great.
Thanks for the well written recipe… I’ll pay better attention next time!
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Miz Helen
Delicious orange creamsicle, thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul blog hop. I am pinning and sharing in facebook.
Oh my goodness, creamsicles are one of my FAVORITE things, I never dreamed I could make them at home!! They look mouthwatering!! Stopping by from the Hearth and Soul Hop :)