Cool tales of icy sweets
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1/4 cup chocolate syrup (Some insist on Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Flavor Syrup, made in Brooklyn.)
1/2 to 3/4 cup milk
Seltzer water (Use a fresh, unopened bottle for the best effect)
No one knows the real recipe for certain, as it's still a secret. But here's one way: Pour the chocolate syrup into a tall glass. Add milk and stir. Add about 1/3 cup of seltzer and stir some more. Now slowly add 2/3 cup more of seltzer while stirring briskly. This will create a head of foam on top, so be careful not to spill. Serve immediately. Serves one. (Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream if you dare.)
Some people insist that a genuine 'black cow' can be made only with sasparilla (a root beer-like soda) topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Most would agree that root beer is OK, now that sasparilla has gone the way of the Old West. For a twist, try putting the ice cream and root beer in a blender and mixing it for a moment or two.
Simply insert a clean craft stick on the end of your favorite wrapped candy bar, and freeze! Unwrap and enjoy. It will last longer and cool you off, too.
Mix one package of chocolate pudding according to directions. Add 1/2 cup of miniature marshmallows and 1/4 cup peanuts. Stir. Carefully pour into popsicle molds and freeze. (If you don't have popsicle molds, try pouring the mixture into small paper cups. Put a well-washed wooden craft stick in each cup before putting the cups in the freezer.)
From Kim Tilley of FrugalMoms.com
Mix 1/2 cup frozen orange juice concentrate with 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and 2 cups of milk. Fill popsicle molds (or small cups see recipe above) and freeze.
Use your imagination! Try leftover juice, soda that has gone 'flat,' or chocolate milk to make ice pops. Add ice-cream sprinkles, chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows, nuts, or coconut. You can make them wild colors by adding food coloring. Try making multicolored ones by partially filling molds with one color, freezing them, then adding another color, putting them back in the freezer, and so on.
Between fruit juice; yogurt; Jell-O; and chocolate, vanilla, and pistachio pudding mixes, you can come up with virtually every color in the rainbow.
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler over the stove. (You will need a grown-up's help to do this.) Dip peeled bananas into the chocolate, then roll them in chopped peanuts. Insert a clean craft stick in one end. Place the coated bananas on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Freeze. When the bananas are frozen, wrap them individually and tightly in aluminum foil.
Put one cup (8 oz.) of your favorite yogurt, one cup of orange juice, one fresh or frozen banana, and one cup of frozen raspberries in a blender. Blend, and serve immediately. (Serves two.)
Add more juice or more berries to make the mixture thinner or thicker, as you prefer. Try using chocolate or caramel yogurt (if it's available in your area), milk or soy milk instead of juice, or frozen mixed berries. Frozen mango or pineapple are good, too. You can even pour the mixture in a popsicle mold and freeze it.
Smoothie-sicles, anyone?
