Nothing says summer more to me than watermelon. Sitting on the beach eating watermelon after a long day of swimming and building sand castles... Aaahhh! Watermelon also lends itself nicely to freezing into popsicles - either in chunks (just poke a stick in and freeze), or blended to mix with other flavours. In this instructable I'll describe the basic method for blended fruit popsicles then introduce a few recipes to make your summer delicious and refreshing!

Supplies

Watermelon
Mint
Raspberries
Kiwifruit
Cucumber
Popsicle making molds
Clean popsicle sticks

Step 1: Method: Basic Watermelon Ice Blocks/Popsicles

Making popsicles from fruit is easy, healthy and refreshing. In six easy steps you can be sitting in the sun eating your own delicious guilt free treat

Start by peeling and chopping your watermelon.

Blend it with a leaf or two of mint.

Pour it into your molds.

Insert a popsicle stick. To hold the popsicle stick in place I cut a piece of heavy paper and made a slot in the middle of it to hold the stick in place.

Freeze for at least 5 hours, or until the stick is firm in the fruit.

Soak the molds in water for a minute or so to make extracting your delicious treat easy.

Store the popsicles in a plastic container, separated with wax paper.

Step 2: Add Some Cucumber....

I LOVE cucumber and watermelon together. Add a bit of mint and a squeeze of lime and you are on your way to fabulous deliciousness. I use two methods - appearances, and taste :)

For Appearances:

It is easy to make gorgeous looking popsicles. Try peeling the cucumber, blending it with some mint and filling about a 5th of the mold with this mix. Add the blended watermelon to the top after the cucumber has frozen. I used a piece of card to hold the stick in place while the cucumber froze. The two popsicles above are peeled (left) and unpeeled cucumber

For Taste

Blend watermelon, mint, cucmber and a squeeze of lime together and freeze. Voila! Summer on a stick! This method provides all over tastiness, but can go a funny brown colour - especially if you don't peel the cucumber first. IF you don't care about appearances, then I think this is the way to go!

Step 3: How About Some Kiwifruit?

Blended kiwifruit is fabulous - vivid green with black dots! Again you can use the two methods described above - freeze some kiwifruit in the tip and add melon after, or just mix the lot up.

Step 4: Red Enough for Ya?

Blended watermelon is a milky pink colour. If you want your frozen treats to be a vivid red, with a little extra bite I recommend adding some raspberries - frozen will do. They add a beautiful zing to the flavour, and boost the red colouring.

Frozen fruit make a delicious, nutritious, dairy/gluten free treat for all the family - try your own mixes today!