The Wife Makes Lemon Basil Popsicles

After having an amazing Lemon Basil Popsicle from King of Pops (Richmond, VA) I decided that I could most likely create an at home version.  The day I had the pop was an extremely hot day and it was so refreshing.  Now I will say that my pop is probably not as good as the King of Pops version but it was still pretty good.  I found the recipe on this site.  There are a few other pops that I think would be fun to try as well.

I bought the Tovolo Popsicle molds at Whole Foods.  They are pretty large molds and I honestly haven't been actually finishing the whole pop (that is probably because it gets quite tart!).

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar (for my 2nd try I replaced with Truvia natural sweetener for baking...use the natural sweetener directions for measuring equivalent...mine was 1/2 cup of Truvia to 1 cup of sugar)  I used about 3/4 cup of water still to make the syrup
• 1 cup hot water
• 1/4 cup fresh sweet basil leaves
• 1 1/4 cup cold water divided
• 1/2  cup fresh lemon juice (depending on size it will be 3 - 4 lemons)

Directions

• In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar and 1 cup cold water. Stir over medium heat until all of the sugar is dissolved. It's not necessary to boil. Remove from heat. Tear basil leaves, stir into syrup and allow to steep in syrup for 2 hours.
• Strain cooled syrup to remove basil leaves. Measure out 3/4 cup of the basil syrup and combine with lemon juice and 1 1/4 cups cold water. Pour into ice pop molds and freeze for at least 4 hours or until solid.

These pops are extremely easy to make. Just allowing for plenty of time for the basil syrup to steep is the most challenging part of the process.

Keep an eye out for more posts on different pops we try in the future!