Homemade ice cream made with our Zoku molds

Popsicles and ice creams are two summer classics that are always appealing and never go out of fashion. And now, with all the super-useful utensils available for making ice cream at home, we have no excuse. And we can make them as healthy and light as we want .

The best healthy dessert option for this summer

1. We can make them as sweet or as unsweet as we like, controlling what our family, especially the kids, eat.
2. We avoid all the preservatives and colorants found in industrial ice creams and popsicles.
3. In the case of ice cream, we also get rid of unhealthy fats .
4. For all these reasons, preparing ice cream at home is very advantageous if there are people in the family with food intolerances or allergies .
5. The flavours you get at home with good ingredients are much purer and cleaner . Try a homemade ice cream and tell me.

Kitchen utensils for making ice cream and popsicles

There are currently a variety of items on the market for preparing ice cream and popsicles at home with magnificent results.

To make classic and creamy ice creams:

1. We have the ice cream maker accessory for some kitchen machines like the KitchenAid. These containers have a double wall that encloses a cooling gel. To make ice cream with them, you have to put them in the freezer for several hours and use them in the machine with a scraper accessory that rotates and churns the ice cream.
2. We also have some products from the fun Zoku brand for making ice cream, such as the bowl for making individual ice creams . You freeze the bowl in the freezer beforehand and take it out to add the ice cream mixture; you mix and stir the mixture, which, in contact with the bowl, turns into a creamy ice cream .
3. Finally, we also have the Magimix Expert ice cream maker , with which you can prepare homemade ice creams and sorbets in less than 30 minutes thanks to its three automatic programs (artisanal ice cream, creamy ice cream or sorbets), although it also has a manual mode for the more experienced. Just put the food in, select the desired automatic program and in a matter of 20 to 30 minutes you have your ice cream ready. And let's not forget! It includes 2 tubs to make one batch after another of ice cream.

Zoku Ice Cream Maker (for the ice cream recipe here ) and Kitchen Aid Ice Cream Maker

To make delicious popsicles:

Zoku offers a wide variety of popsicle molds of two types:

1. Molds that work in the same way as those described for the KitchenAid accessory, that is, they have a double wall whose interior is frozen in the freezer beforehand and the container is then used on the outside to freeze the popsicle mixture. This is the case of the Zoku Quick Pop ice cream maker. You pour the mixture into it and in 7-8 minutes you have your popsicles ready.
2. Fun shaped molds to freeze in the freezer :

• Classic shaped molds, such as the Mod Pop and the Classic Pop .
• Molds with fun shapes like Safari Pop and Fish Pops .
• Even a mold for Mini Pops .

All Zoku utensils are designed to remove popsicles perfectly thanks to their special plastic.

As you can imagine, these popsicle molds, with or without shapes, are a great delight for children . In addition, this brand offers numerous accessories for decorating ice creams and popsicles.

Some of the Zoku popsicle molds ( Space Po p, Mod Po p and Mini Pops ), and Zoku book

Ideas for popsicles

Without a doubt, the easiest frozen desserts to prepare are popsicles , since we can make them with juices or dairy products, with or without sugar. I really like to make them with smoothies or fruit shakes, especially if they have banana because they are creamier.

The Zoku brand itself has a very fun recipe book for quick popsicles and in this article on our blog we give you several ideas.

If you're not into ice cream and popsicles for kids because you've long since left childhood behind, ahem, slushies and iced coffee are a great alternative, such as those made with the Zoku Iced Coffee Cup or the Slushie Cup .

Zoku iced coffee cup , slush cup and soft serve bowl

Post updated in July 2018