Strawberry Sweet Tea Popsicles

By Angie Barrett

Prep Time:

20m

Yield:

20 - 30 popsicles depending on size of mold

Plan for:

Freeze 3 - 4 hours

When it is hot outside, nothing hits the spot like a cold glass of iced tea. With these Strawberry Sweet Tea Popsicles, you get all the tea flavor you love with the sweet kick of strawberries frozen inside.

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Products Used

Extra Fine Granulated Pure Cane Sugar Bag

Ingredients

2 cups Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
16 cups water
4 family size tea bags
2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
Juice from 1 lemon
1/2 cup sliced strawberries

Directions

Bring 8 cups of water to a boil, remove from heat.
Tie tea bag strings together and dunk 4 tea bags into the hot water. Lay tea bag tags over side of the pot and let tea steep in the hot water for about 6 minutes and then remove tea bags.
Puree 2 cups of strawberries with lemon juice. Strain strawberry puree through a fine mesh strainer or a cheese cloth. Add strained strawberry juice to the hot tea and stir.
Add 2 cups sugar to a large pitcher. Pour in hot tea and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add in remaining water and stir.
Add 2 or 3 strawberry slices to each popsicle mold.
Let tea cool down to room temperature and carefully fill each popsicle mold with strawberry tea.
Add a popsicle stick to each mold and freeze popsicles for 3-4 hours or until frozen solid.

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Recipe developed for Dixie Crystals by Angie Barrett @BigBearsWife.

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