Hi guys, I'm Laura Vitale, I am thrilled to share this recipe with you today, because
it's such a great summer treat, it requires four ingredients, they are my mango and coconut
Popsicle or coconut mango Popsicles, whatever you want to call them.
Super great, super fun, super refreshing, perfect for summer and like I said, less than
5 ingredients which is awesome in my book!
Alright, let's make the base which is going to be the coconut portion.
You'll need two things, you'll need whole coconut milk, and what I have here is some
cream of coconut.
You can see it's really thick and really creamy, now cream of coconut is really sweet so you
don't need any additional sugar in this recipe at all, because otherwise your teeth would
fall out because it's so sweet!
This is already really, really sweet, so it's really easy.
No fancy machines, no ice cream machine, nothing so it's going to be perfect for those days
when you're maybe home with the kids during the summer - you know my mom used to like
to do little projects with us when we were really little, and this would be a really
fun one to get them to do because there's nothing major required!
Okay, so you add cream of coconut and your coconut milk, and all you do is just whisk
these two together well, until they're combined.
This is ready, my Popsicle mold, I've had this for years, it's super inexpensive, and
I definitely suggest investing in one because it comes with the top that has the stick included
which means that I don't lose it!
Because I've had every other kind where I had to add my own Popsicle sticks and I lose
them, I buy packs of them and I lose them and then I'm stuck without and I just eat
it with a spoon, that's why I like this particular one, okay all you do is fill these up about
two thirds of the way and that is going to be your base.
Okay, now all I'm going to do is loosely cover this with some plastic wrap and I'm going
to pop these into the freezer for about thirty minutes, you need this first layer to be frozen
or somewhat set before you add your second layer, now I, as you know, I'm not crafty,
nor am I patient but if I was, what you can do is you can have your coconut mixture, you
can have your mango mixture, and you can alternate layers.
so you can put your coconut and let that freeze for twenty minutes, put mango let that freeze
for twenty minutes, coconut twenty minutes freeze and then the final mango on top.
I don't have that kind of patience I mean, let's face it so I'm just going to do mostly
coconut and then some mango on top, but you can do that if you want to which I'm sure
you are way cooler than I am so you probably will be doing that, but I'm just going to
pop these into the freezer for about thirty minutes and then we'll get going on making
the mango mixture.
Alright so it's time to make the mango portion of the coconut mango Popsicles, all you need
is a good ripe mango, a little less than half of a lemon and some water.
That's it and like I said, no sugar necessary because when something is in season, it's
so sweet, so as you can see just from the color of this mango it's a gorgeous almost
orange color which is what you're looking for, it's soft but somewhat still firm so
I could cut it but it's perfection I've been eating them every single day, sometimes multiple
times a day.
You can do this in a blender but since I have such a small amount to make I'm going to use
my mini chopper just because it's easier and it's handy.
So all I'm going to do is throw everything in, I've got the mango, little bit of mango,
not much, just want to wake it up a bit.
And then just some water.
And just puree until smooth, that's it!
Alright, I've got my mango, I've got my coconut, now all you have to do is just fill the top
with the mango portion and because we froze the coconut, it's not all going to mix together.
So it will be perfect!
Alright now put the tops on and pop these into the freezer until set, it'll take a few
hours or you can do it overnight.
That's it!
Alright, these are completely set, they only take a few hours once you add the mango puree,
so you can also so them overnight of course and they'll be ready whenever you want.
I'm just going to take one and then what you want to do is you want to dunk this into really
hot water just to loosen it a bit.
Kind of just tilt it and if it spills a little, it's alright because I'll be cleaning it anyway.
Just to kind of loosen the Popsicle from the mold, and do this with patience because you'll
probably have to dip it a couple of times but look!
Voila!
Now like I said you can do multiple layers, but you know you'll have to make sure that
your coconut mixture and mango mixture in each layer sets for a good twenty to thirty
minutes and home girl has no patience so this is good enough for me.
Mmm!
Coconut is so good!
It's sweet because of that cream of coconut.
No sugar necessary.
And that mango is like pure mango, no frills, nothing in there to change the flavor whatsoever.
And because it's so soft and it's in season it's super sweet, again no sugar necessary.
That is perfect!
You should really make these, they're like the perfect summer treat, doesn't require
a fancy machine, doesn't require a lot of ingredients, they're delicious and everyone
will love them.
Go to LauraintheKitchen.com to get the written recipe hope you've enjoyed spending time with
me and we'll see you very soon!
Bye!