August 8, 2014 at 7:54 am
· Filed under Diet Nibbles, Low Calorie, Recipes, Tip Of The Day
Turn diet soft drinks into ice pops. Photo
courtesy Taza. |
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Looking for something sweet, cool, and virtually non-caloric?
You can buy sugar-free or no sugar added ice pops from Edy’s or Popsicle. Or, you can make your own from your favorite diet soft drink.
It couldn’t be easier. Prep time is five minutes plus freezing time.
RECIPE: DIET ICE POPS
Ingredients
Diet soda, diet fruit beverage, tea (steeped to double strength, as with iced tea)
Ice pop molds
Optional: yogurt
Preparation For 6 Ice Pops
1. POUR 20 ounces of beverage into a large pitcher.
2. POUR the mixture into the pop molds; freeze for 3 hours or until completely frozen.
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Variations
Tea. If you’re a tea fan, experiment with fruit teas, sweetened with noncaloric sweeteners or a bit of agave (which is twice as sweet as sugar or honey, so use half as much).
Mix-Ins. Add chopped fruit (fresh or frozen) or citrus zest; for example, diet raspberry soda with chopped raspberries or diet lemon-lime soda with lime zest.
Layers. Create layers of different flavors. Add the first flavor, freeze and add the next layer.
Yogurt. For a few extra calories, mix flavored, no sugar added yogurt with the beverage. Or, create a separate yogurt layer. We couldn’t find the No Sugar Added Creamsicles at our store, so we made our own with diet orange soda and vanilla yogurt.
On a related note, you can also make flavored ice cubes by freezing your favorite diet beverage in an ice cube tray. Toss them into your drink instead of regular ice, and the melting cubes won’t dilute the flavor.
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