Orange Cream Ice Pop Shot

The northeast has been slammed with a massive heat wave over the past few days, so there was absolutely no way I was baking this week.  So, I went the exact opposite direction and made my first frozen Shotible.  An orange cream ice pop seemed to be the perfect treat to cool down on a sweltering summer day. 

This pop was a bit more of a challenge than I had anticipated.   I chose to make this one a little bit inside out.  I wanted to make the outside (the glass, if you will) the spiked part.  I tried out three different bases; plain orange soda pop, diet orange soda pop and orange juice.  I was concerned that plain soda pop would be difficult to freeze because of all the sugar.  Adding alcohol, which has a lower freezing temperature than water, concerned me as well.  It turned out that the plain soda pop worked best, but I did learn that it’s best to get the carbonation out before you freeze.  I mixed in some whipped cream vodka to add the creamy flavor.

For the inside, I made my own version of ice cream.  I wanted something that would hold up well and support the Shotible on a stick.  I found a recipe that used my new favorite ingredient, sweetened condensed milk.  It was remarkable how much it tasted like real vanilla ice cream.  As a bonus, I had some ice cream left over.  Yum!

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Glass:

·         4 cups of flattened orange soda pop

·         1/2 cup whipped cream flavored vodka

Filling:

·         2 cups of half and half

·         1/2 can sweetened condensed milk

·         1 tbsp vanilla extract

Topping:

·         Wooden Ice cream spoons

Directions:

Glass:

·         Combine orange soda pop and vodka.

·         Pour into ice shot glass molds.

·         Insert shot glass mold tops.

·         Allow several hours to freeze thoroughly.

Filling:

·         Combine half and half and sweetened condensed milk in a large bowl.

·         Whip for several minutes.

·         Remove mold tops.

·         Pour mixture into shot glasses.

·         Freeze about half an hour.

Topping:

·         Insert wooden ice cream spoons.

·         Continue freezing for at least another hour.