Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile

August 12, 2013
Food,Recipes

Popsicles . . . it’s time to make popsicles. This is what I’ve been telling myself for weeks, months! But Todd, you’re a bartender. You can’t shake a popsicle. Not this time – not for the blog. Don’t worry, add some tequila, it will be fine. Say no more! I like my popsicles bursting with flavor, so for this recipe I added a ton of ripe mango. I grew up eating mango slices sprinkled with chile, so it was only natural that I do the same with these mango popsicles. Trust me, it’s the best flavor combo! I experimented with a few different kinds of chile: guajillo, ancho, and arbol, but feel free to have fun with it and choose your favorite.

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles with Chile // HonestlyYUM

Tequila-Spiked Mango Popsicles

Fresh mango popsicles spiked with tequila and dipped in chile powder
Servings: ~10 popsicles

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Chop the mango. I like cutting large slices on either side of the pit and cubing the fruit so that it releases easily from the peel. Add the mango to the blender.
  2. Add the lime juice, agave, water, salt, and tequila to the blender.
  3. Puree the mixture until smooth and pour into the popsicle molds.
  4. Place the tray in the freezer. After approximately one hour, add the popsicle sticks. Freeze until solid.
  5. Once frozen, release the popsicles by running them under warm water for a few seconds.
  6. Dip the popsicles in chile powder to garnish (optional).

(images by HonestlyYUM)

Conversation

Amazon has popsicle molds and to replace agave, you can just make simple syrup.

Where did you buy your popsicle mold? I’ve been scouring the internet for it but I can’t find it.

I live in India and don’t have access to agave – what can I use instead?

Oh man, I was just introduced to the joy of eating fruits with salt and chilli! And now it’s in a POPSICLE. Heaven!

You are an evil genius! But I have one question – how did you manage to not just drink all of the mango-tequila mixture straight from the blender? 😉

Thanks Alanna. Evil, yes. Genius, no! Btw, who’s to say I didn’t sneak a little bit of the mixture? Buahahaha 🙂

Dude. This. YES. A thousand YESes!

Also, I’m going to go right ahead and admit to being a moron: I’ve owned the same popsicle mold for the past couple years and I had no idea you could remove the individual molds from the whole thing. Game changer! *facepalm* (:

Thanks for commenting on my blog!

These look amazing, by the way. 🙂

These sound dangerous! Your photography is stunning!

I LOVE this! What a fantastic idea. I’ve been trying to talk myself out of buying popsicle molds and I’m having a lot of trouble doing that right now. I MUST make these.

I made some watermelon popsicles but now I’m totally going to garnish them… what a great idea!

What an interesting recipe idea! And your photography is beautiful. I’ve been meaning to experiment a bit with some cocktail Popsicle. This inspired me to pick up some tequila (like I need an excuse.) Can’t wait to try it out!

simply genius. you just turned my daily snack sans tequila into a Popsicle 🙂

Gorgeous popsicles! I get dried mango with chile and lime from our food co-op that I loooove and eat a bag of lickety-split and these have all those flavors plus tequila so I think I can say with certainty I’d dig them too.

If that’s the case you’d love this recipe Sarah. Let me know if you try it out. Thanks for the the love!!

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