Tovolo Groovy Ice Pop Molds, Set of 6, Yellow
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Tovolo Groovy Ice Pop Molds, Set of 6, Yellow
Customer Review: healthy treats for kids, good quality for mom!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just what I needed! I am making more of my kids' snacks rather than buying convenience items. I'm a doctor, & I have become fed up with having to decipher the ingredients that go into my kids' bodies. I know that my pops have naturally sweet organic strawberries & homemade organic yogurt in them, and that's IT. And the kids devour them. Or plain organic juices, lemonade, you name it. It's not hard to fill them, or clean them, so it's no more work than spending the extra time in the freezer aisle. I can refill them individually as soon as the molds appear in the sink (or the kids are making juice blends now). As another reviewer confirmed, some plastics will crack if dropped when frozen, so I would be careful of that. The kids slide the pops out easily by running them under a little cool water for about 30 seconds. Drips aren't an issue if they remember to slurp out the drip catcher. You do need enough freezer space to keep these upright until frozen of course, although they don't seem to drip if the top is on firmly. I suspect it may leak if you try freezing these on their sides, as the frozen liquid expands. Happy pop-making!Customer Review: Best pop molds I've ever used!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've used several ice pop molds over the years, and up until now I thought Tupperware's pop molds were by far the best. These Tovolo molds lack the ability to replace either the cap or the handle (they are one molded piece) but the plastic used in the cap/handle and the mold is easily the best I've ever seen for pop molds. It's too early to predict how well these will actually hold up after dozens of freezings and thawings, but if the quality of materials is any indication, they should last a long, long time.
One month later:
While I still think these are overall the best pop molds I've ever used, I did discover one thing about them (the hard way, naturally): don't drop them on anything hard (i.e., a tile floor) after they've been in the freezer for a day or more. The yellow caps/lids tend to get brittle after freezing, and they will crack and/or break. The opaque molds don't appear to have this issue, although I don't plan to intentionally test their break-resistance threshold. I glued mine back together with Barge Cement. It's not pretty but it's functional.
Customer Review: Wonderful Product!! A must for hot summer days!
Summary: 5 Stars
Key Lime Popsicles
5 cups water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh Key lime juice or lime juice
Combine sugar and water in a large non-aluminum saucepan; bring to a boil and stir until the sugar dissolves completely. Cool sugar mixture completely. Stir in lime juice. Place the molds in their stand, then fill with lime mixture and place their caps on top. Freeze overnight or longer until frozen solid.
Update: 5/19/2010
I've notice some people think these are too large. Tovolo Freezer Jewel Pops, Set of 6are smaller and have ring holders. Better, I think, for smaller hands.
I'm still very happy with the big model. I came back to find my recipe. The original recipe makes too much for one batch so I'm going to try making half as much.
Key Lime Popsicles Half recipe
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup fresh Key lime juice or lime juice
Customer Review: absolutely the BEST...hands down
Summary: 5 Stars
i got the sudden urge to make ice pops a few months ago and i almost made an impulse buy at the supermarket and bought some crappy ice pop trays....but instead, i did my research and found THESE. and they were 100% worth the wait...they are the best EVEr.... it's the perfect size pop (some other reviewers said they're too big but if you measure how much they hold, which i did, it's less than 1/2 a cup, so in terms of a serving size, one pop is completely reasonable for 1 person, if not 2. i use grapefruit juice a lot and 1/2 a cup of pure juice, not watered down, is only 45 calories. they could NOT be easier to remove from the molds either, just place under hot running water from the sink for no more than 6 seconds and jiggle it a bit, gently, and WA LA! easy to clean, plastic doesn't absorb the taste or color of whatever mixtures you put in...i recently made pina colada pops (yogurt, shredded coconut and chunks of pineapple) sheer heavenCustomer Review: Low-Carb Recipe Suggestion
Summary: 5 Stars
Fill blender with around 2-2/3 cups water. Add 1/2 cup party peanuts (around 12 grams carbs) and pulverize. Then blend in 1 pack of sugar-free vanilla or chocolate pudding mix (around 28 grams carbs). Then blend in 6 ounces of low-carb vanilla yogurt (around 4 grams carbs). A 4-cup mixture will fill 8 pop molds. The nutritional math works out to around 5.5 grams carbs and 70 calories per pop (depending on the ingredients used).
The pulverized peanuts produce a small-crystal ice texture. Thawing the pop in the refrigerated section for 2-3 hours before consumption results in an ice cream like texture.
To conserve mold-release running tap water, fill a small container with hot water and consecutively immerse all the molds in one session. Place the pops on a plate in wagon wheel configuration and return to freezer.