Vanilla Plum Swirl Pudding Pops

Ice cold pops are always a good sign on a hot summer day. Tasty and refreshing, these are easy to make, even for a newcomer like me. I went out a bought some ice pop molds at my local grocery store and proceeded to create wonderful swirls on the stove top.

Vanilla Plum Swirl Pudding Pops
Shopping List: granulated sugar, cornstarch, vanilla bean, milk, brandy, eggs, salt, plums, and lemon juice.

To make the pudding, give the sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla bean a quick whisk in a saucepan. Pour in the milk (omit the brandy if you're going alcohol-free) and cook over medium heat. Keep stirring with the whisk until the mixture starts to steam.

In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and salt together. Slowly pour in half of the hot milk mixture and whisk constantly. You don't want to cook the eggs too quickly, if you do, you'll end up with scrambled eggs! Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan, whisking over medium heat until it starts to get bubbly and thick. Strain through a sieve into a container, place plastic wrap on the surface, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

To make the plum swirl, bring the plums, sugar, and 3 tablespoons of water to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer and stir until the plus are broken down. It should resemble the consistency of jam. Strain through a sieve into a container, stir in lemon juice, and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.

If any of the pudding or plum instructions are holding you back, don't worry. Watch the step-by-step video here.

Here comes the fun part! Spoon the pudding into the tip of the molds, then alternate with the plum mixture. Make sure you start and end with the pudding.

Freeze until firm for about five hours. Take them out at the hottest time of day (or any time of day) and enjoy!

We loved how the vanilla pudding was a smooth and delicious base. We'd try this again with plum or another summer fruit, it would pair well with almost anything!

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Popbar

It feels kind of cold just blogging about Popbar now, but it was a great summer treat when we were there!

Popbar

5 Carmine Street

New York, NY 10014

(212) 255-4874

What drew us in was the amazing case of pops. Look at all those flavours! They are divided into popGelato, popSorbetto, and YogurtPop.

You can customize your pop by half or fully dipping into dark, milk, or white chocolate. Then you can also add "poppings" such as almonds, hazelnuts, coconut, or chocolate sprinkles to it. Some of the pops in the display case are already customized if you don't want to think of the numerous possibilities.

Howard and I both went for a popSorbetto, he got passion fruit and I got grapefruit.

Quite refreshing and we learned that the grapefruit pop is sweeter than the passion fruit one - although both were sour on their own.

I think our only quip would be service, not quite as friendly, but it could have been an off-day for the both of them.