Chile-Lime Watermelon Paletas (vegan + paleoish/gf)
 
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Makes: 20 pops
Ingredients
  • 1 personal watermelon, cut into rough chunks
  • ¼ cup real maple syrup
  • juice of 2 limes (about ¼ cup)
  • 1 T chili powder
  • generous pinch sea salt
  • extra lime juice (optional)
  • extra chili powder or chile salt, such as Tajin seasoning (optional)
Instructions
  1. Combine watermelon, maple syrup, chili powder, lime juice and salt in blender. Whirl until liquified. Pour into popsicle mold(s) of your choosing. Freeze for about 1 - 1.5 hours, then insert sticks. Continue freezing until firm, about 5 hours or overnight. Dip mold into warm water for several seconds to loosen pops.
  2. Enjoy immediately (optionally) sprinkled with an extra squeeze of lime and a dash of chili powder or chile salt -- or, if you'd like to store pops out of their mold, transfer released pops to a large zip-top freezer bag, separating the layers with parchment.
Notes
This produced enough pop mix (what does one even call that?) to make at least two batches of 10 popsicles in this handy mold. However, my patience was thin, so rather than waiting for the first batch to freeze, releasing it, and then pouring the second batch, I just poured the remaining mix into a big pitcher, added a couple cups of coconut water, and pretended the whole shebang was a delightful twist on my fave agua fresca. And it was lovely. Oh look, two recipes in one. No need to thank me, though I do adore tulips.
Recipe by the pig & quill at https://thepigandquill.com/chile-lime-watermelon-paletas/