summertime recipes
My family was in town this weekend, and high on the priority list was making a trip to Locopops, our local Mexican Paletas shop. Since not everyone has a Locopops (and therefore I feel really, really bad for you) I thought I’d round up some recipes online so you can share in my summertime bliss.
Use these recipes as a guide, but to get your creative juices flowing (ha), here are the Locopops flavors this week:
Water based pops: Orange Mango, Cantalope Mango, Cherry Berry, Strawberry Lime, Strawberry Sage, Grapefruit Basil, Jalapeno Lemonade, Hibiscus Peach, and Apple Grape
Cream based pops: Peaches & Cream, Lemon Penang Basil, Pistachio Halva, Pear Almond, Strawberry Oreo, Chocolate Raspberry, Sweet Corn, and Guava Lemongrass
Some recipes to get you started:
• Cantelope and cucumber paletas from yumsugar
• Banana paletas from the NY Times
• Many paleta recipes from Diana’s Desserts, including sour orange, mango, and blueberry
• Cucumber-chile paletas from the LA Times
YUM!
[photo by Nick Wiesner]
Responses to “summertime recipes”
erin
August 4, 2009 at 10:21 amyum! their flavors sound incredible! we have luna pops in wilmington now…but frankly, i’m not sure they compare….strawberry sage! grapefruit basil! amazing!
Amanda
August 4, 2009 at 1:02 pmOh my gosh. I love Locopops. Their pomegranate flavor is my favorite, although it doesn’t really taste like a pomegranate!
stacey
August 4, 2009 at 1:17 pmi was down in NC for the first time this past week and made a point to go to locopops! (thanks to your posts about it, or maybe it was at OkGreat?) either way, i had a deeelicious pomegranate red currant pop :)
Juliana
August 4, 2009 at 4:46 pmLocopops are a delicious treat on a hot day and the unique flavor combinations have the most original names like the Mighty Mojito.