These margarita popsicles taste like a refreshing lemonade whether spiked with tequila and blue curacao for an adult cocktail popsicle, or infused with a popular protein or hydration drink for a kid-friendly blue lemonade pop!
Squeeze lemons and limes to gather 1 cup of juice or measure out 1 cup from bottled quality juice. Add the juice to a blender.
½ cup lime juice, ½ cup lemon juice
Add the maple syrup and taste the mixture to adjust for sweetness.
2 tablespoon maple syrup
Choose which popsicle to make.
To Make Popsicle Mixture WITH Alcohol
To the juice mixture, add the alcohol and stir or shake, and taste again to see if adjustments are needed.*
¼ cup silver tequila, 2 tablespoon blue curacao
To Make Popsicle Mixture WITHOUT Alcohol
To the juice mixture, add either blue spirulina or blue gatorade. To make the Spirulina slurry, add the blue spirulina powder to water and stir until fully dissolved.
¼ cup water + 1 teaspoon blue Spirulina powder, ½ cup blue gatorade
Pour into Molds
Pour either mixture into the popsicle mold and insert sticks.
Freeze the mold for at least 4 hours.
Once removing the popsicles, wet the top of each popsicle and dotted on salt or coconut shreds to emulate a real margarita.
flakey salt, shredded coconut
Notes
1.This recipe makes eight popsicles.2.You can add a bit more tequila to the cocktail popsicle, however be careful not to add too much since alcohol has a low freezing point, so too much might prevent the popsicles from solidifying.*3. Flavor of Spirulina. If you choose to use spirulina to turn the kid's version blue, you should know that Spirulina is bitter in flavor, so you'll need to add more maple syrup to offset it. Be sure to taste-test before pouring the mixture into the molds.4. Sweetness of Gatorade. If you choose Gatorade, add it before you add the maple syrup because Gatorade is quite sweet and you might not need maple syrup at all.5. To get the most juice from a lemon and a lime, roll it first, applying light pressure. Then slice and squeeze.The nutrition shown is for the alcohol-free version using Spirulina.