Picture it: a hot, cloudless day in the summer. You're just looking to beat the heat, but wouldn't say no a little drink either. Enter the boozy popsicle. That's right - your childhood favorites graduate to #adulting with some booze. With just about any flavor or spirit at your disposal, the hardest part is deciding which boozy popsicle you want to try first. Summer problems, amirite?
Boozy Screwdriver Popsicle
Soak up that Florida sunshine. Let's pretend that's where those oranges came from while you soak up actual sunshine. Already in Florida? Guess it's time to hit the pool with a few of these.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce vodka
- 4 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
- Popsicle stick
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add vodka.
- Top off with orange juice.
- Gently wiggle to mix.
- Add popsicle stuck or popsicle mold stick.
- Freeze until solid, preferably overnight.
Strawberry Daiquiri Boozy Popsicle
You know what they say, a boozy strawberry daiquiri popsicle keeps the clouds away. If not, then they should.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce white rum
- ¼ ounce simple syrup
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 3 ounces strawberry puree
- Popsicle stick
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add white rum, simple syrup, lime juice, and strawberry puree.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze until solid, approximately eight hours or overnight.
Almost-Tastes-Like-Childhood Boozy Grape Popsicle
And no, we don't mean cough syrup. We mean that sugary, delicious grape pop that turns your lips that gentle shade of purple. Only this time, it has some vodka because you're an adult.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce vodka
- 3 ounces grape juice
- 1 ounce white grape juice
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add vodka and grape juices.
- Gently wiggle to mix ingredients.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for approximately eight hours or overnight, until frozen solid.
Boozy Creamsicle Popsicle
What better than a boozy creamsicle when you're looking for a frozen sweet treat on the creamy side of life?
Ingredients
- ½ ounce vanilla vodka
- 4 ounces orange juice
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add vanilla vodka and orange juice.
- Gently wiggly to mix ingredients.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze until solid for approximately eight hours or overnight.
Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Boozy Pop
When it comes to Jurassic Park, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. With boozy strawberry shortcake popsicles? Oh, you definitely should.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce strawberry liqueur
- ¼ ounce strawberry vodka
- 4 ounces coconut milk
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add strawberry liqueur, strawberry vodka, and coconut milk.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into popsicle mold.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for approximately eight hours or overnight.
The Boozy Cosmo Popsicle
If Carrie could've enjoyed her tart pink cosmo as a boozy popsicle with her girlfriends, she would've.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce citron vodka
- ½ ounce orange liqueur
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 3 ounces cranberry juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add citron vodka, orange liqueur, lime juice, and cranberry juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for at least eight hours or overnight.
Fuzzy Navel Popsicle
The only fuzzy thing here, other than the name, is the feeling that'll spread from your toes to your nose while you nibble on this boozy ice pop.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce peach liqueur
- 4 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add peach liqueur and orange juice.
- Gently wiggle to mix.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze around eight hours or overnight.
Gin Rickey Raspberry Popsicle
No one said you have to keep your alcoholic ice pops to simple flavors. Go highbrow with a classic rickey in frozen form.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce gin
- ¾ ounce simple syrup
- 3 ounces limeade
- 2-3 raspberries
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add gin, simple syrup, and limeade.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Drop in the raspberries.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze until frozen solid or overnight.
Adult Rum Punch Popsicle
This breaks the usual rules of rum punch, as you find no grenadine, but if you can't imagine a rum punch riff without it, go ahead and add a splash. It's your boozy popsicle life - live the best one.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce white rum
- ¼ ounce dark rum
- 1½ ounces pineapple juice
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add white rum, dark rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and lime juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for eight hours or overnight.
Blueberry Margarita Popsicle
What quenches thirst better than water? An ice-cold margarita. You know what's even better? A blueberry margarita popsicle. That's science.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce tequila
- ¼ ounce orange liqueur
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 3½ ounces blueberry juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, and blueberry juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for at least eight hours or overnight.
Cherry Bourbon Popsicle
Sure, sometimes you'd rather just sip some homemade cherry-infused bourbon, but straight liquor doesn't freeze. Don't frown, this boozy popsicle is the perfect alternative.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce bourbon
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 ounces tart cherry juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add bourbon, lemon juice, and cherry juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into the popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for around eight hours or overnight.
Summertime Tequila Sunrise Popsicle
Welcome watermelon to the tequila sunrise game. And your freezer, for obvious reasons. And peaches. Okay, so it's what a tequila sunrise tastes like in the summertime.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce tequila
- 2 ounces watermelon juice
- 1½ ounces peach nectar
- ½ ounce orange juice
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add tequila and watermelon juice.
- Wiggle to mix.
- Allow to freeze for approximately four to six hours.
- In a cocktail shaker, add peach nectar and orange juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Add to popsicle mold to create second layer.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze around eight hours or overnight.
French 75 Popsicle
Definitely not as lethal or worrisome as the traditional French 75 counterpart, so you can enjoy several of these without losing your day today. Or tomorrow.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce gin
- ¾ ounce prosecco
- 3½ ounces lemonade
- Lemon slice and raspberry
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add gin and lemonade.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add prosecco.
- Drop in a lemon slice and raspberry.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze overnight.
Lemon Drop Popsicle
There's a lot of risk involved with sipping a lemon drop martini in the summertime. Especially when navigating the pool. The solution? A boozy popsicle.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce lemon vodka
- ¼ ounce orange liqueur
- ¾ ounce simple syrup
- 3 ounces lemonade
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add lemon vodka, orange liqueur, simple syrup, and lemonade.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze overnight or at least eight hours.
Boozy Party on a Stick Popsicle
Like the decorating with streamers or balloons at a party, this carefully layered alcoholic ice pop is sure to get any party started, even if it's only a party of one.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce coconut rum, divided into thirds
- 1¼ ounces freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1¼ ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1¼ ounces tart cherry juice
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add the lime juice and a third of the rum.
- Allow to freeze for approximately three hours.
- Add orange juice and a third of the rum.
- Allow to freeze for approximately three hours.
- Add cherry juice and the remaining rum.
- Allow to freeze for approximately eight hours or overnight.
Boozy Rum and Cola Frozen Cuba Libre Popsicle
The classic rum and cola cocktail hits the spot on the hottest of days, especially when you're soaking up some summer sun. What's better? When it's a frozen popsicle, obviously.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce rum
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2½ ounces cola
Instructions
- In a popsicle mold, add rum, lime juice, and cola.
- Wiggle gently to mix.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze overnight.
Piña Colada Popsicle
If you like piña coladas and sitting in the sunshine, well, this is the number one treat for you.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce white rum
- 1 ounce cream of coconut
- 2 ounces pineapple juice
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add white rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and lime juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze until set or overnight.
Boozy Mojito Popsicle
The frozen mojito: for when you know you don't want to be bothered to muddle all that mint tomorrow. Time is better spent relaxing.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce white rum
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 ounce mint simple syrup
- 1-2 fresh mint leaves
- 1 lime slice
- 2 ounces still water
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add white rum, lime juice, mint simple syrup, mint leaves, lime slice, and water.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze overnight or until set.
Bushwacker Boozy Popsicle
A sister of the mudslide, this boozy popsicle is the perfect post-dinner drink and dessert all in one.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce dark rum
- ¼ ounce coffee liqueur
- ¼ ounce creme de cacao
- 3½ ounces coconut milk
- 1 pinch grated nutmeg
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add dark rum, coffee liqueur, creme de cacao, coconut milk, and grated nutmeg.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze overnight or until totally set.
Vanilla Passionfruit Boozy Popsicle
There's a cliche line about getting heated and cooling off, but you can craft that pun while you enjoy this frozen riff of the vanilla passionfruit martini.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce vanilla vodka
- 3 ounces passion fruit juice
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add vanilla vodka, passion fruit juice, and lime juice.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze for approximately eight hours or overnight.
Easy Margarita Popsicle
Summer comes to you when you're enjoying this frozen tequila treat. Guaranteed.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce tequila
- ½ ounce orange liqueur
- ½ ounce agave syrup
- 3 ounces limeade
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add tequila, orange liqueur, agave syrup, and limeade.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze overnight or until set.
Berry Good Boozy Popsicle
Could you say that this boozy popsicle is a berry good choice? Could you say it tastes so berry good it'll knock your pants off and right into a breezy summer dress? Oh, absolutely.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce vodka
- ½ ounce raspberry liqueur
- 2 ounces pomegranate juice
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ¼ ounce simple syrup
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add vodka, raspberry liqueur, pomegranate juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake to mix.
- Pour into a popsicle mold.
- Add a popsicle stick or popsicle mold stick.
- Allow to freeze until set or overnight.
An Introduction to Freezing Alcohol
Different types of alcohol will freeze at different rates, amounts, and well as ratios with nonalcoholic ingredients. The golden ratio for freezing alcohol is 5:1. This is true for alcohol that has a higher ABV, such as vodka, bourbon, rum, or tequila. In order for the alcohol to freeze, for each one part alcohol, you will need five parts nonalcoholic mixer. Bear in mind that anything particularly sugary will take a little longer to freeze, so avoid using more than a full ounce of anything sugar-forward, such as simple syrup, and allow your boozy popsicle to form in the freezer for a little longer. When using wine or prosecco, these ingredients are able to nearly completely freeze on their own but need a nonalcoholic mixer to bind them completely. Consider a ratio closer to 4:1 or 3:1 when using sparkling and traditional wines.
As you learn to craft your own alcoholic ice pops, start with your preferred spirit and then consider drinks you enjoy with that spirit or popular drinks with that spirit. An old-fashioned might be too boozy to properly freeze into an ice pop, but a whiskey smash will bring all those bourbon flavors together just as nicely. Aim for 3 to 4 ounces of a nonalcoholic mixer with minimal sugar, such as club soda, fruit juices, or freshly squeezed citrus juices. And don't forget to add a slice or piece of fruit to freeze into your boozy popsicle for a built-in garnish.
The Popsicle Gets a Boozy Glow-Up
Welcome to the world of icy, delicious, and irresistible boozy frozen popsicles. The fun doesn't stop when you're an adult, it's just getting started. The only downside? It requires planning ahead. But just think of this as an important part of your meal prep.
