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Summer Savings On Ice Treats & Leftover Produce

by Jennifer on July 6th, 2008

I’m forever talking about homemade ice pops. Mainly I got interested in homemade pops to cut down on garbage. I hate tossing all that plastic away. That said, I had a problem with homemade ice pops for the last few years - I didn’t have the best molds. I had those kinds that are attached to each other. You know, the type of molds where you have to take them all out of the freezer.

Luckily I did some research and found some single serve ice pop options a while back.

I ordered three sets of Tovolo molds - you can read about these here. They cost me about $16 total, but have saved me much more. A box of ice pops costs at least $1, but that’s at a discount store. Usually $2-3 is typically. Since my son eats ice pops as if his life depends on it, that’s a lot of cash. Homemade cost nothing except ingredients and recently, I’ve only been using leftovers to make pops so it’s almost like spending no money. If you’ve got strawberries, squash, watermelon, bananas, yougurt, or carrots that are getting too old, you can make them into pops before they go bad.

All in all - homemade ice pops save resources, are gentle on the earth, eliminate trash, preserve leftovers, and can save you oodles of money. I’d say homemade ice pops are one of the best money summer savers ever.

To learn more read: 32 Unique Homemade Popsicle Recipes & Ideas

[image via Tovolo Star Molds]

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