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4th of July Horchata Popsicles

Yazzy
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Prep Time 1 hour
1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 10 Pops

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups white rice rinsed and cooked in water
  • 1 cup drinking water
  • 1-12 fl oz can evaporated milk
  • 1-14 fl oz can sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 sticks cinnamon bark
  • For the blue portion of flag:
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 2 - 3 tbsp sugar
  • or:
  • blue food coloring
  • For the red stripes:
  • 1 cup hulled, rinsed and disinfected strawberries or raspberries
  • 2 - 3 tbsp sugar
  • or:
  • 2 - 3 drops red food coloring

Instructions
 

  • In the blender process the cooked rice, water, milks and cinnamon sticks until smooth. Pass through a strainer and discard the solids. If you are using the food coloring and not the berries for coloring, reserve 2 cup of the horchata, divided. Chill the horchata.
  • For the blue part of the flag:
    In the clean blender process the blueberries with the sugar until smooth. Add a little horchata if the mix is too thick.
    Otherwise, if you are using the food coloring, color 1 cup of horchata with 2 - 3 drops of blue food coloring. Keep chilled until you use it.
  • For the red stripes:
    In the clean blender process the strawberries with the sugar until smooth. Add a little horchata if the mix is too thick.
    Otherwise, if you are using the food coloring, color 1 cup of horchata with 2 - 3 drops of red food coloring. Keep chilled until you use it.
  • Assembly:
    It is very important to wait in between color layers. Start with filling up to 1/3 of each popsicle mold with the blue colored horchata or the blueberry mix. Freeze for, at the very least, 3 hours, preferably overnight.
  • Next, add uncolored (white) horchata up to 2/3 of the popsicle mold; put your popsicle sticks in. Freeze for at least 3 hours or, if possible, overnight.
  • Add the red colored horchata, blended strawberry/raspberry mix, or Hibiscus tea last, filling up to the brim, the upper third of the molds. Freeze again for 3 hours at least, preferably overnight.
  • Unmold and enjoy!

Notes

To unmold, run some hot water around the outer side of the popsicle tray for 30 seconds. Carefully wiggle the popsicles out and enjoy.
Please note that even when the horchata is passed through a strainer, some sedimentation at the bottom of your containers is to be expected. This is normal. Don't eat those solids. Of course, they are safe to eat but they will feel like sand in your mouth.
You can drink any remaining horchata, just make sure to always keep it chilled.