Dear Reader, I need to tell you that the moment I decided to get glasses and contact lenses was after the time that I tried to hail a police car mistaking it for a taxi.
By the way, they don’t stop. And I’ve done it twice. Ho hum… 
However, sometimes, not being able to see things properly isn’t the worst thing. It was a hot day when I was shopping at the markets. Mr NQN had dropped me off and I didn’t have my contacts in. I just wanted to get in and out as quickly as possible as the crowds brushed past in the crush and everyone was sweaty and irritable. I bought several lots of fruit and in my haste to exit I bought a few bundled up packs.
When I got home I realised that I had bought peaches instead of nectarines. Both good but I know Mr NQN prefers nectarines as he prefers the smooth skin to the fuzzy peach skin so I decided to make some popsicles with the peaches to cool us both down. The beauty of these is that you simply stuff whatever fruit you want into them, fill them with a delicious mixture of Pimms and a sweet fizzy drink like lemonade.
I actually didn’t intend to blog these but they ended up being so gloriously coloured and delicious that I just had to share them with you. They’re also ludicrously simple, just one more step further than a fruit salad and of course feel free to omit the Pimms if you are serving them to children. And if you include the alcohol, well things are that much merrier that way!
So tell me Dear Reader, what is your favourite summer fruit? And do you prefer peaches or nectarines? And errrm, have you ever hailed a police car?
Sweet Summer Popsicles
Makes 4 ice blocks
- 1 cup of fruit of your choice-I used peach, grapes, frozen blueberries, frozen raspberries, strawberries and kiwifruit
- 4 Mint leaves
- 1/4 cup Pimms
- 3/4 cup lemonade (I used Eff lemon and lime sparkling drink)
- You will also need an ice block mold set that holds four ice blocks, roughly 1/2 cup of liquid in each
1. Slice up fruit into smaller portions. I used small peaches and cut them into eighths and peeled the kiwifruit and cut each slice in half. Pop the fruit into the ice block cavities layering them along with a single mint leaf.
2. In a jug, measure the Pimms and lemonade-I recommend letting the fizz subside for a few seconds as it freezes better without so many bubbles, and then pour this into the cavity on top of the fruit. Fill until the line indicated and place tops on the holder and freeze until firm (several hours or overnight).
3. Run hot water along the body of the holders to loosen and pull out gently.
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These are stunning! Almost too pretty to enjoy
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They are really pretty and look divinely refreshing!
Cheers,
Rosa
Your pops look like edible jewels..loooove!!
White nectarines!! They win in the nectarines/peaches spectrum for me. Also plums. And figs. PLUMS AND FIGS I MISS PLUMS AND FIGS.
Oh these are refreshing and gorgeous, love the mint leaf in there too. I love both but am partial to nectarines.
Dear even with my glasses/contacts on I am capable of not seeing properly! LOL
These look fantastic… Somehow I too like nectarine more than peaches but these popsicles looks fantastic.. so refreshing and colorful!
These are the best boozy ice-popsicles that I ever have seen! They look so beautiful at the same time!
A must make in Summertime!
I love the idea of a Pimms ice block! And I vote for nectarines for the same reason – fuzz.
I’ve never hailed a police car but I am surprised they never stopped for you, after all they have no idea that you think they are a cab. You might have just been robbed!?!?
I’m glad you did blog these because they are very pretty and the perfect way to cool down. I think my eyesight is pretty good but a few weeks ago I also tried to step into a police car instead of a taxi – probably because finding a taxi is like finding a mirage xx
I love mangoes! I also love cherries, lychees, peaches, nectarines, figs…these are some of the best things about summer?
Such a cute idea! I love it! It’s been boiling hot in Melbourne – a nice fruity alcoholic icy-pole would be PERFECT!
Really they don’t stop – what if it was some kind of emergency. You must not have looked frantic enough
I like peaches and Craig likes nectarines – same reason as MrNQN he doesn’t like the fuzzy. These popsicles look totally amazing.
They’re beautiful! Oh I’m terrible without my glasses now although nothing beats when mum made me a smoothie without her glasses. This was back when you could get frozen mango slices but they were all individually plastic wrapped. Let’s just say she didn’t see the plastic and plastic in a smoothie isn’t all that tasty.
How bright and beautiful indeed! You’re never too old for ice cream or icy pops
I wear purple tinted glasses, so that gets me plenty of funny looks, but my long range vision is great so no police cars!
I like white nectarines the best, so mild and sweet and juicy- yummo!
Thanks. These look fabulous. Mango’s have, always and will be my favourite. The house we are in now comes complete with a mango tree. We saved 15 mango’s from the birds stuck then in paper bags with an apple to ripen. We are still eating them now.
These look wonderful, amazing colours and I love the idea of Pimms ice lollies. Definitely one for this summer,not for a while yet though. My favourite fruite is white flesh nectarines, so sweet. GG
Yum, they look absolutely delicious. My daughter & I would love them. I have been looking for icy pole moulds everywhere. Where did you get these from?
Hi Lisa! Oh I just found them at one of those discount stores. They were $2 each! The one I went to was Tek’s on Belmore Road in Randwick. I’m not sure where you’re located though but I’ve seen them at other places too (not Go-lo though as I went there first and they didn’t have any).
What beutiful popsicles!! I’m not a big fruit person, but I need to make this…I think it was the pimms that persuaded me
I love the look and idea of this. I’m sure this can be tried without the alcohol right? I’m sure my nephews would love a fruity popsicle!
Ooooooooo how beautiful!! Why would you NOT want to blog these!!! Much as I love your reviews, this one is just jaw dropping gorgeous.
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Hi Tina! Absolutely! They’re just as delicious without the alcohol
I bet they’d love them!
Ohhh I know Ricky will LOVE these
he’s always bugging me to make him popsicles and he loves fruity desserts hehe 
LOL why have you tried hailing a police car?
I haven’t tried but I would expect them to stop…maybe not hehe
My favourite summer fruit would have to MANGOES and WATERMELON hehe
Love this, it looks so refreshing and delicious!
Hahaha no, I’ve never tried to hail a police car
These are just gorgeous! I imagine vodka or sparkling wine could be used in place of the Pimm’s (adjusted depending on alcohol %)?
Hi Chanel! Hehe oh well, I have my contacts now so I guess I won’t be doing that anymore (she says hopefully
). Absolutely! Yes that would be perfect with a juice or something 
These are like works of art. Sigh, it’s raining and oh-so gray here. You are so lucky to be enjoying summer with treats like these.
Summer on a stick!! These are just divine and would be perfect for a hot , lazy, Summer afternoon, Pimms included for me!
While I’ve never tried to hail a Police car instead of a taxi, I can testify that I inserted ear drops into my eyes as I couldn’t see/read the label,:-( I soon realised what I had done and immediately ran to the bathroom to flush them out with water. Eeek!
These look just gorgeous. What a perfect, light summer dessert. I’d be tempted to try them with gin & tonic instead of the Pimms – but I’m a gin girl from way back!
They are ridiculously pretty! I don’t know if I’d be nice enough to share them with the kids… I’d want to save them all for me.
So beautifully colourful. This is what I love about summer and what I’ll miss about summer – I’m becoming increasingly anxious about the dark mornings we’re having!
I also prefer nectarines.
Gorgeous and so summery!
The colours are beautiful! I love the whole chunks of fruit in the popsicle.
Simply beautiful, TRUE!
GREAT summer light dessert too!
Remember when I first got glasses, HOW many people’s faces from afar I could see! lol
Funniest of all was my tennis coach from the other side of the net staring back at me!
Contact lenses > glasses anytime!
Haha I was thinking to myself, ‘How does one mistake a bright yellow taxi for a police car?!’ before realising that in Sydney, cabs don’t look like they do in Melbourne :p
I’ve been making mango froyo popsicles this summer but keen to give some other flavours a go. These look quite a treat, Lorraine. And Pimms?! Oh my! You’re awesome.
Hi Lorraine, these look very pretty and delicous, going to make them this weekend ready for a hot day. Hard to choose a favourite summer fruit but if pressed I’d say mango. Can’t bring myself to eat the skin on peaches (too lazy to peel!) so laziness dictates that I prefer nectarines. I’ve never hailed a police car
Lisa, saw your comment re. where to buy the moulds not sure if you are located in Sydney but I bought some recently from Daiso (Japanese discount store) at the Mandarin Centre in Chatswood, if you look at their website there are a few more stores too.
How cool is this! I would love one (or two) even in the middle of the winter! I love both, nectarines and peaches, and I can eat it every day when in season!
Lorraine, I was thinking of you this morning, when I called Breville customer service and a soft voice with charming Australian accent put me on hold for transfer… So now, I think of you not only when I see quiche Lorraine, but when I am around Breville also. And I am around Breville all the time: from tea kettle, to oven, to panini press…
My grandkids are going to love these, thanks Lorraine. And as for the cops not stopping for you – they need glasses.
I love the colors! The kiwis are too cute!
Lorraine, I definitely will be making these pops when Summer arrives…I love the fresh fruits and they look so pretty.
Have a great week and thanks for the inspiration!
Seeing how summer’s come early to my neck of the woods, these would be the perfect thing to serve for dessert!
(Oh, and mango season’s started here, Lorraine; they’d also be perfect for these pops!)
I’ve never hailed a cop-car, but I confess that my eyesight is REALLY bad and I’m totally helpless sans glasses or contact lenses!
Hi Lorraine. These look stunning! Gorgeous photos
LOVE sweet juicy peaches straight off the tree. I knew I needed glasses when I went to see HAIR Live on stage and my friend said “Don’t you think the nude scene was tastefully done?” and I had missed it completely!!! She said there were naked men all over the stage…I dashed off to the optometrist the very next day!! 
I live in the land of popsicles, or paletas, as they are called in Mexico, but I have never seen any this gorgeous! And they have Pimms!!!! I can’t buy it here, but am thinking of a DYI version I read about.
Mangoes. Definitely mangoes, but I love peaches as well. I have never hailed a police car,but absolutely love it that you did
Dear Lorraine,
I was going to give away a popsicle maker set but what you have done have changed my mind. I might add a little vodka into that concoction
These pops are so pretty. I knew I wanted to make them even before I read about the Pimms. Oh I do love Pimms!
There are more embarassing things than hailing a police car. I know a lady who while attending a party introduced herself to her ex-husband!
Love the bright colours! I prefer nectarines but only when they’re soft- because of the skin. But I do love peaches also haha.
My favourite summer fruit hmmm, not sure if these are ‘summer’ fruits but I love pineapple, watermelon and grapes!
If I made those I wouldve blogged them too! those colours are awesome!
Lorraine, I’m glad you did share. Sometimes we forget some of the best things are the most simple. My favourite summer fruit is mango but good sweet cherries are yum, oh and really good grapes, mmmm!
What a great idea, frozen Pimms! Geez I could do with one of those right now.
Lorraine these look so luscious, I just want to run out and make them immediately. The colours are so vibrant and gorgeous it looks like a painting. My favourite summer fruits? I would have to say peaches above nectarines, but I also adore watermelon, lychees, mangoes, cherries, grapes, apricots….oh I think I would have to say I love almost all the summer fruits; they’re perfect at this time of the year.
As always you impress with such wonderful ideas! I love watermelon and mangoes! Hmmm… enjoying the last of our summer fruits here in South Africa. Going to try this recipe, seeing that it is insanely hot today!
These look unreal!!!
So beautiful! Love Pimms love peaches and nectarines, if the fruit is really sweet, peaches eaten with the skin on taste good too!
I love peaches AND nectarines. And have never have hailed a police car. Yet.
they look amazing! love the colours
just thinking that I needed to make icy poles on the weekend when it was so hot – though we would do sans pimms in our house because sylvia loves icy poles
I’ve never hailed a police car but I spend my time reading by brightly lit windows so I don’t need to use glasses
See I knew you didn’t need one of those fancy zoku (?) things to make pretty icy poles. Gorgeous Lorraine!
I have hailed a police car before too and mistaken it for a taxi. And I was already wearing glasses at that time (I was 13). The police was nice to stop and he gave me a lift. I sat at the back of the car and I remember getting ‘looks’ from people outside, because they must have thought that I’ve been arrested. lol.
The popsicles look fantastic. So colourful with all the fruits. Lovely.
So glad you chose to blog about these! I must try this at home
omg! These are so ridiculously simple and yet so gorgeous! I’m so glad you decided to share them with us!!! So colourful and summer-y! <3
What a thoroughly refreshing way to present a popsicle, very clever! I love the actual fruit in the bars, so pretty and of course, the booze doesn’t hurt.
These look so pretty and are perfect for the hot weather we’ve been having.
what gorgeous popsicles! those colors are glorious, and the fruits you picked make them tasty to boot.
Love love love stone fruit. These look so so pretty!
Heidi xo
These popsicles are so colorful, pretty, and refreshing looking! I am going to make them for sure! I prefer nectarines if I am eating them whole, due to the fuzz, just like your husband:) In baking, I prefer peaches.
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM!
oh YUM these look so fresh and fabulous
i think peaches are definitely one of my fave summer fruits 
So easy, pretty, delicious, and it’s simply perfect!!! I need to save this recipe for next year. I haven’t made Popsicles yet, and this sounds like a nice attracting recipes for summer parties!
I use glasses since I was at the university. I started using just for read, then to watch tv, and suddenly I have use glasses all the day. But know…ok, it’s the time when I have to take off my glasses to read…I’m old…
So beautiful Lorraine! Bookmarked for when it’s summer here – snowed yesterday.
I actually saw these on Pinterest ages ago, loved them and pinned them, waiting for summer to come. Then summer came and went and I forgot to make them!
Never tried to hail a police car but I have tried to answer the phone with my tv remote. Your pops look Dee-licious!
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