Boozy Blueberry Lemon Curd Popsicles

 

  Isn't it strange how sometimes the simplest of things can pose the biggest challenges? Take these Boozy Blueberry Lemon Curd Popsicles, for instance...

First batch was more slush than pop, as a result of my heavy-handedness in doling out the booze portion of this recipe - vodka, in this case. I guess I could have simmered it to burn of some of the alcohol and all that jazz. Basic grade 8 science regarding freezing points of high-proof alcohols blah, blah, blah...

Batch number two melted even before they were frozen. The warming surface on a stove that was left on (ahem!) will sometimes do that to plastic. If you're asking "why are popsicle molds on a stove?" I didn't have a good answer for the dude and I don't have one for you. They just were and then they did and I I am still scraping plastic off the gas range... Hence, only three, instead of the recipe-yielded six pops, that appear in the photos.

 The adage, third time's a charm, well, not so charming. Not when the molds are improperly secured and they spill their sticky, boozy guts all over the vegetarian *meat* lining the drawers on freezer. Picture it...see the irony? The popsicle goddess was certainly in her patience testing mode and I wasn't about to let her win.

Attempt number FOUR and we had a winner! A mouth-watering blend of fruity, tart, boozy sweetness frozen into submission.

Leave room here for slurps and moans, sticky hands and unnaturally blue tongues and lips and the inevitable brain freeze...