Zoku

 Now, remember that everything that I have done over the past few weeks was deleted, so I am trying to backtrack a little and fill you in on what I have done that was lost. So here was one of my other weeks:

Christmas time, I bought my parents a Zoku. Zoku is a frozen pop maker that is fun, quick and easy. You can have your own popsicle in 6-8 minutes. When I bought it at William and Sonoma in Los Gatos, the lady at the register said it was their number one selling item at the time and that everyone seemed to love it. I was really excited to give it to my parents and my mom loved it. Then, she never used it. She put the tub in the freezer to get it ready and then forgot about it. Eventually, I dabbled with it and tried a few simple fruit juice pops but recently I have come across an abundance of recipes for Zoku pops on Pinterst ranging from simple to extremely intricate and thought that I would try one. At least one of the more simple ones.

So here it goes, an Orange Cream-sicle. It is a super simple recipe with just two ingredients: orange juice and vanilla yogurt.

Step 1.

Make sure you tub is frozen.

The way that Zoku works is they give you a tub that has the shape of the popsicles and you freeze the entire tub (make sure it gets to 0 degrees) and that is what freezes the pops so quickly.

Step 2.

Make your mix.

I used Odwala orange juice and Brown Cow vanilla yogurt. And stirred them together in a measuring cup for easy pouring.

Step 3.

Pour your mix into the tub.

Self explanatory…I hope.

Step 4.           

Wait.

Ugggggghhhhhh. Patience is not my strong suit, especially when it is not a super long period of time. 6-8 minutes is an awkward length of time, not long enough to go actually do and accomplish anything but too long to sit and stare at it..

Step 5.            

Twist out and enjoy.

I liked this part.

Overall, it went really well. They were amazing and so easy to make. I honestly wish that I got my parents the large size (I got them the 2 pop maker, but they come in 1 and 3 pop makers as well).  Luckily, the way the tub works, you can make up to 3 batches…and I did. 6 pops total. Not all for me, I promise.