Author Notes
These heavenly adult ice pops were created with the dreaded 3pm slump in mind. What better way to treat yourself than a creamy, cardamom-infused cool coffee pick-me-up?
Since these take a while to set, plan on making them early in the day or the day before you'll need them. - Elizabeth Howes —Elizabeth Howes
Test Kitchen Notes
I can definitely see myself keeping these ice pops stocked in the freezer through the warm summer months for an afternoon pick-me-up. They're just slightly sweet and spicy with an ample coffee kick. I loved the heady flavor of coffee and cardamom together. My only difficulty was was pinpointing the right time to add the chocolate powder: my pops were too liquid to work with for much longer than 1-1/2 hours and I wound up just letting them set all the way before adding the powder. They turned out fine though (if a tad grittier than they might have been otherwise)! - vrunka
—vrunka
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Ingredients
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4-5 cups
freshly brewed coffee (French press coffee works very well)
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5-6
cardamom pods, seeds removed and lightly toasted
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2 cups
organic cream or soymilk
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2-3 tablespoons
honey
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1/8 cup
Guittard semi-sweet chocolate, finely crushed
Directions
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Toast the cardamom seeds in a dry sauté pan until fragrant. Add directly to the grounds and brew coffee.
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Combine the cardamom-infused coffee, cream and honey. Pour mixture into ice pop molds or 2 ounce glass cups and place in freezer for 1 1/2 hours.
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Remove from freezer. Once somewhat set, insert wooden ice pop sticks and dust the top of each ice pop with chocolate powder, pressing the chocolate gently to set.
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Place back in freezer for 3-4 + hours until completely frozen and set.
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Remove from molds and serve immediately.
* Note: the coffee mixture can be made any way you enjoy by adding more/less cream and/or honey.
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