Strawberry Ice Cream Quick Pop

We got a new set of Zoku Quick Pop makers for Christmas. We used to have one, it died, I finally got rid of it maybe in November. I thought it was hilarious when I unwrapped one from under the tree. My MIL ended up giving us 3 single pop makers, and a slew of extras. (case, extra sticks, decorating kits, and chocolate station) I didn't keep good records before, I'm terrible with things like this, but I'm going to try to be better as I experiment this time.

Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 cup melted vanilla ice cream
4 Tbsp strawberry milk mix (powder)

Blended in a blender because I'm the lazy. It got a little aerated, so I popped it into the fridge to get nice and cold, and hopefully for some of the bubbles to settle out. I plan to skim the top to remove any froth before using the mix.

Lots of easily scooped off froth.
Tastes like a mix of strawberry milk and vanilla ice cream, SURPRISE.

The pop maker says 7-9 minutes, but longer for high fat mixes, so I set a timer for 10 minutes.

Hmm... not sure what's going on, if it will freeze more or not, but going to wait 2 more minutes. It expanded upward, so it's beyond the freezy wall. I'm not sure if the cold will seep through enough to freeze more or not, but if the core isn't solid it won't come out on the stick and then I have to wait for it all to thaw so I can wash the darn things.

Freshly Poured Mix

I used a chopstick to poke down toward the center and I think we have a good freeze. I'm waiting just a little longer. It will have ended up being 15 minutes in the pop maker when I try to remove one.

The pops came out with no problem. Next time I might fill slightly less since the fluff that rose up almost got tall enough to interfere with removing the pops from the makers.

Not my thing, lol. The flavor is okay, but it has that frozen fat texture thing, where it coats your tongue a bit? I'm not a fan. The kids are enjoying them though! Good thing too. I forgot it takes 2 oz of liquid to make a pop, we kind of have a LOT left over.