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"  We have a new intern for the summer, Hillary Reeves, who just finished her junior year at Fordham University in New York City. Her first assignment: Test a new ice pop maker and report back. Here&amp;#039;s what she had to say: &amp;quot;Looking to indulge in the trendiest dessert of summer 2010? According to the The New York Times, that would be popsicles. They&amp;#039;re, well, excuse the pun, popping up around the country from Nashville to New York and though I&amp;#039;ve yet to visit any of these upscale shops myself, flavors like hibiscus, rosemary apple cider, and strawberry balsamic have me intrigued, if not salivating.   &amp;quot;If entrepreneurs in your city haven&amp;#039;t caught the ice pop fever, there&amp;#039;s a great new option for making your own gourmet treats. Before I tried the Zoku Quick Pop Maker, $49.95 at Williams-Sonoma, this particular do-it-yourselfer was skeptical about making &amp;#039;homemade ice pops.&amp;#039; Childhood memories of messy, toothpick-pierced plastic wrap, pulled over an ice cube tray filled with grape juice came flooding to mind.   &amp;quot;But the Zoku restored my faith in the possibility of making your own. Basically, this product is a mold that&amp;#039;s filled with a solution like the ones in ice cream makers that gets super cold when you keep it in the freezer overnight. Then, when you&amp;#039;re ready to make your pops, you pour in the ingredients and they freeze in about 7 to 15 minutes right on your countertop--no churning required. (The mold stays cold enough to make three batches of three before you have to refreeze it.) So unlike my mother you won&amp;#039;t have two little tots standing on stools, not understanding why it&amp;#039;s taking so long for their pops to set.   &amp;quot;Exercising my creative side, I lined the walls of the mold with thin slices of fresh kiwi and oranges before pouring in juice. I also created layered treats with watermelon and pineapple juices. A tool that comes with the unit made it easy to pull them out of the mold. One drawback: You can&amp;#039;t put the plastic pop sticks in the freezer so I had to find people to eat them right away...thankfully my new colleagues at GHRI didn&amp;#039;t hesitate to volunteer.&amp;quot; If ice cream, not ices, are your hot weather treat of choice, read what last year&amp;#039;s summer intern had to say about the ice cream maker attachment for KitchenAid stand mixers. Looking for frozen treats you can make without a special machine? We have frozen dessert recipes you can make with store-bought ice cream. For the best store-bought pops, read the results of our taste test of frozen fruit bars. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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