Margarita Popsicles

The original recipe is from Emeril Lagasse on Food Network.


However, I changed it up a little...

Original Recipe:
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup fresh lime juice
½ cup water
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons tequila
2 tablespoons orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
Kosher salt, for garnish
Special Equipment: 4 small cups (recommended: Dixie), 4 popsicle sticks

Combine sugar, lime juice, water, lemon juice and orange juice in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Once cool transfer to a blender with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime wedge and process until smooth. Pour into the cups and cover the top of each cup with foil. Place the popsicle stick in center of cup (down through foil, which will hold it in place). Freeze until hard, preferably overnight. Remove from freezer and run cup under warm water to loosen popsicle. Garnish with kosher salt and serve.

I didn't have orange juice, so I put a little extra lemon juice. And I put 3 tablespoons of each of the liquors instead of 2. I also added half a packet of black cherry Koolaid for flavor that I think worked wonders (I'm not a fan of regular margarita flavor).

Because of the alcohol, they don't freeze quite as hard as normal popsicles, so I found it better to make them in the smaller size (hence the pegnuin shaped ice cube trays).

I had tried to make them the dixie cup size, and I just felt like they turned a little too mushy before you finished eating them. And party food shouldn't be difficult.