Pops!: Icy Treats for Everyone (Paperback)

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Product Description

Pops! introduces a whole new Popsicle one that's fashionable as well as fun. This first-ever ice pop compendium includes more than 100 recipes for pops with unique tastes and flavor combinations, such as Sour Plum, Sweet Martini, Thai Iced Coffee, and Blueberry Cheesecake cool treats today's grown-up kids will be proud to serve at their birthday gatherings, barbecues, and cocktail parties.

And for those whose creative interests stretch beyond the kitchen and into the DIY realm, Pops! offers innovative techniques for making ice molds from found objects and even small toys. With more than 30 full-color photographs and tons of quirky sidebars, Pops! features frosty indulgences for every occasion.

About the Author

Krystina Castella lives and works near Los Angeles as a writer, industrial designer, and professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books (May 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594742537
• ISBN-13: 978-1594742538
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "real" reviewer loves it, August 2, 2009

By	Karen L. Pancoast "Denver Book Hound" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I agreed with the reviewer who said the long over-the-top reviews looked like a publicist wrote them. However, I bought the book anyway. It truly is as good as I hoped it would be. So far I have made Fresh Fruit bubbly pops, Grape Pops, and Coconut pops. They all turned out as good as the pictures looked in the book. My only complaint is that the recipes make a LOT of "batter". So I have cut them in half so that I have just the right amount to fill my 6 large Tovolo pops (also from Amazon). If you were using the Tupperware pops you would have WAY too much batter. I haven't tried any of the really exotic cocktail pops, just the summery fruity ones. The fruity ones taste a lot fresher than the fruity type pops I bought at the supermarket. I highly recommend this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS A POP STAR!, July 3, 2009

By	punkypoptart - See all my reviews

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Another hot summer, and my husband and I need some sweet relief -- so I'm going to make popsicles!

Surprisingly, this is the only popsicle cookbook I could find on Amazon. I am happy to report that it surpasses my expectations. Not only is it thoroughly informative and fun to read, but also inspires creativity.

HOW TO
The opening section includes a brief history of the world (of frozen treats) - including how to say "icy treat" in 13 languages.

There are useful tips on ingredients, types of molds, popsicle stick possibilities, and even freezer conditions. Even without the recipes that follow, this segment of the book arms you with enough information to invent your own concoctions.

The book ends with a section on creating your own molds, encouraging the reader to look around and consider the unexpected. Anything that holds liquids is fair game!

THE RECIPES
The book is organized by "pop" type. There are 6 chapters (each containing at least 10 appealing recipes, most of which have a creative twist):

1. Healthy Energy Pops (e.g., banana-date, ginger lemon-lime)
2. Fruit Juice Pops (e.g., tangerine & blood orange, mulled cider)
3. Soda Fountain Pops (e.g., root beer float, banana split)
4. Cream & Pudding Pops (e.g., cheesecake, eggnog, coconut cream)
5. Coffee & Tea Pops (e.g., caramel latte, mint tea)
6. Cocktail Pops (e.g., margarita, sangria, pina colada)

Each chapter includes at least one international recipe, such as: Filipino halo halo, Mexican mango & chile, Italian cremolatas.

VISUALLY APPEALING
The book is jam-packed with colorful photos. It's so fun to flip through, it could be a coffee table book. Even if readers are not inspired to make popsicles, they'll certainly want to eat one.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Thanks to this book, what started out as a whim to make some juice popsicles has turned into ... well, the possibilities are apparently endless.

25 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Most reviews are fake ... beware!, June 12, 2009

By	Charles D. Parker "transported by books" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you check the reviewers, they are almost all new reviewers with a single review (of this book) about the same time frame and having the same writing style and tone. Apparently the author or the publisher feels it necessary to stuff the ballot box on this one. It's unfortunate Amazon doesn't have a way to prevent this type of misleading biasing. Check for yourself.