In the Philippines, ice candy is a popular dessert. Best way to describe it is that it is a homemade creamy icy pole.

Normally it is made with milk, sugar and some sort of fruit – mangoes, coconut, avocados – anything! Today’s version I made especially for my niece, Mischa. Mischa has a few allergies so this version was made with this in mind.

What you need?

• 1 cup blueberries
• 2 teaspoons raw sugar
• 1 cup rice milk (this can be replaced with any milk you prefer)

What you do?

• Put a small saucepan onto a medium heat – add the blueberries and the raw sugar
• Cook until the sugar has dissolved – the blueberries will start to release it’s water
• Keep cooking until the syrup thickens up a little
• Set aside to cool
• Add in the rice milk
• Pour into ice candy plastic bags – or any type of icy pole moulds
• Freeze until solid
• Enjoy – nom nom nom!

Mischa was my little helper for this project – she particularly loved it when we were cooking down the blueberries because I used the wooden spoon to apply the blueberry syrup as lipstick on her lips – hehehe!

Do you have any special icy pole recipes that you could share with us? It’s super HOT here in Australia – so any excuse to help us cool down would be great!

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!