• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
    • Work with Me
  • Latest
  • Cakes
  • Recipes
  • Vegan
  • Life
Coco Cake Land

Coco Cake Land

Kawaii cakes, dessert recipes and modern cake designs based in Vancouver, Canada

Home » Recipes

Currantly Crushing On: Red Currant Popsicles Recipe

By Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

Jump to RecipePrint Recipe

red currant popsicles by coco cake land

basket of red currants

red currant popsicles by coco cake land

Tart, tangy and milky red currant popsicles! Teddy got a lesson in exchange for goods at the Vancouver Farmers Market a few weekends ago. We were weighing a brown bag of English snap peas and then a glistening pile of teensy red globes dangling from thin delicate stems caught my eye – red currants! They were so pretty I knew I had to bring them home. The market reminds me of playing “grocery store” or “restaurant” (we would serve raw dry spaghetti and water) when we were kids – it’s so fun to do the money exchange. I gave Teddy a little wooden coin worth $5 of farmers market money, told him to give it to the vendor, and he watched as we got a pretty basket of red currants in return!

red currant popsicles by coco cake land

red currant popsicles by coco cake land

We cruised home with the English snap peas and the currants, our bellies full of buttery buckwheat crepes. The red currants burst in your mouth like tart, fruity roe with the flavour of a lightly sour raspberry. These popsicles have an almost yogurt-like tartness from the red currants – a sweet, creamy and summery treat!

red currant popsicles by coco cake land
Print Recipe

Red Currant Popsicles

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
Makes: 10 popsicles

ingredients

For the popsicles

  • 2 cups of red currants
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 300 ml can of evaporated milk
  • ½ cup whole milk

instructions

Make the popsicles

  • Give the currants a gentle wash and remove the stems.
  • In a medium saucepan, add currants, water and sugar. Bring to a low boil on medium heat. Remove from stovetop.
  • Using another medium sized bowl, strain the mixture through a sieve into the bowl to remove seedy bits.
  • Add the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk to the bowl.
  • Using an immersion blender or a regular blender, blend the ingredients until smooth, pink and creamy.
  • Pour into popsicle molds – I use a liquid measuring cup for this job for ease of pouring!
  • Freeze popsicles for 30 minutes until set up, then add the sticks. This keeps the sticks from shuffling around in popsicle liquid and gives them a straighter appearance.
  • Freeze for 6 hours or overnight until completely firm.

Tag @cococakeland on Instagram or leave a star rating!

Want some more? You might like to check these out: Sorry, no more found.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Comments

  1. molly yeh

    July 10, 2014 at 9:30 am

    these little berries look like ones i would see growing on trees when i was little! i was always afraid that they’d be poisonous so i’d stay away :) but seriously they are the cutest things ever and these popsicles look delicious!!!

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      July 10, 2014 at 9:50 am

      aww molly i think i know the berries you speak of – there are red POISON berries (not smurf berries!) in bushes around here too but also red NON POISONOUS sweet salmon berries – ahhh it’s so confusing! teddy just discovered picking all of the blueberries off our blueberry plant and now i’m thinking i need to think of a way to explain that NOT ALL BERRIES are edible…! or just avoid the poison ones in his sightline until he’s old enough to know… xoxo

  2. movita beaucoup

    July 10, 2014 at 9:44 am

    These sound divine! My sister-in-law loves all things currant – and has access to them by the bucketful in France. (She gave me some gorgeous homemade currant jam for Christmas, and I’m completely besotted.) I’m betting she’d be crushing on these popsicles too…

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      July 10, 2014 at 9:50 am

      currant jam!! yes! ooh that would be so lovely to be surrounded by these pretty little things – ! thanks for stopping by, rachael! xo

  3. Michelle @ Hummingbird High

    July 10, 2014 at 10:17 am

    These are sooooo cute. Also i love your currantly crushing on currants pun. Adorbs.

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      July 10, 2014 at 10:24 am

      thank you michelle!! ^__^

  4. Billy

    July 10, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    taaaanks for the love! because of that original recipe I want to put condensed milk into every popsicle ever.

    Reply
  5. Thalia @ butter and brioche

    July 10, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    yum what an awesome recipe… definetly could use one of these pops right now. love the currently crushing on links list too – the halva pops are amazing!!

    Reply
  6. Lydia

    July 13, 2014 at 2:34 am

    I’m really boring and my popsicle making begins and ends with chocolate pudding pops. I use Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for cornstarch pudding. I just love it so much. Where did you get your ice pop molds?

    Reply
  7. renee (will frolic for food)

    July 16, 2014 at 9:04 am

    these are the perfect pink color! you know, i’ve never had fresh currants. we Virginians are missing out. these photos are super dreamy ;)

    Reply
  8. Kate @ ¡Hola! Jalapeño

    July 28, 2014 at 4:12 am

    These are beautiful! Alas there are no red currants to be found around here, can you think of a good substitute?

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      July 31, 2014 at 7:10 am

      hi kate! thanks for the comment! raspberries would be a lovely substitute! enjoy!

  9. Mia

    July 31, 2014 at 1:45 am

    1300ml milk??? It’s 1 liter 300ml – is that correct??

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      July 31, 2014 at 7:11 am

      It’s one 300 ml can of milk… ^__^

  10. Saucy Spatula

    November 7, 2014 at 7:20 am

    These are GORGEOUS, Lyndsay! I gotta get myself a popsicle mold! (Where’s yours from?)

    Reply

Primary Sidebar

Welcome!

  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

I'm Lyndsay

I'm a baker, blogger and mama from Vancouver, BC. I love super cute cakes, sweet design and snacks. Here you will find cakes galore, tutorials, recipes and modern, simple party ideas.
Learn More

My Books!

cococakelandbook

Create your very own cute and crafty party cakes! Learn More

Cookbook 2 with plant-based cakes coming in 2023!

Related Posts

Sorry, no more found.

Looking for more?

About Ads Contact Books

  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

© 2023 Coco Cake Land ·  Site Credits