As a child in the summer, do you remember hearing the ice cream truck playing music in your neighborhood?
Childhood Nostalgia
We lived in San Bernardino, California and it was HOT. The land is basically an irrigated desert. With six kids in the family, my mom wanted us outside most of the day (can you blame her?).
Me at around five years old…after giving myself a bang trim.
Often when we heard the jingle…my mother would give us some change and send our frenzied pack out to the ice cream truck. Oh, the joy!
Here is a 1924 picture of the mission style house we grew up in that was designed by Howard Jones. It sort of looked like this when we lived there but with trees and rose bushes. Imagine six kids, a few cousins, and neighbors running down the driveway to meet the ice cream man.
And today after we drove past it recently.
So enough about ME and my childhood nostalgia.
It’s fun to make a sort of adult version popsicle. I’m calling these Key Lime Pie ice pops as it sounds better than just lime pie..but you can use any limes. In this case, we used the limes from my sister’s Mexican lime tree in San Diego, CA.
Tangy Key Lime Pie Ice Pops
The recipe comes from the cookbook Paletas by Fany Gerson. It’s a fun book!
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup half and half
- 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice about four large limes
- 2 tsp lime zest
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 cups coarsely crushed graham crackers
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Put the sweetened condensed milk, half and half, lime juice, lime zest and salt in a bowl ans whisk until thoroughly combined.
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If using conventional molds divide the mixture evenly, put on the lids and freeze for 5 hours. Or fill small ramekins and freeze for 5 hours.
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Spread the graham crackers pieces on a plate. Unmold the ice pops and press and coat each side into the crackers.
Or here is another way to serve the recipe:
Key Lime Pie Frozen Individual Dessert
There are lots of other frozen desserts to explore!!! YUM! Thank you Happy Happy Nester, Modern Glam, and My 100-year-Old House for inviting me to this frozen dessert extravaganza!
The Best Summer Ice Cream and Popsicle Recipes
My Favorite Popsicle Recipes • Creamy No-Churn Cheesecake Ice Cream • Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle Recipe • Watermelon Lime Popsicles
Prosecco Popsicles • Antioxidant Cherry Ningxia Creamsicles • Dalgona Coffee as a Topping for Ice Cream •
Pineapple Coconut Mango Sorbet • Key Lime Pie Ice Pops • Lemon Sorbet Recipe • Pina Colada Ice Pops
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Your nostalgia for your childhood home rings oh so true for me too. My family moved around a lot so I have several childhood homes. But whenever I’m in a city where one of them is located, I always drive there and think about the days I lived there wondering what the future held. As Faulkner said, “ The past is never past.” I feel as though I’m still that child at the rather ripe age of 85.
Loved the 2 pictures of your childhood home. Thanks for a lovely post.
Ann
Good for you reading blogs at 85, Ann!!!
Mary Ann,
I love Key Lime anything. These pops look especially refreshing this time of year. You were a darling 5 year old, uneven bangs and all. Haha.
Karen
This is a dessert I can get behind! I love anything lime and these would be fabulous with Mexican food. Love that cute pic of you. I trimmed my bangs too but you did a better job. I think mine were much closer to the sky than yours!
I loved when the Ice Cream Truck would play its music in our neighborhood. What a fun treat it was for us! Thanks for joining us on this blog hop!
Thank YOU, Janine. Such an inspirational group!
These look delicious!!
Thanks, Amanda!
Thank you for bringing back such a fond memory of the ice cream man. I can still hear the tune played as he traveled the neighborhoods. It was such a treat in the middle of hot summers in the San Fernando Valley and I also remember them being 10 cents.
I’m definitely trying those Key Lime Pie Pops, my mouth is watering just thinking about them.
Can’t wait to explore all the other sweet summer treats from the other bloggers.
Happy Summer
Yes…they were so cheap and we were thrilled! I made some healthy-ish popsicles at my sister’s house and no one wanted to finish them…so well, these are more decadent 🙂
Hi Mary Anne,
Lovely post thank you! I am going to make those lime popsicles, I especially like the ramekin version, how cute!
And gorgeous little you, and house ….how nice to go back and see it so obviously loved and cherished.
Good for the heart,
Happy day,
Francesca B.
Thanks, Francesca. If you like key lime pie you will love these.
Mary Ann