We have a TON of mint out back

[and if you have mint, I’m sure you have a TON too!] 

I personally love the flavor…

[Ours is spearmint.]

A few weeks back I had some strawberries that had 

just about given their all, 

but I hated to let them go to the great compost bin 

outside the back door… 

So I thought:

 Strawberry Mint Popsicles – yum.

 

I made a quick and easy mint infused simple syrup … just chop up a cupful of freshly picked and cleaned mint leaves and steep in a combination of one cup water and one cup sugar.

 [I believe this could easily be sugar free if you add the sugar substitute of your choice to the mixture after the mint tea has steeped…] 

 I strained it well.

And it ended up looking like this:

 Then I poured it into some little popsicle molds 
that I’d STUFFED full of thinly sliced strawberries – 

and popped them in the freezer for a couple of days…

   I stored the leftover mint syrup in the fridge 

[it’ll keep about a week -]  

and enjoyed it in my morning tea – 

And on a {{very}} warm afternoon 

[It’s SUMMER in the South y’all – and I’m LOVING it -] 

I pulled out the popsicles to enjoy – 

HA.

- Quick note – these are NOT the Tupperware popsicle molds 

I knew and enjoyed in the past, 

and as a result they proved a bit more difficult to un-mold. 

Here’s the first try – 

The second is at the top of this post -

 These popsicles, while DELICIOUS,

were a little on the soft side 

[with all it took to unmold them!] 

But they’re so good, I’m pretty sure I’ll be pulling out 

the ‘ole ice cube tray to make some to add to summer drinks… 

the next ones will be sugar-free for sure….

Enjoy! 
This is pinterest project #2 for June, btw - 
Oops!  I don't think I mentioned here that
I issued a summer pinterest challenge - 
Let's try to COMPLETE two things {monthly}
from our 'summer' boards during the summer - 

 Here is the first one I've already shared on facebook -  
- An old candelabra with solar lights for the patio - 
FUN.
 And kind of 'dark-shadow-y.'