Wine Popsicle Recipe (2024)

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Nothing says summer like popsicles, right? And nothing says an adult summer like wine popsicles! Like white? I’ve got a delicious and not too sweet recipe for white wine popsicles with strawberries. More of a red person? I’ve got a perfectly sweet red wine popsicle recipe here too–and you can make them yourself for a fraction of the cost that it would take to buy them!

Wait–does wine freeze?

It totally does! Wine actually has a lower alcohol content than most hard liquors, and they freeze too! The trick is to get your ratios right, and I’ve done the work for you here. These wine popsicles froze solid overnight (they took about 12 hours to freeze completely) and were delicious the next day! If you were to freeze just a few of these, they’d freeze faster–I made about 24, so that’s why they took a little longer.

What do I need to make wine popsicles?

For the red wine popsicles, you’ll need:

• wine
• honey
• a fresh lime
• sparkling water (I used lime, but you could use any flavor)

For the white wine popsicles, you’ll need:

• wine
• honey
• strawberries
• sparkling water

You’re also going to need something to freeze your popsicles in, whether it’s a popsicle mold, zip bags like I used, or another popsicle maker. Don’t forget the popsicle sticks if you’re using molds!

These boozy popsicles take about 15 minutes to make (but then they’ll need to freeze).

How to make red wine popsicles:

1. Each of the zip bags I used for my popsicles holds one half cup + one ounce of liquid. I made four of these popsicles at a time.
2. Pour wine and 1/2 cup sparkling water into a bowl.
3. In a small measuring cup or bowl add honey, lime juice, and the rest of the sparkling water. Pour at once into a small saucepan over medium heat to make simple syrup.
4. Add the simple syrup to the wine mixture and stir well.
5. Pour into popsicle molds or bags, leaving room for expansion. If you’d rather the pops not expand as much, use filtered water instead of sparkling water.
6. Freeze 8-10 hours, but preferably overnight.

How to make white wine popsicles:

1. Each of the zip bags I used for my popsicles holds one half cup + one ounce of liquid. I made four of these popsicles at a time.
2. Pour wine and 1/2 cup sparkling water into a bowl.
3. In a small measuring cup or bowl add honey, muddled or crushed strawberries, and the remaining sparkling water. See the recipe notes below for directions about muddling fruit. Pour these ingredients at once into a small saucepan over medium heat to make simple syrup.
4. Add the simple syrup to the wine mixture and stir well.
5. Pour the mixture into popsicle bags or molds. Make sure to leave room for expansion. You can also use still water in place of the sparkling water–it’ll help the pops to not expand as much when freezing.
6. Freeze a minimum of 8-10 hours, or until frozen.

How do you crush or muddle fruit?

Muddling fruit is simply infusing it into a drink. But this about strawberries, for example, which is what this wine popsicle recipe calls for–would you taste strawberries more when they’re chopped and placed into a popsicle or when they’re crushed and added? Definitely crushed and added. There are a few ways you can muddle fruit.

1. Use a fork and crush the fruit under the fork tines. This is the most difficult way, but it works in a pinch! You can make this a little easier by heating over medium heat in a saucepan to help it break down.

2. Use a citrus squeezer. This works better than the fork, for sure! Place the fruit in small batched into the lime squeezer. Use a bigger bowl to catch the fruit, because it’s a little messy. It’s awesome because it gives you a lot of juice.

3. Use a mortar and pestel. This is what I usually use, as it gets a ton of juice from the fruit and pulverizes it in the process. It gives the best flavor, I think.

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You could also use a small food processor or blender to muddle fruit if you have enough to reach the blades. Lots of options here!

These wine popsicles are a delicious grown up summer treat! Be sure to keep them out of reach of young ones, of course, and enjoy!

Special diet information for these wine popsicles

Weight Watchers: Each of these wine popsicles (red or white!) are 3 Blue Plan Points, 3 Purple Plan Points, 3 Green Plan Points

21 Day Fix: Two of these wine popsicles count as one yellow treat swap.

Looking for more boozy popsicle recipes?

• Frozen Vodka Lemonade Popsicles
• Strawberry Vodka Popsicles
• Blackberry Strawberry Margarita Popsicles