Easy Homemade Key Lime Ice Cream Bars
These Key Lime Ice cream bars are super easy to make and taste amazing. They are the perfect summer treat, that you can make right at home and they take little to no time at all to make!
Equipment
- popsicle mold
- popsicle sticks
Ingredients
- 1- quart vanilla ice cream softened
- 1 12oz container limeade thawed
- milk to thin
- green food coloring optional
- semi-sweet chocolate chips optional
- graham cracker crumbs optional
Instructions
- In a blender combine the softened ice cream and thawed limeade. Blend until smooth, adding a little milk if needed to help it blend easier.
- Pour the mixture into a large bowl and slowly add the food coloring(optional)one drop at a time until you reach a green of your liking. I added about four drops.
- Pour the mixture into a popsicle mold. (I get about 12 popsicles per batch)
- Add the popsicle sticks and place in the freezer for 4-6 hours or overnight.
- Once they are frozen solid remove the bars from the mold and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, then return them to the freezer
- If covering in chocolate, Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler(or a bowl set in a pan of water on low heat).
- To cover the bars in chocolate, you can either place the chocolate in a cup or jar and dip each bar into it. Or you can hold the bar other than the bowl of chocolate and spoon the chocolate over the bar.
- You will have to scrape off a little chocolate using a spatula otherwise it will be too thick. You can also thin your chocolate using shorting, butter, or coconut oil to make covering the bars easier.
- As soon as the bars have been covered in chocolate, sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs and return to the freezer until frozen solid again. And Enjoy!
Notes
You can find a popsicle mold similar to mine HERE
Once the bars are completely frozen after covering in chocolate you can move them to a freezer bag. They will last in the freezer for up to 3 months.
I usually do half the batch in chocolate and leave the other half plain. (I do sprinkle on some graham cracker crumbs when I move them to the baking sheet). Not many people in my family like these with chocolate, but I've heard from others that chocolate and key lime are a great combination. So feel free to give it a try or skip the chocolate altogether!
These do melt quite quickly which is why I put them back in the freezer right away for a couple of hours before covering them in chocolate.
Nutrition
Serving: 1barCalories: 196kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 76mgPotassium: 188mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 398IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 121mgIron: 0.1mg
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