My girls love homemade popsicles on a hot summer day! *I* love homemade popsicles because I can control what goes into them. All I have to do is put some organic vanilla yogurt or juice in a popsicle mold and my girls think its a super special treat. In my never ending quest to rid my kitchen of BPA and unknown plastics, I set out to find a safe popsicle mold. Although the ones I had were not the common BPA suspect (clear hard plastic), they also were not labeled with a number of any kind and I had no way of telling what type plastic they were made of.
Kinderville makes a silicone BPA-free popsicle mold that is cute and fun. We received a set for review and have been enjoying lots of popsicles ever since. My girls had to get used to the idea of pushing up the popsicle, but these actually work pretty well at containing drips. To use the mold, you hold it upright, fill it, and then fit the cap on. It can be a little bit tricky to find a good place in the freezer to stand these up. Whatever you do, don't slip it through the slots in the shelf rack because it will expand and get stuck there and then you'll be standing in front of the freezer having a big fight with your popsicle mold and shelf. Yeah, don't do that.
I rinse the molds as soon as we are done with them and they clean up easily that way. A nice feature is that if your child doesn't finish the popsicle you can just pop the lid back on and return it to the freezer. We will definitely be getting lots of use out of these this summer. If you'd like to try these yourself, you can use the code FREE40 for free shipping with the purchase of $40 or more at the Kinderville store. While you're there, check out the other great products available. Thanks Kinderville!
Kinderville makes a silicone BPA-free popsicle mold that is cute and fun. We received a set for review and have been enjoying lots of popsicles ever since. My girls had to get used to the idea of pushing up the popsicle, but these actually work pretty well at containing drips. To use the mold, you hold it upright, fill it, and then fit the cap on. It can be a little bit tricky to find a good place in the freezer to stand these up. Whatever you do, don't slip it through the slots in the shelf rack because it will expand and get stuck there and then you'll be standing in front of the freezer having a big fight with your popsicle mold and shelf. Yeah, don't do that. I rinse the molds as soon as we are done with them and they clean up easily that way. A nice feature is that if your child doesn't finish the popsicle you can just pop the lid back on and return it to the freezer. We will definitely be getting lots of use out of these this summer. If you'd like to try these yourself, you can use the code FREE40 for free shipping with the purchase of $40 or more at the Kinderville store. While you're there, check out the other great products available. Thanks Kinderville!
What a great idea! Sounds much easier than balancing popsicle sticks in aluminum foil. :)
ReplyDeleteThose are really cute! My mom and grandma both buy insane amounts of those awful HFCS freeze pops that are like 500 for $2.00 and feed them to my older kids by the handful during the summer. Ughh.. I checked to see how much all natural freeze pops are and they are $1/ea!! This sounds MUCH more economical and fun! :)
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing! those look great, and i want to make my own with the girlies this summer too!
ReplyDeleteAww, man! I never thought that my old-school popsicle molds have BPA. I'm glad you posted this - thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have some tuperware popsicle molds, but not sure if they're condlsidered "safe". These seem really nice because they're a push up style. My kids dint like their fingers sticky, so they may be a good investment :) :). Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteTupperware does make some things with BPA in them and they are one of those companies that its hard to get the truth from. The Z Recs Guide has some things listed with BPA and some without. (zrecsguide.com) Not sure about the popsicle molds though.
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