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National Creamsicle Day

August 14, 2012 Activities, Celebrations, Cooking, Events, Recipes 118 Comments

Usually our Tuesday posts are dedicated to a Tip Tuesday but since today is National Creamsicle Day, our tip is to enjoy this last bit of summer making a tasty treat with your kids!

What you need:

  1. 2 cups orange juice
  2. Up to 1/3 cup honey
  3. 4 egg yolks
  4. 2 cups fresh cream
  5. 2 cups fresh whole milk
  6. 4 to 6 drops organic sweet orange essential oil (or 1/4 tsp orange extract)
  7. 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Stir 1/3 cup honey into 2 cups orange juice.
  2. Pour the mixture of juice and honey into a heavy-bottomed sauce pan and heat it over a medium flame until reduced by half.
  3. Once the mixture of honey and orange juice has been reduced by half to viscous syrup, remove it from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature.
  4. Whisk four egg yolks, two cups fresh cream and two cups fresh whole milk with organic sweet orange essential oil or orange extract and one teaspoon vanilla extract. Continue whisking until all the ingredients are very well combined.
  5. Whisk the mixture of honey and orange juice into the mixture of eggs, cream and milk.
  6. Pour the Creamsicle mixture into your Popsicle molds and freeze until solid, at least twelve hours.
  7. Enjoy!

Recipe submitted by A. Koltun, daughter of Kolcraft’s President, Tom Koltun :)

*If you are concerned about using raw eggs, you can also try the recipe without them, but there will be a bit of a different texture.

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118 comments

  1. Alex Liz Robinson on said:

    I love these! I have thought about making them before, I think I might give them a try! Thanks

  3. Jennifer Peaslee on said:

    Thanks for the recipe for creamsicles…who know you could make them yourself?

  4. Jenette on said:

    Yummy! We love these. Never thought I could make them. Thanks for the recipe, will try!!

  11. katie klein on said:

    What a great idea and easy! This is going to be a fun rainy day activity for me and the kiddos.

  21. Terri Moore on said:

    making ice cream treats is such a fun and tasty way to celebrate summer. orange and vanilla always go so well together and is so refreshing. thanks for sharing.

  22. Brittany Andrews on said:

    Creamcicles are my absolute FAVORITE summer treat! Never thought it would be easy to make them myself!

  24. Carla Bonesteel on said:

    I don’t have any young children, but I have a boyfriend, and who doesn’t love creamsicles?? I’ll be making these!

  25. Rebecca on said:

    This was my favorite ice cream when I was growing up.
    I wish you had a pinterest at the bottom of this post so that I could have posted it to my page of things to make.
    Thanks for adding the information.
    YUM!

  34. Eileen on said:

    Growing up with 9 kids, we didn’t get much in the way of treats. But I do remember my mom buying these store bought DreamSicles when were were little. Sitting on the back porch and licking them as fast as we could so they didn’t melt and waste even one bit of that sweetness. I would for sure try this recipe and file it away for my daughter to use for day care kids when they are a bit older. Next summer should be about right! Thanks for the post!

  37. Amy V on said:

    My 2yr old just had his first popsicle this week and dare I say he loved it! It was so fun to give him a special treat!

  40. Margo on said:

    I LOOOVE Creamsicles….but no one else in my family does ;/ guess I will just have to eat them all!

  41. Meghan Mojica on said:

    YUMMY! They sound delicious! I can’t wait to try my hand at this recipe, my hubby will love it!

  46. Sarah M. on said:

    These remind me so much of being a kid, yet I’d never thought to let my son try them! So excited to make them!

  47. Shakeeta W on said:

    I love orange creamsicles! This SO reminds me of being a kid and now that I have a little girl, I want to make these with my daughter :)

  49. Rebecca on said:

    Oh, this looks like a winner! I will certainly NOT be using wooden popsicle sticks, as they give me the heebie-jeebies. But plastic will work just fine. Score!

  53. Laura Jacobson on said:

    Oh what a neat idea!!! I remember eating these as a child, and I still just love the flavor! I am going to try to make these for little Carter! He is getting his back molars now and just loves anything cold!

  60. Dana Denay on said:

    Creamsicles…reminds of being a kid and the ice cream truck coming by! My child don’t have a clue what an ice cream truck even is!

  61. Amanda wisby on said:

    These were always a fav growing up and I can’t wait to teach my son how to make these and enjoy! I love how not a bunch of sugar added.

  62. Candy Johnstone on said:

    Thank you for the recipe! I just bought popsicle molds on clearance at the dollar store. I’m tired of giving my kids HFCS and artificial colors, and they do love their popsicles. I’m just doing juice popsicles now, but want to try some frozen yogurt and other varieties.

  76. Sarah S. on said:

    What a great sounding recipe! We just got some Popsicle molds and have been having fun trying different kinds.

  79. Marla B on said:

    WOW! Homemade orange creamsicles! They sound mmm-mmmm good! I remember these from when I was a kid, except not homemade.

  80. Mary Renshaw on said:

    My WHOLE FAMILY loves creamsicles!!!! We enjoy them all summer! I CANNOT WAIT to try this recipe!!!!

  83. polly on said:

    one of our favorite summmertime treats and my 4 year old grandson loves them! this will be fun to make!

  86. Kim on said:

    My whole family will love thses!!!! I can not believe how easy they sound to make!! can not wait to try it!!

  87. T. Dickisnon on said:

    How wonderful! I must try these :) I am going to pass this on to my schooling group. Fun activity with the kids for sure!

  88. shelly on said:

    I so wish I had seen this on the correct day. My little guy Loves these! He would have love knowing there was a day for them. I can’t wait to try making these for him! Thanks.

  89. Laura on said:

    These look yummy! I’m going to save this recipe and make these with my little guy soon.

  91. sharon winne on said:

    thank you for sharing this. creamsicle is our favorite, and we are going to make these!

  92. Jennifer Bonilla on said:

    Thank you for this delicious recipe! I will be making these for my husband and I!

  100. Katie Santos on said:

    This looks delicious!! I’m definitely saving this recipe for when my little guy gets a bit older!

  105. becky d on said:

    That sounds awesome! I wonder, is this safe for babies to have a taste – if you heat the honey does that make it OK to feed to an under-one-year-old? Anyone know?

  109. Tanya White on said:

    I never thought about making creamsicles, what a great a neat recipe the kids can help with. My husband and kids are huge creamsicles fans we go through boxes each month, now we can make our own. Thank you for posting the recipe.

  110. kelly nicholson on said:

    it about time they have a day for these…still waiting for cherry vanilla day!

  111. Sumer Blaker on said:

    I have always loved creamsicles and have never thought of making them myself. I didn’t even know you could. I will definitely be giving these a try with my daughter.

  112. Deborah Hogue on said:

    My kids love creamsicles but I can’t seem to keep them in the house. They’re fairly spendy when you’re feeding 8 kids. This recipe is now on my to-do list. Thanks for sharing.

  114. Sam Stamp on said:

    Thank you for the recipe i love creamsicles!! I will have to try this out some time :D

  115. Terri S. on said:

    Orange Creamsicle Pops were always my favorite summer treat. Nowadays, they don’t seem to taste as good as when I was a child. Thanks for this recipe to make my own. :-)

  116. Amy on said:

    My husband absolutely loves anything orange cream flavored! I’ll have to make these! Thanks for the recipe…

  117. kathy pease on said:

    I love creamsicles and now I can make my own..Thanks so very much for the recipe :)


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