Labor Day Popsicles

Thanks to sites like allrecipes.com, we are able to further our education in the cooking department without wanting to pull our hair out. We are happy to report that they haven’t failed us as we prepare for Labor Day Weekend!

Strawberry Shortcake Ice Pops

Ingredients:

• 8 vanilla sandwich cookies (such as Oreo Golden Original Sandwich Cookies

• 8 hulled strawberries

• 2 tablespoons white sugar

• 2 tablespoons water

• 1 (3.4 ounce) package cheesecake flavor instant pudding and pie filling

• 2 cups milk

Directions:

• Place cookies in blender. Blend on High setting, stopping blender to stir occasionally, until cookies become fine crumbs. Reserve.

• In clean blender, combine strawberries, sugar, and water. Blend on High setting until smooth.

• Combine pudding mix and milk in a large bowl. Beat with whisk until thick, about 2 minutes. Stir in cookie crumbs.

• Fill ice pop molds 1/3 full of pudding mixture. Layer with strawberry puree to 2/3 full; top evenly with remaining pudding mixture. Place sticks into molds, and freeze overnight. Run molds under hot water if difficult to remove pops.