Thai Tea Ice Pops are just the sweet, refreshing frozen treat that you need on a hot day. If you’re an iced tea or sweet tea lover, you will not be disappointed with these sugared and spiced homemade popsicles!
Jorge and I are huge Thai Food fans. Until I met Jorge, I had actually never had Thai food. I wasn’t opposed to it by any means, it just wasn’t something I had ever eaten before. In my defense, Jorge and I met when I was 19…my food choices weren’t much broader than your standard teenager fare.
I remember the first time I went to a Thai restaurant with him. The menu was so big and I didn’t know what half of the things on the menu were. We sat down and I scoured over the menu. We ordered drinks and he asked for a Thai Tea. I figured it was a hot tea (which is soooo not my thing), so I went for the safe option of diet coke.
A few seconds later, the waitress returned with my diet coke and a neon orange iced drink for Jorge. He laughed at the face I was making and told me to just try it. After one highly sugared – neon orange sip, I was hooked. It is now one of my absolute favorite things to have when we go for Thai. Don’t tell Jorge, but I actually sometimes just ask to go have for the Thai Tea alone… 😉
So when I saw the adorable bow tie wearing Alton Brown on GMA a couple weeks ago making Thai Tea Popsicles, I knew I was done for. I HAD to have them! The only special thing I had to pick up from the store was a package of Black Tea and the next day I had these babies in the freezer.
The heat has been brutal these last few weeks in Tampa and I have really enjoyed reaching in the freezer and pulling out one of these flavorful ice pops. I love them so much, next time I am going to make a double batch!
This is a new popsicle mold from what I have used in the past. When we moved I lost my original one…and I’m sorta glad I did, because I really love my new one (<- amazon affiliate link, FYI). It was more than I usually spend ($22), but so worth it!!
Thai Tea Ice Pops
Thai Tea Ice Pops are just the sweet, refreshing frozen treat that you need on a hot day. If you're an iced tea or sweet tea lover, you will not be disappointed with these spiced homemade popsicles!
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 8 black tea bags
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
Instructions
- Bring the water to a boil then cool for 10 minutes. Add the tea bags and steep for 15 minutes. Remove the tea bags and pour the tea into a large pitcher.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon and clove. Stir until well combined. Refrigerate the mixture for 8 hours (or overnight).
- Divide the chilled mixture between popsicle molds and freeze until firm, approximately 4 hours, depending on the size of the molds.
Notes
recipe adapted from Alton Brown on Good Morning America
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 18Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 143mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 0g
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Brilliant! I love this idea 🙂 thai iced tea is amazing!
What a great summer treat!
I LOVE Thai Tea! These popsicles look so fantastic! Whenever I go to my local Thai restaurant I get Thai Tea and Pad Thai – such a delicious combo
I love Thai food. I had the same expression when I went to a Thai restaurant with my friend for the first time and she ordered a Thai tea. After tasting it, I was hooked and get one whenever I can.
What a cool (pardon the pun) idea! I could eat to cool off my mouth while eating a really spicy dish.
Goodness gracious, how brilliant are these! They look so cool, refreshing and delicious for beatin’ the Texas heat!
My son introduced me to Thai tea several years ago. These sound wonderful-and I have to share this recipe with him!
They look so refreshing. Can’t wait to give it a whirl.
Thai iced tea popsicles?? Want. Nay, NEED.
One of my coworkers brought in Thai iced tea ice cream once and it was super fabulous…but I could totally see pops being EVEN.BETTER.
I am in love with these already!! I am a Thai Iced Tea addict…how could these not be heaven??
These sound very refreshing and delicious!
I could lick about 27 of these to death right now.
I’ve never had Thai tea, but reading the ingredients it sounds like a thicker , sweeter version of Chai. Which I LOOOVE. Can’t wait to try these!!!
Oh wow, I have been craving Thai tea & these look fantastic! 🙂 I’m sure one would do me some good later today – it’s blisteringly hot over on Florida’s east coast too!
I love Thai ice tea! My husband and I had our first date at a Thai restaurant and it was his first exposure to Thai food. I remember I convinced him to order Thai iced tea and he loved it. This is such a great idea for a Popsicle. Love!!
I love Thai iced tea and am also guilty stopping in for just a drink to go! Now I need a Popsicle mold… 🙂
These sound so fabulous!!
I really do not like tea, but I am thinking I could probably do tea in popsicle form! These look awesome!
Love thai tea and all the spices!! What a great idea to make popsicles out of it 🙂