WFMW: Slow Melt Popsicles

Thanks to Shannon from Rocks in my Dryer for hosting the weekly Works for me Wednesday Carnival!

With the wonderfully warm weather arriving, I thought I'd share an awesome product with you... and trust me, if you have kids, you'll want to stock your freezers full of them (although probably everyone knows about these by now)! The product? SLOW MELT POPSICLES Oh, my word ... I ADORE this product! In fact, I thought I did a WFMW post on this last year, but I can't find it anywhere, so it probably didn't make it out of my brain.

I don't know about you, but my son takes for-ever-and-a-day to eat a Popsicle, an ice cream cone, or anything else that seems to melt... which leads to goo all over his hand, arm, clothing, neck, chest, stomach, legs, table, chair, carpet ... or anything else it can drip on. That's why I love this product so much -- it takes much longer ... MUCH longer ... to melt! These Popsicles don't have any chemicals that retard the melting process -- they are just made with gelatin. Genius. (ingredients below)

Hunter can take as long as he wants to eat it, because it doesn't drip down his hand like water. About a half hour into the whole Popsicle licking time, it may start to drip in blobby-gelatin-like drops which he can lick up real easily.

Total calories per serving? 40. Total Carbohydrates 10g. The down side? Slow Melts don't come in sugar free.

One other semi-slow melt: Big Stick Lick-A-Color Sours with a slow-melt core, and 90 calories (that's a TON of calories for a Popsicle, but they are large).

Just as a side note -- here are a few other Popsicle brand Popsicles: Peel-A-Pops have 80 calories for ONE serving!!! Dora pops and Twister Pops each have 60 calories per serving.

INGREDIENTS: WATER, PEAR JUICE (FROM CONCENTRATE), SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEMON JUICE (FROM CONCENTRATE), CHERRY JUICE (FROM CONCENTRATE), STRAWBERRY JUICE (FROM CONCENTRATE), NATURAL FLAVOR, GELATIN, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, VEGETABLE JUICE (FOR COLOR), TURMERIC (FOR COLOR), ANNATTO (FOR COLOR), ASCORBIC ACID, ICE STRUCTURING PROTEIN. CONTAINS 10% FRUIT JUICE.