Galentines Strawberry Mimosa Pops

# What you need:

→ Fruit

01 - 2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced

→ Liquid

02 - 1 cup fresh orange juice

03 - 1 cup sparkling wine such as Prosecco or Champagne

→ Sweetener

04 - 2 tablespoons honey or agave syrup, optional

→ Garnish

05 - 8 small strawberry slices or edible flowers, optional

# How to make it:

01 - Combine strawberries and orange juice in blender and process until smooth.

02 - Taste mixture and add honey or agave syrup if desired for additional sweetness.

03 - Pour blended mixture into large mixing bowl and gently stir in sparkling wine to preserve carbonation.

04 - Distribute mixture evenly into popsicle molds, leaving slight space at top for expansion. Add strawberry slice or edible flower to each mold if desired.

05 - Place popsicle sticks into each filled mold.

06 - Freeze for minimum 4 hours or until completely solid.

07 - Run molds under warm water briefly to release finished popsicles.

# Helpful Hints:

01 -

They taste like a mimosa but you can eat them with your hands while laughing with friends.
The prep takes barely any time, which means you're actually present at your own gathering instead of sweating in the kitchen.
They're Instagram-worthy in that effortless way that makes people think you spent hours plotting.

02 -

If you stir the sparkling wine too aggressively, you'll lose the bubbles and end up with something that tastes flat and sad, so treat it like you're handling something precious.
Popsicle molds vary wildly in how full you should fill them—fill too much and they'll expand and crack, too little and you'll have a stick with a tiny popsicle dangling from it.

03 -

Freeze the popsicle molds themselves for an hour before filling them to speed up the freezing process and get bubbles more evenly distributed throughout.
If you're serving these at a party, pull them out of the freezer about five minutes before serving so they're easy to eat rather than tooth-chatteringly hard.