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Looking for a nice cool treat this Summer, here you go:

Mai Tai Tiki Pops

These rum-spiked frozen treats take the flavors of a well-known Tiki cocktail – the Mai Tai – and turn it into a fruity (and boozy) ice pop.

Prep Time
20Minutes

Total Time
11:20Hrs:Mins

Makes

6tiki

Coconut Colada Layer

1

container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free piña colada or Key lime pie yogurt

1/4

cup canned coconut milk, well stirred (not cream of coconut)

1

teaspoon dark rum

Mango Mai Tai Layer

1

fresh mango, peeled, pitted and cubed (about 1 cup)

3

tablespoons sugar

3/4

cup mango nectar, chilled

2

tablespoons dark rum

2

tablespoons light rum

2

tablespoons fresh lime juice

1

tablespoon orange liqueur

1

teaspoon amaretto liqueur

1. In small bowl, beat coconut colada layer ingredients with whisk until smooth. Divide mixture among six 5-oz paper cups. Cover with foil; insert craft stick (flat wooden stick with round ends) through foil into center of pop. Freeze 2 to 3 hours or until frozen.
2. Meanwhile, in blender, place mango mai tai layer ingredients. Cover; blend on medium speed about 45 seconds, stopping frequently to scrape sides, until smooth. Cover and refrigerate while waiting for first layer to freeze.
3. When first layer is frozen, remove foil from pops. Pour mango mixture over frozen layer. Return foil to pops to help support sticks. Freeze about 8 hours or until frozen before serving. Store remaining pops covered in freezer.

Makes 6 tiki pops

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Tiki Pop)

• Calories 140
• (Calories from Fat 20),

• Total Fat 2 1/2g
• (Saturated Fat 2g,
• Trans Fat 0g),
• Cholesterol 0mg;
• Sodium 15mg;
• Total Carbohydrate 22g
• (Dietary Fiber 0g,
• Sugars 20g),
• Protein 1g;

Percent Daily Value*:

• Vitamin A 10 %;
• Vitamin C 25 %;
• Calcium 4 %;
• Iron 0 %;

Exchanges:

• 1/2 Starch;
• 0 Fruit;
• 1 Other Carbohydrate;
• 0 Skim Milk;
• 0 Low-Fat Milk;
• 0 Milk;
• 0 Vegetable;
• 0 Very Lean Meat;
• 0 Lean Meat;
• 0 High-Fat Meat;
• 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

• 1 1/2;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.