Blue Martini Ice Pops

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 6 strips fresh lemon zest (1/2 lemon)
• 3 tablespoons gin
• 2 tablespoons dry vermouth
• 1 tablespoon blue Curacao
• Special equipment: 5 (1/3-cup) ice pop molds and 5 wooden sticks

1. Simmer water, sugar, and zest in a small saucepan, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
2. Cool syrup, then stir in gin, vermouth, and Curacao.
3. Discard zest.
4. Pour into molds and freeze at least 24 hours.
5. Add sticks when mixture is slushy, about 1 hour.

water, sugar, lemon zest, gin, blue curacao, molds

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/blue-martini-ice-pops-103743 (may not work)