Michelada Pops

The idea for these Michelada Pops came from last Saturday's preseason Rams game. While standing in the beer line, I noticed a woman carrying a beer and a tomato-colored popsicle wrapped in plastic. Then I overheard her say it was a Michelada. 
Whoa! Wait just a minute? A Popsicle Michelada! ...what a genius idea! 
Where can I get one of those? Sure enough, the vendor to the right of us was selling beer with flavored popsicle chasers! They had about 5 different flavors of pops. 
I thought...I SO HAVE TO MAKE THESE AT HOME!
The next day, I picked up some V8® and peppers and this is what I came up with. I like spicy food and since I'm not much of a beer drinker, the spicier the Michelada the better. I added sliced Serrano peppers with the seeds and the yellow wax peppers just to give it that extra heat. Green onions aren't your typical ingredient for Micheladas, but I love the pop of pretty green. Plus it just looks way cool sticking out of the Pops as a edible popsicle stick.
Feel free to experiment with different flavors, like Habanero and mango; olives, pepper, and worcestershire sauce; or omit the spice all together and make a typical Michelada of tomato juice, lime and salt. Add other ingredients like soy, teriyaki sauces, radishes and celery...the sky's the limit!  Salud!

Michelada Pops

Makes 8 

4 cans of V8® Vegetable Juice
1-2 Serrano chilies, sliced
1 yellow pepper, sliced seeds removed
2-3 limes, juice and lime slices
8 green onions, trimmed
Tajin® Classic Seasoning

8 bottles Mexican Beer

Slice Serrano chilies and drop a few of them into the bottom of each mold. Squeeze half a lime and 1/4 tsp of Tajin® seasoning into each mold. Fill to about 1/4 inch of the top with V8® vegetable juice. Add green onion into the mold and thread a yellow pepper ring over the green tops until it sits on top of the V8® juice. The yellow pepper ring acts to stabilize the green onion while the pops freeze. Place pops in freezer for 4-5 hours or until pops are set. Rim the glass with Tajin® and fill glass with your favorite beer and drop a Michelada Pop in and let it cool and flavor your beer. The longer it sits the spicier it will get. Add more lime as needed. Enjoy! 

Other recipes to try:

Pork Verde Stew

Zucchini Enchiladas

Vegetable Ceviche