Cranberry Orange Pops

Recipe Provided by Zoku Quick Pop Maker Ingredients: 9 ounces orange juice; divided use For the cranberry sauce: 6 ounces fresh cranberries (about 1 1/3 cup) 4 ounces orange juice (½ cup) ½ cup granulated sugar zest of one orange Directions: 1) In a medium saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the sugar in ½ cup orange juice. 2) Stir in the fresh cranberries and cook until the cranberries begin to pop (about 8 minutes). 3) Remove from heat and place sauce in a bowl. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools. 4) Place in refrigerator for at least two hours. 5) Remove Cranberry-Orange Sauce from the refrigerator and place into a blender. 6) Add in 6 ounces of orange juice and blend until smooth (mixture will be slightly thick). ASSEMBLE THE POPS: 1) Remove Zoku Quick Pop Maker from the freezer. Insert sticks and pour about ¾ ounce of cranberry-orange base into each cavity; allow layer to freeze completely. 2) Pour ½ ounce orange juice into each cavity directly on top of the cranberry-orange layer; allow layer to freeze completely. 3) Pour another layer of the cranberry-orange base up fill line in each cavity (approximately ¾ ounce per pop); allow layer to freeze completely. 4) Remove the pops with the Super Tool. Repeat with remaining pops.