Flower ice cubes

These beautiful edible flower ice cubes are a wonderful way to welcome Spring, and add life to a spring party be it Easter or Holi, the Indian festival of colors.

Late March makes me so excited! Although Spring may not have made its arrival yet in the part of the world I live in, it is officially the Spring season and the anticipation of seeing nature in full bloom is enough to lift one’s mood up.

This is also the time when you know that you are officially past the dull lull of the Winter months after which holidays and festivals will start to appear again, be it the pastel colored, beautiful Easter or the vivid and bright Festival of Colors Holi.

Why make flower ice cubes?

These beautiful flower ice cubes are a wonderful way to bring that element of nature to any party that you have, make a casual get together more memorable or simply a way to amaze your guests with your newly acquired skills in making an elegant drink.

This can also be a fun creative project for kids with a beautiful drink afterwards. Yet another that spark their excitement after what has been a very dull, oftentimes distressing, 12 months. Not that you need any reasons to add these cubes to your Spring drinks to make them more festive and beautiful.

If you have a flower garden, you can use your own flowers so that they add flavors. Make sure that your flowers are edible and that you wash your flowers well through.

Where can I buy edible flowers?

You can buy edible flowers for these flower ice cubes at grocery stores like Whole Foods or Market Basket. Also you can order from this site and get them delivered to you the next day.

Make sure the flowers are fresh. If you need to make the ice cubes more colorful, make sure that you select the most vibrant colored flowers.

Supplies you need to make these floral ice cubes

• Edible flowers
• A Kettle (to boil the water)
• Ice cube tray (preferably square and big so that the ice doesn’t melt fast)
• Water (better if distilled)

How to make this floral ice cubes?

• Gather the flowers and lightly wash and then pat dry
• Boil the water in a kettle and let it cool down. Boil the water again and let it cool completely. Tap water may have trace minerals and make the ice cube cloudy, boiling twice helps prevent the tiny bubbles of air and the cloudiness in the ice crystals
• Place a large flower or few tiny flowers at the bottom of the ice tray and fill the tray with 1/4 inch water and then freeze water
• Once frozen layer more flowers on top of the ice and fill the rest of the ice tray with water and freeze again.
• Add to your favorite cocktails or mocktails to make the drink look very elegant.
• Enjoy!

How to use these floral ice cubes

Add these floral ice cubes to your drinks, to make it more fun and festive. Flowers make anything more beautiful.

Notes

As a fun twist, you can also edible colors to the water to make the ice cubes more colorful and festive. This would work great for festivals like Holi.

These butterfly pea flowers from Suncore Foods can be used to naturally impart that beautiful color to water. Use the colored water to make ice cubes and add them to impart a fun festive look to your drinks! You can order it from Amazon.com

I hope that you will love trying this fun idea out. You should also check out the fun, infused water options in my post on how to stay hydrated.