Have you heard of a Koolicle or Kool Aid Pickle? It is not for everyone this is what I did to the basic recipe for a contest.
Recipe Title: Blue Apple Pickles (aka The Healthy Koolickle)
Ingredients & Quantity: 1 (46-ounce) jar whole dill pickles (Not Kosher nor Garlic)
1 (16-ounce) Tree Top Frozen Apple Juice concentrate, thawed
½ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon of Blue Food coloring
Prep Time: 10 minutes active 6 days inactive
Instructions:
1. Drain and discard the juice from the pickle jar. Remove the pickles from the jar and cut each one in half lengthwise. Return the pickles to the jar and set aside.
2. In a large measuring cup, combine the thawed Treetop concentrate juice, the sugar, water and blue food coloring. Mix until the sugar has completely dissolved. Pour enough of the liquid into the pickle jar to cover the pickles. Discard any excess.
3. Cover the jar and refrigerate at least 24 hours. Six days will produce the best results.
4. Makes one 46-ounce jar of pickles.
Serving Size: 1 oz. (about 1 half pickle)
Number of Servings: usually 28
Additional Serving Instructions or Suggestions:
Follow this recipe and you end up with a sweet, sour, salty pickle treat which kids of all ages love. They can be eaten plain or used as you would a pickle. You can put them on hotdogs, hamburgers or use them in your favorite potato salad recipe. (When was the last time that you ate a red, white and blue potato salad?) Every kid in your house will go crazy when you pull out a jar of Blue Apple Pickles.
In the trials of this recipe, I had several people request this recipe.