TIP: Just be sure to place them in the fridge so they are nice and cold before you begin. I have made this Creamsicle Drink with Halos and Cuties too – and they all taste good. Which in this case, means they are interchangable. Which means that tangarines and clementines are a type of mandarin orange. Well, as I mentioned before, a clementine is a cross between a sweet orange and a Chinese mandarin. This is not a test - but so many people ask if they can substitute a mandarin for the clementines in this Creamiscle Drink, that I had to explain! So, what is the clemenetine vs mandarin debate?

When all of a sudden I realized I had a Creamsicle Drink! Clementines vs Mandarins If it were not for my accidental kitchen smoothie experiment this morning I would have never known! I was trying to use up a big box of clementines I had recently bought by making an orange-flavored “No Milk Shake”. The makers of the original Creamsicle keep the clementine flavor secret hush-hush. A small, very sweet and usually seedless fruit, they are imported from Spain, Morocco and other parts of North Africa. Clementines!Ī clementine is a cross between a sweet orange and a Chinese mandarin. The magical ingredient was so simple and it was right in front of me for years. What Makes a Creamsicle Drink Taste Like a Creamsicle? But there was a very special something something about a Creamsicle drink that I just couldn’t replicate no matter how many times I tried. So I just gave up.Īnd then! Just this morning, without even trying, I accidentally stumbled upon the secret ingredient. Surely it wasn’t the delectable taste of milk fat that I loved so much. I challenge you to r ead the side effects of this “FDA-approved” food item and then start questioning everything. Basically, if you are still eating creamsicles, you should stop.

Which unfortunately includes: propylene glycol monoesters, polysorbate 80, etc.

They include high fructose corn syrup, milk fat, and a chemical cocktail of unrecognizable ingredients. Of course the ingredients in my beloved original Creamsicle were not healthy at all. Conventional Creamsicle Drinks are NOT Healthy

The clementines