Tropical Ice Pops - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 3/4 lbs seedless watermelon, peeled and chopped
3 tbsp lemon or lime juice
1 medium pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped
1 tbsp strained passionfruit juice

Preparation

Place sugar and 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan on medium heat. Stir for 3 mins or until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high; bring to a boil. Boil, without stirring, for 1 min. Cool to room temperature.
Process watermelon in food processor until smooth. Press through a sieve into a bowl; measure 1 cup juice to use. Combine watermelon juice with half the syrup and 2 tbsp of the lemon juice; strain through a fine sieve. Pour into eight 1/3-cup ice pop molds. Freeze 2 hours or until firm.
Process pineapple until smooth. Press through a sieve into a bowl; measure 1 cup juice to use. Combine pineapple juice with remaining syrup, passionfruit juice and remaining 1 tbsp lemon juice to taste. Strain through fine sieve.
Pour pineapple mixture into molds; insert pop sticks. Freeze for 2 hours or until ice pops are firm.