Paletas de mango con chile

Ingredients

• 4 manila mangoes
• juice of 4 limes
• 4 teaspoon chile powder (or more to taste)
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup granulated cane sugar (I like Zulka brand)
• zest of 2 limes

Instructions

1. In a sauce pan, bring the water, sugar and lime zest to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Simmer for about 5 minutes to infuse the flavor of the lime zest and then remove from heat and let come to room temperature.
2. Peel the mangoes and remove all the flesh. When you get close to the pit, you can just scrape it in a downward motion away from you to get the last bits off.
3. Put the mango flesh (which should be about 2.5 cups) into the blender with the lime juice, sugar syrup and chile powder.
4. Pulse on low for 10-15 seconds so that you get a puree that has some small mango chunks in it.
5. Pour evenly into popsicle molds, making sure not to fill them all the way to the top; the popsicles will expand a little when they freeze, so leave a little room so they don't spill. Place them on an even surface in the freezer for at least 12 hours (or longer if you use bigger molds).
6. Once they’re frozen through, run the bottom of the mold under warm water just long enough to loosen them from the mold.