Flower Ice Cubes

Here’s a fun and simple way to freshen things up for a party! Dress up your drinks and cocktails with these flower ice cubes. They are made with edible flowers, herbs and then frozen into ice cubes.

These flower ice cubes are perfect for a baby shower, bridal shower, wedding or even just a backyard gathering. It’s a simple way to fancy up a party by adding flower ice cubes to your cocktails, teas, sparkling water, or just a bucket of ice for a bottle of champagne!

They look absolutely beautiful if you ask me and it’s an easy way to elevate a special day. You can make the ice cubes well in advance so there is no need to worry about last minute details.

I took a walk through the garden to see what edible flowers I had but you can buy edible flowers in stores too. Here’s everything you need to know about making flower ice cubes.

How To Get Clear Ice Cubes

If you’re going to make the prettiest ice cubes then you’re going to want to make sure they are crystal clear! There’s nothing worse than finding out after the fact that your ice cubes are foggy and you can’t see your flowers.

Here’s how;

• Start with distilled, pure water. Tap water can have minerals and impurities which can cause cloudy ice.
• Make sure to boil the water, twice! After the first boil let the water cool and come to room temperature. Boil again and let the water slightly cool.
• Pour the warm water in ice cube trays and add edible flowers.

Edible Flowers

You can buy edible flowers from stores or you can grow and pick your own. The one thing you need to watch out for is pesticides and sprays. Even if a florist or greenhouse say the flowers have not been sprayed they may have been grown in a pesticide soil. If it’s organic you should have no problems, always ask to make sure.

• Lavender Flowers
• Mint Leaves
• Pansies
• Violets
• Strawberry Blossoms
• Chive Blossoms
• Borage
• Cilantro Blossoms
• Pea Flowers
• Chamomile
• Roses
• Dandelion
• Lilac Flowers
• Marigold
• Rosemary
• Lemon Balm

My favourite for taste were the lavender ice cubes. They were soft and delicate in flavour with almost a creamy texture. The mint leaves were fun and bright; and tasted delicious in my drink (would make a good addition to a mojito). The pansies and strawberry blossoms looked beautiful but not much for added flavour.

Note: I’d also be careful about using white flowers, my strawberry blossoms were white and they didn’t give a striking appearance like the other flowers did. They almost went a little translucent once frozen.

I hope you enjoy making these exquisite ice cubes.

Lilac Sugar

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