Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2012

These are so much fun to toss in a drink! I have a mint plant growing or shall I say taking over my yard and I was trying to find some things to do with it. These were awesome in my iced tea and I can't wait to serve them to friends when they stop by.

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sanzoe

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Excelsior, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2011

Great idea. Super cute!

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HOTNSPICY

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Medina, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2011

What a great idea, I've been doing this all summer to use up all my wild mint growing in the garden...just love the flavor in my glass of iced tea. If you're doing this to serve guest you'll need to remove the mint leaf once cooled because it turns a yucky green color and replace with a nice new leaf.

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*Sherri*

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Winter Springs, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2011

Beautiful! I've put berries in ice cubes before, but never thought to use mint. To make it even more perfect, I used the recipe (really a tip) "Ice for Cocktails," also from this site. I also didn't use hot water...I didn't like the idea of it "cooking" the mint. (I had visions of it looking like seaweed within an ice cube) Ideal use of mint for me because other than using it as a garnish for desserts, I use it for nothing else and it always seemed like kind of a waste. I used this for just plain water with dinner and I know I'll appreciate them even more with summer beverages.

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naples34102

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Mequon, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2010

These were neat. Hubby gave me that "Chick, you crazy?" look when I was making them, but he loved them in his lemonade! Score one for Skuba. :) Thanks!

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Kris(py)

Home Town: Durham, North Carolina, USA

Living In: Tracy, California, USA

Reviewed: May 31, 2010

These are very minty ice cubes! We have an ice maker in our freezer, and I think I got rid of all of our ice cube trays at some point. I could only find a tiny ice cube tray that goes in the mini fridge in the basement. So, I only made 14 mini ice cubes. Since they were small, I used 1 mint leaf per cube. My mint didn't turn that dark like others--perhaps because I have chocolate mint, which is darker in the first place. These were so easy and went along well with the Sun Brewed Mint Tea we made as well. I think I may do this with savory herbs like rosemary and freeze with chicken broth for recipes. Thanks for the recipe!

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pomplemousse

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pendleton, Oregon, USA

Living In: Dumfries, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2010

I do ice cubes of many herbs, the hot water releases the oils in the plants, replacing the darkened, spent herbs with fresh after cooling is preferable. Just pop out the frozen cubes into labeled freezer bags and you are ready for many uses, from drinks to stews and everything in between.

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JEANETTE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2010

This was a great idea... I just put cold water in my trays since I didn't want wilted mint; I just tried one in a cup of tea and it was nice!... Thanks for a great way to use up this mint (hubby bought by accident) :)

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Traci's Kitchen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Jose, California, USA

Living In: Modesto, California, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2009

These were easy, and very refreshing! Thanks!!

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geranium

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: May 29, 2009

What a great recipe! I love it in my sun brewed iced tea. My mint plant went crazy this year and I didn't know what to do with it all, now I don't have to worry! Thanks Skuba. :)

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