Not cake, but ice.
Two weekends ago when I spent the afternoon judging for Hands On Atlanta, we all had a special treat. During the event, the King of Pops was on site selling his handcrafted popsicles. Usually he’s pushing his cute cart around the streets of Atlanta, but instead he was kicking it inside with us for the event. I was super-excited because I had already heard his story a few weeks before when a friend ran into him at the local farmer’s market. He was buying gobs of strawberries. So many, it prompted her to ask what the heck he was going to do with all of them. Then he handed her his card in the shape of a popsicle. Turns out he’s the King of Pops.
When she told me about meeting him, I decided I was going to track down his cart one day to try some of his icey pops. Luckily, that Saturday, all I had to do was turn around and there he was.
Say Hi. This is Steven. The King of Pops.
Follow him on Twitter if you’re in Atlanta and you can keep up with his flavors and where he’ll be next. He was also featured just yesterday on CNN. Check him out here.
I had the Blackberry Mojito – YUM – but I’m still hitting myself for not trying the Chocolate Sea Salt, too.
You know, I think the only kind I’ve ever made myself are the ones you buy at the grocery store. You know the flavored water kind in those long plastic tubes.
Yeah, those.
So, I decided I wanted to make my own handcrafted popsicles with real fruit.
I just used some paper candy cups I had on hand and wooden popsicle sticks to play with.
It’s really easy to make your own.
Pick a fruit. 2 cups strawberries in this case. Hull and half them.
Throw them in a food processor with 1 Tablespoon super fine sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
Then blend it all together until completely smooth.
Pour and freeze.
These were layered with yogurt in between the strawberry. They were pretty tasty and the perfect size for me.
The recipe came from the book, Ice Pops which has tons more treats like these.
And because Steven can’t show up to everyone’s house with his cart filled with handcrafted popsicles, here’s a chance to win your own Quick Popsicle Maker for fast freezing fun…
…along with the book, too.
Enter for a chance to win:
Zoku Quick Popsicle Maker and Ice Pops book
Just leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite fruit flavor.
Deadline to enter is Tuesday, July, 6th at 5:00 pm ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winner Announced Below.
One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening.
P.S. Giveaway purchased and sponsored by me, but you can find the book and Zoku pop maker at Williams-Sonoma.
Good luck and stay cool!
And the winner is… #4035. Congrats Marta. You get the Ice Pops book and Zoku Pop Maker. Now you can make your own Raspberry Lime Pops.
Next… I had a treat in my inbox today. Statistician Don… you know Pioneer Woman’s Statistician Don? The numbers guy?
Well, his wife told him about the giveaway I was having and he took time out to pull together these numbers for me. Then I made a little bar chart for you guys from all his hard work. Check out your favorite fruits.
Thanks Don! You’re the sweetest.
I’m pretty excited about the idea of banana and coconut milk pops these days and I hope I win so I can be inspired by even more great ideas!
Blueberry!
my favorite is coconut, especially Edy’s!
It’s all about the watermelon! You can get the best watermelon pops in Mexico. :)
Strawberry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve had my eye on these for a while…I’d love them. I’ve been dying to try these-they’d be great for those hot summer days :)
My favorite is Peach
Anything with strawberries or bananas. I have seen these all summer and have been wanting to try homemade ones!
Lemon! or strawberry ..hmmm maybe coconut & pinapple.
All sound so good!! Thanks Bakerella!
I love fresh, ripe pineapple….with a sweet watermelon a close second.
I love strawberry but I think I would try some new inventive recipe like kiwi watermelon or sweet cherry & lime. Yum!
strawberry all the way!
Apricot! So yummy. =)
I love coconut! Yummy!!!
Favorite fruit flavor has to be Peach or Pineapple, but I’m thinking Mint-Lemonade Pops would be pretty refreshing in this Texas heat!
I would devour a chocolate peach pop…pronto!
yum….got a try one!
Nectarine!
Those look too yummy! Favorite fruit flavor – banana or raspberry – love them both!
raspberry! There’s no doubt about it, I had fresh ones today and they would be perfect in a frozen treat. Mmm…
blackberry. and strawberry. and lemon. and blueberry. and watermelon. and pretty much any fruit there is.
Yum.
My son tried Popsicles for the first time a few weeks ago. They would be so much more nutritious if I could make them for him myself. Thanks for the opportunity to win this prize :)
strawberry
Mango! But that Pineapple Habanero sounds intriguing!
can chocolate be considered a fruit? No? Ok, strawberry then :)
strawberry!
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry!
I always say I’m going to make my own popsicles when summer comes around but somehow never get around to doing it. This post has really made me want to do it this year, though I’ll have to wait 6 months seeing as it’s winter here! Favourite flavours would probably be passionfruit or raspberry lemonade.
my favorite must be banana!!!!
Orange! I want a traveling popsicle stand in my neighborhood!
I love lime, but if I had these, I would absolutely make peanut butter banana.
Lime! Nothing is better on a hot summer’s day.
Mango…sooo yummy! But I agree the Choc Sea Salt sounds good!
raspberry!
My favorite summertime flavors are lemon/lemonade & key lime!!! As a child they were always my favs for sherbert ice cream especially since i’m lactose intolerant!
Strawberry…Yum!
Raspberry! Hands down!!
raspberry lemon!!!! my 2 favorite flavors mixed together!! YUM
Strawberry! Love the real fruit pops that cost a bundle at the store.
My favorite flavor? Cherry!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
strawberryness!
Perfect treat to make for summer! Either Strawberry or Pineapple is my fav!
MANGO!!!
Strawberry Lime! I’ve been on a total ice pop kick lately, and it would make my day to win this!!
peaches!!!
Definitely orange! Orange creamsicle, to be exact :9 mmm mmm
I love grape or watermelon flavored pops. Yum!
Anything with fruit. My kids love all of the real fruit pops.
I love red raspberry…especially combined with white chocolate!
Strawberry definately!!
I love the sound of raspberry lime, that sounds so good!
Mango! Yum:)
LOVE anything tropical – but especially if it’s coconut/pineapple based…nothing like a pina colada on a pop!! :)
(pick me!! pick me!!)
mango…hands down!
Mmm, pineapple. That’s got to be the best.
I wish the weather was warm enough to eat popsicles right now, but it’s not. Anyway my favorite flavor is pineapple.
I love mango and lime popsicles!
Lemon. :)
Most definitely absolutely – cherry! Strawberry is an awfully close second, though.
I love all fruit but at the moment it is a toss up between raspberry and pineapple.
Those popsicles remind me of being in Mexico. While waiting in the buses for everyone to buy tickets and get themselves loaded up, people come on board and sell homemade popsicles just like those featured. You can tell the flavour by whatever fruit they stuck on the stick up by the base of the popsicle. That said, my fav. is mango!!
hrm i love fruits!
i’m feeling watermelon right now :)
Since I am the jellomom, I make pops out of jello and pudding. So, for jello-my favorite flavor is black cherry, but for pudding pops my favorite is rocky road. Add some marshmallows and peanuts to chocolate pudding and freeze, yum!
Strawberry for sure……..
I love passion fruit and strawberry. That combo would make a pretty delicious pop!
I love anything strawberry, pineapple, and mango!
Banana all the way!
Favorite fruit flavor for popsicles…depends…for some reason, if I’m really parched, I love citrus flavors. Otherwise, it’s strawberry :)
My favorite flavor combination is chocolate and orange, so although I’ve never had it in a popsicle, I’m thinking a chocolate dreamsicle would be mighty tasty! Especially if it was the creamy consistency of a jello-pop! YUM!
Strawberry Yummy!
Coconut! Soooo YUMMY!! :D This looks like a great summer-time treat maker.
pineapple!
I’d have to say my favorite fruit flavor is peach! or orange cream! soo gooooooood
My favorite fruit is banana!
I can’t wait to try some of these recipes. They all sound and look wonderful. Chocolate Sea Salt? I have to taste that one.
I am definitely on a mango kick lately! We have mango smoothies at my work and they are SO refreshing on a hot day!
strawberry lemonade sounds refreshing! Or kiwi strawberry, or watermelon…can’t decide!!!
Raspberry. I try to get more creative, but it snares me every time!
Peaches! They’re such a summer flavor!
Raspberry for sure!
I am soooo tempted to make my own now! I’ll wait until it gets really warm… I’m in California, so it shouldn’t take too long :)
never seen it growing on a vine but blue raspberry for sure is my favorite fruit flavor!
Black cherry!
Arroz Paletas that they sell on the street in my neighborhood. Not a fruit, but darn good.
Strawberry, but red bean is a close second. Popsicles…yummy
Strawberry Kiwi! Yum! What a great summer treat you don’t have to feel guilty about!
Lime!!!
Strawberry!
Watermelon, my favorite! But Pina Colada would be awesome (Pineapple coconut). OMG!
Strawberry all the way!
I just saw this machine in W.S. and my kids ooh and ahh’d over it. It looks sooo perfect for the summer…healthier too! Thanks Bakerella!
i love Strawberry (or strawberries and cream) flavors! :)
Oh I would love strawberry-banana my husband would prefer without the banana and well of course the kids would love anything frozen and sweet
Favorite fruit flavor: chocolate:)
Strawberry and Lemon
I am a summer strawberry baby! Can’t get enough strawberries, and neither can my kids! We’d put the popsicle maker to good use … I’d even be willing to attempt some chocolate sea salt :)
OH POPS!!!
I used to make popsicles all the time as a kid. Long after the popsicle mold broke, I discovered granitas and would freeze orange juice with a little sugar, breaking it up with a fork, because it was the closest I could get! YUM… but I do have those plastic tube ones in my freezer right now, too…
LoveLoveLove raspberries!
Yoghurt, raspberries and white chocolate all the way :D
is mojito a fruit flavor? :-D
watermelon! mmmmmm….
Strawberry, Raspberry, Mango, Lime, Lemon, Watermelon… Yummy!
Wow – I would have never thought of those flavors! I’m a strawberry girl… pina coloda in popsicle form would be yummy too!
Anything tropical…pineapple-coconut……..Mango-lime….Passionfruit-tangerine….Ooooh….I really want that machine, thanks for the fun givaway!!
That is so cool! What a great treat during the summer!
Strawberry is probably my favorite…but raspberry, peach. blueberry, and cherry are some of my favorites too!
Peach! But I am living the strawberry life at the moment :)
Lime! Oh how I looooove limes!
i love blueberry…in the summer is eat about 1 pint of blueberries every day, i just adore them. my blueberry pie is a huge summer hit and i probably make one every other week during blueberry season. :)
fabulous giveaway, i am dying for a frozen fruity treat right now! :)
STRAWBERRY!! :)
Strawberry, watermelon or blueberry…
Absolutely positively strawberry! Blueberry comes in a close second, though.
Because I have an allergy known as Birch Pollinosis and am allergic to pretty much all orchard fruits, my choices are limited and I have to be very careful. Coconut is my current fave, with lime and pineapple rounding out the top 3.
Pineapple or watermelon!!! Yum!!! both sound good!
Yumm my favorite fruit flavor is coconut!
my kids would LOVE this – they are all about popsicles these days!!!
Kiwi and Blackberry fused with Dill. To. Die. For.
pregnant – popsicles are life savers! I wish I could win this awesome price! :D
Raspberry!!! Preferably in a margarita, but even plain will do!
Lemon!
banana and strawberry (:
Lime!
Kiwi and Strawberry!!!! i hope I win!!!
COCONUT!!
I love Banana. Wonder how that would taste in a Pop?
I really love coconut! My kids LIVE on popsicles all summer! The Zoku would be great!
My all time fav fruit is Kiwi! The kiwi on the front of the ZOKU box instantly made my mouth water and I ran to the kitchen to grab a kiwi to chow down on right now :)
I love cherry/red! any kind any flavor just red! I also used to love love love the Jello brand fruit pops. I haven’t seen them in years, but I did recently find the old chocolate and vanilla ones
Blueberry, especially in smoothies or concretes.
I love blueberry!!!!
I love anything raspberry! Those look SO yummy!
Strawberry!
My favorite flavor has to be peach :) yum. I would love to eat a peach Popsicle with a hint of lime on these hot summer days :)
Coconut! And what a cool book!
Yum, I think I’d have to say cherry is my favorite : )
watermelon, hands down! I’ve had my eye on that popscicle maker! :D
I love raspberry and strawberry/lime. Any fresh fruit flavor is amazing though!
Raspberry! Mmm, mm, mm!
Strawberry!!!!!
Lime will always be #1 in my mind! :)
Yum! i love love love strawberry anything!
Cherry – but only real cherries, not artificial.
Pomegranate is my new favorite. It’s so good by itself or mixed with other fruit flavors. And so good for you!
Just the idea of a blueberry popsicle makes me swoon!
Lime!
Anything and everything berry!
I’m a strawberry kinda girl. Mmm…
Strawberry of course ;)!! I’m crossing my fingers that I win!!
Strawberry or grape!! Watermelon is awfully good too!
Pineapple is my favorite fruit flavor.. Strawberry Lemonade is a close 2nd :) Mmmm I love the taste of summer!!
peach! i’d love to make my own pops.
either pineapple or strawberry!
Favorite fruity flavor is lime. Sweet, tart, tangy…YUMMY!
Seriously, only one flavor? Because I can’t choose.
Blueberry & Lemon
Blackberry Lemonade
or Chocolate Covered Coconut, Strawberry, or Banana!
Grape, Strawberry and orange
My favorite fruit flavor is watermelon, especially this time of year!
Strawberry by far!
Definitely lemon. Yum!
OMG! Never thought about making my own – don’t know why – but I LOVE Coconut Popsicles.
These look so tasty! I love a mix of raspberry and peach!
MMM banana or rootbeer!!
those little popsicles just gave me a great idea for my son’s birthday coming up.
i think lemon or coconut sound really yummy.
I LOVE strawberry and pineapple!
Lime…yum!
Strawberry…or banana…or BOTH!
blueberry
Hmm thats hard… I love fruit popsicles but if I had to pick one flavor, it would have to be blackberry.
my fav fruit flavour, is chocolate a fruit???
Awesome! Favorite fruit would have to be raspberries, but I bet I can work in some chocolate!
Strawberry! Yum!
Raspberry. Or Strawberry coconut.
Strawberry and mango are 2 of my favs!
I <3 strawberry!
My favorite flavor is strawberry. mmmm!
Strawberry!
The kids and I have been experimenting with homemade pops and loving it. So far, the winner is Chocolate Chip Freckle pops — Vanilla organic yogurt studded with mini chocolate chips.
Second runner up is pureed watermelon (no seeds, topped off with a half inch of pureed honeydew melon as the “rind”.
YUM! Raspberry is what I’d make first!
my fav fruit is an apple, but my fav fruit flavor in sweets is strawberry! thanks for the chance to win! jeanette at thealldays@msn.com
My favorite would be either cherry or strawberry (depending on the day). I have to say I am intrigued by the chocolate sea salt though!
I can’t wait to try and make some of these, perfect for the summer parties!
Blackberry or peach or maybe both together! :)
i love anything with strawberries in it!
favorite fruit(s)…pineapple and strawberries
YUM! I think I might try and make some tomorrow with some leftover fruit salad!
I loveeeee loveeeeee loveeeee strawberries :) I hope I win!
I am going to go with strawberry cheesecake, but I think I might try sneaking something healthy into my kiddos pops. ;o)
Strawberry or cherry easily!
Blackberry for sure!!!!
Banana fo sho
mmmmm…love homemade popsicles! I’d have to go with strawberry, but would love to try making strawberry basil.
I love Bomb Pops…the red, white and blue ones!
A cross between cherry, coconut and pineapple. Yum-o!!
Watermelon would be awesome!!!
Strawberry! =]
I’ll go with anything berry! strawberry is preferred though!
My favorite fruit popsicle flavor as a kid was always orange, and now orangesicle sounds pretty good!
Grape is my favorite popsicle flavor. I make them, but they’re not as good as the ones I buy in the store. My whole famil loves popsicles, this would be a great prize for me!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!!
Pick ME please!
Pretty please!!!
I can eat these on my diet – fresh strawberries, equal, lime juice and freeze and presto homemade pops!!
Thanks!
Raspberry!
Strawberry kiwi ..yum