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.
yellow dragonfruit. whoah. it’s amazing. and refreshing.
I LOVE Strawberry-lime everything!
Orange! Yeah, boring I guess. Is chocolate a fruit? I would be the coolest mom in the house if I had the pop maker! Thanks for the ideas.
Yes, please! Watermelon is my favorite :)
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry, but my favorite is pina colada (not exactly a fruit, though!). :)
I love raspberry mango! Yum!
Mm…tough call! Raspberry is my go-to, but on a hot summer day, I think pineapple-coconut/pina colada may topple the berry.
Is coconut a fruit? If not, then strawberry or peach. Tough choice!!!
strawberry – plain or mixed. Love strawberry!!
What a great giveaway, nothing more fun than popsicles in the summer! Or anytime for that matter…
Coconut/ pina colada! So summery!
strawberry basil – sounds strange, but yummy!
Strawberries !!!! the smell reminds me of warm summer days! and mangos!
Mangoooooo is my faaaaaaaave! <3
I loovvve blackberry, along with strawberry and kiwi. If i won I would definitely try making a mango popsicle!
My favorite flavor is peach.
Out of all of the things I’ve ever wanted to win from your site, this would be the top. Oh can I win, please, please, please?!?!?!
Strawberry is my favorite! I would love to try them just the way YOU made them. They look DELICIOUS!!
Mmmm coconut with coconut shreds
lime Popsicles are the best
Favorite flavor of fruit!?! Oh my. I guess I have to go with strawberry!
mango! yum!!
Strawberry for sure! I saw this in the Williams Sonoma catalog and was just telling my hubby how much I wanted one. Very cool giveaway!
Raspberry, but raspberry lime is even better!
Soo cool.. Love it!
Anything Mango flavored is always AMAZING!
I love fresh strawberry pops. I love living in Florida and getting them fresh during season.
I love popsicles and make them all the time. My favorite fruit flavor is definitely lime. :)
Strawberry/Banana is one of my all time favorites, whether it be an ice pop , a smoothie or just good old Jello! Love it.
I haven’t made home made ice pops in quite a while (ever since the kids decided sand pops were on the menu one day..I think the molds are still in the sand box) You’ve reminded me how good they are and what a great summer treat they would be for the kids..I’ll have to make some again soon!
Strawberry!
mango! plain mango, mango creamsicle, mango-papaya, chili lime mango…
Love love love anything lemon or strawberry
I would have to agree with Ezmina…mixed berries…LOVE any kind of berries! And…frozen berries…get out of town…that makes them all even better!!!
I am pretty simple, give me strawberry and I am happy!
My favorite fruite flavor is banana….probably b/c it’s the least healthy of the all the ‘healthy’ fruits….
My favorite flavor is root beer.
I have to go with good old fashion Strawberry!
Favorite fruit is a tough one. Love berries, all of them. Pineapple is right up there. And who doesn’t love citrus. Let’s just call it fruit punch.
“I love Grapple. It’s an apple and grapes mixed together. Well, they’re delicious and juicy and tast awesome!” As told to me by Henry Givens – age 7.
Pineapple is definitely a big fav of mine! I think it would be awesome to win this!
Definitely strawberry! I just saw the Zoku at Williams-Sonoma the other day and it looks like a lot of summer fun!
Wow! I’ve been inspired to get more creative with my Popsicles!!
I love strawberry fruit pops! Great after a summer BBQ :-)
It has to be Orange, for me its the perfect ice pop flavour.
You can never go wrong with a fudgesicle, however orange creamsicles are pretty great too.
Coincidentally my 4 year old, who wants to grow up and be a chef, and I made the kool-aid popsicles the other day. He would be so excited to have this come to our door step!
Strawberry!! Or any other berry.
hmmmm, either honeydew or mango
My favorite fruit has to be raspberry. My friends and I were just saying this past 4th of July weekend that we need to start making popsicles, and these would be amazing!
Last summer I tried a chocolate chip merlot ice cream, yum! One of these days I’ll have to try an recreate it.
coconut, pineapple, macadamia nut…mmmmm
I love me a good bananerr!!
i would love rootbeer !!!and vanilla yogurt for a floatsicle!!
favorite is watermelon!
I *adore* strawberry lemonade popsicles.
Yum! Your pops look amazing right now as I sit melting in this odd New England heat. My most favorite frozen fruit treat would have raspberry in it. I love it in pops, sorbet, smoothies and even topping my ice cream. I just need to remember to separate the seed out next time I make something. Poor tooth that took that first bite!
these look SO GOOD! my favorite fruit flavor is MANGO! mango-strawberry, mango-pineapple, mango-and-yogurt! i grew up in india, where all summer long we’d have fresh ripe juicy mangoes ALL DAY, so mango just takes me home :)
I’m recently obsessed with basil and lime. I made sorbet last week and it is delicious! Especially scooped into a glass mixed with vodka and topped with sparkling water :)
MANGO A- GO-GO! !
strawberry banana!
Watermelon! The real stuff, not that fake flavoring.
These look very tasty ansd simple to make…I’ll try mango first!
strawberry, and your’s looked delish!
I am going to Atlanta in 2 weeks and will hunt him down for that MAndarin Basil!
I would love to try something with fresh peach!
Strawberry!
Orange and cream! YUMMY
mmm, pineapple! My boyfriend has been wanting to make popsicles lately, so this would be perfect!
I came home from the dollar store a couple of weeks ago with the neatest popsicle molds I have ever see – they look like icecicles. Can’t wait to try them out, but have no idea what to put in them!
Strawberry Lime is my favorite combo hands down. Throw a bit of mint in there and I’m in heaven.
I’ve been thinking of starting a popsicle cart…if I lived in a warmer climate maybe…?
Don’t know if Ohio is the right location.
Blackberry!!
Mango for sure! or maybe peach????
MMM it is hard to beat strawberry. But I would love to experiment with other flavors like mulberry or maybe rhubarb.
OMWord I am so excited for the chance at a Zoku! I would die. Have you watched the video’s on WS for this item? SO COOL (no pun intended…haha). The popsicles look amazing. So fun.
Strawberry/kiwi
oops, i forgot to leave my favorite flavor. strawberries and basil :)
Raspberry Peach for sure! Those look great!
My favorite is berry, ESPECIALLY strawberry. :D
Raspberry … with chocolate! Love the King of Pops flavors!
I love strawberry.
ooh. i definitely saw a cnn feature on him today
honeydew!
mango mango mango baby!!!! :)
Strawberry, unless it’s jelly we’re talking about; then it’s blackberry.
Oh my God, I want a King of Pops creation! Shucks that I live on the West Coast. :(
My fave flavor is probably Oregon blackberry. Yum! Thanks for another awesome giveaway.
My favorite is strawberry-kiwi.
Key Lime is my favorite fruit flavor. I’ll make key lime anything! Including ice pops…. PLEASE PICK ME!
The good old fashioned Bomb Pops!
I love Raspberry and Strawberry.
those look DELCIOUS. perfect for summer!
Oh cute!! Love the layers. I just love a classic orange popsicle… my favourite!
Strawberry!
Lemon – yum!!!
mango tango YUM! My tastebuds are tingling.
Right now my favorite frozen treat flavor is Coconut, soooooo tasty.
Peach and Raineer Cherry. Yum.
favorite fruit flavor has to be pineapple
I have to go with strawberry.
blueberry lemonade!!
I love peaches. White peaches especially. :)
Strawberry!
Wow, those look great! Those would be wonderful to make.
Pommegrante – please, oh please, the lack of air conditioning in my apartment is slowly melting me!
grape!
chocolate… or raspberry and white chocolate… : )
Any berry-mixed or not, but raspberry is my all time favorite!
oooh…. watermelon! Or strawberry! Or cherry! Really, any red fruit is my favorite.
Coconut is the best!
Strawberry banana! My three little babies would love mommy to whip up handcrafted flavors!
I love strawberry popsicles!!!
lemon is so refreshing on a hot, summer day!
Man oh man…I LOVE passion fruit and Guava. Living in Hawaii has gotten me hooked :)
strawberry lemonade!!
raspberry, hands down. :)
My fav flavor has to be watermelon!! Though strawberry is always a close second!
I love all fruit but strawberries would have to be my favorite. And my kids would LOVE this!
My little girl is allergic to milk, so no ice cream. How cool would home made popscicles be?!!!!
My favorite pop flavor is, without a doubt, strawberry rhubarb. Several years ago, I had a scrumptious batch of strawberry rhubarb pops, made by a family friend, and have been aching to whip up my own batch ever since.
I love peaches or orange/cream!
Great give away!!
Andrea
Strawberry!!
Gonna have to say Pineapple :-)
I think blueberries and yoqurt would be cool, serve with fresh plump blueberries and a dollop of sour cream or yogurt on the side! Really refreshing!!
Mmmm! Cherry! I really gotta try making more at home!
blackberries. they’re not just for email anymore.
blueberry and strawberry with yogurt in the middle… USA! USA! USA! happy belated 4th, bakerella!
pineapple, banana and watermelon. yum!
i would love to have one of these for college.
I love strawberry. I can see why you wanted to seek this guy out.
How about a strawberry lime? Yum.
Berries! Raspberry, strawberry, and blackberry.
Oh good gravy!! Mango margarita anyone? YUM!
Strawberry or pineapple. I just bought some cheap popsicle molds to make my kiddies some pops but that looks a lot more awesome than anything that I would have ever done. I hope I win (crossing fingers and toes) 8-)
Ooh! Definitely raspberry! Can’t get enough of those little red jewels!
I’d love this!!! Raspberry is my fav, but any berry is delicious!
I love strawberry and chocolate alot.. I would love to get the book and make as much POPS as possible.
strawberry rhubarb pops reign supreme!
I love pineapple with coconut cream, omg, now i’m craving for some, yum yum :D
cantaloupe
strawberry, always.
wow, those flavors sound so amazing.. are we really sure chocolate isn’t considered a fruit? My favorite fruit would have to be grape, but I’m thinking chocolate cherry pops would be amazing! :)
My favorite flavor is strawberry. I’m slightly allergic to them but I can’t resist them. I just deal with the rashes after I indulge on anything strawberry.
I love coconut Popsicles! Delish!
strawberry and yogurt sounds awesome!
My favorite is any citrus-based blend!
Watermelon. No, wait, Strawberry. Well, maybe, Watermelon. I got it! Strawberry-Watermelon!!
Rasberry lemon is my favorite! Nice and cool and refreshing on a hot summer day!
i love these popsicles we make…mango pure and lime juice freeze then when your about to serve them take them out of the dixie cup and in the cup put salt lemon juice and powdered chile flavoring (“tajin” is what we use), and dip and lick! these are delicious!! sweet sour and salty in one pop
Love your blog and Key Lime and Mixed Berry Popsicles. =)
Strawberry! But how could you pass up a Chocolate Sea Salt homemade popsicle? That sounds crazy good right about now. :)
Those look fab! I know it’s not a fruit flavor, but I’m in the mood for some coffee and cream pops!
Strawberry! Though I used to just freeze Kool-aid as a kid and in that case I always loved grape!
Hmm my favorite fruit is banana but I don’t think it would make a very good popsicle.
pineapple is my fav!
Lemon!
Blackberries are my favorite!! Kiwi is a close second….even my car is kiwi colored…
Rasberry!!!
Mango! I’ve never made a mango Popsicle, but I just might this week. Maybe it would help my sick little guy perk up!
Mmmm those look so good! I can’t wait to try the recipe out. I have to say my absolute favorite fruit flavor (although really it’s too hard to choose just one) is raspberry.
Those pops look so good! Would love one right now on a warm summer night! Hope I win! Thanks!
Strawberry! Or any berry really!
My favorite popsicle flavor is orange!!
When it comes to popsicles my favorite flavor is the rocket pop….cherry, lemonade and blue raspberry. Yum. Yum.
Strawberry, by far!
I spent a good amount of time in William-Sonoma drooling over that display….those strawberry pops are looking pretty good right about now :)
Yummm! :)
Would absolutely love this – my favorite is fruit! Sometimes strawberry other times lime. We love popsicles at my house and what fun to make them.
I just bought 5 boxes of Skinny Cow and WW ice creams!!! Life would be complete (and with less runs to the supermarket) if I had one of these! I love love love ice pops!
Yum!! Strawberry…or peach!
I love pomegranate limeade so pomegranate & lime is my choice.
Ah this is so neat! I love orange popsicles!!!
hmmmm i would have to give it up for strawberry you can do so much with it… but are we sure chocolate doesn’t count as a fruit flavor ;)
Yummm…sounds especially good on a day like today with 90 degree temps.
oh yum! Peach is my favorite fruit flavor :).
Pineapple! As hot as it has been recently, this giveaway would definitely come in handy!
Mango, mango and more mango.
And all those pops look so lovely!
Black cherry! …or raspberry… Hmmm. Black cherry.
I was just saying this evening that I could go for a Popsicle after our 90+ degree day. Boy, do these ever look good.
Great idea. My favorite flavor is Mango and lime, or very a close second will be apricot and lime. Thanks for sponsoring the giveaway. It is a very nice treat.
I would have to say cherry or strawberry are my favorite. It is too hard to pick just one :)
Yummy!!! Strawberry is my favorite.
Definitely strawberry! :)
Mmmmmm…wonder if Truvia would work in place of the caster sugar?
If so, I’d like a Kiwi, Marionberry, Strawberry and Raspberry combo! **slurp**
I would love strawberry flavored ones but coconut also sounds good to me! I might try making a coconut cream pie flavored ones!
Mmmm….I love fruit! I’d have to say my favorite fruit flavor (if we’re talking REAL fruit that is and not imitation flavor) is GRAPE!!
Yum, probably cherry with either vanilla or chocolate.
If I am ever in Atlanta, I will definitely be tracking down the King of Pops! That is such a neat idea! My favorite fruit flavor is definitely strawberry!
Strawberry banana hands down :)
I like KIWI!!!!!!
Popsicles are my fave!
my favorite fruit flavor is kiwi :). and i sincerely hope i win this book – that would be awesome!
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Favorite fruit? But I love them all! Berries are the best though.
Melon-ades! I use a lemon base with mashed honeydew and cantalope – fun summer treat for my kiddo too :)
How yummy! I’d choose the blackberry too!
I LOVE Banana :) Any and everything BANANA!!!
Definitely Banana! YUM!
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Have to say my favorite is a mango tangerine, but I would LOVE to try the chocolate sea salt one from the King of Pops!
Number 1 all time favorite popsicle is 50/50. I mean who can resist the tangy orange and creamy vanilla exploding in your mouth.
My favorite flavor is raspberry. My son and I tried making our own popsicles the other day. We made his using Crystal light and I tried Diet Pepsi. They turned out okay, but I think using pureed fruits would be better!
Yummy! Your Blackberry Mojito sounds delish!
Mango! And I would just LOVE one of those Popsicle makers!
Watermelom..yum or blueberry or blackberry…
Orange creamsicle will forever be my favorite!!
My favourite would have to be raspberry, or maybe strawberry.
Ooo oo oo! I love popsicles :) And tomorrow (the 6th) is my birthday, too!
The farmers’ market had gooseberries last week, which is the first thing I’d try if I won. But really, what I’m dying to make are lychee popsicles. Mmmmmmmmm. Ooo, or strawberry/basil! Or mojito pops! Uh, I guess I have too many favorite fruits :)
My fav is raspberry!