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.
Raspberries for me!
My favourite flavour is PINEAPPLE!!! I could eat pineapple anything. Or grape anything, or blackcurrant anything…but mostly delicious sweet juicy pineapple :D
Tart citrus and sweet berries together. Lemon and blackberry-mmmmm!
I would have to go with strawberry! Chocolate sea salt sure sounds tasty…
My Favorite is the Pineapple.
But the flavors of king of the pops are great.
In the hot summer of Israel the pops are must, but i assume he will not arrive here :-)))
Lovely post!
I love strawberry!! mostly because it’s perfect with chocolate.
Definately Kiwi strawberry…or maybe lime, tough to chose.
Ooooh…a tie between strawberry and lime.
I have been wanting one of those makers! My favorite flavor is lemon or lime.
black berry!!!
Right now I love Watermelon! Ask me again in a few weeks!
Love me some raspberry, or strawberry, or blueberry, or blackberry, or pineapple, maybe even some lemon or lime.
these pops look cute and yummy! my kids would love making some!
Stawberry/Banana all the way!!!
Lemon-lime is my favorite, with fruit punch (does that count as a fruit flavor?) a close second. My mom had the Tupperware pops set in the 80’s and summer was full of many, many batches of ‘dripless’ popsicles made with Kool-Aid and Jello…very tasty!
Milo!
So hard to pick just one…but I’d probably do strawberry for me, raspberry for my kids.
Strawberry is my favourite!! <3 <3
Lemon or lime
This is boring, but I love strawberry!
I love strawberry flavor. It’s weird; my favorite fruit is watermelon but I can’t stand watermelon-flavored stuff.
Lime! Lime lime lime! :)
I love strawberry and the orange creamsicle.
Mango !
Fresh pineapple pops are the bomb:) They’re so good, they’ll “bust your head”:)
So hoping to win….my boys love to make ice pops:)
I tend to be a sucker for a good raspberry / black raspberry / blackberry. Blame it on the black raspberry plants at the grandparents’ house growing up. (:
Hot chocolate – chocolate with chilies in it!
Summer Strawberry. It never let’s me down. :)
Strawberry :)
That’s a hard one, probably strawberry or blueberry
I loooove strawberry with a passion so yea…
With love.
Sydney “Yang” S.
I’m going with pineapple… (now I’m so curious about The King’s pineapple habanero! hmmm…)
My favorite flavor is raspberry, chocolate-mint, and cherry!!! Watermelon and Mango wouldn’t be so bad either for summer :D OMG I’d love to win this! :)
ah! i’d love to win this! mango is my fave flavor :)
j.
How about a creamy blueberry pie popsicle or I would love apple pie a la mode popsicles!
I would have to say strawberry is a hands-down favorite, although I may have to give watermelon a try!
I love grape! Or Strawberry!
Popsicles are amazing, especially homeade!
i love strawberry the most <3 chocolate is good too tho :)
watermelon with strawberry
all of ’em!!!! :D
Pineapple!
Blackberry!
Blueberry!
mango with cardamom
I love love love sour apple or lemonade.
My favorite fruit flavor is mango!
I have been seeing so many popsicle recipes these days! I just bought some molds in Ikea and made amazing fudgsicles, but fruit flavor-definitely apricot!
i love mango! yummy! i hope i win! love your site!
Hmm… Probably strawberry, but I love most fruits!
MANGO!!!
Lemon, lemon, lemon!!!
peach. peach is the ultimate summer time flavor
strawberries and cream! yum yum :)
mmmm, mango popsicles…
watermelon!!!
Do I have to choose a favorite flavor fruit? I guess it might be … strawberry, or would it be huckleberry, or mango… it’s too hard to choose I love too many, especially in season.
strawberries all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My fav is a combo of bananas and blueberry + yogurt = yum!
strawberry
Oh my. Almost 4K comments!
My favorite fruit flavor is passionfruit!
Blueberry all the way!
so cute!
my favorite flavor is pineapple!
i have made my own popcicles before but never with fruit, i really need to get on that!
i like pretty much all berryish flavors, like raspberry and blackberry :) yum :) :)
Peaches and blackberries. I can’t pick between the two of them, which is why I’d love to make ice pops with both of those in them!
strawberry/raspberry combo – delish!
It’s hard to choose!! I love strawberry and banana and raspberries… Separately or all together!
Passion fruit is my favorite, followed by watermelon
Wow those look so good! How can you pick one favorite fruit flavor?!? Raspberry I guess… Or some kind of berry/citrus combination!!
Raspberry! I love popsicles! Great post, Bakerella!
strawberry! always reminds me of summer.
Strawberry, even though I don’t like to eat fresh strawberries, I love strawberry popsicles!
These would be the perfect treat on a hot Texas night. I’d have to try something with peach. Yum!
Raspberries are the king of fruit. I squeal every year when the first baskets begin to appear. And then I pay ridiculously exorbitant amounts of money for them. :(
Chocolate. Is that even a fruit? If not, peach!
Mmmm… would love to try a raspberry with buttermilk.
I love berries of all kinds! However, if I had to settle on one,it would have to be Strawberries.
Good luck to everyone!!
I just tried an acai blueberry pop and it was yummy!! It is my new favorite!
I would think strawberry pops would be my favorite.
Passion Fruit or grape
Strawberry and kiwi. I have a thing for those little seeds in my popsicles. :P
My favorite is strawberry of course…but after seeing all those DELICIOUS sounding flavors by the king of pops i might need to rethink that! ; )
I love the peachy ones. Perfect for a hot summer day.
Fresh blackberry from our backyard
Chocolate banana….great post! Thanks!
my favorite fruit flavor is good ol’ orange.
Mmm I make lemon and raspberry with meringue crumbled through it- though technically I think it’s a semi-freddo!!!
Love the mini ice pops- i think i’m going to try a raspberry flavor.
Nectarine! YUM!!!
Strawberry!! :)
It would have to be strawberry lemonade! :) but for kicks..I’d have to add in some orange sherbert – would that still count as a homemade popsicle?
I’m excited to create my own flavors and combinations this summer! My favorite is orange creamsicle :)
Lime! Yum!
Coconut! I could eat popsicles every day of my life! It’s a must have for a southern girl! :)
My fave flavor would be watermelon and coconut. ;)
My fave fruit flavor is definitely lime.
I absolutely love strawberry!
mmmmm…looks yummy and fun! i would have to go with strawberry! :)
I love all fruit … Kiwi, pineapple, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and just about any other fruit you can think of. Yum! Yum!
I LOVE strawberry pops with yummy chunks of strawberries!
:)
I would love to make a strawberry/lime flavored popsicle. Or maybe a coconut/mango. How’s that for a summertime treat? Mmmm!
Raspberry Lemonade
Strawberry!
cherimoya!
My favorite is raspberry, by FAR! And right now I can’t help but think that a raspberry popsicle, with a layer of lemon yogurt in the middle sounds rather divine!
Raspberry!!!!
Yummy! Raspberry is my old standby, but I’m really diggin’ blueberry right now too. Thanks for the giveaway :)
I think Peach would have to be my favorite! They all look so good!
good old fashion cherry for sures!
tangerine!
Guava, it just tastes like Hawaii!
My favorite flavor might be raspberry. I love the tartness and the crunchy little seeds. I also love yoghert frozen!! MMM
I just saw him on CNN! I was kind of envious~selling all those BERRY flavors (see how I slid that in there?)
My new favorite has to be pomegranate-raspberry!
My favorite flavor is tangerine. I would love to be the winner of this giveaway as I am pregnant with my first child and absolutely addicted to popsicles right now!
fave fruit ever.. blueberries.. with red delicious apples being a very close second.. mmmmm…
I think I’d have to go with strawberry. It’s so easy to mix other things with. It’s a good base.
Blueberry! But not artificial-flavor-blueberry; I mean anything made from real berries.
Orange and cream (creamsicle) and mango! :)
That is so awesome that he makes his own Popsicles! My personal favorite is lime.
my favorite has to be coconut!!! I just love coconut!
watermelon. seeds and all.
I love peach mango.
Mmm, I love raspberry. :)
I LOVE lime popsicles!… mmmmmm I’d love to win!
Oh my gosh, what an exciting contest!!! I have been really wanting one of these! Favorite fruit flavor is Pineapple Coconut!
I love to mix raspberry and strawberry!!!
My favorite popsicle flavors are pineapple and grape!
Strawberry today. Yesterday would have been something lime. Day before – maybe blackberry. Love the shapes they make from this kit.
Ummmm…we’d probably go with mango or papaya or something yummy inluding one of those!
My favorite would have to be strawberry-banana….or grape! Yum!
Raspberry!
Favorite fruit flavor is a toughy! Among the tops are lime and watermelon.
chocolate is a fruit right?
my favorite is strawberry
orange or lemon or lime!
Strawberry for me please!!!
Peach…or maybe strawberry…or watermelon!
Holy Cow! That’s a LOT of comments. So, yeah…I’m assuming I have, like, a 1 in 5,000 chance of winning, but here goes nothing. I’m boring….I like strawberry. =)
Mango is my favorite, especially when it is in season!
definitely pineapple! thanks for such a cute giveaway!
I think the pictures on the box look pretty darn tasty…especially the (I’m guessing) strawberry banana and the chocolate with granola. Yum!
kiwi lime.
yum!
My favorites are strawberry, blueberry, and orange. The King of Pops flavors sound amazing!! :)
Pick just one favorite fruit?! I guess I’d have to say strawberries… oh, and this… PICK ME, Mr. Random Generator!
mmm i LOVE anything strawberry or lemon flavored. absolutely delish!
My favourite fruit flavour would have to be mango!
Definitely strawberry!
It has to be apple!
pineapple. yum!
Lemon!!
My favorite flavor is raspberry!
maybe pomegranate would be tasty! yum, those all look amazing though!
yummy! cant wait to try those!
Mango!! Yummm!!!
ANY of the flavors the ‘King’ had on his marquee’.
They all sound sooooo good. Anyhing that can bring my body core temp down is just what I need!!!
Mango!
My absolute favorite is blackberry lime!
I have to pick strawberry! Its great all year long!! Yummy!!
Refreshing lemon!!
My favorite type of pops (the ice cream variety) are pudding pops. YUM!
Mango! Yum!
I used to be a coconut purist, but just tried rice pudding (horchata) flavored popsicles at the Mexican market the other day… DELICIOUS!
MANGO. no question. maybe layer it with cherry flavor. mmmm!!
Ooh, coconut! Better yet, coconut with rum and a little bit of lime.
I *love* Mango ice pops. Berry ones are always tasty, too, though!
How fun! I love me some cantelope!
I love watermellon flavored pops! My daughter loves apple juice pops.
Strawberry Banana all the wayyyyyyyyy
Boy oh boy, I love mango. And fresh pineapple. Oh, and red grapes. Oh, how I love red grapes. And watermelon! Nothing says Summer more than watermelon. But you sure can’t beat mango.
Rootbeer!
very limie! Nice website from OMSH.
I love lemon or strawberry…..or even better strawberry lemon popsicles!
Definitely mango…or watermelon. Oh, yum!
First cherry, second would be coconut and third would be pineapple.
strawberry!!
Berry! My nephew likes mint herbal tea… ewwww!
I’d love to make some strawberry lime pops. It sounds great on these hot summer days.
I think I will have to say strawberry…but really I like all kinds!!
Pineapple and Pina Colada!!!
Blueberry!!!
strawberry! i LOVE strawberries… but i’m really digging pineapple & watermelon this summer too. :)
Rice pudding is my all time favorite!!
Ummmmm…is chocolate considered a fruit??!!?? :D
Key Lime w basil!!!! =)
It’s a tough choice, but I’ll have to go with Mango! They don’t make mango Popsicle’s, and those would be the best!
Almost any berry: strawberry, raspberry, blackberry…
Or orange.
Maybe add some rhubarb, lemon, lime, chocolate, or vanilla.
Definitely not grape.
Fruit is healthy candy :)
mmm… love me some frozen sweeties! I usually go for anything strawberry kiwi flavored, but peaches and cream is also pretty hard to beat! :)
Tamarindo!
blackberry. YUM!
Strawberry!
My favorite icy flavor is root beer – yum!!
Creamsicle!
Lime – such a refreshing flavor for summer!
Mango!
Favorite actual fruit: pineapple. Favorite fruit flavor (as in candy or popsicle): grape or lemon. Yum!
I would love to try to make some flavored like Margaritas!
Ginger Limeade and Basil Grapefruit would have to be tested first. I’ve been tempted to buy some popsicle molds….hopefully I’ll win them instead ;)
MMM pops. I live in Texas, home made pops would be a fabulous way to cool down.
Raspberry! YUM!
Strawberries, Kiwis, Blackberries and Raspberries….I could live off any of them! Yummmm.