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 love orange -vanilla creamsicle types. But Coconut and pineapple would be divine!
Strawberry!!
Strawberry.
I love raspberry & lime. Maybe a good combo to try?
Strawberry all the way! My kids would love these! Pick me!
I would have to go with pineapple. Thanks!
I like strawberries the best.
Strawberry, for sure.
I love peanut butter banana flavor and adore almond butter banana as well! Both the fruit and protein wrapped up in one!
It would have to be coconut! But I’d love to try that chocolate sea salt one! Yumm!
Peach….yumm!
this is so great, the Zoku has been on my wish list!
favorite fruit flavor: raspberry (any berry, really!)
Mango – definitely mango :)
My favorite fruit favor is orange! What a great giveaway!
my favorite is flavor is lime.
raspberry all the way!
Yum! I’d make Mango Ginger pops for the first batch! Then try blueberry…thanks!
ooh, watermelon always tastes good frozen!
strawberry of course!!
Mango!! My boys would love it if I won!
YUMM – Cherry would be my favorite followed by strawberry!
Yesterday, I had a Mango Coconut smoothie. It was delicious and so fresh tasting. That in popsicle form would be awesome :)
mango is hands down my favorite fruit. ice pops would be perfect for the heatwave we’re having in VT!
I love love love raspberry…especially raspberry and vanilla. YUM.
Oh my, I’m sorry for the previous message, it’s the automatic dictionary that’s tricking me. I meant: “choose”, “I’m”, “going” and “thanks for”
STRAWBERRY!! These look so yummy.
Cherry. But if you pair anything for chocolate I’m done. I’m currently petitioning the federal government to make chocolate it’s own food group! It’s only fair don’t you think? ha!
Definitely raspberry!
I looooooove coconut ice pops!! SO SO MUCH~
strawberry. we’re having quite the heat wave in nyc right now- these would be perfect!!!
Hands down, my favorite fruit is peach! Mango runs a close second though! Awesome book! I have a friend who would love that book. If I by chance win, I will give it to her for her upcoming birthday!
kiwi!
mmm…I love lemonade popsicles!!!
Cherry!
Peach. It just makes me think of summer.
I would have to pick strawberry or banana… yum!
strawberry-banana, hands down!! it’s like a weakness, seriously!
I’d have to say my favorite fruit is probably strawberries! :P
I love all fruit flavors but I especially like strawberry!!!
Mango, rita’s water ice mango is amazzzingg!
I go ga ga over raspberries. My kids are watermelon freaks. We need to get this and experiment!
Strawberry!!!
I love lemon anything, but watermelon is my favorite. Freeze some cubes then blend with some rum and ice. Yummy adult summer treat.
Mmm… Love these! If I hand to chofes just on fruit it would be cherries! I’me definetively gong to try this recipe out. Thanks foro the contest!
I love this idea. My favorite flavor is definetely strawberry limeade :)
blueberry!
I’m not sure I can pick just one… probably grape or strawberry!
I would love this, it’s a perfect treat for the hot summer days.
My kids LOVE popsicles of any flavor. I think during the summer months we go through 2 boxes a day, easy. My daughter says strawberry is her favorite and my son’s would have to be cherry! I have never tried making any myself, this would be a great starter kit. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love pina colada!
Banana or lemon or peach or watermelon or mixed berries or…I could go on and on!
My favorite fruit flavor would be pineapple – thanks for a great giveaway, so appropriate on this 100 degree day!
Pineapple or lime sound refreshing.
I would love to make those pops with my three little grandchildren! Adding the yogurt to the strawberry would make them a little healthier too.
What a great way to cool off this summer!
Mango!!!! With bits of mango fruit! Yummmmm
Strawberrry! Without a doubt. I have a 6yr old popsicle monster in my house.. it would be great to make him some ‘healthy” pops. We freeze yogurt for him all the time.
wow! these look amazing! and great idea.. I love popsicles.. and with it now hitting 110* out here in Phoenix… I must try making these!!! =)
I love all kinds of fruits, but for this frozen treats Pineapple/coconut are my fav!
Strawberry or passion fruit. I love all fruits :)
It’s really hot here in Phoenix right now (112) and popcicles of just about any flavor are desirable. My favorite would be watermelon or maybe rasberry! Soo many choices. Thank you Bakerella for this opportunity. I really enjoy your website!
I LOVE coconut and pineapple!!! Would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win this prize too!!!
Strawberry kiwi!
Pink Grapefruit would be my first test run flavor. I love pink grapefruit. Then I would bring out the strawberries and kiwis. :0) Thanks for such a fun blog. I LOVE your blog. Have a great day!
This appeals to the kid in all of us — FUN!
Raspberry
Strawberry lemonade!
My favorite flavor is strawberry…yum! Hope I win…my daughter would love these!
Cool ! :)
Peaches…and I would throw in some blueberries and strawberries
Raspberry would be my favorite fruit flavor…although, even though it is not a fruit flavor, the chocolate and sea salt sounds delicious!
Strawberry all the way
Wow! What a perfect treat for this heat wave – love it!!! How was the mojito popsicle???
What a fun giveaway!! Thank you! My favorite flavor is LIME!!!!
Strawberry. Yum!
I love anything with lime, I’ve always been more of a fan of the tart stuff, and lime is so awesome in the summertime in anything you can put it in….
Hmm….Margarita pops!
My favorite fruit flavor would be strawberry. But I think I would also have to give pomegranate a whirl and see how those turned out… They look so yummy! And perfect for these sweltering summer days.
Purple! My boyfriend says purple is a fruit too. ;)
Mmmm… after this hot weekend, those pops are looking awfully tasty! Love raspberry- or peach!
Favorite fruit flavor? MANGO!
Lime!
YUM! Those look so good, there is nothing I love more than a real fruit popsicle. And in the sweltering Florida heat, this could definitely make my summer a little cooler.
I really enjoy orange, but strawberry is my favorite.
Mango!
Wondering what to do with all those almost-too-ripe peaches!
Peaches and Cream popsicles! Can’t wait to try them! Would love to have the Zoku maker to make things faster! Thanks for all the inspiration.
I’ve never taste a popsicle I didn’t love!
I’m diabetic now…does the book have a chapter on making a few treats that we can enjoy?
WATERMELON! Always Watermelon! I swear I’m addicted I have eaten a whole watermelon in one day… It’s just so juicy and delicious
These look absolutely delicious! Would love to try them!
Wow, strawberry sounds great, but a blackberry mandarin orange sounds HEAVENLY! Thanks!
my fav is for sure raspberry! i would love to win my girls would love the popsicles:)
Pineapple! Now that would be heavenly.
This would be such a huge hit with my kids!
I LOVE strawberries…and kiwi…and mango! ;) HaHa!
I would LOVE to have this prize…my family is trying to eat healthier and we want some nice cold healthy treats for this summer. This would be the perfect thing! :D
Blessings!
~Miss Rachel~
P.S. – LOVE you blog! :D
Favorite flavor for Popcicles would have to be Pina Colada!! YUM!!!
My favorite fruit flavor has to be a raspberry/blackberry mix. But a super yummy new flavor tht I am getting into is Mint Lemonade! So refreshing!
Blueberry, I eat so many blueberries that I’m surprised I don’t turn blue
I love Strawberry!
yummy!
Pina Colada!
Yummy and fun! My kiddo’s love banana flavored popsicles. This was also my Mom’s favorite thing when she was during chemo.
Mango!! Soooo yummy! :)
Strawberry Banana!!
My daughter has a “make your own Popsicle kit for kids” & we make them all the time – I would love to have an adult version….our favorite flavor we’ve made so far is Orange Pineapple.
Watermelon for sure to help cool down some of this Miami heat!!!
Today I will say strawberry
My kids would think this was completely cool!
My kids would go crazy for this.
Mango Mango Mango! No other flavor comes close to the tropical fruity sweetness of MANGO! It is dee-lish!
YUM-O! I have started to just freeze kids yogurts for my little ones this hot humid summer! We just moved to a humid place and we are all looking for cool treats! Our favorite is Strawberry!!
I love lime and absolutely love making everything lime flavored.
WATERMELON – So sweet and refreshing – and if you freeze it into ice cubes and top it with sparkling lemonade, it makes a fantastic drink to beat the heat, too!
Altho I love fruit my favorite would be chocolate with chocolate chips
I love cherry popsicles!! So sweet, juicy, & nostalgic of my childhood. Such a perfect summer treat!
Strawberry, hands down.
Saw this yesterday @ Williams Sonoma…. so cool!
There’s no competition… orange dreamcicle!
My new found favorite fruit flavor is black raspberry. I’ll be honest, I had no idea they existed until we found them wild at my work. Absolutely delicious!
My favorite is pineapple! Second favorite is strawberry. Looks like a fun thing to win.
A perfect summer treat!
Banana! Reminds me of my childhood.
Oh Strawberry for sure!!! These look so yummy, I might have to try some :) Thanks Bakerella!
Hands down, my favorite is pineapple. I could eat that stuff all day long!
Oh my gosh, YUMMO! My favorite is strawberry but the kiwi pop pictured on the pop box is making me think twice!
Mango! I absolutely loved it as a kid, but it was always rare to find anything mango flavored. Now it’s everywhere, and I can’t get enough.
Watermelon, or banana!!
WOW those look amazing. I would love to win!!
Blueberry! Yum!
Mm mango!
Fieldberry – I don’t think that’s actually one berry, but a combination of berry-goodness! Also, just about any fruit you can dip in chocolate…
Strawberry will always be my favorite! It’s a comforting flavor. :)
cherry…yum yum
Strawberry lemonade!! YUM!! I want to make those!
These look so good. I’m going to try strawberry, pineapple and mango. Thanks for the recipe!
Hard to pick one! Strawberry? Mango? Pineapple? Pomegranate? :)
I actually have two that are my favorite…coconut pops and lime pops. The coconut reminds me of a pina colda, cool, creamy with bits of coconut and the lime is just soooo refreshing on a hot summer day!!
Raspberry!
Those look so yummy!
Watermelon!
strawberry without a doubt!
I LOVE watermelon!!
Strawberry!
mango or lime! yum!
Mango mango, mmmmm yum. The king of pops is cute!
Got to go with strawberry, as long as it is from actual strawberries and not artificial flavoring
I love old fashion grape but a homemade strawberry lemonade sounds divine :)
Strawberry banana!
Lime with raspberries would be yummy!
I love all fruit! Depends on the context but probably the one I choose most overall is peach.
Oh what a perfect treat and just in time as temps start to head up here in Salt Lake City, UT. I would say my favorite would be a lemon or lime pop.
Watermelon. By far my favorite fruit. I also love strawberries, blueberries, and bananas.
I think strawberry and chocolate would be a great popsicle flavor.
Wow! What fun! My kids would go nuts over these! I love mixed berry! So cool and refreshing.
Oh my goodness!!! My kids would absolutely LOVE the recipe book and the ice pop maker!!! That is just way too cool!
I think any type of melon flavor would hit the spot!
Always wanted to try to make my own pops but I’ve never had the guts to try it…if I could though, I’d totally go for the strawberry cheesecake ;oP yummmyyy!!!
i love mango
Passion Fruit–it’s the best! Thanks!
lemon… lime… anything citrus is so refreshing!
My favorite lately would have to be a mixed berry. Mmm the berries are so great this year!
I’d LOVE to win this. I always made popsicles in ice cube trays when I was a kid.
I LOVE strawberry and basil together. It is just a little something extra special!
Growing up my mom use to freeze yummy fruit juice pops for us to munch on in the hot Georgia summers. I really love apple juice pops.
My favorite is Strawberries,my kids woild love this!
Strawberry! But I’d try blackberry too if I had a way to make them!
Strawberry … with cherry being a close second!
Fantastic! Those look so yummy. I’m definitely making some this weekend!
Orange!!
Strawberry orange banana! With this kit though, I envision some mocha java pops!
Nothing beats a strawberry popsicle with big fresh chunks of strawberries!
Raspberry or Pineapple… it’s a toss-up. Put them together & you have magic!
I would have to vote for blackberry and lime…honestly, anything sounds heavenly in this heat!
Just bought two giant crates of Texas Hill Country peaches. I think they will make great ice pops!
WOW! That looks just down my alley this summer! I’d love to try some of those ideas.
Banana !! : )
I agree with some previous posters, anything that has berries is ok by me. I love this time of year for the cheap strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, rasberries…etc.
Orange creamsicle is a pasttime favorite of mine
Apricot and/or raspberry!
Peach, if they’re good Southern peaches, not the ones from the grocery store. :)
Strawberry! What a great giveaway!
My favorite is mango in the hot summer son down here in Texas~
Pineapple by far.. even if it does make me break out in hives :P haha.
What a perfect idea for these long, hot days!
I saw one of those automatic popsicle makers at Williams Sonoma…
I love popsicles…I keep a box of Breyer’s real fruit in the freezer at all times.
I really should make my own!
Oh definitely watermelon!!! I think I may have to go buy one of these machines if I don’t win it!
Strawberry Banana is my fav!! I have tried to make my own pops before but it is usually just frozen juice. It tasts more like ice than a popcicle! I would love to make my own, healthier, pops!
oh – i haven’t made homemade pops in so long… brings back great memories from my childhood.
oh yeah – my favorite fruit is watermelon.
These are so beautiful and look so yummy! I’ve been wanting to make popsicles with the kiddos for a long time. I remember making them in Tupperware popsicle molds when I was growing up – the coolest thing ever!
Thank goodness I have some strawberries in the fridge, we will definetly be making some pops this morning! now if I just had some molds…
Strawberry…yummy!
Black Raspberry or blackberry, YUM!!!!
I love strawberry-banana….or chocolate-banana…
Maybe I just love banana! :)
Passionfruit is my favorite !
I love coconut popscicles! I’d definitly try to make them.
How to choose? Let’s go with strawberry because that is what sounds good today!
I would definitely have to go with orange.
YUM!! my fave would be mango!!
Y-u-m-m-y!!!! Nothing like a delicious “pop” in the summertime!!! This is a must have!!!! = ) My fav fruit flavor is orange – anything orange!!!
My favorite is strawberry. Yum!
I love strawberry… or lime… or both!! :)
My favorite fruit flavor this summer? Definitely mango. Although growing up I’d do anything for a strawberry froz-fruit. Those were the BEST!
Yeah I love pops! My kids would just think I’m the coolest!
Raspberry! YUMMO! Could use this popsicle kit for sure!
I think a Strawberry Banana would be yummy but sounds so “plain”. The one with basil in it sounds intriguing. I would bathe in basil or wear it for perfume!
Mmmm….I love anything strawberry or peaches n’ cream. Anything creamy is delicious! :)
hmMmm… mango… or pineapple… possibly, dreamsicle?
how’s a girl to choose??