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 like all berry flavors but strawberry the most. I think my daughter would LOVE these.
I adore raspberry.
I am making those mini pops for my 8 month old baby, she will love them, and if I win, I promise to send sloppy baby pictures!!
Kepp up the good work!
Oh these look so delicious! My ice pops always melt too fast (i live in the tropics – SOB!!)
Watermelon is hard to beat!
Amazing. My fav fruit flavors are a 3 way tie – blackberry, pineapple and lemon (not all together).
Strawberry is my ultimate favorite with watermelon a close second!
Banana, coconut, pineapple… something tropical!
My husband said just the other day that we ought to get a popsicle maker in order to have a “healthier treat.” The Zoku maker looks great!
Favorite ARTIFICIAL fruit flavor has go to be GRAPE!!!! It’s beyond the best!
When I read the list of fruit flavors the King of Pops was selling I automatically thought that I would have chosen Blackberry Mojito too!
Yum! Those sound great! I love strawberries!
My husband and I love popsicles! But then again, who doesn’t?
Strawberry is my favorite, and his is raspberry. That book looks amazing!! :)
Coconut. Definitely coconut.
Yum! These look like the pops here at Las Paletas. They are amazing Mexican popsicles. Yummm….
It’s a tie between strawberry and watermelon.
My favourite fruit flavour is Blackberry but that Chocolate Sea Salt has me intrigued!
I loved the idea of layering the Pop with yogurt…very nice!
Coconut or watermelon……..Mmmmmmmmmm, both are so delicious!!!
Definitely blueberry! And since our bushes are loaded with fresh berries now, I’m in hog heaven! I’d love to win that popsicle maker – I’d get the award for the best Nana in the world! :)
Oooo! Too bad I live on the other side of the country or I would totally find Steven and buy a pop.
Favorite fruit flavor is a toss up between raspberry and lemon. Put them together and I’m hooked!
Guava is delicious but overall i love the fusion of strawberries and bananas!!
Cherry is my favorite!
It would be great if I won we’ve been eating popsicles like crazy lately. :0)
I love mango flavored anything!
Local strawberries can’t be beat!
Raspberry!
A mix of raspberries and blackberries sound pretty heavenly to me!
Thanks for this giveaway! My favorite flavor depends, but it’s mostly orange. I love Luigi’s Lemon Ice though. :)
So hard to choose just one. I think I’d have to go with peaches.
I love cherries, I can remeber when I would travel to Michigan and see my great grandparents and we would go to the cherry orchard and pick cherries
Lemon and Lime, esp in the summer, so refreshing!
Blackberry!
Do I have to choose just one? I’ll say Saskatoon Berry (aka. Serviceberry) because they are delish right off the tree/bush!
Nectarine! It is full of flavor and so summery!
My favorite fruit flavor is watermelon. I’ve never thought of making my own popsicles before….we make snow-cones to deal with the summer heat, but I’d love to switch it up! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would have to say Mango :)
Oh these look so so GOOOOOODDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My mouth is watering……
My fave…blueberries….or can you imagine strawberry rhubarb…oh I think I need to run to the fruit and veggie store today….
:)
My fav fruit would be a pineapple and strawberry popsicle! Would love to make at home!
I heart strawberries. I heart them so much!
Strawberry! Though I agree with some of the previous responses- a chocolate covered strawberry pop sounds amazing.
I guess mine is probably lime, although I also love coconut.
banana kiwi!! i make popsicles for my kidould make thm a millionh times better!!
Those look soo good, and yummy. My fav. fruit has to be, strawberry, banana, cherry, and so much MORE! :D
This would be awesome!! My kids love making their own fruity snacks, usally smoothies, so this would be a nice treat. Our favorites are strawberries & bananas.
mmmm…favorite fruit would have to be nectarine!
Strawberry…classic and oh so good!
strawberry and coconut- together!
Coconut’s my favorite!
I love me some Mango! Thanks for the chance to win!
How about lime! I love lime frozen treats :D
We stopped by a local homemade popsicle shop yesterday and the salted caramel was AMAAAAAAAZING!! But since that’s not a fruit, I’m going to go with strawberry (or maybe the strawberry basil currently stored in my freezer!)
Come on the red and white ones are meant to be. In my Canadian colours! Favourite flavour – strawberry jello, use the right amount of hot water, then add pureed banana and orange juice to equal the cold water part. I find if you puree it all together seems works the best for these popsicles – bonus is when they melt it isn’t messy it’s jelly!
Hmm…that’s a hard one…I think I’d say peach. Those all look so yummy!
My favorite has to be strawberry, but with real fruits bits in it too!
Blueberry and lemon!
I love home made popsicles!!
Passion fruit!
Those popsicles are yummy! I love me some passion fruit (maracuya, or parcha) popsicles………..sweet and tart!
oooh yum! crossing my fingers for this cool yummy treat idear maker. ;)
I looooove creamsicle popsicles made with either raspberry or lime sorbet. Yum :)
Nectarine!
I love anything with banana
Kiwi!
mango…pineapple :)
These pops look wonderful, great relief for the heat wave we’re experiencing here.
COCONUT N CHOCOLATE! OM NOM NOM
Mango Piña Colada!
i would love to try to make some mango popsicles – YUM!! :)
Oranges and Peach. I’d take either over candy anyday. Just looked at that cookbook this weekend at W-S. Crossing my fingers that there are pops in my future.
Dreamsicle – Orange & Vanilla! Yum!
Pineapple!
Peach, baby, Peach!
blueberry!
Strawberry!
I remember making popsicles out of apple juice when I was little. Such tasty memories.
I’d love to try Pineapple coconut!! THAT sounds heavenly, or Hawaii-ly at least. LOL
Love rasberry!!! that book looks awesome!
Pineapple and coconut. Aka piña colada! YUMMY!!
Strawberry it is! Then again, I love watermelon, and mango as well.
This looks so cool! My favourite flavor is any kind of cirtus, orange, etc!
I LOVE YOUR SITE SOOOO MUCH!! Thanks for always coming up and sharing awesome ideas with us!! (and these great giveaways don’t hurt either!!!) If I win this, I’m gonna go make me some Ovaltine pops….since it’s way too hot to be chugging down a mugfull…and if I dont win, then I’ll just have to go BUY one-a these thangs and go nuts..hahahha…THANKS AGAIN!!
i made some pops last weekend… watermelon-strawberry-mint. heaven on earth!
cherry, i love cherry flavored anything
Strawberry, definitely!
Pineapple!
I hate it when you ask me to choose a favorite! :) I have so many: strawberry, banana, blackberry… then again, frozen grapes by themselves are the bomb! :) Thanks, Bakerella.
Strawberry but I would be willing to change my tune once I tasted the strawberry lemonade, raspberry lime, or pineapple habanero the King of Pops was selling!
Raspberry!
Fruit of any kind…strawberry, blueberry, or mango definitely at the top!
Raspberry!
Oh yum@ definitely strawberry would be my favorite fruity flavor.
ooooo … I love it !!! A hot sticky day here in Nova Scotia … the popsicles look DELISH !!
I think that a popsilce is a wonderful cool snack any time of the year. I like most all flavors and it is even more fun to make them with the kids.
Rasberry definately, but am sharing this post with my husband because he’s on a mojito kick and the King of Pops Blackberry Mojito sounds like just the right evening treat in this super hot weather we’re having!
I have always loved banana popcicles. Maybe because that’s always what I got off the ice cream truck as a kid…good memories.
I love banana popsicles, but making them at home, I like to add some coconut flavor. Yummy!
Thanks!
Strawberry banana
I definitely love dreamsicles!!! Reminds me of hot summer days when I was a child.
I love durian popsicles.. have u ever tasted them?
I forgot to say anything berry is awesome to be. Strawberry, raspberry, black/blueberries are all fantastic!
Cheers!
Michelle
omg how is this!!!! and yummy too my grand kids will love this
pina colada would be good.
Mixed berry!
Definitely raspberry! Mmmmmm.
Yum… strawberry popsicles are my favorite!!
banana for sure! whenever I was sick my Grandma would give me banana popcicles and they always made everything better
Thanks immensely. What a great way to get my fruits during the day. Hmmmmmmmm. Wonder if it would work with veggies?
Bakerella, I am so glad you are featuring this product. I saw it in a store and wanted it sooooooo bad. Not in my budget right now but I’m crossing my fingers that I win. If not, I know whoever does will be super excited!
Cheers!
Michelle
Yummy and so cool looking…..give me strawberry and banana!
A local vendor sells frozen fruit pops and her watermelon (with seeds) is the best.
Avocados, all the way! (Botanically, they are, in fact, a fruit!) Avocados make wonderful ice cream, so one may assume that an avocado pop would also be dreamy!
I’m also quite partial to figs. YUM.
Great blog! I always enjoy reading it!
My favorite fruit is raspberry, but watermelon comes in a close second. Oh! And Apricots, and strawberries, and bananas and apples….
I absolutely love fruit
My favorite is anything with cherry! (However homemade strawberry sounds bueno as well.)
Though I love all fruit, my favorite, is a toss up between Watermelon and Mango. Hm, I may combine both of them with vanilla honey Greek yogurt in a Popsicle! ;)
I am a sucker for pineapple or coconut! On my next ATL trip, I’ll have to find the King of Pops, thanks for the tip!
I’d make strawberry bannana for my husband, and blackberry for me!
Strawberry’s always been my favorite! :D
Grape!! nom nom nom
What a great idea! My 2.5 year old would LOVE these. And so would her dieting parents. ;) Favorite flavor is mango!
Raspberry Lime would have to be my favorite. And Bakerella, that Steven is CUTE!
I’m a raspberry girl!
Berry anything!!
Lime for sure…very tart lime!
strawberry!!
I would love to try Steves Pineapple Habenaro!
Strawberry, and make it chunky. It’s about a thousand degrees here this week – what timing!
Ooh I love a grape popsicle. Very summery!
Any type of berry really – probably strawberry though.
Pineapple!!! Love them. And while it’s not technically a fruit, I share an equal love for coconut popsicles. I see a combination in my future.
strawberry kiwi or coconut
My favorite would have to be kiwi fruit and passion fruit – yummmmmmmmmmmy!!!! Well ok, feijoa’s are my favorite fruit flavor and full of childhood memories but I can’t get them in the US :(
Mango!! :)
I love passion fruit, and passion fruit popsicles would be really nice!
Peach!
It’s a toss-up between cherry and raspberry. These look yummy!
I love orange and pineapple. Yum!!
YummyI I would love to try one!
strawberry
Oh my gosh! I have been dieing to get a Zoku ever since they first came out!!! That wold be so amazing to win one :)
I think the first one I would try and make would have to be strawberry kiwi!!
I love mango. But a good strawberry is always happy too.
hmmm…very ripe nectarines are the best!
Favorit fruit flavor is raspberry! Thanks Colleen
Strawberry or coconut!
I love passion fruit pops!
Mine would have to be strawberry and lemon! YUM!!
Lemon all the way!
These look fantastic! Strawberry banana… or mango pineapple… or blood orange papaya… I just can’t decide!
It’s a toss up between strawberry and mango for me. Even better? Strawberry mango :)
First choice….taro. Not really a fruit but such a good popsicle flavor!! Favorite fruit flavor…Black cherry mmmmmm
I love strawberry kiwi. Your pops look so yummy and easy to make. I have to do this with the kids, especially with the heat wave we are having!
my super favorite flavor is coffee and almond! try it, it’s delicious!
Watermelon-Lime…together! Sounds crazy but is OH so good! :)
How can I pick a favorite flavor? I have too many- watermelon, mango, strawberry…
Mango has been my favorite fruit flavor this summer!
coconut and pineapple!
peaches and cream!
Yum, yum! My favorite fruit flavor is raspberry. It’s the perfect tart-sweetness in a sassy shape!
Banana, lime, raspberry, strawberry . . . is it possible to have a favorite?
Anything with raspberry!
Wow, what a cool guy that King of pops!
My favorite fruit flavor is… Cherry!
Thanks!
Oh wow – those look yummy! I’m really weird about fruit – it has to be just fruit. I don’t like it in pastry, cookies, sauces… fruit has to be in it’s normal form lol. I think the only exception would be the citrus fruits. I can eat lemon meringue pie like it’s going out of style.
That being said, my family loves fruit in things, and it would be nice to give the kiddos some fresh fruit popsicles!
Hands down…. Mango!!
Oh, to choose just one…I’d have to say watermelon. YUM! I’d so LOVE to make those popsicles for my kids…and maybe me, too… :)
YUMMY! I love lemon flavor.. one of my favorites!
mango! love love mango. with a hint of Lechera.
http://www.lalechera.com incase ya didn’t know what lechera was… it’s delishhhh.
Lemon.
Wow! looks great! i love any berry flavour
Strawberry is my favorite!!!
I love cherry, peach and raspberry!
watermelon!
Look so Yummy!
I would love to win the Zoku, It’s currently on my “wish list”
fav fruit flavor?? cherry – but i think I would also have to throw in some chocolate somehow!! :)
banana, easy.
MMMMMMM, I love me some pops. Coconut, please!
Coconut for sure…..or a combo between coconut and pineapple. Ice pops not as fun as cake pops but still interesting.
mmm, those look delicious! hmm, I think Rasberry would be my favorite flavor!
i love your website as you are continually bringing us NEW and GREAT ideas!! thanks bakerella :)
i’m gonna go make these right now, my 1 yr old is gonna love them!
I like the red fruit flavors-strawberry, cherry, raspberry
Black Cherry
I have to say strawberry but cherry is a very close second!
raspberry’s my favorite, but I also love all things citrus.
How fun!! Definitely have to go with raspberry-lemon. YUM! :P
My favorite flavor is pineapple…so refreshing in the summer!
Banana! (And a bit of chocolate thrown in wouldn’t hurt. Does that count as a fruit? )
Coco Loco, coconut milk, pineapple, bananas in the mix. Very summery and refreshing.
I love anything with pineapple in it… Or cherries
I would have to say cherry.
I have been making pudding pops all summer so far, but have to wait overnight to freeze :) My favorite fruity flavor is Strawberry Bannana though, yummmm!
Mmm yummy! Looks very cool.
YUM! I would have regretted not trying the Chocolate Sea Salt too!
Nothing beats fresh strawberries! Although, this is going to inspire me to try some new flavours for sure.
I loooove strawberry pops!! Omg this would be so cool to win!
These look amazing! I will have to try some today! My favorite flavor combination is strawberry and coconut! soooo yummy!
I love anything strawberry related! :)
my kids and i took a tour of the zoku. fun! alexana would like a watermelon at the bottom then some grape in the middle and on top lemon juice and jack would like a raspberry, cherry and orange.
Raspberry Lemon mix! So good, can’t even explain. Sweet, tart and cooooooool!
Banana of course – is there another flavor? lol. These look delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Strawberry is the best to me :)
Oh! I want to win so bad! I LOVE popsicles… especially homemade coconut ones. :)
LOVE Popsicles! My favorite flavor of fruit…strawberry. Anything strawberry makes me happy!
Wow, this looks liek so much fun. My favorite is citrus combinations.
Wow, I was just in the mood for making popsicles recently- the cookbook would really help me with good ideas. And, I don’t have any popsicle makers, so this would be really great. I do love fudgesicles, but also fruity berry flavors! Keeping my fingers crossed!