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.
mmmm…mango!
Mmmm… I love Ice Pops especially in this heat wave we are having here in NYC!
I am in love with our local tayberries (a cross between raspberries and blackberries). I think a tayberry/lemon ice pop would be to die for!
favorite fruit flavor? so hard!! but i love pear. pear yogurt (the french kind, not the american kind) is so good. i’d love to try to create a pear pop! :) thanks!!
Wineberry! (a type of raspberry that kicks all other berries, raspberry or blackberry or any other, to the curb)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_phoenicolasius
Banana. Or Raspberry. With Chocolate of course! :)
I love raspberry! And would LOVE to win that popsical maker and book. We make pops at home all the time. Would love to change it up!
The Zoku maker looks great. I’ve been wanting to get it for some time. I’ll have to try making raspberry pops!
Strawberry would be my go to-always good-flavor but I’m pretty much a sucker for any kind of fruit :) You could say I’m kind of a fruitaholic!
pineapple mint!
Brings childhood back. My favorite would be peaches & yogurt with bit of chopped mint.
YUM!! I am going to mix some up for my kids tonight! And I don’t like plastic in the freezer, so I love your candy cup idea!!
Strawberry or raspberry! But Fudgesicles and Bomb Pops are right up there with fruit flavors. :)
Strawberry!
Watermelon.. popsicles would be great right now. It’s so hot here. Cool and Refreshing!
Mango! I love all flavors pretty much.
My favorite fruit flavor is definitely strawberry, but I like to mix in some banana, as well :)
Watermelon or mojito – love summertime!!
How do you get over 5000 comments before I even get my email?!!! You have so much to teach us and you do it in such a fun way. No wonder you are so popular! I like berries, strawberries, yes, but especially any kind of blackberry, boysenberry, ollalaberries! Yum!
Strawberry lime. Or margarita. Is that a fruit?
Key Lime Pina Colada with bits of pineapple! Yummy! I just made up this frozen drink a couple of weeks ago and I’m hooked! So are my kids and friends!
My favorite flavor is Lemon – all the way, but Cherry and Orange are a close second…
Any citrus fruit…YUM!
Chocolate sea salt! Pineapple habanero! That is AMAZING. I was actually looking at some of the popsicle stuff at Williams-Sonoma when I was there last. (Picking up Star Wars cookie cutters, of course.) How fun!! I’m going to add that book to my list of Must Buy. :D
Those pops sound delicious! I’d love to make my own.
Strawberry!
I’ve been eye-ing that popsicle maker for a while now….I’d love to have it!
Too many flavors to pick just one !
Strawberry & Lemon!!!! How summer-y and yummy! I would love to try some of the fun treats in that book!
orange strawberry!!! yum!
Raspberry!
Raspberry lemonade is my favorite flavor. Yum!
My three sons and I say COCONUT!! :) We are Popsicle lovers!
I would make strawberry raspberry pops!!! Mmmmmm!
What a great giveaway for summer! I would love to give it a try!
i love raspberry :)
Raspberry Lemonade or Strawberry Banana…YUM!
Orange dreamscicle!!
Anything berry…raspberry, blackberry, yum yum yum!
It’s so hard to pick with all the wonderful summer fruits out right now… but if I had to chose, it would be strawberry.
I’m a raspberry girl myself…
Sounds like a fun thing for my kids & I to do!!!!!
Opening my door today was like opening a pizza oven, so my visit here today has inspired me to break out my Tupperware ice pop makers and make some yummy strawberry banana ice pops! They’re my favorite! Thanks Bakerella!
Mmmm… cherry for me, please! :)
Haha, mine would be strawberry lime :D
I love grape and raspberry! I would love to with this….they look so yummy :)
My favorite fruit is banana. LOVE it!!
My favorite is strawberry. My kids would love to make homemade ones!!!!!!
My favorite flavor Strawberry Banana! I would love to win this and make these with my boys!
Thanks,
kate
Strawberry watermelon pops (yum!)
Boysenberry would have to be my favorite!
I like Pina Coloada, Strawberry, Coconut, & Mango!!! Those flavors help beat the heat and humidity here in deep south Texas!
Any type of berries!
I have so much wanted to try and make popsicles here the heat is unbearable combine that with the oil spill smell and the smell of watermelon or blackberry sounds wonderful!
i loveeeee raspberry yummmm my mouth is watering at all the diffrent popsicle posibilities!
My favorite flavor is definitely Raspberry!!
hands down MANGO.. yums
Oh wow….so cool. I love any berries…thank you for the chance to win….would love to experiment with this =)
I want a pop right now!!! Looks so good! Strawberry just sounds yummy.
Rasberry! No seeds, please.
These are so awesome! My favorite would have to be watermelon!
It’s a toss up between strawberry and coconut. Yum!!
We love strawberries ar our house!
My favorite fruit flavor is watermelon, thank you so much for the chance!
oops—-favorite flavor—-CHERRY
pecan always, yuuum
I love raspberries!
Blackberry is my hands-down favorite …. blackberry always needs more loving!
My favorite is mango or lime. I love the tangy flavors. :]
I love strawberry pops with real pieces of strawberries. I can’t wait to try to make some with my son!
I could be the lucky one–it only takes one entry to be the winner–even though there is over 5000 of entries–mine could be the one–This could be MY day to win—-If I would win, I would be the Queen of Pops in my little town and I would sell the popsicles as a fundraiser for my youngest daughter’s trip to France next summer–this would be a totally new and different fund raiser—so if I win…MERCI
Ooooh how about watermelon? *drool*
(crossing my fingers to win!) :)
Ann
Watermelon! Hands down. Thanks!
mmm..strawberry, strawberry, strawberry! Though a blueberry every once in a while is a fun treat! mmm. then there’s lemon, too. Just can’t decide!
Coconut Mango!
I love love love strawberry flavored stuff!! mmmmmmm—-
My favorite is definitely raspberry. Raspberry and chocolate yogurt layered ones sound delicious to me. I was just admiring that Pop maker in the W-S catalouge thinking it would be a fun thing to use with my 4yo. Thanks for the chance!!
My favorite popsicle flavor would banana!! How about a banana pudding pop covered in chocolate? :o)
Otherwise strawberry-kiwi or peach-mango are my fave all-fruit flavors!
Red. I know that’s not a fruit, but usually the red ones taste the best.
wow those look great! My favorite is lemon…so refreshing
Oooo…fruit….I love passionfruit!
Oh I love fruit! Anything berry is always a tasty popsicle
Coconut is my absolute favorite!!! Although….. I may have to travel to Atlanta to try one of those Chocolate Sea Salt ones! Mmmm….
Lime …… pina colada ….. strawberry …… I can’t decide. You have definitely inspired me to go make my own today!!!!!!! Thanks!
They look great!!! My favourite flavor… blueberry, but I’m up for trying everything! ;-)
Love strawberry and lemon!
I think blackberry kiwi or blueberry peach! Thanks for the recipe, my kids & I will be making these tomorrow!
I love watermelon!!
any berry would be great!
My kids would LOVE this. My favorite flavor strawberry.
Strawberry-kiwi!
Strawberry-Mango
Watermelon or Strawberry! depends what mood i am in …
My Grandchildren would love them!
Anything tart!
I have a 4 year old grandson, pops are always in the freezer, but new flavors like these will keep the adults happy too! Anything cold is my favorite flavor! LOL
I LOVE popsicles! My favorite is coconut – Yummy!!
I love the simplicity and perfect kid size of your pops! Great stuff. Just enough to cool off and enjoy something sweet without the guilt :-)
Lychee.
banana!
Definitely strawberry! Anything with strawberries is absolutely delicious! Some things are even better as strawberry-banana! :D
Orange! But it’s hard to choose between all the delicious fruity flavors. Outside the fruit realm, chocolate is the best. : )
Strawberry mango, mmm!
Pina Colada!! Ooooh,… but there are none I won’t try!! ;)
Strawberry. :D
I was hoping you were giving away the King of Pops himself. Well, in lieu of that, I’ve been craving a frozen watermelon concoction lately.
I LOVED making popsicles when I was a kid…imagine how much fun they’d be to make now!
Strawberry is my absolute favorite!!
…lovely ice pops…my favorite flavor of all time is passion fruit…
Strawberry all the way!
Pineapple… mmmm! Would LOVE to win this! The Georgia heat is melting my family :)
MANGO !
Strawberries for sure!!
Strawberry lemonaid!
Strawberry has to be my favorite but the blackberry mojito sounds so refreshing!!!!
Blackberry has become my favorite this year!
Ooooh, strawberry or mango. Both so juicy yummy!
Favorite fruit flavor — triple berry (strawberry, blueberry and black raspberry) or orange pineapple. I just can’t choose one!
Strawberry! You cant beat sweet, juicy, and delicious! Yummm :)
Definitely love raspberry!
As a mommy of two, I love making homemade popsicles for my kiddos! Our favorite is Watermelon-Strawberry with Vanilla Yogurt.
Mmmm those look great… especially during this heatwave! I thinkI would try a mixture of watermelon and lime.
I say strawberry but the kids I’m watching are yelling rasberry and blueberry! We will have to put them all to the test! We need the popcicle maker, quick! :)
Wow I have never seen so many comments! Strawberry!!
Strawberry is my favorite!
They look so yummy! I made strawberry pops and used the frozen strawberries in syrup and added lemonade (I like the Minute Maid frozen) and they were sooooo good and refreshing! I will have to try some of the other ones. I bet the mojito was awesome!!
How fun is that. My two boys love love love Popsicle’s. Probably because we live in Arizona where it’s 100 degrees all the time. They would love to make home-made one’s.
Jumbleberry – straw, black, blue and rasp all together.
My favorite flavor is chocolate, hands down. But the strawberry and yogurt striped ones look so yummy.
I love mango lime! But you have to get good mangoes. Not all the ones in the grocery stores are good.
MMMM! Strawberry or peach for me!!
A combo of raspberry and lemon
these look amazing!
i’ve always been a sucker for raspberry popsicles!
Strawberry, for sure!
The kids can’t wait to cool off with some yummy ice treats!
Raspberry, or blackberry, or pineapple, or orange, or……….
Mmmmmmmmmmm, my favorite flavor is COCONUT, by far! Does anyone else remember Wonder Bars?
Strawberry all the way!!
Raspberry-Peach……refreshing!
Raspberry! Today the kids and I are trying to make them with Raspberry Lemonade. I want to try chocolate sea salt now!
My favorite fruit flavor would have to be strawberry but adding a little chocolate layer would make it even better!
For something like this? Strawberry all the way!
I love pineapple popsicles! Yum!
My favorite fruit flavor is marionberry! I love that these are native to my home state of Oregon but it’s hard to find where I live now :)
Ooh! I wish I’d seen this before 4th of July! My favorite flavor is always strawberry!
My favorite Flavoris Cherry !
Cherry Cordial !! mmmm
I don’t know what my fave is…. maybe I’ll win this and can make every kind and won’t have to settle for just one fave.
Oh gee,,,tell me I didn’t see Root Bear when I scrolled down ! ! ! I’m in trouble now. These look so refreshing. Love the yogurt idea. Maybe a bit of coconut too?? Yep, that sounds good to me. My grandson would love picking goodies out to make with this great book!Thanks Bakerella! Have to look for Steven next time I’m in the Big Atl..
If mango is in the title, it’ll be gone. I guess the same can be said for raspberry, blueberry and blackberry as well. I have a thing for fruit!!
I’m a fan of strawberries. I know, pretty boring, but I’m open to options!
Fresh, cold strawberry!
favorite flavor would have to be watermelon- yummo! thanks for the great give away!
mmm. i love strawberry, but I’m very intrigued my his mojito flavors. I have a ton of mint dying to be used in something good.
pinneapple!!! what a yummy idea!!!
This all look so amazing!! I can’t wait to try to make them. I think my fav flavor is strawberry, it’s just too yummy.
PS we made the “dump” cake for the 4th, yuuuuuummmmy!
Blackberry Peach!
Mmmm, mango…or pineapple. Yum. My lids would love this thing- thanks for sharing the contest with us!
For this heat (it’s 101 degrees here in Jersey), I definitely want to learn how to make some popsicles! <3
Well, being the good SC girl that I am, I have to say that my favorite fruit flavor is PEACH! I love peaches.
Gah, that sounds perfect. I’m in ice cream making frenzy here, but I think it would be perfect to add popsicles to national ice cream day!
Strawberry and banana! Or coconut! Mmmm…
My favorite fruit flavor is Watermelon! yummy
Tamarindo & lemon popsicles! Tart and refreshing, yummy!!
Strawberries and cherries.
OMG I had never heard of such a invention my kids and allthe extras I have around would love this. We make freezer pops have a orange koolaide & milk version that was may Grand mother’s we love to do and this is fast how awesome is that. reminds me of kick the can ice cream. Ice Cream And Fun in 20 – 30 mins.
I love lemon everything! Especially in the summer :)
Since rhubarb is a vegetable I have to go with cherry.
Oh please oh please oh please!?
lime-lemon
How fun, my family would love to try some of these delish recipes for pop sicles
WOW! I love ice pops! When i was younger we used to have them everyday after school..My fav was the coca cola flavor we used to get!
Mango or black cherry.. mmm maybe together? ;p
Fresh Squeezed Lemon!
oh YUM!
Kiwi, Mango, Raspberry!!
Cherry…my absolute favorite…!!!
STRAWBERRY!!! I was just telling my husband last night I was doing for a frozen strawberry pop, when I was at the store, they were all sold out!
Strawberry or Cherry.
Got to say I’m loving pomegranate these days, but in the summertime, nothing beats the combo of strawberries and lemons!
Chocolate! ….What do mean it’s not a fruit!? Maybe in your world, sister!
Strawberry, hands down.
Those looks right up my alley.
Of course it must be watermellon this time of year!!! I love the idea of layering with yogurt, too!! I want one of these machined and for sure the book!!
Strawberry! Although I make my own from apple juice in an icecube tray. :)
Strawberry for sure!
Blackberry. Or pineapple. Hmm, can you combine those? Maybe I’ll try it.
my favorite is strawberry-lime.
I would love to make the Chocolate Sea Salt and the Pineapple Habanero sounds interesting too. My own idea would be a coconut dipped in magic shell.
My favorite fruit is raspberry :D
My favorite flavor woiuld have to be strawberry. Those look delicious.
Raspberry for me!
Hmm, I’ll have to go with strawberry buy sometimes it’s a toss up between the reds and the blueberries. Great post! Those pops are adorable, and I love the yogurt layer, very clever.
Watermelon or pineapple! Yum! =)
strawberry watermelon! YUM! It isn’t summer without some awesome popsicles.
OH what FUN!!!!! I LOVE Orange!!! Keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!
my favorit is frozen kaiserschmarrn. :-)
Yum, they look good! I have to say Banana or Pineapple! Or Lemon!
My fav would have to be peach blackberry, OH yumm I <3 anything peach blackberry such a good duo!!!
OMG–The Zoku pop maker that I have been lusting after, and the recipe book that I currently have checked out from the library. Raspberry is definitely my favorite (and with chocolate it is the perfect food combo).
Random–please pick me
mango!!
I just LOVE your site! It is my new favorite thing on the web. This is such a fun idea, as are all of your others. My favorite flavor is anything chocolate, but my two little girls are huge fans of strawberry-banana and ginger peach. Thanks for the amazing treat ideas! I look forward to more and more.
Watermelon!!
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