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.
Lemon and/or Lime!
Looks yummy! Thanks for the giveaway.
I would have to say Grape, it’s the best!!
Hmm…it’s a hard choice, but I’ll always choose something that has lemon in it!
IT would have to be Strawberry… yum
I was just looking at this book yesterday at Williams-Sonoma and thinking of ways to do them at home! We have a house full of strawberry lovers! That is our fav!
Strawberry.Yum!
Mango tangerine…love orange fruits lol!!
Cherry-lime! Or Strawberry-lemonade! Slightly slushy so you need to eat them outside!
That was my first job!! I was 6 and helped my neighbour to make popsicles!
My favorite is strawberry!
OMG, I think my favorite flavor would be strawberry-banana. This would be the best treat in whole world right cause of this crazy heat. Would love to WIN!!!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your site. I have made red-velvet cake pops and drizzled red and blue chocolate over them for the 4th of July. Strawberry is my favorite fruit flavor!
My favorite ones are the homemade oreo with milk and the cherry (made out of a jar of cherries, using that sweet juice they come in). Here in my country they cost 25 cents each! yum!
Lime all the way! Perfect fruit flavor for a hot and sunny day in Texas…
Strawberry/Banana
Root beer float! Or, strawberry! Or, orange creamsicle! Or pineapple! Or banana!
It’s my anniversary today and it’s 110 in Ohio with the heat index (100 without) and I have 3 kiddos under 5. A popsicle maker and book would be a great way to cool off on this hot day AND celebrate 8 years of wedded bliss with my hubby! :)
They look absolutely delish! Strawberry with banana and blueberries is GREAT!
Yum! Those pops look great! I love raspberry the best!
Totally strawberry!!! 2nd place would be blueberry and peach. Something I’ve been experimenting with lately in my fruit cobblers. =)
Can we get the recipe for the Chocolate Sea Salt…I would love to try those, but Iowa is long way from Atlanta!
My favourite fruit flavor is cherry :)
Whoo Hoo! Popsicles say summer with a capital S! I need to try your mini pop ideas right now. I have a few quarts of mixed berries ready to go….oh and a mango. Now you got my juices flowing. {slurp!}
Lemon, watermelon, peach, strawberry, raspberry, kiwi, just really can’t decide!!
My kids would love these!
Wow…I guess I’d have to say peach, but blueberry and strawberry are right up there, too!! Yummy! Thanks for the chance to win!!
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry . . . well, not really but it’s my favorite flavor that I can eat without risking an allergic reaction!
My favorite fruit flavor is probably watermelon. mmmmm….
Pineapple and mango! My girls would LOVE these :)
Raspberry. Or Lemon! Raspberry-lemon?!
love peach!!!
I would do lime with strawberry yogurt added instead of layered.
Blueberry for sure! But those blackberry-mojito pops looked pretty fantastic as well.
Any berry flavor is good for me. Strawberry and raspberry are tied at first.
Blueberries in the summer…not much tastes better! YUM! Love your website!
I guess it depends on the mood…but I’m usually always up for some kind of citrusy lemon-lime!
Yummy! My favorite fruit flavor is pineapple, so good!
orange creamsicle!
Bakerella –
Good afternoon. Strawberries and cream.
Oooh, cranberry, orange, and mango!!!!…..OH YEAH BABE!!!
Lemonade!
Lemon!
Mango & Coconut. Yummy!
MMMMMM Popsicles… I have been coveting this machine since I first saw it in the W/S catalog, but so far my will power has been strong. But if I won it…well then it I could claim a double victory :) As for flavor I’d have to say coconut, and while not technically a fruit, it still comes from a tree, so I think that should count!
Pretty please, pick me?! THESE LOOK DELISH!
Strawberry or Pineapple!
I’d have to say maybe mango? Or something yummy with the lemony basil I got in my CSA box last week… Or lemon with mint?
But I agree — I’d have to try that Chocolate Sea Salt!
These look so yummy. I would love to have thae book and try these for myself.
Lemon.
We have an amazing vendor who makes the best fresh fruit popsicles in my town. But he is not as easy on the eyes as this fellow.
We live in Texas, we could use something cool this time of year! YUMMY!
Any kind of berry!! Mmm, with the heat I think a popsicle is just what I need…
STRAWBERRY LEMON(ade) like they serve at Red Robin. We just made our own version yesterday with fresh strawberries and frozen lemonade from concentrate. Mmmmm. But popsicles…now we’re talkin’!
It’s a toss-up between Strawberry and Watermelon. :)
strawberry – yum!!
Yum! Strawberry and cream.
My fav fruit is cherry – nothing like fresh bing cherries dipped in t.marzetti’s cream cheese fruit dip! Ooooo…wouldn’t that make a yummy popsicle!!
Thos look so yummy! Strawberry and raspberry are my faves!
Pineapple! I just looooove the flavor of it!
Lemon Lime!!
Strawberries are my favorite fruit, however BANANA is my favorite ice pop flavor!! YUMMM! This makes me want to hop in my car and head to ATL for some handmade ice pops!
Ooh, hard to choose! Today I’m in the mood for mango, strawberry, and peach…a great combo!
Oh I would love to win this! We have gone organic and this would be great this summer. I would definitely start out with PEACH!
Cherry Cherry Cherry, with real fruit bits. Mmmmmmmmm!
I’d have to go with lemon, so refreshing on a summer day.
This is a hard one because I love fruit of all kinds but I would have to say peach. Now I want a peach shake!
YUM! My favorite fruit flavor in a pop is probably strawberry, although my favorite fruits are mangos and cherries. I just like those too much as is to turn them into anything else.
mmm chocolate seal salt sounds sooo good!!! wish we had a popsicle man!
Favorite fruit flavor??? hmmmm…..It’s definitely a toss up between pineapple, banana, strawberry, and my current obsession, WATERMELON!! Must have eaten 3 cups of watermelon last night while cutting up the one my husband brought home yesterday! Just got a new Magic Bullet the other day….I’m thinking fruit pops might be on the snack menu this week!! Please count me in!!
with temperatures over 90, any flavor sounds good! that blackberry mojito sounds amazing!!
Wow, they look yummmy, i love cherry & lime flavours in icecream, because ice has to be fresh.
Oh my so many fruits to choose from but I would love to make pops in Strawberry & Mamey!
I only get the plastic tube pops too. That’s a shame!
Mmm.. my favorite fruit flavor would have to be a fruit combo… mango and strawberry. They are irresistible together!! I would love to layer them in a popsicle! :)
Mango!
I love homemade popsicles! I was going to use the paper cup method too but if I had a popsicle maker…….
Strawberry is perfect in SoCal on a hot summer day. :)
O-M-G! I love you…seriously lol! :)
I like cherry.
strawberries & cream yum yum yum!!!
I love blackberry!
I got an email about this from Williams Sonoma and I want to buy it! I like berry flavored!
pick me Pleases! My kids will go crazy if I won.
Pineapple, but I don’t think I could resist strawberry lemonade either.
So cool to be cool!
I’ve been eying that popsicle maker for the longest time, dreaming of all those lovely concoctions. Can’t beat any popsicle flavor with chunks of real fruit mixed in…mmm, mmm mango!
Raspberry!
Coconut!
Can I have two? Lemon and raspberry! Or any berry!
I love orange creamsicle..yummy
Cherry Limeade is my absolute favorite flavor!
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry. Only because chocolate is not a fruit.
What a perfect summer treat to make with my nieces! I can’t believe I never thought of this. My favorite is rasberry lemon, especially in the summer. I’d love to win, but if I don’t, I see myself running to get it. Thanks Bakerella!!! :)
Would love to try pom or blueberry lemon.
These look so refreshing and yummy!!! My favorite are the fruit flavors but you can’t beat a good chocolate one once in a while
When you’ve used up every fruit combination, here’s something surreal but good. Mix 1/4 cup of jarred rice seasoning that they sell in glass—yes! the one with salt, sugar, sesame, and seaweed sprinkles!—into 3 cups of sweetened almond milk (which comes in quart-size tetrapaks). (You may want to get the variety of rice sprinkles without the shaved bonito.) This makes 9-10 regular popsicles.
Peach is my choice!
My favorite are the mango handmade ones I had in Mexico while on a mission trip!
COCONUT-always!
Oops, I forgot to say my favorite flavor, Strawberry of course.
pineapple!
Is the King of Pops single? Do you know if he’d like to move to Los Angeles??!
I love raspberry but strawberry will do too. I would love to try all the popsicles on the front of the Zoku quick pop maker. Bakerella you’re the best. I always want to try making new things every time I’m on your website!
GRAPE is my FAVORITE!
definitely orange :)! They look so good in this heatwave we are having in Boston.
Fudgesicles (chocolate popsicles) are my all time favorite popsicles! I’d love to try that chocolate and sea salt popsicle!
I’d have to go with mixed berry – strawberry, blueberry and raspberry…sometimes with a little banana mixed in to add a little creaminess.
Peach! I love, love, love all stone fruit! :)
I’d have to make strawberry for my husband, and probably some raspberry or blackberry lemonade for myself
I like mango!
I would have to say strawberry is my favorite fruit flavor at the moment.
My fave fruit is apple
grape grape grape! anything grape :)
Strawberry or raspberry!!!
blueberry and acai berry
Wow these look yummy. I like orange and pineapple.
Gosh, vanilla. Hehe hope to win because i never do :( xxx
Berries! Strawberry, blackberry and raspberry in fact!
Watermelon sounds pretty delish too…
Raspberries ! Love, love, love (the rasperries AND the GA ;))
Would looove to wiiiiiiin :p
Super dooper yum! My favorite fruit flavor is Pina colada…does that count? Can we pick a combination? If not then plain ol’ strawberry always hits the spot.
Pineapple by far!
Coconut!!!
MMmmm those pops look amazing! My all time favorite fruit flavored pop is Lime, with the little bits in it!
Mango all the way.
My favorite flavor is orange…so plain jane I know, but I love those citrusy flavors! This is such a unique giveaway too. I’d gift this to one of my married kids to use for the grands! They’ll love them!
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You make this sound like so much fun. I sure would LOVE to win one of these things. My kids are addicted to Otter pops — and this sounds so much healthier!
Strawberry is usually my go to because you pretty much can’t not find it… but if there’s pina colada, I’m sold.
Strawberry!!!
Cherry!
I love strawberry, especially strawberry lemon! mouth is watering, need to run to the store!
Strawberry :D
these look amazing!!! I wanna make some lemon ones!
Most definitely strawberry!
I love all popsicles! But nothing really beats plain ol’ orange juice in an ice tray w/ toothpicks! =)
melon, any kind of melon with a hint of mint….yum!
Mango!! These look so good right now, as the temp is 90+ at my current location.
Can I have two favorites? I can never choose between strawberry and grape!
Pineapple! :)
I lovvvvve raspberry anything, but I would be tempted to try SO many different combinations! How cool :) Ha – literally!
ohh! I would love to win this!
My favourite fruit flavor is, definitly, watermelon.
By the way, I love your blog!
My favorite fruit flavor is banana. Thanks for giving us a chance to win–love your blog and your creativity!
Michelle :)
Strawberry!
I saw these in Williams-Sonoma!!!!! I want one!!!!!!
These look delicious! Pomegranate/lime! I’ve been eyeing that popsicle maker for awhile, but keep thinking … “do i really need to buy that?” I hope I win it! :)
I could SO keep the kidlet in stock all summer long. And it wouldn’t be nearly as guilt-causing as feeding her those sugar-water tubes ^^
Right now… strawberries! They’re great in season!
Wow, I have to compete with over 5000 peeps to win a pops maker. Hmm, might as well try. Our favorite is strawberry. But Dreamsicle (Orange Cream) is good too.
My favorite is a vanilla & Carmel combo…yum!
Favorite flavor? That would have to be strawberry! There’s nothing more refreshing than fresh strawberries in the summer.
peach or raspberry!
I have two young children that LOVE popsicles! I am going to definitely try this! :o)
I saw this Popsicle maker in my Williams-Sonoma catalog and have been dreaming about it ever since!
Favorite fruit flavor…mango, or maybe strawberry…hmmmI really like blueberry too. NO, it’s watermelon.
Oh, forget it ~ I like them all!
I am a big fan of anything peach!
i absulutly LOVE blueberry. it is to die for. yummy!
Love strawberry and blueberry!
Watermelon! My mouth is watering for a frozen treat!
definitely strawberry!!!
I love raspberries, the real stuff, fake raspberry flavor is icky…
Raspberry! We had raspberry brambles on our farm that my grandma had planted. There was nothing better than going out on a hot July day and grabbing a handful of fresh raspberries warmed by the sun.
Cherry!!!
Strawberry is my favorite!!
Guava! Or blackberry
Favorite Flavor is definately Mango! Nothing better than a a nice Mango popsicle on a hot summer afternoon.
Definitely raspberry!
I love the creamsicle type versions with the tangy orange and the delicious cream! :)
Gourmet popsicles are the best. Mmm! And I have seen those Popsicle makers in action, very cool. I love raspberries.
So many fruit flavors, so little time… It’s a toss up between coconut and mango!
California girls are unforgettable! Daisy dukes bikinis on top! Looks so hot, we’ll melt your popsicle! :)
I love your version-with this heat wave that we are having in the northeast I’m going to attempt these this week! Yum-Yum!!
Orange Creme.
Raspberry!!
Lemon. You’re an inspiration! Keep up the good work.
Love pineapple!
Pineapple, or mango…. YUMM-O
I just saw those at Williams Sonoma on Saturday. I think I’d love to try a flavor like Dulce de Leche or Chocolate almond. Yummmm
i’m a totally berry-lover! i’m dying to make my own popsicles this summer!
Strawberry and coconut…is coconut a fruit? :o)
I LOVE popsicles!
I really like plain old lime!
Those look like fun though!
Cool!
My favorite is blackberry for sure!
Raspberry and Pineapple in layers :-) Love it!!!
Strawberry!! Can’t wait to make these pops with my kids!!
Strawberry!
I LOVE cherry & lime together!!!! I am definitely going to try making my own!!!! All of the flavors sound sooooo good!!!!
It’s a toss up between Cherry and Rootbeer…YUMMY!
Ohhhhhhh…..I LOOOOOVVVVVVVE raspberry flavored anything- esp fresh!
Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, mmmmm – too many choices! All are great!
oh snap! i would love to make my own ice pops and my daughter would love it even more.
Raspberry is my favorite!
I would have to go with Strawberry-Banana..
I absolutely love PEACH! Yum-o!
creamcicle, yum yum
I love pudding pops! They get a great icey texture on the outside and a softer, creamy inside. YUM!
Peach! I love them!
stawberry, cherry, or blackberry! yum!
This would be perfect for summer!! Love strawberry and cream. Please, please, pick me, pick me!!
I love raspberry and any thing citrus!
What a great idea! They are inexpensive and very low calorie when you make your own. My favorite would be raspberry. Thanks, Bakerella for showing me how to post!
Mango!!
My favorite is definitely strawberry! With raspberry coming in a close second.
I want one please! And I’m thinking Mango, definitely Mango today!
It’s tough to choose, but I think I have to go with lychee. Delicious!