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 a combination of strawberry, peach, blueberry, and banana. Thanks for the opportunity!
Love cool treats in the summer and am sad cause I don’t have an ice-cream maker.
strawberry kiwi would be great!!! but anything cool, it’s hot here in texas!!!
Lemon lime for me please!
Looks so good. I love strawberry and orange
Red bean popsicles are one of my favorites but it’s not a fruit so I’ll have to go with MANGO!
Mango fresh and juicy
MMMMmm yummy strawberry!!
Wow! I just saw the machine in person the other day and I want one. They make such pretty looking popsicles.
Right now Blueberry is my favorite, but I don’t think I have ever met a ice pop that I didn’t like.
not sure I have a favorite fruit flavor. I love them all!
Cherry, but that may not work so well in a homemade pop?!
My favorite is strawberry!
Love the strawberry popsicles..but they are all super cute too!!! :)
Blueberry or Strawberry. :)
oooooh tough one!
probably pomegranate or pineapple, my little girl would LOVE making our own pops!
Strawberries!!!!!!
mango is my fav, but seriously thinking about going to Atlanta just so I can try the blackberry mojito:)
Hi! Want that! ;)
I love blueberries – but thats not a fruit so….. bananas!
I´d love to try and make a avocado pop – think that would be great!
Have a nice day!
//Heidi in Sweden!
Sounds like fun!!
Butterscotch pudding!
I really love pomegranate or apple…
Thanks for sharing all these fun ideas. I have been enjoying your page :)
All of these popsicles look amazing!
And is the King of Pops single….?
Cherry!!!
mmmmm those look fantastic! Who doesn’t love a popsicle?
I love raspberry. Raspberry anything!
I just moved and could see this being the centerpiece for lots of summer parties – I would loooove a peaches and cream flavored pop! thanks bakerella!
Chocolate. Oh is that not a fruit? Ok strawberry, yum. Dipped in chocolate…double yum
Lemon!
Anything with strawberry sounds fantastic to me!
I love pineapple coconut!! YUM!
Strawberry banana for sure.
Popsicles are the perfect summer treat. I would start out making lemon or strawberry. Yum!
wow they all look soooo… good my favorite flavor is strawberry!
Orange for me!
These look yummy! I would like to try banana strawberry.
I just finished a fun homemade marshmallow experiment this weekend… I would LOVE to try some homemade ice pops next! *fingers crossed*
Favorite fruit flavors….Strawberry/banana or raspberry. This is so neat! My kids would love this! :)
Strawberry and kiwi!!
My all time favorite fruit flavor, trite as it is….strawberry! :D
I hate to be boring but I just love strawberry and orange. :)
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Thanks!
My favorite flavor is RED…strawberry, cherry, raspberry…
I’ve always been a strawberry kiwi fan, would love to find a way to incorporate the kiwi flavor as the yogurt?
Also curious to see how splenda would hold up instead of regular sugar. If I try it out, i’ll let you know :)
I love Mango & Watermelon. I would like to try Honeydew.
hmmm…my favorite fruit flavor is hard. Maybe Strawberry or Watermelon
Favorite fruit flavor is watermelon! That blackberry mojito one you tried sounds good too!
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry. When I was a kid, a perfect summer day included a trip to the corner store with my Nana for a strawberries ‘n cream Wonder Bar popsicle!
Nanner! (Uh, that’s ‘banana’ for the Southern Dialect Impaired) We have something similar here in the NC Triangle area called ‘Locopops’. (They even make them with WINE sometimes!) Delish! Thanks for the contest!
Cherry!
but unfortunately i just found out a few weeks ago I’m allergic to them.. >.<
Loved making popsicles and pudding pops as a child-special treat to make and eat! This books looks awesome and yummy!!!
Mango.
Tough choice, but I’m going to have to say PEACH!! Can’t wait to try these!! :)
I’d have to go with Mojito or Pina Colada. Both are awesome on a hot summer day. (You can tell I’m vacationing huh?)
I love mango! This is so cool. Thanks for the info.
Cherry! YUM! Very refreshing!
blueberry :)
I love, love, love bananas!!
I really want to win. MY fave flavor is lemonade:)
Strawberry with a hint of lime! num num!
Blackberry is my favorite!
Orange Creamsicle Yum!!
Hum It’s a nice day maybe I’ll head over to the store for a ice cream….
watermelon pineapple! yum!!
I would love chocolate or lemon. My 3 year old would concur with strawberry and maybe I could add something else sneaky to help my boy get more nutrition with a fun pop.
Orange Creamsicles or anything with coconut flakes in it. Mmmm…
OMGosh!!
I just dragged my sorry, hot butt in from outside where its 97 degrees out and the first email I opened was from your blog post….those popsicles look so amazing! I would love to be eating one right now.
Instead, I would love a chance to win a kit and book. Even here in a normally cooler Peterborough, Ontario, Canada we love to eat iced sicles!!
Thanks so much, Trudy
I just put a test pop in the freezer! Made with some homemade strawberry “jelly” and sparkling soda. We’ll see how that goes …
But I love blackberry (just pulled a blackberry crumble out of the oven) and pineapple anything!
Strawberry or Lemonade. I live 1 hr north of Atlanta and I can’t wait until I can try the King Of Pops’ Popsicles :)
OMG that looks sooo yummy! I’d love to win this! THanks!
My favorite fruit flavor is banana pineapple
My son would love love love these!
Coconut Banana! YUM!
Strawberry kiwi mango! yum
Anything to do with chocolate. They all look so yummy.
Lemon-lime is my favorite, but I love the idea of Strawberry-Lemonade. I live about 40 miles north of Atlanta and now I know I need to go on an adventure to find this guy next time I’m downtown!
Coconut from the paleteria!
i love anything lemon-lime :)
Strawberry Watermelon!
Peach and ginger, YUMMY!
my favorite fruit is blueberry. i cant live without them. mmm blueberry ice pops…
Peach
mmmmm strawberry!!!!!
Definitely starfruit. Or mango. Or starfruit-mango? Hmmm…. That could have potential… Yuuuuummmm!
Oooohh…anything citrus. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
I love anything Mango…I could eat mangoes every day for the rest of my life!
yumm, pina colada would be tops. I eat it, close my eyes and pretend I’m in hawaii again. sweet dreams!
we all scream for ICE CREAM! =D
I love raspberry flavor icepop
Watermelon and mint! Yummy :) After seeing that blackberry mojito popsicle, it makes me think how delicious a watermelon mojito popsicle would be! That’s my favorite summertime drink, so I know it would be great as a popsicle!
Coconut, I love the Mexican ones, they are so good.
I like kiwi and strawberry melon.
I love strawberry.
I love any think cherry flavored. I think I will try and make some watermelon ice pops. I have tons of leftover watermelon from the 4th. Have a blessed day.
COCONUT!!! Everything COCONUT! ;)
I suppose strawberry is a good contender also!
Nectarine, watermelon, strawberry, raspberry…I can never decide! As always, thanks for hosting such a fun giveaway!
Peach!
My favorite flavor is coconut. I can think of nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day.
chocolate!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Popsicles!!!!! YUMMY!!!!!!
Raspberry for sure! Maybe with a bit of lime.
I would love love to make my own pops!! I love fruit pops!!!
I saw The King of Pop at a red light on the 4th. My husband had just run the Peachtree Road Race and we were on our way to Fox Bros. BBQ. I was able to read his sign of flavors and they sounded very yummy. I regret that we didn’t go buy a couple.
gimme pops!
Peach!!!
That mojito pop sounds amazing!! My favorite pops have real berries inside… preferably strawberry!
This is SO awesome!! Love it! I have 2 year old triplets and I think this would be amazing this summer! I love pina colada popsicles!
passion fruit :)
Grape for popsicles! Well, actually, rootbeer but that’s not a fruit, is it?
I love this! I would love that book! I have to check out the King of Pops. So cool! My favorite flavors are strawberry and cherry.
My favourite flavour is melon! Such a cool giveaway!
Pina-colada would be a nice treat :)
Cherry with lime always makes a great combination!
Raspberry or Coconut…it’s a tie! on this ridiculous 100 degree day in NJ either one would be fabulous!!
I have been searching all over for a way to make healthy handcrafted popsicles!
orange/strawberry/pineapple…mmm, tropical.
Grape!
These look absolutely delicious. Maybe because there is nummy fruit, maybe because it is so hot here!! Either way, I would love to try and make these!!
Favorite fruit flavor…strawberry, cherry, blueberry, lemon…I love them all! Fun giveaway :)
I love all the berry flavors – raspberry is probably my fave, but your strawberry ones look really yummy!!
Ahh, nothing like popsicles in the summer. Sign me up!
Mango!
favorite?? Well if I HAD to choose it would be my all time fav STRAWBERRY!! But I do wonder how Mango would be…..
Mango! I have so been wanting one of these!
I love blueberry. Where do you find that kind of sugar?
Strawberry or Peach!
Strawberry………………thanks for the chance to win.
OMG..I so wanted to buy the pop maker at William Sonoma the other day but being unemployed my money was spent more appropriately. Fingers crossed I’m the lucky one!
Raspberry!
Oh, My! My kids are going to love this!! I think a strawberry one always hits the spot!!
I”m a blue raspberry fan.
Oh yummy!!! My favorite fruit flavor: lime.
And strawberry.
And raspberry (with seeds)
And blackberry (ditto)
And kiwi
And pineapple
And watermelon
And grape
And peach
Okay, really, anything except cherry. I’m not so big on cherries. :) Fun giveaway, thanks for the chance to win!
Very cool! Or should I say cold? My kids LOVE popsicles. The real fruit ones are pretty expensive at the store, but I could save a bundle doing them myself. I even have some of the old Tupperware popsicle makers. I’d love to win!
Blueberry! Mmmmmm!
Can chocolate count as a fruit? Because the chocolate sea salt ones sound amazing! My favorite fruit is mango. Mango ice cream is so delicious, and I’m sure mango popsicles would be great too!
all of his flavors sound amazing, and your pops look great too! my favorite flavors have to be pineapple and coconut!
These would be perfect after a day out in the sun at the summer camp where I work (especially hot days like today).
I love peach. I’ve heard great things about the pop maker and can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks!
Orange!
Favorite fruit flavor – cherry. Anything cherry and I’m good to go! His pops look amazing and the flavors sound incredible – that chocolate seasalt – ah, I might even brave the heat and humidity of Atlanta for a sample!
Pineapple or Cranberry with a yogurt layer. Or, how about a layer of each – yummmmm! Sure hope I win! Thanks for the opportunity!
Strawberry!
Strawberry is my favorite fruit with Kiwi being a close second.
I love frozen treats!!!! I especially love mango flavor or pina colada. YUM!
These look awesome! I’ve gotta say, strawberry for sure. No matter the brand or where you buy them, strawberry is always good!
It is over 100 degrees here and having one or two of these pops would hit the spot !
I dont know if it counts as a popcicle or an ice cream pop but I love dove’s chocolate and vanlla popcicles.
Whoops, I forgot to say mango! :)
how fun! I’m really into berries right now – but especially mixed with pineapple. so strawberry-pineapple would be what I would make!
cherry or raspberry….or anything involving lemonade!
Chocolate of course, because I can’t live without it.
Raspberry!! yummm
How wonderful this would be for these hot summer days :]
And it would have to be good ole fashioned strawberry. Yum.
Oooh! they look so yummy! i love the idea of layering the ice lolly, it’s so cute!
YES PLEASE.
Ummm anything in the red-pink colors… strawberry, cranberry, raspberry… mmmm.
Strawberry! Always a classic.
I was going to get this when i saw it before. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to not have to. I love anything tropical but mango is kinda my thing right now.
Wow, that is so cool!! I would have to say something along the lines of cranberry, mixed with something probably, not sure what yet! ;)
I was going to go with strawberry, but after reading through other peoples comments and saying, “Oh, yeah, that one, too!” I can’t choose. I love fruit. Period.
I love anything lemon, strawberry or pina colada flavored!
Strawberry is my simple favorite go-to flavor :) I especially love to have some chunks of strawberry in the pops. YUM!
Those sound good right about now.
Yum! Those pops look delicious!
My favorite fruit flavor is raspberry. So yummy and summery!
I love anything that has pieces of fruit mixed in, but my favorite has to be strawberry. ESPECIALLY IN POPSICLES!!!!
Any kind of berry would be delicious! My kids love popsicles.
STRAWBERRY….because I dont think chocolate qualifies as a fruit? If it did-then chocolate instead:)
Strawberry and Mango!!! YUM!!!!
I would say it is a toss up between Orange Creamsicle and Raspberry…
yummy!!! They all look so good, I love strawberry and lemon!
I would have to say ORANGE! Oooooo layered with a vanilla yogurt so it tastes like an orange sherbert!!! YUM!!!
Grape is my all time favorite.. but i could really go for a peach mango right now! YUM
I can’t help but think of my nieces when I see these – it’d be so much fun to make popsicles with them!
I love all the fruity flavours but strawberry is my fav.
Mango!!! love ’em, thanks for the chance, k
Mango! yum!
Banana? Strawberry? Together? I am getting this book!
I remember when I used to make slushies with my Dad as a kid! awww
I love orange creamsicles the best!
Raspberry is my Favorite
it is so hard to choose…banana? strawberry? mix them up? I have to get this book!
popsicles are essential in florida summer heat
Love some cherry flavor!
I LOVE banana flavored popsicles!
I Love raspberry with lemon
oh…and my favorite flavor would have to be lemon or lime!
These look great….perfect summertime treat!
Anything blackberry!
Ohh mixed berry or anything lime related! I’ll def have to try to make these. My hubby has been all about the fruit bars this summer.
Strawberry!!
blueberries :) mmmmm good
I’m a strawberry girl. I love how their flavor can be sweet and tart.
I would love a coconut and pineapple pop. I am sure if we wanted an extra zing you can add coconut rum. Yummy.
Lemon and Raspberry.
I say peach, but my 5 year old votes for apple!
You are always coming up with great stuff!
I wonder how many fruits you could pack into a pop…
YUMMEH! :D
Oooh, grape. I’m all grown up but I still love grape popsicles. And also cherry. But how about rootbeer. Oooh, layered with vanilla ice cream. Or how about orange sherbet with vanilla ice cream. Gotta try them all!!!
Coconut all the way! Fresh Organic coconut! SO DELICIOUS!
Oh man, I had to tear myself away from the window display of this at W-S! Strawberry Mango is my favorite flavor hand’s down! :] YUM!
Strawberry or Peach. Both make my mouth water! Looks like great fun and WAY COOL!
This is such a great giveaway. My 2-year-old is super into Popsicles right now and I’m certain that I can make better ones than I can buy. Keeping my fingers crossed!
PIneapple mango!!!
There’s a great ice cream place in Ohio called Jeni’s that delivers gourmet ice cream. Her ice creams are phenomenal!
omg, these look fabulous! I would love love love to win this and start making some delish home made pops!!
always strawberry. can’t go wrong with it!