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.
Favorite flavor is strawberry
The King of Pops has finally made his way up the Southeast, and now I can enjoy his homemade ice pops as well! Actually, we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to popsicle salespeople: every Saturday, there are at least three at the market with gourmet flavors. It’s amazing.
I adore fruits in general ,so I can,t make a choice easily ,I wish I can own one of those carts since I am a events designer and a business owner
Chocolate sea salt? I need.
Yummy!! :)
Raspberry and chocolate mixed together. YUM!
Looks awesome, thanks for this! Great food sensory !
Hi,
I found this post yesterday.
Today I went to a mall in Tel Aviv, and saw this pops maker sitting on a shelf!!
Do you recommend it? Is it any good?
With the hot Israeli summer, pops are a hit around here.
Thanks,
Yael
What about MANGO?
Wonderful everything looks great
I LOVE every Flavor up there, except mango. I just don’t like mangos…will definitely be trying this recipe, minus the yogurt…don’t eat dairy!
I love all flavors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chocolate Sea Salt? Now thats original! But I have to say I
l-o-v-e strawberry kiwi!
Apple and Pomegrante!
this is an awesome idea! I will have to have the kids make them this summer!
that looks so good……….strawberry is my favoritor…
Ooo can we do a mix of strawberry and mango! That’d be my favorite. Or just those two alone! So good!!!
totally laHove (love) it!
awww, pina colada is my fave but it looks like others don’t agree with me:,(
whatever…more for me!
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I love lemon, what a great summer treat
pineapple! defintley!
Chocolate Raspberry
Or
Cream cycle
Jesus flavor fo sho. sooooooo excellent
I like the helpful information you provide in your articles. I’ll bookmark your blog and check again here regularly. I am quite certain I will learn lots of new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!
Haha, Chocolate as a fruit flavor! :D
Mango! It’s so beautiful!
Cherry is my very favorite! These pops all look so good, I’d love to try each of them…:-)
where to buy this book on the internet?
MY FAV IS ANY KIND OF BERRY BUT I LOVE PINNAPLE MANGO AND KIWI
Dulce Caramel with spiced Pecans
So I know you might not even see this comment, but there’s a popsicle place in Nashville, TN called Las Paletas and they make handmade popsicles too, which crazy flavors like banana split, chocolate mint (with crushed Andes mints inside), smoothie fruit flavors, and all sorts of awesome things. You should definitely check them out! They’re quite the inspiration
Who is the author of Ice Pops? An Amazon search didn’t reveal a matching cover… :o(
Strawberry and Mango
genius!
What a great, simple summer recipe! My kids will love getting their hands on these.
omg they look sooooooooooo good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mmmm delicious
Hey I tried finding an email address to email and ask you but had no luck?
I’m trying to find this Ice Pops book. I couldn’t find it at my local book store nor it doesn’t pop up on Amazon. Can you help me? Thanks!
Raspberry for sure!!!
I keep trying to buy this at WS, but they are always sold out…..so winning one would totally ROCK
omg these look so nice!!! i really wanna try the kiwi one…..NOW!!!
My family eats soooo many frozen pops I would love to make some homemade!
My favorites are coconut and pina colada!!
ahh what a cutie Steven is! i didnt realize it was so easy to make fruit pops. now i must try! thanks bakerella!
Yummy! We make our own popsicles as well using fruit. Sometimes I add yogurt to add nutrition. Instead of using sugar, I sweeten with fruit juice. The kids gobble them up!
I can’t find that book on Amazon!!!
hi all the way from new zealand, being a computor innocent this is the only way i could work out to contact you.
please can you tell me the how long the cake pops will keep once coated? would love to make some for my granddaughter birthday
appreciate a reply and thanks for your time
Just tried his ‘Honeydew Lime’ yesterday. Divine and so refreshing!! Would love to try Pineapple Habanero. :)
Love your site, would love to win the “woopie” cookbook. Keep on baking and being creative.
Raspberry! <3
Pina Colada is the best then pineapple with a bit chile powder.
Mandarin orange
I can’t believe orange is way down at #11! I love orange :) These little pops are so cute!
HE sells popsicles? Well I’d definitely be a regular customer if King of Pops was in my town…
Brilliant idea! I love it!
Those popsicles look absolutely delicious!! Congrats on the winner of the giveaway!
Raspberry is my favorite. I would love this!
WATERMELON… Mmmmmmmmm….
Raspberry!
This reminds me of growing up in Alabama – in the hottest summers we would freeze cans of peaches (without the top and some liquid taken out) and slice them for dessert!! Cold, sweet, frozen syrup – delicious and cooooooool.. Great way to get kids to eat fruit for dessert.
Oh man I love these! They look amazingly delicious. Especially the Pineapple Habenero. It reminds me of this Chili chocolate I ate in class once :) It was sweet and spicy and just melted in your mouth. (Delish!) I think they were made by a company named “Chuao.” (They also have this fireworks one that taste lie chocolate and pop rocks…it’s like an explosion in your mouth :)
these sound wonderfully yummy. My favorite fruit flavor is Cherry.
I am addicted to mango! Mango pops are so refreshing in this heat!
Strawberry!
kiwi isn’t a fruit. It’s a person from New Zealand or a small flightless bird. I’m presuming you aren’t flavour your treats with either of those right? It’s called a kiwifruit. Still tastes good though :)
Very cool… pun intended… *wink*. I want a King of Pops pop!!!
Berry…mix ’em, match ’em….whatever, they’re all good.
Bakerella….you are awesome…your creations and your generosity in spreading the blog love to the King of Pops. I am going to get that book and get off my behonkus and do a little pop making myself….yumsville. Did he know he was meeting the Queen of cakePOPs? Also, I wanted to let you know that I have spread the joy of cakepops ala Bakerella by providing the treats at my girl’s parties and then becoming the “cakepop mom” by bringing some for my daughters whole class. she was the star of the day because of your treats and I was glad to let people know about your easy fabulous treats. Your the best!
Where can we get the book? I work at a library, and we’re always trying to do new fun things with that section! :)
or mango…. ;D
Well, blueberry would probably be my fav. cause i live in finland and we have a LOT of wild blueberries at the forests :D But for fruits i have to say…. lemon, pineapple or… well, anything would be good now :DD
I will be checking out this book asap! With three wee ones running around, there are no shortage of frozen treat-eaters around here!
grape – can’t imagine how to make that one
I love how you come across the fun ideas!! This can be tweaked to satisfy ANYBODY! I can’t wait to try it!
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaango!
Love fresh strawberries! I want to win so bad!
Coconut is fav.
HI there,
My granddaughters favorite fruit is strawberry.
I would love to make her strawberry and yogurt.
I would love to have the “KIT”
CeePee
My favourite flavour is strawberry mango swirl yummmm!!!
I love dreamsicle but I must say the chocolate and sea salt sounds really good! I wish they had a king of pops here!
Those look super good!
I love strawberry kiwi pops, but a classic favorite was when we were small we would make Kool-aide pops in the summer and Soda snow cones in the first winter snow before the snow got dirty.
strawberryyyyy!
Those look so delicious! I definitely want to try them out! I did your pillow cookies last night and they were such a huge hit.
My favorite fruit flavor is definitely peach!
I just got the Williams-Sonoma catalog and I wanted to run out and buy the Zoku immediately! great giveaway!!
Blueberry!
Tough question, I think I would go with lemon lime for the summer, very refreshing. Thanks for the chance to win this!
Ohhh…I saw this popsicle maker at the store and thought it was the coolest thing. Haha..I said “coolest”.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this!
My kids would LOVE this
Strawberry for sure! But I would try anything with basil in it.
I love raspberry, especially if it’s a raspberry lemonade flavor!
My favorite flavor is raspberry!
Raspberry – but I would love to try the chocolate sea salt. Interesting.
Yum! Something frozen is always welcome in the Arkansas heat! My family makes homemade ice cream every weekend in the summer! My favorite fruit popsicle has to be strawberry.
Strawberry Kiwi is my favorite!
Wow, How awesome do these pops look!
OMG, Must. Have. One!!!
Nothing says summer like STRAWBERRY!
Strawberry is, hands down, my favorite flavor.
My favourite is pineapple and coconut stripes – yum!
Banana anytime for me!!!
The King of Pops has some really interesting flavors I’d really like to try out. I love mango flavored anything!
I really don’t like fruit much at all…
But I make an exception for lemon (and lime…and lemon-lime). n_n
Watermelon!!! What a yummy summer treat =)
My favorite would be a creamy strawberry!
Awesome for summer!
I can’t pick a favorite fruit! I love them ALL!!! If you twisted my arm though, I’d probably scream STRAWBERRY! (But only because you were twisting my arm!) I am dying for one of these popsicle makers! If I win, I’m going to make popsicles EVERYDAY!!!! (Better make low-cal ones, eh?!)
Wow, want.
Strawberry! Maybe watermelon…oh but wait, what about cherry!? Yeah, those.
My favorite flavors are lemon, cherry, and orange. I like how cute your pops look though Bakerella!
wow. i like lemon.
Ohhh, want.
Raspberry hands down. Blueberry is a close second though.
This is the awesomest thing ever EVER. And I would’ve bought him out of that pineapple habanero. Just the thought of it is making me drool!!
SO FLIPPING COOL
My favorite fruit flavor is hands down Orange. I used to take all the orange out of the box when I was a kid and leave the lime for my brother to deal with.
But given the choice between any popsicle flavor I would have to say Rootbeer is the bomb over all. I’m trying to figure out how to make a rootbeer flavored cupcake/icing combo.
My favorite fruit is Loganberry – my mom had tons of them growing in the backyard wehn we were little and we would run around staining our shirts and the ground purple. YUMMY
Hard to name one flavor but I’d pick grape.
green apple!
Yum. With temps reaching 117 here in Arizona these look particularly amazing!
sorry meant to say hot not ho.
Strawberry mango!!
I have to say that watermelon is my favorite fruit flavor. Its so refreshing on a ho summers day. I could make them for my friends when we get together. Love your site I make desserts from here all the time.
Chocolate strawberry
Watermelon!!! AHHHH… so good :D
These are so cute. I would have never thought of ice pop recipes!My favorite flavor is Orange Creamsicle. Oh baby.
Raspberry! Mmmm. After enduring a 100 degree day with malfunctioning air conditioning, these look absolutely amazing! Not that they wouldn’t on a regular day, mind you. Popsicles are always great!
raspberry lemonade, YUM! and bonus points if it’s grandma’s super secret recipe :)
Strawberry Mango would be super yummy!!!
My favorite is grape yogurt – my mom’s recipe from when we were kids. Yum! :)
well i just love watermelon and pineapple as my favorite flavors so an ice pop in that flavour waould bet great!
Strawberry!!!
My favorite would have to be coconut with little pieces of real coconut like my grandma used to make them. YUM!
Yummy!
I’ll take strawberry any day of the week. Thanks!
My kids would go bonkers for these!
This is my favorite time of year because I love strawberries. Pineapple is second on the list!
My favorite is coconut…. so yummy!
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry-banana. Yum!
favorite fruit flavor is strawberry. those look yummy!
I absolutely love love love grape :)
Ooh, am I too late? Have mercy on me; it’s record-breaking hot in CT today…I could use a frozen treat!
watermelon,me and grandkids will have fun making them
I always liked the banana popsicles that come in the bag, but anything berry is great too.
P.S Cherry!
POPSICLES!!!!!!!!!! I WANT SOME!!!!!!
Blackberries and mangosteen!
Raspberry, hands down!
passionfruit!!! or peaches and cream mmmmmmm
Strawberry with lemonade! Yummy! It is one of our favorite summertime treats.
love orange Popsicle. Those flavors from King of Pops sounds interesting and would love to try them.
Wow!!! They sound awesome – just picked some strawberries from my garden and now I know what I will do – make popsicles of course!!!
Love Love coconut!! Or tigers blood
I love coconut milk and flakes with pureed strawberries swirled in!
Oh man…it’s super hot here in Ontario and I would love to eat one right now…in strawberry or chocolate. Love both flavours!!
Lemon! Can’t get enough.
Raspberry is by far the best! The weather has been perfect for popsicles too!
For me, strawberry is the best of the best ;-)
Hi Bakerella!
My favorite flavor is Coconut! I love to make these for my girls out of cream of coconut and enjoy them on a hot day. I love your website!
raspberry is always sooooo delicious!
Raspberry is for sure my fav but the Strawberry Lime written on his chalkboard sounds AMAZING. This is the perfect summer giveaway! I would love to make some and take them to a picnic in the park :).
Strawberry
blueberry yogurt!!!!!
Pineapple, I think…
oh boy they look great!
Wow! The popsicle king’s bounty looks absolutely DELICIOUS… I gotta make me some popsicles!!!
My favorite fruit flavor right now is coconut pops, but I’ve also tasted a walnut flavor that is to die for…
Oh how cool! Small slim chance but a chance all the same! Thanks so much! It looks great!
My all time favorite fruit flavor is lime. Have yet to come across a gross lime flavored treat!
Lychee!
A really tart lemon-mint is my favorite!
they look tasty
just perrrrrrrrrrfect for the summer a cherry or even boysenberry flavor would be taste to the buds in my mouth yummm
This is tough. A stand alone fruit would probably be strawberry, but combos I love are raspberry lemonade and lime ricki. YUM!
Banana! or chocolate, oe even better, BOTH
fruit well that is rasberry of course. love the idea. we are moving to tx it is dang hot there this would be great.
I love any flavor! I live in Arizona, I need this to keep cool!
AHH! I love popcicles and making my own would satisfy all my wildest dreams…
Mmmm…. anything with blackberry sounds good to me!
Normally I’m not a fan of coconut, but it’s my hands-down favorite fruit frozen. Go figure!
MMmmmm, strawberry! These look delicious. I was just telling my hubby that I really want to try making popsicles this year.
Fresh strawberries!
I love anything watermelon!
RASPBERRY
Strawberry is my favorite!
But I would def. want to make something with Watermelon. Like a Watermelon Martini pop. Yumm!
Anything raspberry. Mango would take a close second though!
Kiwi is my favorite flavor…I came across your website through a link “Teaching Good Things”. I am a stay at home mom looking to supplement my family’s income. I love to cook, but I’m not very creative on my own. I was just doing some looking around for some easy things to start with and love the idea of cake pops. Thanks so much.
Mmmmmm yum, chocolate pudding pops!! Favorite for sure :)
That’s so adorable! My favorite fruit pop is forrest berry. I love making my own popsicles :)
My favorite fruit flavor is honeydew! Yums! :)
I would love chocolate raspberry or dark cherry/dark chocolate! YUM
my fav is coco !!! =)
Any kind of berries–mixed with banana! YUMMY!!