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.
Pineapple with Coconut is what I’m craving!
Pineapple Mango! YUMMY!!!!!
Raspberry! Oh – how we’d love that popsicle maker. It looks so cool.
Honeydew.
the blackberry mojito sounds amazing!
I’m all about the banana. With chocolate, of course. :)
Cherry, hands down.
Lychee would have to be my favorite :) thank you for the giveaway!
Who wants fruit when there’s chocolate as an option? :)
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, paper candy caps…. <3
Guava! Also love Mango or Kiwi!! Yumm!!
Mango!
Raspberry or maybe coconut, pluot or blueberry.
Blueberry with vanilla yogurt layers. YUMMERS!
raspberry always wins for me!
I am sooo going to try these.
My daughter loves watermelon. My favorite is Raspberry Tea.
Would love to win, lemon & lime are my favorites! ;)
Peach or Strawberry are DEFINITELY my favorite… maybe I’ll actually try mixing them together!!!
I love strawberry and strawberry with banana mixed. Of course, if there is chocolate, that wins over all others! :D
Mmmm…banana popsicles, love them!
Blackberry. No, peach. No, lemon. Wait, cherry. Ok, what day is it? Monday, then it’s banana.
Hard to choose between strawberries and watermelon- but I think I’d have to go with the latter one!
Strawberry…yummy!!!!! I hope I win.. :):)
The only thing that could make this prize better would be if steven himself came with it… he’s a cutie! lol
Oooh…those look so good! I eat a lot of popsicles living in AZ, but I’ve never made my own! I’ll have to try it!
blueberry cream!
raspberry
Mango! The best!
Strawberry!
My favorite is Mango hands down.
And I love straberry as well.
I have to make some popsicles soon.
These look delicious, just what I need to get me through the last few weeks of my pregnancy in this hot hot weather!! I LOVE strawberry!!
I love raspberry!
Looks cool :) and amazing
what a fun post/giveaway! thanks for that! my favorite fruit flavor is LIME. : )
Strawberry is definitely my favorite, but coconut comes in a close second! (Don’t worry, I looked it up and coconut counts as a fruit! Hehe.)
Strawberry has been my favorite since I was a kid! But there’s nothing wrong with blueberries and lemon, especially when they work their magic together :)
I adore anything pineapple!
Strawberry is my fav!!!!!
Definitely strawberry!
I love blueberry… the beautiful color, the wonderful taste… YUM!
My favorite is coconut! (Wait! Not technically a fruit….?!) Oh well, it’s still my favorite ice pop flavor!!
watermelon…for sure!!!
For ice lollies I love pineapple flavour, and orange/lemon/lime. Haha, pretty much anything.
Those pictures in the book look yummy!!
ok~ first I have been LUSTING after this pop maker since I saw it!Second, as I was reading this post, my local news @ noon ran the story on steve, how wierd is THAT timing?Thjird, ME ME pick me! ;)
Lychee!! or peach! Or kiwi!
Lime is the best-my absolute favorite!!
Mango! Or peaches and vanilla yogurt! Mmm!
I miss Atlanta!
Blackberry! It always reminds me of picking blackberries as a child.
those pops look delicious! mango passionfruit would be another great flavor or simply mango!
I love making my own popsicles! I usually just use whatever juice I have on hand but using real fruit and a blender seems so easy! I’m going to make some tonight!
Lime. Or Cherry. Or even better, cherry lime!
raspberry! My kids are both looking over my shoulder telling me that these look awesome – I agree!
Watermelon!!
MMM, i love strawberry lime :)
My favorite fruit flavor is either key lime or cherry…or a combination of both. The best popsicles I’ve had have been pink lemonade, though.
aîe aîe ! i can’t decid what i prefer!! the first one is Lemon! soo fresh..and of course all the summery fruits…hope winning :)
Fresh Pineapple. SO JUICY!
How NEAT! Wish I lived in Atlanta! Banana is the Favorite in our house….gonna have to look into this my 4 and 1 year old would think this is pretty awesome just like their momma!
I would love to win this. We all LOVE frozen treats in this house! My favorite has always been anything that includes strawberry as a layer!… I’m thinking strawberry and kiwi layered would be SUPER delicious.
Coconut. It just screams summer to me.
Raspberry!
Summer would not be complete with out a Popsicle !
Oh, man, I really have to pick just one fruit flavor? I love strawberry, but also peach, blueberry, and apple!
pineapple withe apples oranges and strawberries
Passion Fruit & Strawberry :)
oh my goodness, I would LOVE to win this! my daughter has been begging me to make popsicles. Strawberry kiwi would be our first try. I’m much more partial to chocolate than fruit though. :)
Strawberry!
Lemon-flavored anything is great, but frozen lemon-flavored pops are soooo refreshing.
Blue raspberry — but any berry will do!
Thanks.
Lime…unless “red” is a fruit :)
Banana is my favorite fruit flavor! It tastes good by itself, it mixes well with just about any sweet flavor (and some savory too!) … you just cant beat a banana!
I’m more of a chocolate person myself. But I guess my favorite fruit flavor would be, when I can get them, Oregon blackberries fresh off the bush. YUMMMMM!!!
Peach is my fave but banana is a close second!!
Strawberry!
Strawberry is my favorite!!
looks yummy!
Coconut! It’s the best, and it get them all to myself because the kids don’t like it.
I love Starfruit! If I win (even if I don’t) I’m going to try starfruit Popsicles! Layered with mango yogurt =D
Banana, banana, banana!
Thanks!
Raspberries! I’ve been eyeing that popsicle maker at ws. Would love to win!
My favorite fruit flavor is peach.
Yummmm. Raspberry.
Gosh, I really wish we had the King of Pops in my town! Besides the Popsicles, I really want to see his Popsicle shaped business card!
I’m very unoriginal, but my favorite is any berry type of popsicle. This looks so good!
I really really want that Zoku machine! The popsicles look delicious!
GOJI berry!!
oh, I am dying to try that chocolate sea salt flavor! Sounds interesting! I guess my favorite flavor is a fruity tropical blend, strawberries, mangos, pineapple, bananas… now I am drooling :)
For me it would be strawberry! I’m pretty sure my girls would eat anything that came in a frozen pop!!
Pineapple Orange – delicious!! Those all look so good on a hot and humid day like today!
There is something about citrus that is always so refreshing on a hot summer day.
Cherry!!!!!
Peach is THE best…. especially when there are real chunks of peach too. mmmmmmm.
Hands down my favorite flavor is raspberry and they’re just getting ripe here in the Seattle area – yippee!
My kids would love it if I made homemade popsicles. I think I would start with a layer of strawberry, yogurt and then blueberries. Very patriotic and combines my two favorite fruits
Kiwi! Those pops look amazing!
omg! a fave flavor??? umm… I think raspberry. or orange… I dont know ! I love fruit, and living in CA would certainly put this baby to good use!!! yay!
MMMMM raspberry!
STRAWBERRY! =)
OMG – I would love this! My favorite fruit flavor is banana strawberry.
Mines watermelon!!!!! Fav them so muchhhh!
With 3 kids all wanting different flavors I SO have to get one of these! WOW! But then I could make strawberry kiwi just for me!
Lemon and blueberry is the best combination of flavors. It is divine.
i love peach!!
Raspberry!
Lime for sure, although mango is a close second. :)
I love to make strawberry popsicles, with a little blended spinach to make it healthier for my 2 year old. She loves them!
Strawberry and lime would have to be my ultimate fruit combo. I love the sweet and the tart together. So yummy!
I loveeee strawberry and banana.
I love plain old Strawberry with ton’s of chunks. Thanks so much.
My favorite is Strawberry, but I also like pineapple, and Grape. We have grape vines in our back yard, and I’d love to win so I can use my grapes in it!
My kids love popsicles! I love all fruits but if I have to choose just one, I would say strawberry is my favoritist! :)
favorite is definitely the orange-cicle flavor – orange and cream!! fingers crossed that i can make some with the zoku pop maker!
Funny I was just looking at the Zoku at Williams-sonoma.com and coveting it!!
I have had my eye on this forever! I would love to try it with Mango!
I think strawberry is my all time favorite. Homemade strawberry ice cream… or popsicles- doesn’t get any better!
I am a sucker for anything mango, especially in the frozen department :)
ORANGE!!! yummers.
Strawberry Lemonade
I would love to make a strawberry lemonade. That sounds delish! Hope I win!
Raspberry!! But raspberry lemonade is even better!!
I love pretty much everything ever raspberry flavored. Yum!
Those look great! What a fantastic idea. I would have love to try his pineapple habanero.
My favorite fruit? Probably pineapple. Who would have guessed? ;)
Raspberry….mmmm!!!!
my all-time favorite is watermelon!!
raspberry lime! :) now i want a popsicle….
OMG!!! This would be the PERFECT book :) I live in the desert and it has already been in the high 90’s-100’s yuck. I have one of my nephews coming to stay for awhile and this would be the perfect thing for his little 4 year old hands to do and what yummy treats.
Ooooh how fun! I’d love to try these out. My niece and nephew would go crazy for them!
My little guy would love these! If I don’t win I will have to get this book…I’ve been checking out the WS page for the pop maker too…they don’t ship to Canada so I need to find it somewhere else!
I’ve been lusting after this at Williams-Sonoma for a while. I hope I win! I love anything strawberry or blueberry, especially mixed with fresh yogurt.
Usually any red flavor… strawberry, cherry or raspberry will do!
I love pomegranate mixed with blueberries! to DIE for!!!!
Mango!
Oooh those look scrumptious!
I love raspberry but chocolate sea salt sounds fantastic.
Cherry!
my favorite ice pop flavor would have to be Korea’s Melona ice cream, if only because it tastes so good frozen and chewy. Yup!
Probably orange cream or watermelon. I’m not picky though!! ;)
I love lemon Popsicles!!!
I’ve also discovered popsicles this year as having a little nephew sufering from milk alergia makes it difficult to prepare ice cream the proper way………….so this is a summer full of different popsicle flavors this year!!
…..and by the way our family favorite is rasberries layered with yogurth!!
finger crossed!!
Paola
Those are beautiful! I’d love try them. I love raspberry!
Strawberry! One of my favorite summer flavors :)
Ooohh…strawberry, no contest!
Definitely Coconut!
Oh I dont think I can choose just one. I usually go for lemon anything though during the summer! I love the idea of making my own for the kids too, knowing the ingredients are all natural! I think who ever wins this is very lucky :-D
To me, nothing says summer like pineapple & coconut!
I´love to try a maracuja split- soo yummy!
My nephews love fudge pops. This would be a blast!
I want to make some sweet corn pops.
It’s *very* hard to choose a favorite, but I’d say mango
My favorite fruit flavor is strawberry.
Thanks for this awesome giveaway! My kids would love it if I won. (So would I!)
Fresh Blueberry and pineapple (but not necessarily together!)
I’m on a health food kick right now and fresh berry popsicles sound like an amazing summer treat!
Seriously…. I was just drooling over this in Williams Sonoma yesterday. My favorite fruit flavor is blackberry. Yummo!
mmmmmm….raspberry….
I love anything that is raspberry flavored!
Strawberry Pineapple would have to be my favorite! I think both flavors are just classically summer ooo maybe even throw in a couple whole blue berries!!! :o)
This month is Mango… but looking at the rest of the comments, I’ve suddenly become crazy for peaches n’ cream.
ops….forgot the flavour! My favoritt is blueberry! Always blueberry!
Strawberry!!!!! ….or strawberry-lemonade… ohhhhh….
Given the season, watermelon sounds AMAZING!
strawberry..absolute strawberry. i would love to win this ;)
Something with Grape. I love the real fruit grape popsicles. Delish! :) And I might say the popsicle king is delish looking too. :)
Oh, I love papaya & pineapple flavors. Yum!!! What a fun give-away!!
Watermelon strawberry :)
id have to say strawberry banana flavor! it’s a classic and you can never go wrong with it!! <3
Ok, typically I love strawberry. But because of the season, I’m going to have to say peaches right now! Yum!
Peach!! I’m from Georgia, so maybe that has something to do with it!! haha
a friend has this and she loves it!
i like banana as my favorite fruit at the moment, but i just LOVE all fruit and could never choose.
kiwi might be a favorite flavor…. maybe….
Definitely raspberry! Yummy!
mango is my favorite!
I would have to say pineapple for sure!!
Oh my that thing looks FUN! My favorite fruit flavored is strawberry! OH YUMMY!
Sounds like something to make thru the summer. I’m in!
Love your blog Bakerella!
Oh…what a cool giveaway! I think strawberry or watermelon are my favs but I really love any fruit!
Strawberry!
Strawberry!
Blueberry!
I love orange popsicles!
Jummy. My favorite is a blend of strawberry, kiwi and banana :)
Cherry is my favorite flavor, but I love frozen strawberries. This is definitely going on my wish list!
I looooove pineapple and mellon!!!
Lemon rasberry…. I like a tart popsicle. Yum!!
Anything with Strawberry is the best :)
Strawberry!! My boys would go nuts making their own popsicles. :)
These look great! My favorite right now is orange cream popsicles. :0)
My favorite is stracciatella!!! :D :D
Yummy! I always love strawberry!!
Today, at least, my favorite fruit flavor is pineapple. Or maybe mango. How about mango-pineapple?
blackberry!
lemon so yummy
MANGO! Yum. :)
Anything citrusy…lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit…paired with strawberry. Way yum! Thanks for the great giveaway :)
Um, apricot? Watermelon? Strawberry? Real cherry (not the artificial flavor they call cherry)? Pretty much any summer fruit is tops in my book.
My son and I both love mango!!
Strawberry, please! (With whipped cream.) :)
pineapple orange
Mango mango mango!! Sometimes I live on the edge and mix it with strawberries, raspberries, of if I’m feeling daring…peaches and apricots!
Cherry! Always love cherry!
Strawberry lemonade, please!!
I love and adore orange creamsicle. Yummy!
Oh these are so lovely! Popsicles are a lot more refreshing than ice cream on a hot summer day!
These days I’m loving lemon everything. Lime, too.
Lemon!