Liquid-based frozen confection on a stick
This article is about the frozen snack on a wooden stick. For the frozen confection without a stick, see
Freezie
. For the frozen dessert that contains ice cream, see
Ice cream bar
.
Ice pop
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Cucumber%2C_elderflower_and_mint_ice_pop_from_Nicepops_%2818159920902%29.jpg/220px-Cucumber%2C_elderflower_and_mint_ice_pop_from_Nicepops_%2818159920902%29.jpg) A cucumber, elderflower and mint ice pop.
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Alternative names
| Popsicle, paleta, ice lolly, icy pole, ice block, ice drop, ice gola, ice candy
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Type
| Frozen dessert
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Place of origin
| United States
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Region or state
| California
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Created by
| Frank Epperson
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Main ingredients
| Water/milk and flavoring (such as
fruit juices
or
chocolate ice cream
)
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| 200
kcal
(837
kJ
)
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An
ice pop
is a liquid/cream-based frozen dessert on a stick.
[1]
[2]
Unlike
ice cream
or
sorbet
, which are whipped while freezing to prevent ice crystal formation, an ice pop is frozen while at rest, becoming a solid block of ice. The stick is used as a handle to hold it. Without a stick, the frozen product would be a
freezie
.
An ice pop is also referred to as a
popsicle
in
Canada
and the
United States
, a
paleta
in
Mexico
, the
Southwestern United States
and parts of
Latin America
, an
ice lolly
or
lolly ice
in the
United Kingdom
and
Ireland
, an
ice block
in New Zealand and Australia, an
ice drop
in the
Philippines
, an
ice gola
in
India
,
ice candy
in the Philippines, India and
Japan
,
ai tim tang
or
ice cream tang
in
Thailand
, and a
kisko
in the
Caribbean
. The term
icy pole
is often used in
Australia
, but is a brand name.
History
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As far back as 1872, two men, doing business as Ross and Robbins, sold a frozen-fruit confection on a stick, which they called the Hokey-Pokey.
[3]
Francis William "Frank" Epperson of
Oakland
, California, popularized ice pops after patenting the concept of "frozen ice on a stick" in 1923.
[4]
[5]
Epperson claimed to have first created an ice pop in 1905,
[1]
[3]
at the age of 11, when he accidentally left a glass of powdered lemonade soda and water with a mixing stick in it on his porch during a cold night, a story still printed on the back of Popsicle treat boxes.
Epperson lived in Oakland and worked as a lemonade salesman.
[6]
In 1922, Epperson, a realtor with Realty Syndicate Company in Oakland,
[7]
introduced the Popsicle at a fireman's ball.
[8]
[9]
[10]
The product got traction quickly; in 1923, at the age of 29, Epperson received a patent for his "Epsicle" ice pop,
[11]
and by 1924, had patented
all handled, frozen confections or ice lollipops.
He officially debuted the Epsicle
[8]
in seven fruit flavors
[12]
at
Neptune Beach
amusement park, marketed as a "frozen lollipop", or a "drink on a stick".
[13]
[14]
A couple of years later, Epperson sold the rights to the invention and the
Popsicle
brand to the Joe Lowe Company in New York City.
[4]
[8]
Terminology
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In the United States and Canada, frozen ice on a stick is generically referred to as a
popsicle
due to the early popularity of the
Popsicle brand
, and the word has become a
genericized trademark
to mean any ice pop, regardless of brand or format.
[15]
[16]
[17]
The word is a
portmanteau
of
pop
and
icicle
; the word is genericized to such an extent that there are decades-old derived slang meanings such as "popsicle stand".
[18]
The term
ice pop
is also used in the United States.
[19]
In Ireland, the term
ice pop
is predominantly used.
[20]
In the United Kingdom, the term
ice lolly
is used to refer to ice pop
[21]
while the term
ice pop
refers to a
freezie
(flavoured ice inside a tube).
[19]
The term
chihiro
is used as a slang term in the Cayman Islands, partially derived from
chill
.
[22]
Different parts of Australia use either
ice block
or
icy pole
(which is a brand name),
[23]
[24]
and New Zealand uses
ice block
.
[25]
In the Philippines, the term
ice drop
is used with coconut flavor ice pops being called
ice bukos
.
[26]
India uses the terms
ice gola
[27]
and
ice candy
.
[28]
In Japan the term
ice candy
is used.
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Paleta
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After a trip to the United States in the early 1940s, Ignacio Alcazar returned to his home city of
Tocumbo
, Michoacan, Mexico,
[30]
[31]
bringing the idea to manufacture ice pops or
paletas
(little sticks) using locally available fresh fruit. He and some family members expanded by opening a shop in Mexico City which became very popular
[30]
and he began to franchise
Paleteria La Michoacana
to friends and family from his town. The popularity of paletas and association with Tocumbo has increased to the status of a national Mexican food.
[32]
Paleta flavors can be divided into two basic categories: milk-based or water-based. The composition of each flavor may vary, but the base is most often fruit. Paleterias usually have dozens of flavors of paleta including local flavors like
horchata
,
tamarind
,
mamey
and
nanche
along with other flavors like
strawberry
,
lime
,
chocolate
and
mango
. Distinctly Mexican ingredients like
chili pepper
,
chamoy
, and
vanilla
are often present in these paletas. Paleterias adapt their flavors to the tastes of the community and local availability of ingredients.
Paletero
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A
paletero
in
Denver, Colorado
A
paletero
(roughly equivalent to the English "ice cream man"), is a street seller of paletas and other frozen treats, usually from a pushcart labeled with the name of the enterprise that made the paletas (paleteria). Today, many paleteros are now commonly found in American cities with significant Mexican populations. Vending requirements for paleteros vary widely by city.
Homemade ice pops
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An ice pop made using a mold
An alternative to the store-bought ice pops is making them at home using fruit juice,
drinks
, or any freezable beverage. A classic method involves using ice cube trays and toothpicks, although various ice pop freezer molds are also available.
In the UK, there is an increasing number of people making alcoholic ice lollies at home by putting alcoholic drinks inside the mould.
Buckfast
,
Kopparberg
and
Strongbow
Dark Fruit ciders are popular choices used.
[33]
Innovations in ice pop creation
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In 2018, the UK food-focused design firm called Bompas & Parr announced that they had created the world's first 'non-melting' ice pop.
[34]
The ice pop does melt but not as fast as other ice pops.
[34]
This is due to the strands of fruit fibers inside the ice pops which makes them thicker than regular ice pops.
[34]
The thicker the ice pop the slower it melts.
[34]
This design was inspired by the material called
pykrete
, which was invented by
Geoffrey Pyke
.
[34]
World record ice pop
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On June 22, 2005,
Snapple
tried to beat the existing
Guinness World Records
entry of a 1997 Dutch 21-foot (6.4 m) ice pop by attempting to erect a 25-foot (7.6 m) ice pop in New York City. The 17.5 short tons (15.9 t) of frozen juice that had been brought from
Edison, New Jersey
, in a freezer truck melted faster than expected, dashing hopes of a new record. Spectators fled to higher ground as firefighters hosed away the melted juice.
[35]
See also
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Further reading
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- laverran, Virginia Gonzalez. "Historia del Helado en Mexico By Martin Gonzalez de la Vara".
Historia Mexicana
40 .2 (1990): 350?354.
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- Ortiz, Laura Velasco. "La Michoacana. Historia de Paleteros de Tocombu by Martin Gonzalez de la Vara".
Historia Mexicana
58.1 (2008): 509?516.
[2]
- Andrew F. Smith, ed. (2007). "Popsicle".
The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink
.
Oxford University Press
. p. 471.
- Zuniga, Ricardo Miranda (October 2004).
"Vagamundo: A migrant's Tale"
.
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External links
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