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.
Peach sounds amazing! thanks for the entry :)
I love orange!
I love me some cherry or watermelon. My two year old would love helping me make Popsicles. Thanks for the giveaway!
Strawberry! Can someone say HEAT WAVE???
AHH! Raspberry has to be my favorite!
Obviously its Lime. Can it get better? A hot midwest summer day with a Lime popsicle in my hand. hmm so yummy.
Lime! Or cherry-lime, or strawberry lime.
Yummy Yummy in my tummy. I have been eying this pop maker for several months as the Williams Sonoma catalog makes it way into my mailbox.
Lets see, I love strawberry – so that’s my flavor of choice!!
~Chrissy
Atlanta
PS: hope to meet you one day at a Broke Socialite event, maybe the cupcake smackdown??
I bet those chocolate sea salt popsicles would have been brilliant. I’m a sucker for anything blackcurrant, personally. I’ve heard so much about this popsicle maker, it looks fantastic.
I’m struggling….chocolate, banana or peach. Must I pick??? Okay, I pick all three! :)
Strawberry! Anything strawberry!! Plus those pops look amazing!
It isn’t summer till you get to chow down on a tarty lemon pop!
Oh my, I need to win this! My kids love popsicles, and it’s close to 40 C up here in Ottawa, with more of the same sticky weather coming!
My favourite popsicle flavor? I would have to say….cherry. But I lurve Orange Dreamsicles. Yum!
I love kiwi. A kiwi lemonade pop would be the greatest thing ever.
Banana, for sure. Yum.
My favorite fruit flavor would be pineapple, but banana is a close second! That popsicle cart sounds and looks amazing!
My favorite is mango! So good!
I LOVE KEY LIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Raspberry or Peach for me
I love berries…so anything berry is just perfect!
oh, how I want this.
yummy peach!!!
yummmy, those look so refreshing!
Strawberry would be my top favorite but also anything with berries!!!
Mmmm! They looks yummy! Raspberry is my fav. (Just made some “brookies” btw….
I love strawberry, as long as it’s the real thing!
I was drooling at the thought of homemade strawberry lemonade or strawberry cheesecake popsicles! YUM! Strawberry banana would be yummy, too! So…I guess my favorite is strawberry. Funny, though, because I don’t really like whole strawberries, just sliced, gooey strawberries and strawberry flavored stuff!
Mango raspberry would be delicious!
I love STRAWBERRY! Awesome post. I can’t wait to make homemade pops for my kids and their friends!
Blueberry!
Thanks, looks like a great giveaway.
Definitely Raspberry! I pretty much love anything raspberry :)
I just love strawberry in every kind of ice! – Ben and Jerrys’ new icecream with strawberry is amazin’!
Lemon!
Lime is the best flavor of anything – ice cream, pie, even tortilla chips.
Watermelon!! Cantelope is a close second though
I love making homemade popsicles. So much better than store bought! My favorite is orange but my kids love grape or cherry.
I would have to say watermelon!
Strawberry!
Banana – reminds me of being young and summer vacation from school.
pina colada!!! Hmmmmmm
My favourite is DEFINITLY Nashi Pear! Living in the USA, now, I’ve had to get used to calling them Asian pears – but they still taste awesome!
Mmmm… strawberry or raspberry, but I have to say, never met a popsicle that I didn’t like!
My favourite fruit flavour is pineapple!! Some coconut added in is even better :-)
mango chili! mmmmm popsicles!
Lemon…I love all things lemon!
Any flavor! I don’t think I could pick a favorite. Chocolate with strawberry or orange would be really good, though.
I don’t know who would like this more: me or my five kiddos!
Coconut!
Lemon…refreshing on a hot day!
Those look amazing! Will def. try to make it later this summer!
Blueberry. Yes, blueberry.
My favorite flavor would be raspberry!!! Or lemon….or coconut…or pineapple! I guess I don’t have a favorite!
I LOVE raspberry flavored anything!!! YUM!
Lemon. There is just something about lemon on a hot summer day that is hard to resist!
Love fruit!! Strawberry, peach, lemon. I love the flavors of summer.
Hmmm…. I think strawberry. YUMMY!!
I’d love to win also! My favorite flavor for frozen pops is cherry and lime together!
Pineapple coconut!
Strawberry or cherry. Yum yum!
Raspberries and cream…mmm good!
Gotta go with good old CHERRY! I used to love the cherry italian ices when I was little – the syrupy juice at the end is so.darn.good.
I love anything raspberry!
Sweet! And my favorite fruit is blueberries… Mmmmmmmm…
These look great on a hot day!
Raspberry!! Yum!!
grape!
pineapple
My favorite fruit is Banana. I definitely think these would be a way for me to get my daily fruits in!
strawberry — yummmmmm
Blackberry every time every where.
Strawberry!
lemon!
Nothing beats a classic orange popsicle!
Those look delicious, I’m going to have to try them. My favorite fruit flavor is mango.
I would love to have a strawberry cheesecake pop! Yum!
I would have to say grape, not that anything flavored grape actually tastes like real grapes but I am a sucker for that sugary sweet flavor of fake grapes!
Delish ! Fantastic idea.
i love blackberry & lime. Yum !
Thank you for this giveaway !
Lilikoi!
Pineapple!
If the stars and planets are lined up right for me, I’ll be making Pina Colada Pops!!!
Without at doubt – Raspberry has to be the best fruit flavor of them all. Unless its cherry……hmmm……nope, it’s close, but raspberry it is.
I´d go for blackberry/cherry !
Green apple! I had green apple gelato on a trip to Italy and it was to die for!
WOW! those look TDF!!! I would LOVE to win! I cant pick 1 favorite so I’d have to say lime and pineapple! YUM! LOVE the sound of the chocolate and sea salt one :)
My favorite is strawberry. with banana and watermelon tied for second.
Strawberry-lime for sure!
I love coconut popsicles, but they’re hard to find anymore
Milk pops with a little sugar and vanilla…an inexpensive treat my mom use to make for use when we were little plus get us to ‘drink’ more milk!
I would love this… I want one so bad !!!
Sounds perfect for summer! I like something tropical like mango or kiwi!
My favourite fruit flavour is blueberry. Blueberries taste awesome alone, but they’re also perfect ice cream, muffins and tarts. Ooooh, and I once made so delicious blueberry cookies. But I also love apples so much I drink apple juice, eat at least one apple a day (preferably with yoghurt) and devour apple pie with passion. Hmmm. I can’t decide. Result: If there would be one perfect fruit, it would be a mixture of blueberry and apple.
Any flavor, as long as it’s mixed with raspberry!!! Thanks for the chance to win such a fun prize!
my absolute fruit flavor is most definitely banana. anything banana.
I love blueberry!!
Can’t wait to try them out.. Raspberry is my favorite.. But I will try any kind.. Thanks
Strawberry Mango :)
Banana with praline!!! Yummy!!!
Raspberry….with a little chocolate mixed in, of course!
Strawberry!!!
I’m alll over a raspberry mango flavour right now. yummy.
I love raspberry popsicles!
watermelon is my all time fav
Strawberry-mango!
OMG! there are some many to pick from but definitely luv strawberry, pineapple & cherry. way too many choices to try but would luv the opportunity to.
Strawberry! Thanks for the chance to win.
I love strawberry ice pops!
Ooooh… I LOVE strawberry-banana!
Mango, mango, mango!
My favorite is MANGO!
I have wanted a Zoku since before last Christmas when they first came out–I even bought one for my brother’s wedding gift last month!
I love a good strawberry popsicle. That book looks so much fun!
I really would love on of these. We can’t afford this kind of stuff . I would love to save money and make my own.
That’s easy, blueberry!
Coconut-pineapple hands down!
lemon…the best flavour ever!!
Chai, definitely chai! Yummy!
oooh…orange or strawberry coated in dark chocolate!!!
oh and lychees are refreshing too!!
flavor? So hard to decide. Love blackberry and would LOVE this popsicle maker. I’m trying to be healthier – no artificial flavors and such, and making your own is so much better!
My favourite fruit flavours are blackberry and raspberry – but it’s been tricky to find the former since moving to the States
Strawberry. Yum. Can’t wait to make these for my kids!
Strawberry all the way. Mmmmmmmmmm…
Oh i LOVE strawberry shortcake! Those were my ultimate FAVES growing up! those and Orangecicles!
YUM! I want one!
I enjoy orange! Orange and yogurt sounds pretty good though.
Those would be perfect on a day like today. I live in MD and we are having record heat all week — it should be over 100 for the next few days. Yikes!
I love PEACH!
Blackberries! But I can’t find any in Ontario :-(
so cliche, but strawberry for sure!
great giveaway, great business mr. king of pops, and YUM!
Strawberry is my favorite
Usually it;s grape anything but lately I’ve really been into coconut, mmmmmmmm!
Strawberry pineapple. It’s the perfect match of sweet and tangy. Even pineapple orange. I love citrus. It’s so perfect for a hot summer day.
watermelon!
Raspberry is by far my favorite :)
Just tasting the flavor brings back the memories of picking raspberries in my grandparent’s backyard.
Yummy
Pineapple is my favorite!
My favorite flavor is watermelon. This looks like fun!
My favorite fruit is blackberry…but only when they are hand picked in a field, so much better than store bought!
right now it’s peach! thanks for the yummy inspiration and sharing the love!
Blueberry or pineapple.
Those look so good!
I love the classic strawberry, but I’m not opposed to other delicious fruit flavors like mango and peach.
I love watermelon! The book looks like so much fun…and the Popsicle maker too!
mangosteen! delicious.
I love Raspberry!!
My kiddos would love this… and we love MANGO in our house!
raspberry!
Strawberry with chocolate!! I would love to win this and try it in Canada and be the Queen of Pops :)
definitely mango! I had never heard of popsicle maker before, it looks fun :)
I seriously eat a popsicle a day….even in the winter!!!
I have to go classic and say strawberry’s my favorite flavor! :)
I love pretty much all fruits, but raspberries are my favorite.
Ummm … probably something with strawberries. Or raspberries. Or lime. Really … I’m not super picky. 8]
My kids would loves those. No need to worry what’s in them either, since you control the ingredients!
My favorite is strawberry but the King of Pops Chocolate Sea Salt sounds amazing. I would love this for my little man!
Aw man, I love popsicles. And living in the south Louisiana heat, we eat a lot of them. I would love to try all of those. It would be difficult to choose, I guess it would be blackberry Mojito and Strawberry Lemonade. And Chocolate Sea Salt AND Pineapple habanero, oh please don’t make me choose!
Lemon! This looks like a fun weekend project.
New bakerella admirer .. my daughter would love this. :)
Anything sweet is good for a treat but Strawberry is my all time fave.
coconut!!!!
I think a strawberry yogurt pop is exactly what a hot day calls for!
Orange!
pineapple :)
my son would love blueberry. been meaning to make some for ages, this book looks fantastic!!
I love pineapple and strawberry!!!
cherry (this week)
My favorite flavor is Strawberry Cream!
STRAWBERRY! And raspberry. And blueberry.
I would use that thing religiously!! It may be boring but my favorite fruit flavor is strawberry! :)
MANGO! Mango raspberry smoothies from Panera are the best! :)
my favorite to make from scratch is lemon raspberry. but what I love to do it get the extra large size at juice stores (jamba, roebuks) and freeze the leftovers. and as i pour them into the molds i’ll add different juices so they don’t all taste the same. :)
Blackberry!!
strawberries!
Yum! Now I’m really hoping I get sent to Atlanta for work in September! :)
I am going to say mango is my favorite fruit flavor. Hope I win!!
OOOH I was just eyeing this at Williams Sonoma! how great! My favorite fruit flavor is grape. And if we are getting specific, concord grape! YUM!!!
You always are doing the most fun things! I’d love to win this!
grapefruit!
Strawberry cheesecake!
My favorite fruit is pear, though it doesn’t have a strong enough flavor for smoothies or popsicles. For those I choose pineapple!
RASPBERRY!! YUUUUUUUUMMY. Those popsicles look yummy! i might have to try to whip up some myself.
strawberry cream!
I love orange! Thanks for the terrific giveaway. :)
Strawberry. Pure and Sweet!
strawberry! or orange… hm. or pineapple.
I’d have to say watermelon or lemon!
My kids would be so thrilled with this! That Zoku maker looks slick.
Pineapple with creme de coco (coconut) = yummo!
yes, I’m boring but raspberry/lemonade! Tried and True!
Banana! Always has been, always will be…
Momma likes MANGO
Gavin (7) likes tigerblood Not a fruit but a yummy flavor
Ava (5) likes blue rasberry again not a fruit but a flavor
Adelynn (2) likes blue
Would love to try the ZOKU pop maker out on one of the 3 kids or Hubby’s summer birthdays!
Wow! That would be awesome if I could win that. My 3 year old son LOVES popsicles! Our favorite flavor by far is cherry, but I’m sure with that kit we could come up with a better one that we like. :)
Pineapple! Those popsicles look delicious!
Love anything mango !!!
Yummy! Strawberry ice-cream sounds so good!
Banana . . . maybe with a bit of chocolate for good measure!
Chocolate banana!!!
Strawberry kiwi!!
We consume an unholy amount of pops in my house. I’d love to make my own creations!
Favorite fruit flavor – Chocolate! Chocolate is a fruit, right? If you want to complain, I could mix some strawberries & bananas in it too.
Oh this looks so fun! My favorite is pineapple!
A pina colada one with coconut milk would be delish. I’ve also been wanting to try a recipe I saw on the “Pinch my Salt” blog – it is for Lemon Buttermilk Pops. I think my kids (okay me too) would go nuts over them. Here’s the recipe link.
http://pinchmysalt.com/2010/06/18/food-blog-friday-whipped-lemon-buttermilk-popsicles/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+PinchMySalt+(Pinch+My+Salt)
Is chocolate a fruit? No ok then I guess it would be watermelon.
watermelon is delicious!