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ice pop is a frozen water-based dessert on a stick. It is made by freezing coloured, flavoured liquid (such as fruit juice) around a stick. Once the liquid freezes solid, the stick can be used as a handle to hold the ice pop. In
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the term "ice pop" is used, but it is usually called a
lolly ice (ice lolly in some regions). In the
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the term
ice lolly is used, and (as in
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) the term
ice pop is used for frozen dessert with no stick, usually sold in plastic sleeves - eaten by biting off a small corner of the sleeve and sucking on the ice.
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ice pop is a frozen water-based dessert on a stick. It is made by freezing coloured, flavoured liquid (such as fruit juice) around a stick. Once the liquid freezes solid, the stick can be used as a handle to hold the ice pop. In
IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
the term "ice pop" is used, but it is usually called a
lolly ice (ice lolly in some regions). In the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
the term
ice lolly is used, and (as in
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) the term
ice pop is used for frozen dessert with no stick, usually sold in plastic sleeves - eaten by biting off a small corner of the sleeve and sucking on the ice.
Ice block is used in
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and
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,
icy pole in Australia (from the brand name
Icy Pole),
artic in
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, and in
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it is called an "eskimo". In the
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and
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it is almost always called a
popsicle due to the early popularity of the
PopsiclePopsicle is the most popular brand of ice pop in the U.S. and Canada. Popsicle is a trademark owned by Unilever, although it has entered the general vernacular in North America. It was founded in Michigan.- History :...
brand, and the word has become a
genericized trade markA genericized trademark is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for a general class of product or service, rather than the specific meaning intended by the trademark's holder...
to mean any ice pop or frozen treat, irrespective of brand.
History
The first recorded ice pop was created in 1905 by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in San Francisco, who left a glass of soda water powder and water outside in his back porch with a wooden mixing stick in it. That night the temperature dropped below freezing, and when Epperson returned to the drink the next morning, he found that the soda water had frozen inside the glass, and that by running it under hot water, he was able to remove (and eat) the frozen soda water chunk using the stick as a handle.
The ice-lollipop was introduced to the public for the first time at an Oakland ball for firemen in 1922. In 1923, Epperson applied for a patent for "frozen ice on a stick" called the Epsicle ice pop, which he re-named the Popsicle, allegedly at the instigation of his children. This brand is now one of the most famous in the United States.
World record
On June 22, 2005,
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tried to beat the existing Guinness Book of World Records entry of a 1997
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21-foot ice pop by attempting to erect a 25-foot ice pop in
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. The 17.5 tons of frozen juice that had been brought from
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in a freezer truck melted faster than expected, dashing hopes of a new record. Spectators fled to higher ground as firefighters hosed away the kiwi-strawberry-flavoured mess.
See also
- Ice cream
Ice cream or ice-cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners. In some cases, artificial flavourings and colorings are used in...
- Sorbet
- Paleta — a Latin American ice pop usually made from fresh fruit
- Pudding Pops
- Pop (frozen snack)
A pop is a snack of frozen flavored sugar water, fruit juice or fruit purée in a plastic tube. Brands include Otter Pops, Ice Tickles, Fla-Vor-Ice, Chilly Willy , Pop-ice, Foxy Pop, or Mr Freeze...