On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across popsicle cake the article title. This article is about the Popsicle brand. For the generic item, see Ice pop. Popsicle is a Good Humor-Breyers brand of ice pop consisting of flavored, colored ice on a stick.

In 1905 in Oakland, California, 11-year-old Francis William “Frank” Epperson was mixing a powdered flavoring for soft drinks with water. He accidentally left it on the back porch overnight, with a stirring stick still in it. In 1922, he introduced the creation at a fireman’s ball, where according to reports it was “a sensation”. In 1923, Epperson began selling the frozen pops to the public at Neptune Beach, an amusement park in Alameda, California. Six months after receiving a patent for the Popsicle, Good Humor sued Popsicle Corporation. By October 1925, the parties settled out of court. Popsicle agreed to pay Good Humor a license fee to manufacture what was called frozen suckers from ice and sherbet products.

Good Humor reserved the right to manufacture these products from ice cream, frozen custard, and the like. In 1925, Epperson sold the rights to the Popsicle to the Joe Lowe Company of New York. I was flat and had to liquidate all my assets,” he recalled years later. I haven’t been the same since. In 1989, Good Humor, now a subsidiary of Unilever, bought the rights to the Popsicle.

In April 1939, Popsicle Pete was introduced on the radio program Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as having won the “Typical American Boy Contest. The Popsicle brand began expanding from its original flavors after being purchased by Good Humor-Breyers in 1989. Under the Popsicle brand, Good Humor-Breyers holds the trademark for both Creamsicle and Fudgsicle. Creamsicle’s center is vanilla ice cream, covered by a layer of flavored ice. Firecrackers are a brand of Popsicles that come in a shape resembling a firecracker.

These take a similar appearance to Wells Dairy’s Blue Bunny’s Bomb Pop. Yosicles are a brand of Popsicle that contain yogurt. Revello Bars are chocolate covered ice cream on a stick. Fruit Twisters are a brand of Popsicle that have fruit juice, milk and cane sugar. Frozen History: The Story of the Popsicle”. Frank Epperson, 89, Inventor of Popsicle, Dies in California”.