Popsicle cake

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about the Popsicle brand. For the generic item, see Ice pop. Popsicle is popsicle cake 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.