Ice pop

An ice pop is a freezing water based dessert on a stick. It is made by freezing colored, flavored water around a stick. Once the liquid freezes solid, the stick can be used as a handle to hold the ice pop. In Ireland the word "ice pop" is used, but it is regularly called an ice-lolly. In the United Kingdom the word ice-lolly is used for this frozen dessert on a stick and 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 Australia and New Zealand, and icy pole in Australia. In the United States and Canada it is almost always called a Popsicle due to the early popularity of the Popsicle product, and the word has become a generalized trade mark to signify any ice pop, irrespective of brand. 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 copyright for "frozen ice on a stick" called the Epistle ice pop, which he re-named the Popsicle, allegedly at the beginning of his children. This brand is now one of the famous in the United States.