National Freezer Pop Day Date in the current year: July 8, 2024

Freezer pops, also known as freeze pops or freezies, are water-based frozen desserts similar to ice pops. The main difference between the two is that ice pops are molded and can come in different shapes, whereas freezer pops are frozen inside a plastic casing or tube and are either flat or round.

The first freezer pop brand in the United States was Pop-Ice. In 1963, it was acquired by Jel Sert, an Illinois-based manufacturer of drink mixes, dessert mixes, and frozen snacks. Six years later, Jel Sert introduced its own brand of freeze pops, Fla-Vor-Ice, which quickly became a bestseller. Another popular American brand of freeze pops, Otter Pops, was introduced by National Pax in 1970. As of 2024, all three brands were owned by Jel Sert, along with two more freezer pop brands: Kool Pops and Warheads (extreme sour freezer pops).

Today, freezer pops are popular in many countries around the world, where they go by a variety of different names: freezies in Canada, ice pops and ice poles in the UK, icy poles in Australia, sip up in India, ice candy in the Philippines, penna-cool in Trinidad and Tobago, bolis in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, bolis or hielitos in Mexico, cubos in Chile, chups or marcianos in Peru, polo flash in Spain, ais lilin or aiskrim Malaysia in Malaysia, geladinho or sacolé in Brazil, shlukim in Israel, and many others.

Freezer pops typically consist of water, flavoring (such as fruit juice), sugar, and food coloring. The mix is then packed in a sealed plastic tube and sold. Unlike ice pops and other frozen desserts, freezer pops do not have to be stored or sold frozen, which makes them easier to store and transport. They also do not need to be frozen as solidly as ice pops; some people prefer their freezer pops to have a slushie-like consistency.

Freezer pops some in a variety of flavors, including, but not limited to, apple, berry punch, black cherry, blue raspberry, blackcurrant, bubblegum, cherry, coconut, cola, fruit punch, grape, lemon, lime, mango, marshmallow, orange, pineapple, raspberry, strawberry, tropical punch, watermelon, and others. One of the best things about freezer pops is that they are easy to make at home, so you can make them any flavor you want using delicious and healthy fresh fruit and berries and plastic zip lock freezer pop bags that are available online.

National Freezer Pop Day was started in 2020 by Jel Sert. This amazing holiday is a perfect excuse to enjoy cold treats on a hot summer day. You can celebrate it by sharing some freezer pops with your friends and family, throwing a pool party with freezer pops, trying different freezer pop flavors to figure out which ones you like the most, make freezer pops at home using your favorite fruit and berries, and spreading the word about thew holiday on social media with the hashtag #NationalFreezerPopDay.