Popsicle Fun Facts: The Popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old who kept it secret for 18 years.

• The popsicle is a local invention.
• The inventor was Frank Epperson who, in 1905, left a mixture of powdered soda and water out on the porch, which contained a stir stick. That night, temperatures in San Francisco reached record low temperature. When he woke the next morning, he discovered that it had frozen to the stir stick, creating a fruit flavored ice treat that he named the Epsicle. Eighteen years later he patented it and called it the Popsicle.
• The ice pop was introduced to the public at an Oakland ball for firemen in 1922.
• May 27th is National Grape Popsicle Day.
• August 26th is National Cherry Popsicle Day.
• The Popsicle company claims that its annual sales are over two billion and that its best-selling flavor is cherry.
• On June 22, 2005, Snapple tried to beat the existing Guinness Book of World Records entry of a 1997 Dutch 21-foot ice pop by attempting to erect a 25-foot ice pop in New York City. The 17.5 short tons of frozen juice that had been brought from Edison, New Jersey 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-flavored mess.