<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cookbook: Ice pop Media: Ice pop </Td> </Tr> <P> An ice pop is a water - based frozen snack . It is also referred to as a popsicle (Canada, U.S., New Zealand), freezer pop (U.S.), ice lolly or ice pop (United Kingdom, India, Ireland, South Africa), ice block (New Zealand, parts of Australia), icy pole (parts of Australia), ice drop (Philippines), or chihiro (Cayman Islands) It is made by freezing flavored liquid (such as fruit juice) around a stick, generally resembling a tongue depressor . Often, the juice is coloured artificially . Once the liquid freezes solid, the stick can be used as a handle to hold the ice pop . When an ice pop does not have a stick, it is called, among other names, a freezie . </P> <P> Frank Epperson of Oakland or San Francisco, California, (it is debated where) popularized ice pops after patenting the concept of "frozen ice on a stick" in 1923 . He initially called it the Epsicle . A couple of years later, Epperson sold the rights to the invention and the Popsicle brand to the Joe Lowe Company in New York City . </P> <P> Epperson claimed to have first created an ice pop in 1905 at the age of 11 when he accidentally left a glass of powdered soda and water with a mixing stick in it on his porch during a cold night, a story still printed on the back of Popsicle treat boxes . </P>

Who invented the frozen popsicles and in what year
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