Bomb Pop
It's from 1955, before you were born.
- Maker
- Wells Enterprises
- Type
- Layered ice pop
- Debuted
- 1955
- Note
- red, white & blue rocket shape
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About
As of 2026, it's 71 years old.
The Bomb Pop is a rocket-shaped ice pop in patriotic red, white, and blue, which makes it less a dessert than a small frozen monument to the Fourth of July. Cherry, white lime, blue raspberry — the flavors matter less than the fact that it's dripping down your arm by the second bite.
Around since 1955, it's the ice-cream-truck classic that turns every kid into a sticky, triumphant patriot for about four minutes.
Sweet, icy, and aggressively American, the Bomb Pop is summer in torpedo form.
Bomb Pop through the years
Created
A rocket-shaped ice pop layered in cherry, white lime, and blue raspberry.
A Fourth of July icon
Its red-white-and-blue stripes make it a summer staple.
