Popsicle
It's from 1924, before you were born.
- Maker
- Unilever
- Type
- Frozen ice pop
- Debuted
- 1924 (patented)
- Note
- invented by accident by a child
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About
As of 2026, it's 102 years old.
The Popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old who left a cup of flavored soda water outside overnight in 1905 and woke up to frozen genius — proof that the greatest inventions are mostly accidents plus cold weather. He patented it in 1924, and the name became so dominant it now means basically any ice pop on a stick.
The twin-stick version was even designed so two kids could split one for a nickel during the Depression — a frozen treat with a built-in social conscience.
Cheap, fruity, and the literal sound of summer, the Popsicle is childhood on a wooden stick (that will absolutely splinter if you chew the end, which everyone does).
Popsicle through the years
Invented by accident
An 11-year-old leaves flavored soda water out overnight and it freezes.
Patented as the Popsicle
The frozen treat on a stick gets its name and patent.
The two-stick version
A twin-stick pop lets two kids split one for a nickel.
