A freezie or a freeze pop is a water-based frozen confection similar to an

ice pop An ice pop is a liquid-based frozen snack on a stick. Unlike ice cream or sorbet, which are whipped while freezing to prevent ice crystal formation, an ice pop is "quiescently" frozen—frozen while at rest—and becomes a solid block of ice. ...

. It is made by freezing flavored liquid such as sugar water,

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inside a plastic casing or tube, either round or flat. Since freezies come in plastic sleeves, unlike

popsicles An ice pop is a liquid-based frozen snack on a stick. Unlike ice cream or sorbet, which are whipped while freezing to prevent ice crystal formation, an ice pop is "quiescently" frozen—frozen while at rest—and becomes a solid block of ice. ...

, they do not require refrigeration. They also do not need to be frozen as solidly as a popsicle and can have a consistency similar to that of a

slushie A slushy (also spelled slushie and less commonly slushee) is a type of beverage made of flavored ice and a drink, similar to granitas but with a more liquid composition. It is also commonly called a slush, a slurpee, frozen beverage, or frozen d ...

. Freezies are sold in a variety of flavors, including cherry, orange, lemon-lime, banana, watermelon, cream soda, blue raspberry, and grape.

Name

Freezies go by a variety of different names in different regions. The name freezie itself is most commonly used in Canada. Other regional names include freeze pop, freezer pop and Icee in the United States, ice pole and ice pop in the United Kingdom, icy pole in Australia, sip up and Pepsi ice in India, and ice candy in the Philippines. Names used in non-English speaking countries include bolis in Mexico and Colombia, chup or marciano in Peru, chup-chup, sacolé, dindim and geladinho in Brazil, shlukim ( he, שלוקים) in Israel, and aiskrim Malaysia in Malaysia. The name of the prominent brand of freezies are also commonly used as a

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for freezies in the region. Examples include Otter Pop,

Fla-Vor-Ice Fla-Vor-Ice is the trademark name for a type of freezie. Unlike traditional popsicles, which include a wooden stick, Fla-Vor-Ice is sold in and eaten out of a plastic tube. Also unlike traditional popsicles, it is often sold in liquid form and r ...

, and Pop-Ice in the United States,

Zooper Dooper Zooper Doopers are a brand of flavoured frozen Freezie, ice pole product, from Australia. They generally come in a plastic tube packaging as a liquid. They are then frozen at home in the household freezer. Zooper Doopers are somewhat of a cultural ...

in Australia, and Mr. Freeze in the United Kingdom and Canada.

History

The first brand to introduce the concept of freezies to the United States was Pop-Ice, which was acquired by

Jel Sert The Jel Sert Company is a privately held company based in West Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in 1926, its primary products are snack foods and beverages. History and products The Jel Sert Company was named for its original product ...

in 1963. 6 years later in 1969, Jel Sert launched it own brand of freezies called

, which quickly gained popularity and became the company's best-selling brand. Otter Pops was founded in the 1970s and grew to dominate the west coast freezie market. In 1996, the company was acquired by Jel Sert, making Jel Sert the largest supplier of freezies in the United States. In Canada, freezies have been made by Kisko under the Mr. Freeze brand since 1977 when the company started producing them in the

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region after the business was relocated from

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Brands

The freezies market is composed of many prominent regional brands with no brands having a large global reach. In the United States, prominent brands of freezies include Fla-Vor-Ice, Otter Pops, Pop-Ice, all three of which are made by Jel Sert. Other prominent brands include Mr. Freeze, produced by Kisko, in Canada, Zooper Dooper in Australia,

Bon Ice BonIce is a brand of freezie owned by a subsidiary of Quala, a multinational Colombian company. It arrived to Mexico City in August 2004. It was quickly expanded in places like Guadalajara in June 2005, Villahermosa November 2005, Monterrey Feb ...

in Mexico,

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and

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, and Polaretti in

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References

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