# Do they still make pudding pops? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770 "2008-03-26T06:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/1 "2008-03-26T06:00:02Z")
Do they still make pudding pops? On a whim, we went to the grocery store for some today, and apparently the store doesn’t carry them. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/2 "2008-03-26T06:01:28Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Do they still make pudding pops? On a whim, we went to the grocery store for some today, and apparently the store doesn’t carry them. -FrL- [/QUOTE] Ah… the answer to my question is [yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding_Pop). And apparently they’re not pudding! As a kid I always thought they were. What are they, then? They seemed… different… than other popsicles. More creamy or something. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/3 "2008-03-26T11:13:17Z")
My husband and I wondered this last year, and found the Jello Pudding Pops at Meijer I believe. I’m not sure what’s in them, but I always thought it was pudding too… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/4 "2008-03-27T20:39:06Z")
I bought some the summer before last. They don’t taste nearly as good now as when I was nine. I let half of that most recent box die of freezer burn. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/5 "2008-03-27T23:35:11Z")
I loved the Vanilla ones. Rich flavor. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/6 "2008-04-04T04:13:22Z")
The ones I came across the last time I looked (which had to be at least 5 years ago, if not longer) were not quite the same as the classic ones from my childhood that Bill Cosby will forever be associated with. For one thing, they were about half as wide as the originals. The texture seemed slightly “wrong” too, but that might just have been a side effect of the new form factor. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/7 "2008-04-04T15:03:11Z")
Couldn’t we just make our own out of real pudding? YUM 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/8 "2008-04-04T16:57:50Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] Couldn’t we just make our own out of real pudding? YUM 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yes, you can. Just look for those plastic popsicle molds. (They are usually in the section with all the Tupperware-type stuff at the store. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/9 "2008-04-04T17:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Ah… the answer to my question is [yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding_Pop). [/QUOTE] Nothing to add here, other than to express my abject surprise that someone found it necessary to write perhaps the lamest Wikipedia article **ever** , on _Pudding Pops_! I love this little nugget of information: > [@Lame Wiki Author](#): > > When they were first launched, Bill Cosby acted as spokesperson for Pudding Pops. He called them “Puddin’ Pops!” Indeed. Although I’ve gotta say, if you replace “Bill Cosby” with “Chuck Norris” this gets ten times funnier. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/10 "2008-04-04T18:03:05Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] Yes, you can. Just look for those plastic popsicle molds. (They are usually in the section with all the Tupperware-type stuff at the store. [/QUOTE] Or you could do it the old skool way: Get some Dixie or small paper drinking cups Matching number of wooden popsicle sticks or wooden/plastic spoons Mix up a batch of Puddin’ Fill cups 3/4 full of Puddin’ before it fully sets Stick in the popsicle stick or spoon (of course you would leave the handle part of the spoon unsubmerged) Let it set up in fridge Move to freezer after it sets, wait an hour or 2 Peel off paper cups and enjoy!! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/11 "2008-04-04T18:25:32Z")
…And the thing that’s gonna please her, is you make 'em in the freezer! Sorry, wrong childhood reference. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/12 "2008-04-04T18:27:56Z")
I think they’re made out of congealed, fermented snot. Not that they taste bad, it’s just they have that creamy-yet-non-fattening mouthfeel about them. Your waistline will thank me later. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/13 "2008-04-04T22:21:03Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I think they’re made out of congealed, fermented snot. Not that they taste bad, it’s just they have that creamy-yet-non-fattening mouthfeel about them. Your waistline will thank me later. [/QUOTE] Yes, snot. The snot of Sabrina LeBeauf. Be afraid. Be very afraid. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/14 "2008-04-05T00:12:09Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Yes, snot. The snot of Sabrina LeBeauf. Be afraid. Be very afraid. 😃 [/QUOTE] That I’m alright with, now were it Tempest Bledsoe then I’d be screaming right now. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/15 "2008-04-05T03:23:30Z")
Wait, are pudding pops different from Fudgesicles? I’m only 20 but we always had vanilla, chocolate, and swirl fudgesicles when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/16 "2008-04-05T10:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=HelloKitty] Or you could do it the old skool way: Get some Dixie or small paper drinking cups Matching number of wooden popsicle sticks or wooden/plastic spoons Mix up a batch of Puddin’ Fill cups 3/4 full of Puddin’ before it fully sets Stick in the popsicle stick or spoon (of course you would leave the handle part of the spoon unsubmerged) Let it set up in fridge Move to freezer after it sets, wait an hour or 2 Peel off paper cups and enjoy!! [/QUOTE] “Mix up a batch of Puddin’” Would that be the cooked kind or the instant kind? ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/17 "2008-04-05T19:04:53Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] “Mix up a batch of Puddin’” Would that be the cooked kind or the instant kind? [/QUOTE] It works with either kind, or even the store bought brands. Mmmmmm, Snak Pak Pops!! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/18 "2008-04-05T21:47:06Z")
[QUOTE=Crown Prince of Irony] Indeed. Although I’ve gotta say, if you replace “Bill Cosby” with “Chuck Norris” this gets ten times funnier. [/QUOTE] Strangely enough, this works with all of Bill Cosby’s work- yes, even _Leonard Part 6_. [QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Yes, snot. The snot of Sabrina LeBeauf. [/quote] Interesting. Since the last time I had one, I could detect a mucusy flavor, though it seemed familiar, I was off by a mile. I was thinking to myself, “That’s so Raven.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-pudding-pops/442770/19 "2008-04-12T04:40:30Z")
[QUOTE=iwakura43] Wait, are pudding pops different from Fudgesicles? I’m only 20 but we always had vanilla, chocolate, and swirl fudgesicles when I was a kid. [/QUOTE] Pudding Pops are very different than Fudgesicles. Different flavor, texture, everything. They’re both good in their way, but definitely not the same product. I’ve never seen Fudgesicles in flavors other than chocolate, though, so I can only really speak for the chocolate varieties being different.