# Plastic tube Popsicles, do they have a real name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324 "2013-09-08T13:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/1 "2013-09-08T13:23:38Z")
You know those popsicles that are just kool aid in plastic tubes, designed to be frozen and then squeezed out one end? Do these things have a real name aside from brand names like Otter Pops etc? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/2 "2013-09-08T13:26:11Z")
We called them, generically, freezer pops. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/3 "2013-09-08T14:01:00Z")
Freeze pops (which may or may not be a brand name, like Kleenex, I’m not sure) or freezie pops or freezer pops here in Chicagoland. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/4 "2013-09-08T15:52:18Z")
tupperware called them Ice Tups. Same thing except you made your own koolaide and poured it in them. [![](https://img1.etsystatic.com/016/0/7286377/il_570xN.458330431_iioq.jpg) ](https://img1.etsystatic.com/016/0/7286377/il_570xN.458330431_iioq.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/5 "2013-09-08T16:00:40Z")
They are called freezies around here. I’ve never heard of them called anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/6 "2013-09-08T17:12:44Z")
> [@Ludy](#): > > They are called freezies around here. I’ve never heard of them called anything else. Now I’m curious as to where “around here” is. I don’t remember ever hearing them called “freezies” (I’d’ve said “freezer pops”), but Google confirms it’s a common name for them. Is this another one of those regional differences? ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/7 "2013-09-08T17:58:57Z")
Canada. I have lived in BC, Alberta, and Ontario, and we always called them freezies. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/8 "2013-09-08T18:37:59Z")
Push ups. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/9 "2013-09-08T19:01:44Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Push ups. These are Push-Ups. > **[Terms & Conditions | IceCream.com](https://www.icecream.com/us/en/terms-conditions)** > > Find our brands and icecream.com Terms and Conditions here! When I was a kid the plastic stick had a design/character on it that you could see after you finished eating it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/10 "2013-09-08T19:07:44Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > These are Push-Ups. > [Terms & Conditions | IceCream.com](http://www.drumstick.com/nestle/push-up-orange.aspx) > When I was a kid the plastic stick had a design/character on it that you could see after you finished eating it. When I was a kid the plastic stick was made of wood. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/11 "2013-09-08T19:17:56Z")
Squeeze pops. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/12 "2013-09-08T19:28:23Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Push ups. Freezer pops: [flavor ice - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=flavor+ice&client=safari&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vs8sUrvKC9LH4AP_04DYCw&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=645) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/13 "2013-09-08T19:29:37Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Do these things have a real name aside from brand names like Otter Pops etc? When I was a kid, they were always ‘Otter Pops’. According to the [Wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Pops), Otter Pops are a [freezie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezie). ‘A freezie is a water-based frozen snack. It is made by freezing flavored liquid (such as fruit juice) inside a plastic casing. When it has a stick, it is called a popsicle. A freezie (also known as an ice pop, freezer pop, ice-pole, tip top, icy-pole…) is a snack of frozen flavored sugar water, fruit juice or fruit purée in a plastic tube, either round or flat.’ ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/14 "2013-09-08T19:33:01Z")
They be [freezies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezie). I recall a similar treat in Australia but instead of a plastic tube it was a foil backed paper in a pyramid shape. Damn I loved those things. I used to get the cola flavor along with a sausage roll every lunch as school from the tucker shop. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/15 "2013-09-08T19:35:48Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > These are Push-Ups. > [Terms & Conditions | IceCream.com](http://www.drumstick.com/nestle/push-up-orange.aspx) > When I was a kid the plastic stick had a design/character on it that you could see after you finished eating it. A little research shows that the ones with the sticks with characters weren’t Push-Ups but a similar brand called Buried Treasure. (end hijack) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/16 "2013-09-08T19:56:31Z")
Hee…I remember Otter Pops. Alexander the Grape! We always called the generic ones “freeze pops”. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/17 "2013-09-08T22:48:26Z")
Here in Canada, they’re called “Mr. Freezes” (the brand name, though there are other brands), or, more commonly, simply “freezies.” We never call them popsicles here. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/18 "2013-09-09T00:16:47Z")
“Freezies” or “freezer pops” here in Minnesota, or in the winter just “Hey, I spilled my juice.” The main brand when I was growing up was Mr. Freeze, which most people pronounced as “Mister Freezie” for some reason. That might explain the origin of “freezies.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/19 "2013-09-09T00:21:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > When I was a kid, they were always ‘Otter Pops’. Yep. Never bothered with any generic term. No matter who made them, they were “Otter Pops.” ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/20 "2013-09-09T08:29:34Z")
In Oregon we always called them Otter Pops as well, an example of Kleenexing if I ever heard one. That being said, our family always bought the Otter Pops brand, and I still have every single one memorized by name. Still love 'em on occasion! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324.md?page=2)