# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/21 "2013-09-09T08:52:42Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > I recall a similar treat in Australia but instead of a plastic tube it was a foil backed paper in a pyramid shape. [Sunnyboys](http://www.sunnyboy.com.au). The best part was that the syrup would settle, and you’d get one corner of intense flavour with the consistency of crushed ice. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/22 "2013-09-09T11:23:19Z")
In Michigan I’ve always heard them called freezies. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/23 "2013-09-09T14:48:06Z")
In the UK they are called ice pops. Except in Liverpool, where they are pop ices. (They also reverse “ice lolly” (the type with a wooden stick) to “lolly ice”. No idea why.) The pyramid-shaped ones are called Jubblys (Jubblies? Don’t know how to pluralize it). Apparently they are still for sale, but I haven’t seen them for years. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/24 "2013-09-09T15:19:34Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Push ups. That’s what we called 'em when I was a kid in California in the 1950’s. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/25 "2013-09-09T15:24:12Z")
Wisconsin, 1970s-1980s. Push-ups. Dairy Queen had them. You’d be given a fat straw to do the pushing from the bottom. If you weren’t careful the plastic cracked and your parents would be pissed off at the resulting mess on the car seat or clothes. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/26 "2013-09-09T16:24:51Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Wisconsin, 1970s-1980s. Push-ups. Dairy Queen had them. You’d be given a fat straw to do the pushing from the bottom. If you weren’t careful the plastic cracked and your parents would be pissed off at the resulting mess on the car seat or clothes. Push-ups are different than what the OP is describing. I believe [this is a Dairy Queen push-up](http://blog.dairyqueen.com/throwback-thursday/mr-misty-kiss/), no? That’s what I call a “push-up,” too. The stuff in the OP we called a freeze(r) pop. The most common brand around here was Flavor-Ice. I don’t recall hearing about Otter Pops until much, much later, possibly only when I joined this board. ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/27 "2013-09-09T17:05:05Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Push-ups are different than what the OP is describing. I believe [this is a Dairy Queen push-up](http://blog.dairyqueen.com/throwback-thursday/mr-misty-kiss/), no? That’s what I call a “push-up,” too. The stuff in the OP we called a freeze(r) pop. The most common brand around here was Flavor-Ice. I don’t recall hearing about Otter Pops until much, much later, possibly only when I joined this board. That’s kind of like the things I was talking about in post #9, but they were orange sherbet/ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/28 "2013-09-09T17:12:24Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > That’s kind of like the things I was talking about in post #9, but they were orange sherbet/ice cream. Yeah, the orange ones are the ones I’m familiar with as, well. I’m just confused, because a couple of people have answered “push-ups” but the OP is explaining something that is Kool-aid in plastic tubes designed to be frozen. Push-ups weren’t really like Kool-Aid, and they didn’t come in plastic tubes to my recollection–they were cardboard tubes. And the “designed to be frozen” part suggests they have an unfrozen state they are commonly found in. So, [these things](http://www.kairostcheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/flavor_ice.jpg). My question is for those answering “push ups” was that term used for the Otter Pops/freeze pops/Fla-Vor-Ice popsicles, or are you referring specifically to those push-up style pops? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/29 "2013-09-09T17:42:40Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > My question is for those answering “push ups” was that term used for the Otter Pops/freeze pops/Fla-Vor-Ice popsicles, or are you referring specifically to those push-up style pops? Hmmm, Fla-Vor-Ices were around in my childhood but I don’t recall what we called them generally. Maybe it was “freeze pop”… I’m pretty sure they weren’t called by their brand name. I do remember that they were looked down upon to actual name-brand Popsicles ™, generally a sure sign that the Mom who had Fla-Vor-Ices in her freezer for the neighborhood kids who dropped by was cheap. Even homemade Kool-Aid ice-cube tray pops were more well received. ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/30 "2013-09-09T17:54:45Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m just confused, because a couple of people have answered “push-ups” but the OP is explaining something that is Kool-aid in plastic tubes designed to be frozen. Push-ups weren’t really like Kool-Aid, and they didn’t come in plastic tubes to my recollection–they were cardboard tubes. Well, when I saw the word “tube” in the OP, my mind immediately jumped to something shaped like a circular cylinder open at the ends (like the tube in a roll of toilet paper or paper towels), which made me think of push-ups; but when I read on I realized that wasn’t what the OP was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/31 "2013-09-09T20:48:16Z")
We’ve always called them “Freezies”, and the brand name around here is “Mr. Freeze.” I’ve never seen an “Otter Pop”. Popsicles are the frozen ices on a wooden stick that melt all over the place if you don’t eat them fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/32 "2013-09-09T23:59:28Z")
the home made thing might just get called popsicles because they were close in flavor and consistency to the commercial product. with commercial frozen treats, Pushups or especially Fudgsicles, you could freeze your lips to them because they were kept cold. home made popsicles were safer and melted fast. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/33 "2013-09-10T03:22:57Z")
I knew them as icys (icees?). ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/34 "2013-09-10T03:24:08Z")
They’ll always be Kool Pops to me. ---
**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 10, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/35 "2013-09-10T03:56:06Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > I knew them as icys (icees?). An Icee is a frozen drink that comes in a cup and drank through a straw. Like a Slurpee or Slushie. > **[icee - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=icee&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=j5YuUpvgAeWM2QWk34GwCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=480&bih=208)** ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/36 "2013-09-10T04:11:36Z")
We called the things you’re describing slushies. ---
**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 10, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/37 "2013-09-10T04:29:22Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > We called the things you’re describing slushies. Icee is the brand name. I think Icee, Slurpee and Slushie are all basically the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/38 "2013-09-10T04:56:18Z")
Yes, I’m just saying that in my experience, which is apparently a rare one, if you wanted flavored slush in a cup, you asked for a slushie and if you wanted flavored ice in a plastic tube, you asked for an icy. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/39 "2013-09-10T05:35:15Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > When I was a kid the plastic stick was made of wood. 😛 You had wood!? We would have _killed_ for wood. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/40 "2013-09-11T23:36:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > In Michigan I’ve always heard them called freezies. In Michigan I’ve always heard them called ice pops. Or Fla-Vor-Ice (but that’s the brand name so doesn’t count). Never heard of freezies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324.md?page=3)