# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/41 "2013-09-12T03:09:21Z")
As kids, we always called them [“pop ice”](http://www.jelsert.com/Products/Freezer-Bars/Pop-Ice.aspx) because that’s what it said on the box. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/42 "2013-09-12T03:25:25Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > [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. I was about to chime with Sunnyboys. For years and years the only place you could get them where I grew up was in showbags from the show each year. So they were a once a year treat, that the family would have massive fights over if you stole someone else’s 😃 [I have noticed they are now carried in the supermarkets though] On the ‘Freezies’ question, I only ever heard them called Funny Faces (from the brand name) ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/43 "2013-09-12T04:59:26Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > For years and years the only place you could get them where I grew up was in showbags from the show each year. So they were a once a year treat,… What show? What showbags? I’m afraid I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/44 "2013-09-12T06:14:21Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > What show? What showbags? I’m afraid I don’t understand. Annual fairs or carnivals in Australia, like the Royal Easter Show in Sydney. Kids buy bags of cheap novelties and sugary treats. Every Aussie childhood comes complete with memories of bags full of disappointing toys and a subsequent sugar hangover. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/45 "2013-09-12T06:24:08Z")
Otter Pops exclusively. I can’t remember buying other brands, but they’d still be the same. It’s the same issue as if you ask me for “facial tissue” when everyone else says Kleenex. You’re technically right but that doesn’t mean I won’t roll my eyes at the specific pedantry. Icee is the brand name for polar bear-themed drinks, usually in blue or red forms. Slurpee is a similar version by 7-11. Squishee is the Kwik-E-Mart version. You drink all these through a straw. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/46 "2013-09-12T10:56:14Z")
Another Aussie here They are called icypoles around my way ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/47 "2013-09-12T12:38:15Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > What show? What showbags? I’m afraid I don’t understand. I believe ‘The Show’ in Aussie vernacular is similar to County or State fairs in the States. As to showbags, never thought that they were uniquely Australian. They are predominately aimed at kids and are full of cheap toys, chocolates, and lollies (candy). ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324/48 "2013-09-12T13:28:01Z")
Here in Northeast Ohio, we always called them freeze-pops, regardless of brand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-tube-popsicles-do-they-have-a-real-name/668324.md?page=2)