Spyke

Otter Pops but I don't remember actually liking any of the flavors

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Seconding Otter Pops. But I had totally forgotten Alexander the Grape until you said it.

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Wait, nobody just calls these popsicles? (Central US, was a kid in the 90s) I loved all the flavors except the light yellow one which was banana sometimes depending on the brand.

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kbin.social

I am assuming that this is a hyper-local thing to wherever you were raised.

Popsicle is a brand that's over 100 years old and makes frozen treats on sticks.

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lemmy.world

When I was a kid we were all perfectly aware of the Popsicle brand, and we still called these things popsicles. Like how every tissue is a Kleenex, or every adhesive bandage is a Band-Aid.

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kbin.social

That's interesting! I assumed it was just going to be a hyper-local thing for that one commenter.

Popsicle never made a product like this, so the Kleenex/tissue, Band-Aid/bandage, Sharpie/permanent marker thing doesn't really apply here.

I wonder where it comes from.

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It's still flavored liquid that's been frozen. The stick doesn't make a huge difference to a ten year old. In some ways this is better because it doesn't drip all over.

If Kleenex never made a tissue with infused lotion, or only with infused lotion, people would almost certainly still use the term for the other kind too.

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In my mind a popsicle has a stick and anything thats in a tube like this is an otterpop, even though otterpop is a brand name and ain't nobody buying the real otterpops.

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I'd call them ice pops. Favorite would be purple/black assuming they're "grape^tm^", because I'm a trash person. Second would be red, third would be orange. Blue would weird me out so I wouldn't try it. It's probably raspberry, which I'm not a fan of. Finally, I'd assume green was sour apple or lime, which I also don't like. Though if they turned out to be watermelon then I'd be missing out

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They were these colours when i was a kid, red was the best because I liked to pretend I was wearing lipstick

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Waldmeister is nice but I like the red ones a bit more.

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Waldmeister... Eine Geschmacksrichtung, die ich komplett verdrängt und vergessen habe... Danke für die Erinnerung, gibt es überhaupt noch Dinge mit Waldmeister? Schon ewig nichts mehr gesehen.

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kbin.social

Zooper dooper. Where the other Aussies at?
I'd do the cola flavour because it's fucken amazing

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kbin.social

Cola always the first Zooper Dooper to go. It's the only thing my family can agree on.

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kbin.social

Yep Zooper Dooper was the first thing I thought of when I saw it. Cola is pretty nice as well.

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hi, sorry, don't recognise your username. you are aware of my presence?

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Everyone knows clear/white (which had a cream soda flavour) is the best. Why is it not in the picture? I can only assume because the person who took the picture already ate all of the clear ones (cause, you know, they're the best).

PS: we called them freezies.

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Lotta people here not going for red first. That just means you won't get them because they'll be gone by the time you get to 'em

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kbin.social

ice pops! and strawberry / pink is the bomb

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They're called freeze pops. And green is the best color, but red is the best flavor

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🎵 Chilly Willy the penguin, he’s frozen through and through. His nose is red and his feet are cold, Ha Hee Hachoo! 🎵

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I called them freezer pops and blue is the best followed by red.

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kbin.social

Bolis (Mexico). Orange is the one. Anything else tastes like defeat.

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kbin.social

Asi es. ¿Porqué? Misterio.

Al parecer estos son los nombres en Mexico:

Bolis, Hielitos, Marcianos, Saborines, Chupis, Durofrios, Vikingos, Flash, Bambinos, Bambis, Bodoques, Bolos, Bollos, Cubos, Cecys, Cremosos, Chalacas, Pepitos, helados de bolsita, Naranjú, chupichupi, saborín, raspaíto, chupps, sabalito, charamusca, Malo kinada, gelatina de hielo o Yunglis…

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Flavor Ice too, and I'm taking a pink.

Fun fact, Flavor Ice is the same company behind Flavor Aid, the drink mix that was actually used at Jonestown because the cult was broke!

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That's the brand that was ubiquitous when I was growing up.

Purple is by far the best, but eat too many and it'll turn your poo green.

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Either ice pops or the name brand otter pops. Ignore what others say: blue raspberry is truth, beauty, and love.

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Freezies it what we called them. The best flavour is white. It was cream soda flavour or something similar.

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There's something about the dye in these that I'm allergic to, so I'll pass

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Otter Pops, and probably the pink or red or blue. But I don't eat this kind of thing much any more because I'm trying to control my sugar intake.

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