BY Uyanna Jeremiah Chukwuebuka
NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPSICLE DAY IS A DELICIOUS OCCASION TO ENJOY A COOL, FRUITY TREAT! EVERY YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
POPSICLES, ALSO KNOWN AS ICE POPS OR FREEZE POPS, HAVE BEEN A FAVORITE SUMMER TREAT SINCE THE 1920S.
THE STORY BEHIND THE POPSICLE IS A HAPPY ACCIDENT: IN 1905, AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY NAMED FRANK EPPERSON LEFT A FRUIT DRINK OUTSIDE ON A COLD NIGHT WITH A STIRRING STICK IN IT. BY MORNING, IT HAD FROZEN SOLID, AND THE FIRST ICE POP WAS BORN.
FRANK CALLED IT THE ‘EPSICLE,’ BUT LATER CHANGED THE NAME TO ‘POPSICLE.’
POPSICLES QUICKLY BECAME A HIT, AND SOON EVERYONE WANTED TO TRY THESE ICY TREATS.
OVER THE YEARS, POPSICLES HAVE COME IN MANY FLAVOURS.
THIS FLAVOUR IS NOT ONLY TASTY BUT ALSO REFRESHING, MAKING IT THE PERFECT WAY TO COOL DOWN ON A HOT DAY.
IN 1989, UNILEVER BOUGHT THE POPSICLE COMPANY AND EXPANDED ITS FLAVOUR RANGE, INCLUDING MANY FRUITY OPTIONS LIKE BLUEBERRY. WHILE CHERRY POPSICLES ARE OFTEN THE MOST POPULAR,
THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE SWEET AND TART TASTE OF BLUEBERRY.
SO, IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPSICLE DAY, IT’S EASY FOR EVERYONE TO SIMPLY GRAB A BLUEBERRY POPSICLE FROM THE FREEZER OR MAKE HOMEMADE BLUEBERRY JUICE.
NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPSICLE DAY IS THEREFORE THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO INDULGE IN THIS ICY GOODNESS.
LET’S TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THIS FROZEN DELIGHT THAT HELPS US BEAT THE HEAT AND BRINGS A BURST OF BLUEBERRY FLAVOUR.
