Frank Epperson was only
11 years old when he invented the originally named Epsicle. He had left his fruit flavored soda outside on the porch with a stir stick in it. The drink froze to the stick and tasted good. It took
18 more years in 1923 for Epperson to apply for a patent for a "frozen
ice on a stick" called the Epsicle ice
pop, which his children re-named the Popsicle.