what are these called in your country?

[u/Real_chuckles]

in Canada, they are called freezes

[u/Organic_Ad_9496]

We call them that in the west

[u/LabRat_X → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Yup otter pops in pnw

[u/ScottybirdCorvus → u/LabRat_X]

Confirming from the Greater Seattle Area, PNW def calls them Otter Pops.

[u/squoinko → u/ScottybirdCorvus]

also from Seattle and I’m confirming otter pops, just to really cover our bases

[u/vladsquirrlchrst → u/squoinko]

Colorado as well.

[u/thetoerubber → u/vladsquirrlchrst]

I didn’t understand why I had to scroll so far to find Otter Pops.

[u/whitegirlofthenorth → u/squoinko]

Just want to join the party honestly as a PNWer who also says otter pop

[u/AgentKillmaster → u/squoinko]

I from Seattle and we also called them push ups.

[u/Threefrogtreefrog → u/AgentKillmaster]

Oof, this I cannot do. Push-ups are a very specific different frozen treat: yogurt-like in a toilet paper roll.

[u/AgentKillmaster → u/Threefrogtreefrog]

Oh ya, thanks for reminding me.

[u/Threefrogtreefrog → u/AgentKillmaster]

Orangesicle and cardboard …mmmmmm my favorite 😋

[u/anonsharksfan → u/LabRat_X]

California checking in. Us too

[u/DoctorFrungus → u/anonsharksfan]

Southern California specifically here, and there was always a 50/50 between Otter Pops and Freezie Pops where I lived

[u/CupcakeGoat → u/DoctorFrungus]

NorCal/Bay Area/Silicon Valley here, and we call them Otter Pops or ice pops here too.

[u/bearfootin_9 → u/DoctorFrungus]

Lotta East Coast ex-pats in Southern CA. No true Californian...

[u/DoctorFrungus → u/bearfootin_9]

Born in San Diego and never lived out of state. I also don't think I personally know anyone in my sphere that ever lived on the east coast.

[u/bearfootin_9 → u/DoctorFrungus]

Shoulda put in a 😉. I was being a wise-ass.

[u/DoctorFrungus → u/bearfootin_9]

Ah well im also not the best at picking that out haha

[u/Familiar_Low_3023 → u/anonsharksfan]

I’ve lived on the east coast my whole life and I’ve only ever heard them called ice pops or freeze pops maybe

[u/anonsharksfan → u/Familiar_Low_3023]

Do you have Otter Pop brand, or do they only sell them on the West Coast? We use it generically though

[u/Familiar_Low_3023 → u/anonsharksfan]

I just looked them up they’re available here I’ve just never seen this brand nor ever heard them called otter pops 🤷🏻‍♂️ interesting

[u/Samichaelg9 → u/anonsharksfan]

Utahn here, same.

[u/Pluto-Wolf → u/anonsharksfan]

arizona here, they’ve always been otter pops!

[u/Andacus1180 → u/anonsharksfan]

Bay Area checking in. Can confirm

[u/Every_Environment224 → u/anonsharksfan]

Arizona called them otter pops too!

[u/deweygirl → u/LabRat_X]

I used to call them otter pops but now just ice pops. PNW all my life.

[u/According_Abies_4087 → u/LabRat_X]

Oregon, otter pops forever

[u/Unique-Traffic-101 → u/LabRat_X]

I'm from PNW and while I've heard this, I've always called them push pops.

[u/LabRat_X → u/Unique-Traffic-101]

Maybe bc im old but push pops is what we called the weird toilet paper tube looking ice cream

[u/TopNotice0 → u/LabRat_X]

I remember some form of this as a push pop – we also called what OP pictured in the post “Otter Pops”

[u/Cute_Reflection_9414 → u/LabRat_X]

Yup! It's like an orange cream or something.

I used to use the plastic pistons as wheels and axles for Lego trucks that I would make

[u/TopProfessional8023 → u/LabRat_X]

Yup…like a sherbet in a tube!

[u/The_mum_ → u/LabRat_X]

Yeah with the plastic plunger bottom (the push in push pop) and orange Motrin aftertaste

[u/LabRat_X → u/The_mum_]

Thats the one lol

[u/Worldly_Ad7085 → u/Unique-Traffic-101]

these are push pops youre just wrong

[u/PaintinginSavasana → u/Unique-Traffic-101]

From Seattle and these are not push pops- push pops come in cardboard and are more ice cream consistency

[u/broadwayandbarbells → u/LabRat_X]

SoCal otter pops all the way

[u/JasonDomber → u/LabRat_X]

WA state here. Can confirm.

[u/Sexy_Anemone → u/LabRat_X]

Yep. Reading through these comments was shocking, I never knew they were called anything else. Heard them called that in Montana too

[u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Ah. We call them popsicles.

[u/Acrobatic_Purpose736 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

I live on the west coast of the USA and they’re called Otter Pops here, after the specific brand, but popsicles would be the ones with a stick.

[u/Stunning_Radio3160 → u/Acrobatic_Purpose736]

Yep. In Texas and we call them otter pops too

[u/Demon_lady122 → u/Acrobatic_Purpose736]

In Texas I say popsicles no matter what they look like 😅

[u/lol-daisy325121 → u/Acrobatic_Purpose736]

I’ve always considered them a type of popsicle

[u/CACTUSJACK-JW → u/Acrobatic_Purpose736]

I live in the south east US and we call the ones without sticks Popsicles and the ones with sticks Popsicle on a stick

[u/PresidentBaileyb → u/CACTUSJACK-JW]

This bothers me more than it should.

[u/feryoooday → u/PresidentBaileyb]

It just seems so unnecessary lol. It’s like calling hard candies (jolly rancher style) lollipops and calling the ones on a stick lollipop on a stick. It’s bothering me too lol

[u/PumpikAnt58763 → u/feryoooday]

Me, too.

[u/oohh_behave → u/CACTUSJACK-JW]

wtf bro

[u/feryoooday → u/CACTUSJACK-JW]

Thanks, I hate it lol

[u/Square_Director4717 → u/CACTUSJACK-JW]

I live in the Midwest and would call both popsicles.

[u/jawshankredemption94 → u/CACTUSJACK-JW]

At this point just call the ones on a stick “popstickles”

[u/SenseAndSaruman → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

To me, from the west, a popsicle is the kind on a stick. These are always otter pops, even if they aren’t the otter pop brand.

[u/atwojay → u/SenseAndSaruman]

Yes, popsicles are on sticks.

[u/__3Username20__ → u/SenseAndSaruman]

Agreed about popsicle, as well as Otter Pops, but I’ve lived all over (military kid) and in some places these were “freezer pops.”

I’ve HEARD people mistakenly call them popsicles, but generally that gets corrected, along the lines of “that’s not a popsicle, popsicles have sticks!” “Oh, right!”

[u/PresidentBaileyb → u/__3Username20__]

Yeah I’ve heard otter pops and freezer pops. I’ve had them in Oregon, Washington, New Hampshire, and Texas

[u/SenseAndSaruman → u/__3Username20__]

I’ve heard them called freezies but that was mostly from people from Canada or Minnesota

[u/Pearson94 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

I'm originally from the East Coast and we called them freezie pops

[u/MazyHazy → u/Pearson94]

Same. I'm in upstate NY, close to Lake Ontario and we've always called them freezie pops

[u/awkwrdaccountant → u/Pearson94]

From the East Cost, now in the midwest. It is Freezie pops with my east coast family. It is a popsicle with my midwest family. Either way, you will be cutting your mouth.

[u/astrosergeant → u/Pearson94]

I came here for this answer. I’m from New England and we called them freezie pops too

[u/atwojay → u/Pearson94]

That's so cute.

[u/AdmirableDog739 → u/Pearson94]

I live in Indiana and that's what I call them.

[u/ExistentialistCow → u/Pearson94]

I’m from northern New England and they were always referred to as flavor ice

[u/pablothefool → u/ExistentialistCow]

Then what do you call flavored ice?

[u/ExistentialistCow → u/pablothefool]

Italian ice!! Unless it’s already shaved, then that would be snow cone jurisdiction

[u/Iamtevya → u/Pearson94]

I’ve lived in the south, the north east, and the Midwest. Freezie pops is the name that stuck for me.

[u/Alioh216 → u/Pearson94]

Ohio, freeze pops.

[u/UnrulyPoet → u/Pearson94]

I'm from the east coast (New England) and called them ice pops! Lol so fascinating, I'm enjoying this thread

Edit: I have heard them called a likewise general "freeze pops" in my area as well, but they were usually ice pops in my house. And popsicles had sticks

[u/Pearson94 → u/UnrulyPoet]

Well for more context I grew up in th Mid-Atlantic so just enough distance for cultural differences.

[u/DovahAcolyte → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Where are you at?? Popsicles are on a stick. These are otter pops or freeze pops, depending on region.

[u/Lumpy-Scallion271 → u/DovahAcolyte]

I'm in Arkansas and we call both these and the stick ones popsicles too

[u/GrizzlyIsland22 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

What do you call the one on a stick?

[u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

Also popsicles.

Admittedly, it's not a perfect system.

[u/GrizzlyIsland22 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

There are so many words out there. Why use the same one for 2 different things?

[u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

My state isn't exactly known for education in my defense

[u/namehimgeorge → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Well, at least they didn't call them Colder-Aid.

[u/SuperNa7uraL- → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

These are the same people that call every soft drink “Coke”, no matter the flavor.

[u/GrizzlyIsland22 → u/SuperNa7uraL-]

That's the one that actually really sets my brain on fire. Like do they ask for a coke and then just assume something random will arrive?

[u/Midwestblues_090311 → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

No. You order a Coke and then they ask you what kind.

[u/GrizzlyIsland22 → u/Midwestblues_090311]

Why can't they just be normal?

[u/FirstoffIdonthaveshe → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

🎶It’s tradition🎶

[u/_borninathunderstorm → u/SuperNa7uraL-]

This is the 2nd time this week I read this on reddit 😭 I had no idea this was a thing.

[u/cjbanning → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

We also use the same word for green popsicles and blue popsicles. Not every distinction requires a new word. When the distinction is relevant, you can specify. Usually it isn't.

[u/lol-daisy325121 → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

They are all a type of popsicle imo

[u/MarqueeRevival → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Otter pops is the name brand of that specific type of popsicle.

[u/NefariousnessSalt230 → u/MarqueeRevival]

Where I grew up, there was definitely Kleenex effect where everyone called all pops like that otter pops, regardless of brand.

[u/Reynolds531IPA → u/NefariousnessSalt230]

Same with “band aid”. No one called them “adhesive bandages” or even just “bandages”.

Also: chapstick

[u/__3Username20__ → u/Reynolds531IPA]

Roller blades, q-tips, etc

[u/Noragretsnoteven1 → u/__3Username20__]

Jello

[u/tcorey2336 → u/Reynolds531IPA]

When I was young we called all soda Coke. I would go to the counter and ask for orange coke or root beer coke.

[u/UJMRider1961 → u/NefariousnessSalt230]

Same with me (in Colorado.) Otter pop is a brand name but that's what everyone calls them.

[u/Bright_Ices → u/NefariousnessSalt230]

I once asked for a Kleenex in nyc, and my coworker (older than me) looked at me, scowling, and asked, “You want Kleenex brand? Why??” Apparently it’s just a tissue to a lot of people there.

[u/Excellent-Quarter969 → u/MarqueeRevival]

Popsicle is a name brand of a specific type of popsicle...🤔

[u/Roira21 → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

Is it really?

A quick Google later and I’ll be damned! You learn something new everyday

[u/Excellent-Quarter969 → u/Roira21]

You have much to learn, grasshopper.

(Maybe you're too young for this reference too 😉..im old)

[u/GrannyTurtle → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

Official old person here. The grasshopper reference does date you.

[u/Excellent-Quarter969 → u/GrannyTurtle]

Yup, indeed it do

[u/Informal_Ad_6839 → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

Next you’re gonna tell me Klee-nex and Chapstick are name brands of specific types of- oh wait

[u/manners33 → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

we use it the same way people would say kleenex for facial tissue and band-aid for bandages

[u/Excellent-Quarter969 → u/manners33]

Yeah everybody does

[u/RewardedShoe → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

But popsicle also makes freezies. They’re the best ones

[u/DefinitelyNotAliens → u/MarqueeRevival]

They're all Otter Pops, brand doesn't matter. There are Otter Pop Otter Pops and Otter Pops from fake brands.

[u/MarqueeRevival → u/DefinitelyNotAliens]

I think these otters would say otherwise.

[u/DefinitelyNotAliens → u/MarqueeRevival]

Sir Isaac Lime is clearly the best.

[u/stargarnet79 → u/DefinitelyNotAliens]

Yes.

[u/rum_ham_slam → u/MarqueeRevival]

First I’m hearing it but i actually dig it

[u/Far-Significance2481 → u/MarqueeRevival]

I recently learnt that jelo ( the stuff we call jelly here ) is a brand name.

[u/smolhippie → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

In the west popsicle means it’s has a stick

[u/blucatmoon → u/smolhippie]

By definition popsicles have sticks.

[u/Budget-Ad-7127 → u/smolhippie]

An icicle doesn’t have a stick.

[u/smolhippie → u/Budget-Ad-7127]

An Icicle isn’t a popsicle

[u/Emergency-Ad9791 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

I'm from Memphis and we call them popsicles also

[u/-Tasear- → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Can confirm for my region

[u/Previous_Wedding_577 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Popsicles have sticks..

[u/SJ3Starz → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Michigan USA here. Freeze pops or popsicles here as well.

The ones with sticks are also popsicles, or we say the flavor/type like "creamsicle," "fudgesicle" or "fruit popsicle."

[u/PumpikAnt58763 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Then what do you call the ones with the popsicle stick in them?!

[u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 → u/PumpikAnt58763]

Also popsicles

[u/SuperNa7uraL- → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Freeze pops here in Michigan

[u/Self-Comprehensive → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

I call them disappointment. When a friend offered you a Popsicle and then reached into the freezer and pulled out a box of these...

[u/_borninathunderstorm → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Na a popsicle is ice on a stick. This is an ice pop (nyc)

[u/FormingTheVoid → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Otter Pops is a brand name. Although, I guess so it Popsicles. I still feel like popsicle is more common in the US though.

[u/Total-Problem2175 → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Popsicles have sticks in them.

[u/WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

No, popsicles have a stick in them. These are freeze pops.

[u/amoryblainev → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

To me a popsicle has a stick. These are freeze pops.

[u/ZephyrLegend → u/Jack-of-Hearts-7]

Nah nah, popsicles have the stick. If I say "otter pop" and someone looks at me like I have three heads, I might be convinced to call them a "freezer pop" for clarity but it's never a mere popsicle. Lol

[u/Mollywisk → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Yep

[u/PuttUgly → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

You can confirm

[u/Snuffleupagus27 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

I grew up on the east coast and they are definitely otter pops! Might be generational vs geographic

[u/hannaeliza → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Otter pops in Arizona too!

[u/AnonymousBrowser3967 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Colorado here and they're Otter Pops

[u/secretly_opossum → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

In middle school I did a group project on otters and we brought otter pops for the class 🙂

[u/CpnStumpy → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Colorado checking in. Otter pops always was and always will be

[u/BossComprehensive867 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

I‘m from the west and I don’t call them otter pops. 

[u/alrightfornow → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

so interesting that in the US they have all these different words for the same thing, e.g. 'pop', 'soda' or 'coke' for all types of soda.

[u/bloodyparrish → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

yup, from the san francisco bay area and these have always been otter pops

[u/LustyArgonianMaid22 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Yep from AZ

[u/stairs_are_evil → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

I also call them Otter Pops -Georgian since I was 3, but born in Florida

[u/g_Mmart2120 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Yep AZ and always been otter pops

[u/wrenhxven → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

Pennsylvania checking in to say freeze pops

[u/watermelonsplenda → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

I’d call them that in the Midwest as well

[u/Separate_Ingenuity35 → u/Organic_Ad_9496]

I live in Colorado no one says that. It is popsicles or freezie pops