>>10647487 >the PopsIcle waS inVeNtEd by 11 yeAR-oLd frANk EppERsOn IN 1905. He LEft HIS DrinK OUTSidE wITH a stIr StiCK in it aND hE noTIceD THaT It HAd FroZen. he appliEd for a patent IN 1923 aNd naMEd IT "EPsiCle." THe nAME WAs LATer ChANged to poPSiCle