popsicles were actually invented by an 11-year-old who tried making lemonade and that’s because he accidentally left the glass outside over a cold night and when he woke up the mixture was Frozen with his stirring stick inside it and after licking the thing Frank erson named it epical after himself and he then started selling it to his neighbors and friends and by 1924 erson patented the concept of Frozen ice on a stick and changed its name to popsicle and that’s how