11 year old Fran Epperson was playing with his water and powdered soda mix, leaving it with the wooden stirrer inside. Forgetting the ‘experiment’ outside overnight it froze and as any 11 year would probably do he licked it then quickly realising what a revolutionary invention he made. He began by selling ‘Epsicles’ in his neighbourhood then eventually at amusement parks. He patented his product that later changed its name to ‘Pop’sicles’ after 20 years as it was much more favorited by children. However Epperson ended up selling the business and never making as much money at the beginning of his success.