I’m thrilled to tell you that I’ve been chosen as a brand ambassador for Popsicle!  Having three kids and living in Michigan where it gets very humid in the summer, we buy a LOT of Popsicles all summer long.  We like them in all flavors – original Popsicles, Creamsicles, and my personal favorite, Fudgsicles (YUM).   The hardest thing for me is limiting them to one (or two, if it’s really hot!) a day!

Through Mom Bloggers Club, I received an invitation to be a Popsicle Mom for this summer, which includes getting products to review and co-hosting a Twitter event this Wednesday, which I’m going to tell you about in a separate post.  A huge box arrived last Friday and carefully packed inside was a styrofoam cooler, packs of dry ice, and a box of new Popsicle Jolly Ranchers. My kids were so excited! Not only were they getting a box of Popsicles, but also dry ice to play with and a big box for Kaitlyn to climb in! lol

Oh, let me show you the picture of the rest of the Popsicle Moms! Aren’t we a good-lucking bunch? 

Before I tell you what we thought of new Popsicle Jolly Ranchers, let me tell you why “Anything’s possible with Popsicle® in 2010!”
The Popsicle® brand is launching a Popsicle® stick sweepstakes to give kids the chance to win one of three great prizes including family trips to dig for dinosaurs, swim with dolphins and Space Camp®!

To prove anything’s possible with Popsicle® in 2010, the Popsicle® brand is announcing a new promotion to give kids the chance to win one of many great prizes! Popsicle® is awarding three grand-prize family trips to dig for dinosaurs in Wyoming, dive with dolphins in Florida and explore the universe by going to SpaceCamp® in Huntsville, Ala.

To enter for a chance to win the grand prize trips and the daily prize, the National Geographic Kids™ “Big Book of Fun”, go to Popsicle.com/possibilities and enter the riddle answer from your Popsicle® stick. The promotion kicks off June 1 and ends September 30, 2010.

Do your kids love the jokes written on Popsicle sticks? Do they have a joke that should be ON a Popsicle stick? Have them enter the Popsicle® Stick Joke Contest! From June 14 through August 15, 2010, participate in the Popsicle® Stick Joke contest by submitting a kid-friendly joke to the Popsicle® Twitter page for a chance to have your joke included on a Popsicle® stick or on Popsicle.com. The top 5 jokes will be featured on Popsicle.com. One lucky winner will have his or her joke featured on a limited edition batch of actual Popsicle® sticks, which will be distributed in the US in 2011.

Now on to the review!  Take the delicious flavors of Jolly Ranchers hard candies and infuse them into an icy cold Popsicle and what do you get? New Popsicle Jolly Ranchers!  Each one is made with four flavors – Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Green Apple, and Grape – in random stripes and layers. The more you eat, the more flavor you get!  I like that each one has more of a certain flavor on the top, so that I can dig through the box and pull out the ones with the most Green Apple, my favorite of the flavors. Best of all, only 45 calories each, so I can have one and not feel guilty! Here’s the box:

Look for them in your grocer’s freezer now!  And please check back later today for my second post for Popsicle, where I’ll tell you about a very important Twitter party I’m co-hosting this Wednesday where YOU can help Popsicle and National Geographic raise funds for research into decreasing global climate change, and all you have to do is CLICK!

Disclaimer: I am a Popsicle® Brand Ambassador Mom through a compensated Mom Bloggers Club member program. All opinions are 100% my own and have not been influenced in any way. For this review, I received a box of Jolly Rancher flavor ice pops