The Jell-O Pudding Pop... never has such a tasty treat caused such an unexplainable mystery. Back in the early 1990s Jell-O Pudding Pops disappeared from the marketplace, denying future generations of children the pleasure of tasting these delicious frozen treats and causing irreparable harm to the millions of children (like me) who had experienced frozen pudding bliss, only to have it taken away. Now, there have been many food items that have come and gone over the course of the years and, for the most part, nobody cared. Everybody, however, loved pudding pops and as of yet, nobody has been able to solve the mystery of the disappearing Jell-O Pudding Pops.
Well, everybody can now relax and stop harassing Bill Cosby. Our decade long nightmare is over. We may never know where they've been all these years, but Jell-O Pudding Pops are back on the market...sort of. Kraft Foods has licensed the Jell-O name to the Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream Company, who has started making Pudding Pops under their Popsicle brand division.
I said they are back...sort of, because the new Pudding Pops seem to be slightly different from the ones we all used to enjoy. As you can see in the picture to your right, appearence wise, the Pudding Pops are not the same as they were in the past. It looks like they changed the old Pudding Pop shape to conform to the standard Fudgsicle/Creamsicle/Popsicle brand shape. However, the folks over at hammradio.com say that, while the new Pops aren't exactly the same, they still taste pretty good.
Unfortunately the new Pudding Pops have yet to make their way to a store near the Nutcan HQ, so I cannot yet comment on the look or taste of them first hand. According to the locator on the Good Humor website, the closest place they are currently sold is in Janesville, WI - almost 200 miles away. Since the re-release of these frozen treats seems to be a recent development, I hope that they will be coming here soon. At that time I will be back to give you my verdict on how well the new Jell-O Pudding Pops stack up to the old.
- Matthew Pehler wishes Hardee's would bring back the Breakfast Hoagie.
Get me...A Jell-O Pudding Pop!
04/04/2004
Jeremy - As Seen On The Internet 04/04/2004 @ 01:45:23 AM |
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Always nice to see a writer carry out the Page 3 tradition of only hard hitting journalism. Maybe Crystal Pepsi will hit the market again this time next year, just about the time Matt get's around to his next article. |
Scott - Get Up! Get outta here! Gone! 04/04/2004 @ 07:01:22 PM |
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Jell-O |
Micah LaDousa (Guest) 04/05/2004 @ 07:22:06 AM |
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Im gonna be in Janesville next weekend. My stepsister lives there. Im gonna go and buy 6 boxes and eat them while saying, "Theeeoooo my boooyyyeeee" |
Matt - 3941 Posts 04/05/2004 @ 03:32:04 PM |
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LOGLIS SUPERMARKET 1501 CRESTON DR JANESVILLE WI 53545 |
Eric Faris (Guest) 05/14/2004 @ 08:13:21 PM |
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Went out and bought them tonight....Not exactly the same...but pretty darn close! Good luck in you pudding pop finding ventures! |
Gretchen (Guest) 05/17/2004 @ 04:40:17 PM |
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I've found pudding pops in PA! Finally they're back! The shape might be different, but the taste is the same. Sweet childhood memories! |
claudia (Guest) 06/03/2004 @ 12:02:35 PM |
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Taste great, even without the familiar icy coating. |
Angie (Guest) 06/07/2004 @ 05:00:31 PM |
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ITS ABOUT DANG TIME!!!! I have been craving these through both of my pregnancies! AND FINALLY they are here! THANKS! |
Matt - Ombudsman 11/25/2005 @ 12:02:38 AM |
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It only took a year and a half, but Pudding Pops have finally made it to Eau Claire. I got some at Festival Foods a few hours ago. |
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Matt messed with this at 11/09/2006 8:58:13 pm |
Sarah - 4671 Posts 06/10/2006 @ 09:49:15 PM |
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Pudding pops were on sale at Mega 10 boxes for $10. Apparently there is a new flavor, carmel. |
Matt - Washington Bureau Chief 06/11/2006 @ 01:58:07 PM |
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1. I like Pudding Pops as much as the next guy, but 10 boxes!! That's a bit ridiculous. 2. I don't think I approve of carmel Pudding Pops. 3. Regardless, I think I'll be heading over to Mega sometime soon. |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 06/11/2006 @ 09:07:13 PM |
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Well obviously no one in their right mind would get 10 boxes. I wasn't aware of the "new" kinds. I just grabbed boxes (and I noticed they looked different but didn't invest the .00001 seconds of reading the box. As it turns out all 3 boxes we got are the "new" double chocolate/carmel swirl kind. The Carmel swirl sucks and I'm less than thrilled about having 3 boxes of them. |
Brad (Guest) 02/14/2007 @ 06:40:16 PM |
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I am looking for the Jello Pudding Pops in California. I will drive fifty miles to get them. Does anyone know where I can locate Jello Pudding Pops? |
Scott - 6225 Posts 02/14/2007 @ 08:10:09 PM |
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MBL strikes again |
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Stores in California with pudding pops. I assumed you lived in "90210"
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Jeremy messed with this 4 times, last at 02/15/2007 1:54:23 pm |
Scott - You're going to have to call your hardware guy. It's not a software issue. 02/15/2007 @ 02:02:54 PM |
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I think that's the only zip code for California |
Scott - 6225 Posts 02/15/2007 @ 02:03:41 PM |
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Clearly from your list of results I am wrong, but I don't think anyone actually lives in any of those places. That's just where Pudding Pops are located. |
Matt - 3941 Posts 02/15/2007 @ 06:12:59 PM |
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Brad's wife must be pregnant. |
Jeremy - Cube Phenomenoligist 02/15/2007 @ 06:15:22 PM |
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Perhaps. It would explain the urgency to find them and the willingness to spend lots of time away from home to get them. |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 04/22/2007 @ 10:10:36 PM |
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Someone roust the MBL from his slumber, there's another mother in distress to save with sweet pudding pop goodness. |
Sarah - 4671 Posts 04/23/2007 @ 06:18:54 PM |
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The locator still works (located in the body of the article), she just needs to enter her zip code into it and pick the Jello Pudding Pops. |
Carlos44ec - Since 1980! 04/25/2007 @ 03:32:19 PM |
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Ask Sarah about "Neener double aught seven eight" |
Scott - On your mark...get set...Terrible! 04/25/2007 @ 06:28:53 PM |
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I get it, even without asking. |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 05/01/2007 @ 08:39:05 AM |
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We sort of let this die, but Sarah has no idea what that means. Care to enlighten us? |
Matt - 3941 Posts 05/01/2007 @ 09:50:24 AM |
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I assumed it was a Talk Soup reference (you know, when Henson would give the mailing address he would say it like that), except that Carl messed up and put "seven" in there when it should have been "four". |
Carlos44ec - 2079 Posts 05/01/2007 @ 11:34:59 AM |
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You ah correct Suh! |
Sarah - 4671 Posts 05/01/2007 @ 08:34:42 PM |
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I see now. Funny story... I was cleaning out the basement, emptying out boxes and moving stuff into bigger boxes and whatnot. Anywho... found an envelope that had the address for E! and Talk Soup on it. 90048. :) Sorry Tennessee. |
Wendie (Guest) 05/02/2007 @ 02:58:44 PM |
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Are they in stores in any other cities in Texas besides Houston? I live in East Texas and there isn't any in this area. |
Carlos44ec - Tag This 05/02/2007 @ 03:24:44 PM |
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http://www.icecreamusa.com/products/store_locator.cfm?b=4 FIESTA MART INC 4330 HWY 6 N HOUSTON, TX 77084 (281) 463-0222 This was the farthest east I could find... Take that Jeremy... |
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Carlos44ec screwed with this at 05/02/2007 4:27:40 pm |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 05/02/2007 @ 03:45:12 PM |
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Carl loses today's reading test. |
Carlos44ec - 2079 Posts 05/02/2007 @ 03:53:22 PM |
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Since there is no "edit" button, I was unable to edit my comment and add that Houston (and the given location) was the store most-eastern in Texas I could find for her. Jeremy loses. At everything ;) |
Jeremy - Robots don't say 'ye' 05/02/2007 @ 03:55:42 PM |
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Carlos44ec Wrote - 05/02/2007 @ 03:53:22 PM Since there is no "edit" button, I was unable to edit my comment... Carl loses today's interwebs test. |
Carlos44ec - "If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style." 05/02/2007 @ 04:28:47 PM |
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cough... see the edited post... jerk |
Wendie (Guest) 05/03/2007 @ 12:40:53 PM |
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Thanks for looking for me guys! I've been having to settle with a Blue Bell Fudge Bomb Stick. |
Carlos44ec - 2079 Posts 05/03/2007 @ 01:09:34 PM |
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That's like settling for Dr. Thunder when you wanted Dr. Pepper! |
Scott - Resident Tech Support 05/03/2007 @ 01:29:27 PM |
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American Dad when you wanted Family guy. |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 05/03/2007 @ 01:34:56 PM |
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10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. |
Carlos44ec - You had me at "Hello" 05/04/2007 @ 09:38:12 AM |
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Leave it to Jeremy to bring Alanis into a discussion... | ||
Carlos44ec edited this at 05/04/2007 9:49:12 am |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 05/04/2007 @ 10:00:29 AM |
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It's like RAAAAAAiiiiiAAAAAAAAIIN, on your wedding day. |
Carlos44ec - Knuckle Sammich 05/04/2007 @ 10:07:57 AM |
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I loved Dogma until I found out... nevermind |
ALYSSIA BEAVER (Guest) 05/30/2007 @ 11:31:58 AM |
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IS THERE SUCH A THING AS STRAWBERRY OR ORANGE PUDDING POPS??? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT??? THANK-YOU |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 05/30/2007 @ 11:55:59 AM |
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I doubt it, for one thing I don't think I've ever heard of Strawberry or Orange pudding. Though I imagine there could be something flavored that way with a similar consistency to Pudding Pops I don't think there are those flavors. What's with the caps lock? |
Carlos44ec - 2079 Posts 05/30/2007 @ 12:20:51 PM |
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I understand the desire for good ol fashioned stuff like the pudding pop- but really... if I were THAT into having one, I'd freeze the pudding around a popsicle stick and eat it up. Because thats basically what it is, right? |
Jeremy - 9543 Posts 05/30/2007 @ 12:31:13 PM |
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Yes | ||
Jeremy edited this at 05/30/2007 12:31:36 pm |
Matt - 3941 Posts 05/01/2008 @ 05:46:36 PM |
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According to the locator there are no stores within 30 miles of Elk Grove, CA that carry pudding pops, though I'm not sure that the locator is 100% accurate. |
PackOne - No matter how many MC's I eat up ... oh, it's never enough. 05/01/2008 @ 07:17:55 PM |
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Matt Wrote - 05/01/2008 @ 05:46:36 PM According to the locator there are no stores within 30 miles of Elk Grove, CA that carry pudding pops, though I'm not sure that the locator is 100% accurate. This is precisely why Matt totally rules and sucks at the same time. Amazing. |
PackOne - 1528 Posts 05/01/2008 @ 07:18:51 PM |
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The rest of you are cool too. |
Matt - Nutcan.com's MBL 07/23/2008 @ 07:44:29 AM |
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Those were called Jell-O Gelatin Pops. They were good, but not as good as the pudding pops in my opinion. I haven't seen them in probably 15 years, so they're probably not out there anymore. |
sara (Guest) 09/15/2009 @ 10:31:59 PM |
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oh my goodness..what about those of us in Ohio who want the pudding pops? any places here? |
Jeremy - 1.21 Gigawatts!?!? 09/16/2009 @ 12:13:01 PM |
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We'd need to know your zipcode. There's a link to a locator in the original article. |
Carlos44ec - A Vote for me is a Vote against Terrorism! ...or atleast just wasted. 09/17/2009 @ 07:53:14 AM |
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http://www.icecreamusa.com/products/store_locator.cfm There are a ton of places around Columbus, so many it quit after 13.2 miles. Why would you need Jello Pops when you could hang with Big Butter Jesus? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kings_(statue) |
Micah - 584 Posts 09/18/2009 @ 11:54:47 AM |
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Carlos44ec Wrote - Yesterday @ 08:53:14 AM http://www.icecreamusa.com/products/store_locator.cfm There are a ton of places around Columbus, so many it quit after 13.2 miles. Why would you need Jello Pops when you could hang with Big Butter Jesus? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kings_(statue) I just love the Midwest more and more every day. |
julie (Guest) 06/08/2010 @ 01:08:31 PM |
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Just ate my first pudding pop..... i do miss the old shape. They passed the taste test for this girl with strep throat. Only a pudding pop would do!!!!! |
julie (Guest) 06/08/2010 @ 01:10:08 PM |
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Oh, and i am in ohio.. Only about 45 mins from the "big butter jesus" and pudding pops are waaaaaay better! You won't get in trouble for licking them! |
Jeremy - Cube Phenomenoligist 06/15/2010 @ 03:28:00 PM |
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Zeus 1 Jesus 0 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lightning_strikes_jesus_statue |
Lori (guest) (Guest) 07/13/2010 @ 01:37:28 AM |
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My husband has been asking about these for years. We live in Houston (77098). Do you know of any place close by that sells them? |
C Winter (Guest) 03/18/2011 @ 02:58:53 AM |
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This is one of the funniest threads I've ever read. I, too, covet the amazing little pop. Such wonderful memories. Viva la pudding pop forever! |
Sarah - 4671 Posts 03/21/2011 @ 08:19:28 PM |
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7 years later and this article is still a hit! |
Greta (Guest) 04/04/2011 @ 08:56:49 PM |
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http://www.popsicle.com/Where-to-Buy.aspx |
likah love (Guest) 04/15/2011 @ 02:21:45 PM |
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I live in Philadelphia, PA. I'm 2 months pregnant and I can't find pudding pops anywhere. Are they still on the shelves of any grocery store? PLEASE HELP!!! |
Brian (Guest) 02/18/2012 @ 12:39:46 PM |
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Where can I but the 12 pack assortment in Baltimore MD |
Jamie (Guest) 09/23/2012 @ 12:11:55 PM |
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Making my own right now |
Tyrone (Guest) 09/02/2014 @ 11:22:28 PM |
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Pudding pops are the best yo!! |
Sarah - How do you use these things? 09/16/2014 @ 05:21:37 PM |
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Bought some pudding pops today. Not for the same reason as most of our female readers but because I was walking down the frozen treats aisle, they beckoned and I couldn't say no. Just not the same as the ones in our days of youth though. |
Matt - 3941 Posts 05/27/2020 @ 02:52:41 AM |
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This article is problematic. |
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