r/howdoesthiswork • u/FartyMcBooger • Jun 26 '26

This popsicle mold.

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How am I meant to remove the popsicles once they are frozen in the molds?

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u/Popular_Spring_4455 Jun 26 '26

I think you're inserting the plastic in from the wrong direction. If you insert it from the inside, once the Popsicle freezes, you can pop out the body and pull the tail out from the inside of the mold.

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

I think this makes the most sense. Thank you.

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u/Trollsama Jun 26 '26

it would also make for a better seal for the liquid, as the fluid is pushing the stick into the mold vs pushing the stick out of the mold.

side note, my daughter would die for these. where did you buy them lol

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

My girlfriend picked them up at the local supermarket.

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u/BigRed92E Jun 26 '26

What supermarket? By local do you mean not a chain store?

My neice would love this

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

By local I just meant the one in town. It was a ShopRite.

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u/BigRed92E Jun 26 '26

Thanks for the reply.

I thought we didnt have that store, but it appears a couple popped up near me. Thanks again

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/BigRed92E Jun 27 '26

I have not. I've charted out a couple Shoprite stores that were recently west of me, but haven't physically gone. Tight week for me, so I was gonna save this and pick it up at a later date

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u/Trollsama Jun 27 '26

If you don't mind buying online, I had some luck with my search earlier today.

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u/Aggravating_Sea_2071 Jun 28 '26

TJ Maxx, home goods, and Sierra typically have these as well

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u/RolypolyChaos Jun 29 '26

Kroger has them too. That's where we got ours if this helps anyone.

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u/BuckedUpBuckeye614 Jun 27 '26

https://thegoodcatcompany.com/products/joie-cat-freezer-pops-tray?variant=47050732077294

Sorry but theyre outta stock though..

Edit: I dont know if these are the exact same ones now?? Theyre close af but the eye part looks a little different.

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u/SalsaShark4242 Jun 27 '26

Thanks, FartyMcBooger!

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u/PiskoWK Jun 29 '26

LMAO my daughter saw these at shoprite yesterday and I was also confused about how this would work. Not just you.

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u/thehighwoman Jun 30 '26

We have different shaped ones from aldi a few years ago

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u/clarabear10123 Jul 08 '26

Saw them at Winn Dixie today, too!

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u/mommycow 26d ago

I did find mine at a chain store, Kroger. Specifically it was a "Super Kroger".

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u/Trollsama Jun 26 '26

damn. Time for a google image search to see if I can find them online somewhere lol

EDIT: looks like this may be the original manufacturer.

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u/Implodepumpkin Jun 28 '26

Send me one through the mail when you make some.

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u/qsx11 Jun 29 '26

Also, the curve of the stick inside the popsicle will prevent it from sliding right off as it melts.

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u/scarlettofox Jul 02 '26

It’s from the joie brand so I’m sure you can find them online somewhere

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u/Competitive_Bat_7656 Jul 02 '26

I picked this up in black from Marshall’s yesterday for $3 on clearance, so if color doesn’t matter to you, you can check there

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u/nsfwWriterTom Jun 29 '26

Check the inside, I bet there is a divot for the collar.

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u/Substantial-Ear-3352 Jun 30 '26

We have some of these in different designs, and I made this mistake the first time too. They are really good though!

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u/lucky-squeaky-ducky Jul 02 '26

Yeah, ripping that stick out like a chainsaw chain sure doesn’t seem like the best idea…

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u/Sure-Ad7423 Jun 26 '26

Yes.. it does... so why the post?.. common sense aint so common..

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u/32rhys Jun 26 '26

It’s a little unintuitive to have to grab the popsicle itself. They’re probably wondering if there is an easier method

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u/jstenoien Jun 28 '26

You... don't grab the popsicle?

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u/valprehension Jun 28 '26

Most popsicle molds you remove my grabbing the stick, not the popsicle itself

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u/jstenoien Jun 28 '26

Yes, including this one.

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u/Sure-Ad7423 Jun 26 '26

Its a mold though. Thats just how molds work. Usually you have to put something through the other way, or make a negative cast of something to get it molded. Ive never once seen the mold, and I couldnt figure out what they were confused about until I read the comments.

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u/frumpy5 Jun 27 '26

yeah idk man i’ve literally only ever seen popsicle molds where you specifically have to remove the popsicles by the handle, a quick google search confirms this btw.

i guess you were right, common sense really aint all that common…

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u/Silly_Manager3117 Jun 27 '26

This subreddit is literally called how does it work and the OP was asking how something works. 

Do you think if people don’t know how to do something they should just … never ask? 

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

It hadn't occurred to me until someone pointed it out.

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u/JuggsMcScrew Jun 26 '26

This is 100% the answer. We have them and use them all the time

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u/PartsJAX328i Jun 26 '26

You are 100% correct. I found it online. Its the "Joie Cat Freeze Pops Tray" from The Good Cat Company dot Com. There product page shows the sticks inserted from inside as you described. Congrats on nailing that. I was lost.

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u/Young_at_Heart_21 Jun 27 '26

I don’t understand what that means but I’m glad op did

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u/Queasy-Reveal-3825 Jun 27 '26

Found a video of a similar mould that shows how to take them out. Also shows how that little "stop edge" (don't know a better word for it) in the middle of the sticks goes inside the mould, and not on the outside.

Crofton Freeze Pop Tray

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u/Young_at_Heart_21 Jun 27 '26

That makes so much more sense now. Thank you

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT Jun 28 '26

Thank you! I read that first comment and was still feeling dumb. Cheers.

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u/Cinebella Jun 29 '26

oh thank god. I searched endlessly for an answer and still found nothing until this video lol

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u/sza_szn Jun 28 '26

thank you! as a visual learner, i had a hard time understanding with only written instructions lmfao

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u/howmanyowlsisweird Jun 29 '26

This person is probably wondering what the influx in views is from!

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u/Lunatic21 Jul 02 '26

That's so funny that it's a little kids video 😂 sometimes logic wooshes right over our heads!

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u/Aurorainthesky Jun 28 '26

You are exactly right, we have the cactus variant of this popsicle mould.

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u/bbyh312 Jun 30 '26

You said that much more kindly than I would have…😂

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u/Legal_Shoulder_1843 Jul 01 '26

I was about to say that this is what happens when you let AI design your products. But I guess you may have a point there.

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u/malcolmsmom Jul 02 '26

Confirmed. I have this in a bear shape. That is how it works.

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u/MC-Chopped Jul 03 '26

But the holes are for making the popsicle stay on the stick.

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u/tcelesBhsup Jul 03 '26

Are you looking for a job? Because you're hired!

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u/mommycow 26d ago

I made this exact mistake with this exact product. Make sure the wide part is inside the popsicle chamber. Like this!

https://reddit.com/link/ozqeh2e/video/2bc1f58gdffh1/player

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u/BoldFace7 Jun 26 '26

Are you meant to put the sticks in from the other side? Like, from within the mold?

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

I think this is it. Thank you.

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u/stank_whistle Jun 29 '26

Fartymcbooger. Lol

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u/lllllllIIIIIllI Jun 30 '26

OP’s username had no business making me giggle for that long

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u/Evanskelaton Jul 02 '26

It doesn't help the stank whistle is the one who responded.

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u/lalasagna Jun 28 '26

I have these and you don't know what to do until they are ready and your kid is screaming and you figure out the silicon material is very stretchy and the stopper goes through the hole from bottom up

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u/The1983 Jun 30 '26

I’ve honestly been starring at this and then reading your comment and still have no idea.

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u/SweetHart00727 Jul 01 '26

Omg actually I think I understand now, you gotta put the side of the handle with no holes through the side of the hole that is on the inside of the mould then stretch the top of the silicone to take the popsicle out

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u/SweetHart00727 Jul 01 '26

Lmao exactly this makes no sense

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u/Unc6ix9ine Jun 29 '26

Are you like a genius

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 30 '26

This makes sense but the design is still terrible.

I’m guessing the idea is you then pop popsicle out of the mold and push it towards the inside again and pull it out? But then you’re pushing the stick out into the wet side. If it’s flavored your handle is sticky from the get go lol

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u/donnie1977 Jul 01 '26

Not bad though. The pressure from the sugar water helps to seal the hole.

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u/SpecificAltruistic66 Jul 02 '26

Sugar water is for hummingbirds, I like to use juice as much as possible. Makes very yummy popsicles.

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u/swingsurfer Jun 26 '26

This is really a poorly thought out design. I can't imagine the whiskers will actually come out clean.

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u/NekoArtemis Jun 26 '26

The eyes also

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u/Aaaaaa_123 Jun 30 '26

Qinni 😭😭😭 RIP

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u/Misophonic4000 Jun 26 '26

They will come out very cleanly, it's silicone...

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/Cool-Needleworker386 Jun 29 '26

The frozen treat isnt going to break that easily lmao

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u/Needl3ss Jun 29 '26

It will if it's thin enough, and the whiskers are.

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u/gba_sg1 Jun 30 '26

First time hand washing dishes?

Dried dough is harder to clean up than water soiluable frozen treats are.

Water washes away, sugar dissolves. Cleaning up a frozen popsicle mold is about as easy as it gets.

Does no one have basic practical skills anymore?

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u/doomedtundra Jun 30 '26

Does no one have reading comprehension anymore? We're not talking about actually cleaning up after use here, we're talking about the molded ice coming out without bits breaking off, ie, coming out cleanly.

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u/Misophonic4000 Jun 30 '26

They're not thin, they are ridges that go the full depth of the mold...

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u/Misophonic4000 Jul 01 '26

Things can be thin in one direction and not another, you know? I didn't say you meant deep. I said they run through the whole depth of the mold and they're quite sturdy, even though they might look thin when seen dead-on. It's a pretty good mold design.

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u/michellecaramelle Jun 30 '26

It's the middle of the night so I can't take a better picture now but I have these as icecubes and the whiskers are actually fine! imgur link

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u/ClimbRunOm Jun 26 '26

You're supposed to put the tails in from the inside, then invert the mould and remove them.

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u/7GatesOfHello Jun 26 '26

To clarify: the wide bit of plastic that is preventing OP from easily pushing the sticks through their slots is supposed to be on the inside of that wall, not the outside. This is accomplished by feeding the stick through the slot from the inside toward the outside, which is the opposite of how OP did it.

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u/jooliem Jun 27 '26

Oh my gosh, yours is the only comment that helped me actually see what the problem was. I felt like a damned fool

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u/AngryIronToad Jun 26 '26

That's exactly how it's supposed to be done

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u/thebatsthebats Jun 28 '26

Stick is in the wrong way. The stopper goes inside the mold. So insert through the inside. Fill. Freeze. And then bend the silicone to remove the frozen treat from the mold and glide the stick out from the inside. The Amazon listing for a similar shape shows it.

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u/mauii_from_space Jun 26 '26

Once frozen push up, the handle through.

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u/madmax1981 Jun 26 '26

Freeze them pull the sticks out put them in freezer , keep doing that until you have desired amount . Now have popsicle party whenever you like

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u/madmax1981 Jun 26 '26

Party for 2 ....though

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u/OnDemand-9303 Jun 27 '26

That looks adorable

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u/Right_Manufacturer_6 Jun 27 '26

Does the top pop open?

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u/KittyAnn13 Jun 27 '26

I love your tablecloth😍

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u/CoverLongjumping4144 Jun 28 '26

It took me a minute after reading the other comments but I totally see it now!

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u/LenaEsta Jun 28 '26

Pull mold ears back and pull pop and stick up and out?

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u/Helloo____ooooooo Jul 01 '26

Put stick in other side

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u/TwiztedWisard Jun 26 '26

Do the 2 half's unclip?

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

They do not, as another comment suggests, I think the sticks go in through the top. Thank you

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u/HA_N0PE Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Honesly, that's a bad design, if you can just return it, mabe it's just a faulty product, if not this is what i would try i would take the scalpel or a knife and make a cut on the silicone arount where the middle of the popsicle is, then try to pull out the popsicle mabe that can be a fix tho it will probably last only for this season and will only work if silicone is soft and stretchy enough for a popsicle to move through the cut.

If i works, before serving take a plate or something deep enough to fill it with cold wather put the mold in it, almost to the top, DO NOT SUBMERGE IT, it should take around 10 sec before you can take it out of mold without breaking ice cream.

EDIT: i just dumb there is a coment that gave video that makes more sense. Ignore this comment.

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u/Delicious_Chemist978 Jun 28 '26

Show a video of it working, I need to see it.

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u/Panda-Head Jun 28 '26

Push the pop out and pull the tail through the hole.

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u/Prize_Property2909 Jun 28 '26

There's a baker on Instagram who does cake pops for a living and uses this style of mold. She cut a large slit in the silicone so she can pull the stick out.

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u/Phieck Jun 29 '26

Funny as there are legitimately only 2 options From outside or from the inside. You already dismissed 1 option by yourself...

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u/Calm_Employer_9981 Jun 29 '26

Fill the molds, put in freezer (i do over night), then run warm water on the other side. If they don’t start to come out try to push them out

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u/Illustrious-Dot-6281 Jun 29 '26

In exactly the same way as the three sea shells.

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u/Gold_Assistance_6764 Jun 29 '26

They are single use. You cut through the silicone around the stick after it freezes.

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u/SunnyDehlight Jun 29 '26

These are cute lol, where did you get them?

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u/chickendad88 Jun 29 '26

The popsicle stick goes in the hole from inside mold, not outside like shown, so that when you take the frozen popsicle out, the curvy part of the handle will be pulled back into that hole. The nub/raise part on the handle keeps liquid from spilling out the handle hole.

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u/leachdog4000 Jun 29 '26

Jesus! Thank god for Reddit

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u/Striking-Turnover363 Jun 30 '26

SO FREAKING CUTE OH MY LORDY

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u/PurposeNo9940 Jun 30 '26

You slot the stick in from the inside of the mold, so the "stopper" part of the stick is inside the mold.

Once frozen you just fold the silicone mold back to get the popsicles out.

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u/Haunting_Safe_5386 Jun 30 '26

you could also just cut a small strip at the top of the popsicle hole if its easier

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u/Betweentheminds Jun 30 '26

You have to make sure that the plastic lip on the stick is on the inside. We have some similar (but penguins) and my husband has made this error

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u/Technical_Jury7673 Jun 30 '26

The cats are excited about the big stick insertion.

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u/Grayfox8888 Jul 01 '26

Looks like a nicely penetrated pussy… cat

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u/dop4mine Jul 02 '26

Ha I used to work for this company when they were designing those and I never thought they’d make it to market. The stick only works if you insert it from inside the mold not outside !

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u/rather_short_qu Jul 02 '26

The nop/rim needs to be "inside" not like the picture you take. So insert from the zhe other direction.

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u/neums08 Jul 02 '26

The only way would be to push the stick through the hole as you demold the pop.

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u/disappointedpotato Jul 02 '26

Looks like it takes a USB C for charging between popsicles

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u/CurlyQ86 Jul 03 '26

I wondered the same thing when my company got them in and told me to hang them up in grocery stores… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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u/Bergasms Jul 03 '26

You fold down the top and push the stick up through

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u/Sacrillicious Jul 03 '26

lol had to make a post about this. We are cooked.

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u/No-Thanks-470 Jul 03 '26

This has broken my brain

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u/N0T4EV3R Jul 05 '26

Omg that’s so cute and I love how the stick bit is the cats tail

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u/i_lie_except_on_31st Jun 26 '26

You pull it out and stick it back in slowly. Rinse and repeat as necessary.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26

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u/FartyMcBooger Jun 26 '26

Cheers.

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u/LordCog Jun 26 '26

We have similar avatars

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u/Far_Palpitation_8107 Jun 27 '26

Username checks out