King of Pops

Specialty Food Artisan

, VA 23230

King of Pops

Specialty Food Artisan

About

King of Pops started with a couple thousand bucks, a used ice cream pushcart, and a whole lot of luck. Our success is due to amazing community support which we’ve received since day one. We do our best to respond to that support with love, gratitude and some laughs.

We work really hard to be an example of business doing good – our purpose is to create Unexpected Moments of Happiness. Come have a pop, stop by our patio or do some yoga with us. Mainly we just hope you’re doing great.

Programs and Partners

Production Practices

Our first priority is to make a great product. If you don’t, none of the other stuff really matters.

We started King of Pops after being inspired by the Paleta, which is famous in Latin America. While both are usually sweet and frozen on a stick, the similarities between the traditional Paleta and the Popsicles we grew up with pretty much end there.

The Paleta starts with fresh fruit and interesting flavor combinations. When we first started many of our flavors were inspired by the classics of our southern neighbors. Flavors like, Pineapple Habanero, Arroz con Leche and Tamarind.

We still make some of these flavors, but over time we’ve realized that our most delicious pops are inspired by the South. Flavors like Banana Puddin’, Peach, Blackberry Ginger Lemonade and Chocolate Sea Salt are what we’re known for.

As our business grew our pops got better and we began to realize how important it is to source from great suppliers.

We source our dairy for our pops from Working Cow – a New Zealand Style Grazing dairy. They support local infrastructure and their grazing operations sequester carbon. All of their cows have access to pasture the entire day all year long because they believe in a barn free environment for their cows.

We are endlessly looking for new farms to partner with and in 2013 we started our own farm – King of Crops – to grow great ingredients. It’s an effort to become a bigger part of the community and hopefully engage our neighbors in their food in a new way. We hope to teach people about sustainable farming so that the ideas can spread.

Location

Richmond, VA

Manager

Nils Nelson