The Orange Push-Up Pop

It's 1972, I'm 6 years old riding in the backseat of my dad's Dodge Monaco. We stopped off at the Economy IGA on Millertown Pike and my parents bought us ice cream. My sister Pam picked her favorite, a brown cow and mom got a nutty buddy. I can't remember what dad got. Of course I got my favorite, an orange push-up pop!

The orange push-up pop was the perfect summertime treat. It was cold, sweet, and fun to eat. I can still feel the breeze blowing through my hair with one arm hanging out the window and the other holding my ice cream. We felt like kings and queens for a moment.Those were the days my friend.

Well, today we discovered that Ingles has their own orange push-up pops. They look almost identical to the ones that we used to get back in the day and they are just as tasty. There for about 15 minutes I felt like a little barefoot country boy again, enjoying myself as we headed down the road. Sure wish I could go back and do it all again.