My five-year-old is a popsicle connoisseur; he has opinions on everything from the color and texture to the flavor and packaging. When the warm weather returns, he will announce solemnly, "It's popscle time, Mama," and remind me to add them to the grocery list.

The other day I mentioned that we could make our own popsicles and he stared at me with gigantic eyes. "WE CAN?!?" he demanded. "HOW DO WE DO THAT?" Well, I said, we need a recipe ... "FIND ONE!" he insisted. So I did.

Simply Recipes, which is one of my favorite food sites, has a wonderful and simple recipe for juice popsicles; it includes recommendations about where to get good molds, should you need those, too. Easy Kids Recipies has several variations, including a root beer float-cicle that sounds great to me (my son says not, it's not a REAL popsicle). Cooks.com has a nice selection of fruit-based pop recipes, for a more nutritious alternative.

Not really in the mood to MAKE the popsicles? My son would like to recommend Edy's fruit bars; the variety packages are a nice choice because the pops are small-ish and you get three flavors in each box. And of course there's always the classic Popsicle, with the joke written on the stick. Those are fun, too.