I Love Locopops

$ 2.50 for a wonderful popsicle! I had the lavender cream and it was perfect. I can’t wait to go back to try other flavors!

I ordered the Milk malt ball and it was milky and creamy. It’s most similar to ice cream if you’re not looking for a fruity ice pop.

Very refreshing and healthy dessert option! This is the perfect treat on a warm day. Dozens of interesting flavor! I will be back.

The locopops were yummy the girl behind the counter was really different.
The locopop for our puppy was much enjoyed! The black currant pomegranate was delicious, the caramel sea salt tasted like butterscotch.
The person working behind the counter on May 11 around six pm was incredibly rude and sarcastic. Making it a very unpleasant visit.
I asked her for water and she said they did not have water. When pressed that they had given water in the past she grudgingly told me I could fill a baby cup of water from the bathroom.
We asked for a drip cup for the locopop and she said they didnt have drip cups even though they had supplied them many times and they were right behind her on the counter. When my daughter pointed to them, and said that she had been given those exact cups for this use on prior visits the girl actually sneered at her and said «those are used for something else» What?!
So between her giving us actual looks of disgust, sneering at us and rolling her eyes I asked if we were bothering her. Her sarcastic «have a good day» as we left confirmed that something was.

Yes, I will proudly own up to the fact that I am LOCO for Locopops! I literally walked past of group of young children acting crazy yesterday and can confirm that their mothers said, «stop acting crazy, you can act loco at Locopops!» I go crazy for all their fruity flavors and for only $ 2.50 a pop, you really can’t go wrong. {You can purchase kid-​sized pops for $ 1.50 and they are in the process of starting a gelato feature at the shop – prices TBD}.
Things you should know: the location is walking distance from Ninth Street, so if you’re touring Durham and end up on Ninth Street, walk to this shop!
Guest Star and Special pops change months. I both love and hate this feature because (1) some of my favorite pops have been the guest pops {guava grapefruit and passionfruit!!} but I also would die if I was never able to try those pops. I personally love the fruit pops over the cream pops, but to each his or her own. The mojito is excellent as well, but now they’ve added coconut to it, I cannot yet vouch for it!
Pick up a punch card, you’ll get every 10^th pop FREE! And believe me, it’s easy to buy ten pops!
Dog {and child} friendly – they’ve even got pops for your pets for $ 2/​each. Plus some {very used} books for your tots and the free temporary tattoos are always a big hit!
I rank Locopops at the top of my «to bring visitors» list because it’s fast, delicious, friendly and a long standing Durham staple!
This is my NINE-​HUNDRETH (not a word) review! The big 9.0.0! Although I feel that living in the Triangle (NC) number 9.1.9. should be extra special as well!

Cardamom Latte Pop
tastes like my favorite Turkish Coffee AND I LOVE this one so Much we are Buying at least One Box (28) and we are hurrying our purchase of a Yeti Competitor Cooler ! ! !
Mexican Chocolate
a 5 Unilocal star 2^nd place favorite
Salted Caramel
a very good 3^rd place finisher
Pistachio
Pomegranate
Cherry Limeade
Banana Chocolate Chip
Strawberries & Cream
These are the Flavors we checked out (I tasted ALL of these) on our First Visit (Four People)
Locopops are the MOST Gourmet Popsicles I have consumed! Makes me wish I lived in Brehville or even in the Locopops Parkinglot or even in their Dinning Room
Second Visit
4 – 29
We brought a Cooler, got a Dozen, my 7 were ALL Cardamom Latte ! ! ! ! ! I think my eBay Bride got 5 Pistachio

This is the first place that I’ve been that sells ice cream on a popsicle stick. They have truly mastered the ingredients and recipes for these ice cream popsicles. They are creamy and delicious. My favorite is the Mexican Caramel. They also have a rewards card so you can earn free popsicles. I go here with my friend and her family a lot, and sometimes with my husband. They have a cool outdoor area and a nice clean indoor space as well. Also, all of their popsicles are pretty much gluten-​free with the exception of the cookie ones. I know that I don’t have a whole lot of risk of cross-​contamination with ice cream scoops, mixing boards, and stuff like that. I live in Cary and would literally drive to Durham to stop at this place.

Mediocre flavors, terrible service. It’s popular only because it’s the only pop stand in town. I just watched the cashier counting PENNIES and all the other coins in the cash register instead of taking customer orders. Locopops, you have to do better.

The gourmet popsicle place in Durham. Great for a warm and sunny day. You’ll usually find a line. My favorite is the cookies and cream or Mexican chocolate. The pops here are come in two ways, like normal popsicle or ice cream popsicle. One’s made with ice cream are the best to me! Though you can’t go wrong with any of them because they are all handmade and delicious!

Cookies and cream. Hands down my favorite popsicle. So smooth and rich and they have full Oreos inside! I’ve eaten five in one sitting — no joke. I also love their strawberry and cream one too. Not too sweet and doesn’t taste artificial. Mexican chocolate is nice (has this lovely cinnamon kick). Pomegranate tangerine was alright (others love it; I’m just personally ambivalent to sorbets haha). LocoPops are definitely a treat!

What can you say about Loco Pops… Excellent local flavor small town atmosphere and great evening seating. Me and my wife love to go down to Loco’s after dinner and enjoy some dessert. We love this place all of the flavors are good. I especially like the chocolate brownie and the malted milk ball.

I love locopops! I came here with college friends for the nostalgia of the Locopops stand that used to be my favorite place to get a creamy popsicle after a long exam on Duke’s West campus.
Locopops is conveniently located near 9^th street with a small but adequate parking lot and a bright interior. I ordered the «special» flavor Thai Rice Pudding and my husband got a Cookies and Cream popsicle. The creamy popsicles are $ 5 and the fruity/​sorbet-​y popsicles are a bit less.
We ate our popsicles outside where I was delighted to find old freezers repurposed into garden planters with blooming flowers overflowing out of them. The Thai Rice Pudding popsicle was delicious with a dash of cinnamon and some other spices (cloves?), didn’t melt too fast, but fast enough that I had to slurp a little to get every bit of the creamy drops. I definitely recommend it. My husband’s Cookies and Cream was also good with big chunks of Oreos — always a classic Locopop flavor. We will be back for more Locopops!

After looking for a yummy dessert place I found Locopops, close to the 9^th Street district in Durham. I was super excited about this place and it did not disappoint. The place is small, afterall all of their inventory is just a bunch of freezers filled with hundreds of frozen treats (~$ 2.50/pop). I was pretty thirsty and the cashier recommended I get the pomegranate and spicy mango to compliment my thirst. Pomegranate was fruity and hit the spot. The spicy mango was definitely unique and you don’t quite taste the spice until the the end, after the ice cream dissolves. I probably wouldn’t order the mango again because of the after-​kick, I just like my mangoes sweet only.
Looking forward to returning to try their dozens of other flavors. Weather was in the low 80s so we were able to enjoy the outdoor seating although my second popsicle did start to melt before I could devour it. My (mexican) friend got the Mexican chocolate and he said it was pretty on point with authentic mexican chocolate… whatever that means? He wouldn’t go into details. he said I had to «experience it» for translation. It’s definitely on my list to try next!
Parking wasn’t so obvious. I missed the lot where you’re allowed to park in and instead parked across the street in the church parking lot (even though there were warning signs for towing). The cashier told me that other staff park there with no problem but she wasn’t 100% sure because she doesn’t have a car herself.
I loved this place so much that I may consider buying a dozen and storing them in my freezer for a late night treats. (The only challenge with that is the popsicles arent vaccum sealed, from the photo I posted you’ll see its loose ended and exposed) Hopefully they don’t melt before then since the weather had been scorching!
7÷31÷2015 — Returned to Lolopops and got the Mexican Chocolate — sooo good I could eat two! Also picked up a rewards card since I’m becoming a regular aka addict! 8 stamps so far and it’s only a matter of time before I clinch the most check-​ins! =)

Second to none. These popsicles convinced me to move to Durham from California. There is literally nothing more you could want in a popsicle — they have cream flavors and fruit flavors, and with each one you read, your face will get increasingly animated. Mexican Salted Caramel? Passionfruit Mojito? The cookies and cream flavor has giant Oreo chunks in it. They taste homemade. They are homemade. Locopops is everything that is wonderful about Durham. Forget paying 50 cents an ounce for froyo (although that has its time and place) or falling into a disastrous sugar coma after a too-​sweet ice cream cone. This is where it’s at.

Perfect for the summer time.
Super cute location, very kid and dog friendly.
The popsicles have such a great variety between juices and cream, which unique flavors like: cardamom latte, and coconut mojito; as well as more tradition flavors like: cookies n’ cream.
Here’s a tip that I learned from the employees. When you are trying to open the plastic, turn the popsicle around. Place the stick in your mouth, cover the plastic with your lips and blow until the vacuum seal has popped. Then take the wrapper off. Sorry if it sounds super dirty, it works nonetheless!
I will definitely be making more visits here

I Love Locopops is a homemade popsicle/​dessert place in Durham that focuses on natural, quality flavors that cater to both the young and young at heart in a child friendly environment.
My Overall Rating — 5 Stars (Atmosphere, Service, Food, Return)
Atmosphere — One thing I loved about Locopops is that this is NOT your hipster hangout. As you make your way in, you’ll notice small tables & chairs for kids, and tons of artwork hung on the walls from local schools, customers, kids, etc. I like this because they know that the best customers aren’t foodies who are ok with dropping $ 2.50 per popsicle (paleta), but instead the kid who takes a bite out of a unique, creamy Sea Salt Caramel popsicle and then sports a grin from ear to ear. Ok, maybe that was me too. 1 Star.
Service — Super nice people. We came on a weekday afternoon and it wasn’t too crowded. The I Love Locopops staff took the time to walk us through the flavors, make suggestions, and encouraged us to be bold in our choice. We spent some time chatting about their process of making the pops & it’s obvious the have a true passion around this. 1 Star.
Food — We ended up choosing 3 flavors: Sea Salt Caramel, Cookies & Cream, and Root Beer Float. All three were fantastic, with the first two being cream based. I loved the Sea Salt Caramel. The salt wasn’t too overbearing and made a great balance to the caramel. The Root Beer Float tasted exactly like a frozen root beer float, so if you’re fan of that flavor you’ll be happy to get it in frozen form. Also, the pops were $ 2.50 for each, which if you compare to buying the mass-​produced popicles at the super market it’s expensive, but to me it’s the perfect price for a high quality, unique, satisfying cold dessert experience. 2 Stars.
Will I Return? — No doubt about it. The next time I’m in Durham I’m going to reserve some time to visit I Love Locopops. They have seasonal & daily flavors along with best sellers no doubt I’ll be back. 1 Star.
My Unilocal Rating Scale (Sum of all parts):
1 Star — Atmosphere — Is it a cool dive? Perhaps an upscale place? No matter the type, atmosphere plays a big part and I’ll give a star if I like it or thinks it has great charm.
1 Star — Service — You can have a great meal with bad service. But that’s also what can make a five star joint drop to four. It’s important to the dining experience that service is great and on point.
2 Stars — Food — I’ll award up to two stars for the food, since this is the main reason we dine out. Sometimes the extra star is given for value, but it’s really all about the food.
1 Star — Will I come back? — If I know for a fact I’ll return, I’ll give this a star. A place has to make an impression for me to return.
Each Category can be given up to 1 star except food (2 stars) because I consider all these categories important to the overall dining experience. I will sum them up to provide my final Unilocal score.

This place was hopping! They have pops for kids, pups, and vegans. Only one girl was working in front and she was fast, informative and friendly even when the line was out the door. I had the mexican chocolate– Delish! Especially, if you like chocolate, cinnamon and clove. Mmm

Locopops serves up some delicious treats for your sweet tooth! I can foresee coming here many more times to try out more of their interesting popsicle flavors. It was a pretty warm day and I was in search of something sweet and cool. I was leaning towards just getting a cup of froyo and then I discovered Locopops was on my way home thanks to Unilocal.Popsicles sounded like an interesting alternative to the usual froyo so I decided to pop in. They’ve got a great selection of cream based or water based popsicles and really creative flavors too. I decided to try a brownie chocolate popsicle and got a mexican chocolate popsicle to take home. I looved the brownie chocolate popsicle– if you’re a lover of chocolate I think you’ll enjoy this one. The chunks of soft brownie embedded in the creamy chocolate are just delicious! I’m excited to try the Mexican Chocolate popsicle waiting for me in the freezer when my next sweet craving hits.
They had some interesting seasonal flavors too like Apple Pie, Pumpkin Spice, and Chocolate Chile. I’m hoping to visit again soon before they stop selling the Apple Pie so I can try that one! The prices are right and easy on your wallet at $ 2.25 a pop ;) I like that they sell baby pops so you can get a smaller portion (and it’s only a $ 1.50) too.
Can’t wait to come back!

Mom and I got each a Popsicle here tonight! Mine was a fudge brownie one and hers was pomegranate tangerine! We loved them! Totally coming again this week!

Now this is the perfect ice cream place. Had their Mexican Chocolate. Not super sweet, not super cinnamonny. Perfect thickness.
Plus they have pops for dogs! Beef and Chicken flavour. They just need to add a bacon flavoured pop for dogs and they will get 5 stars on the puppy version of Unilocal.
Plus just 3.50 for a pint. Wish I could take it on the plane back to Philly. I hope they make it big and then open up a Philly location

Yum! Thank goodness our fire alarm went off in our apartment complex and forced us out of the house on this rainy Monday. As we drove around aimlessly I remembered I wanted to try this place out. Girl behind the counter was really sweet and informative and went through the listing and hubby finally decided on the key lime flavor of the month while I went against my initial default (cookies and cream anything) since the chocolate brownie sounded delightful. I’m glad I didn’t go with my gut because it was delicious. Chunks of brownie blended perfectly with the creamy goodness on a stick. Hubs loved his key lime but it had little crust, though he didn’t complain. Can’t wait to try another flavor (although our first two choices are hard to pass up now that we enjoyed them so much).

This is a place that serves ice cream on a stick. That’s it. I appreciate it when businesses do one thing and do it well, and Locopops has mastered the art of ice cream on a stick.
There are lots of flavors to choose from, including vegan and gluten free options. I had a chocolate brownie popsicle, and my husband got cookies and cream. They were both delicious. The brownie pieces tasted fresh, not like the dense clumps of chocolate you get in store-​bought «brownie» ice cream. And for under $ 5 for two pops, the price was right too.

We came here on a drizzly day, and the store was completely empty, but the popsicles were still so magical! I can imagine on hot, sunny days the place would be packed. The flavors were really unique. I had a lemongrass one, and my husband had a miso one (that he was not the biggest fan of) but I love the idea of a gourmet popsicle shop!

I visited Locopops for the first time today and I am already looking forward to going back soon to try some more flavors!
It was a hot day and I was in the area, so I decided to head to Locopops to cool off. There were lots of interesting flavors to choose from, but I felt like something fruity, so I went with one of their specials of the day, strawberry lemonade. It was very refreshing and very tasty. I think it is cool how they also have pup pops for dogs, next time I will bring my dog to enjoy one.
I had three kids with me who all tried different flavors, including cookies and cream (with big pieces of Oreos inside– yum), butter pecan and strawberries and cream. I like that they have different sizes of popsicles available including the baby pops, which are just smaller portions — the perfect size for the 4 year old that was there with me!
It’s a small shop but they have benches outside as well as tables for days when it isn’t too hot. The prices are pretty reasonable. Definitely a nice treat for a hot summer day!

Usually I am not a big sweets oriented person, but with Locopops I make an exception. These water based and/​or cream based popsicles have a little more going for them than the average ones you’d buy in the freezer section of your local supermarket. I’ve enjoyed Locopops both from their mobile cart and their Durham location and I am very satisfied with this treat.
Locopops really stand out as having unique flavor combinations and tasty innovative twists on the popsicle. I tend to stay more with the water based ones than the cream ones, just a personal preference. My faves have been the Pomegranate-​Tangerine and the Grape-​Limeade combos, yum yum and yum. I hear buzz that the Mexican Chocolate one is pretty popular actually. From their extensive choice of unique flavors and combinations, there is one that is bound to be up your alley. Great variety and you just can’t beat the tasty results.
Bottom line: Awesome unique flavor combinations and a large variety of choices on their menu make this popsicle stop the way to go to satisfy your sweet tooth. I am definitely loco for some Locopops, a great frozen treat!

Love love love. Only in Durham :). Lots of options both creamy and ice Locopops. They are only a couple of dollars so a nice cheap treat. My fav is cookies and cream because they have large chunks of oreo and usually even a whole oreo in it. But mexican chocolate, and strawberries and cream are also awesome (clearly I prefer the creamy pops).
They do a lot of crazy flavors… and out of the many many times I have gone I have found one I didn’t like (something tomato. so don’t get that one) but most of the time they are great.
They even have one for a dog! They are frozen beef or chicken with a rawhide as the stick.

Just had my first Locopops experience and I am pleased. Fast service, good recommendations, and a delicious paleta. We ordered a chocolate brownie and a cookies and cream (big chunks of almost-​whole Oreos!), both of which were delicious.
I will be back to try some other flavors. Though the milk-​based took the cake this time, I will eventually have to test out the highly recommended water-​based flavors.

My mother in law has been talking about this place for awhile now and we finally decided to stop in. She takes my nephew about every week — she lives within walking distance — and raves about how good it is.
She recommended the mexican chocolate but quickly remembered it has cinnamon in it — which is a DEFINITE NO for me… i HATE cinnamon… so I was a little disappointed because I’ve heard how good it is.
I opted for the strawberry and cream and it was pretty good. The hubs got chocolate brownie and loved it.
It was an easy walk from my mother in law’s house which is AWESOME. who doesn’t love a nice walk after dinner to get dessert!