24 Responses to “The Sacred Fellowship of the Monster Pop”

1. Anthony
   April 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

   

   Lol! To quote Pippin from the movie “Great! Where are we going?” :p

   That’s great. Awesome work.

2. Metal Misfit
   April 20th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

   

   Well done, sir. I commend you in your efforts for unraveling the mystery of Monster Pops.

   Look, ma– I’ve given others a purpose in their life!

3. The Retroist
   April 20th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

   

   You are the guru of frozen confections M. We will find these. So be ready for out next quest.

4. Metal Misfit
   April 20th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

   

   Once we get Monster Pops out of the way… McDonald’s peppermint sundaes are next!

5. Anthony
   April 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm

   

   The Quest never truly ends; A new one simply begins.

6. Alice in Retroland
   April 24th, 2008 at 10:41 am

   

   Are you talking about these:

   http://www.american-candy.de

   if so, then … I’ll have to tell you that the taste is … well lets say interesting…

7. The Retroist
   April 24th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

   

   Alice – awesome name. So good.

   Sadly these are not them, but they do look interesting? An interesting taste? Interesting – good or interesterting – horrible?

8. Alice in Retroland
   April 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

   

   Well, there are people who find the smell of a skunk interesting, alas two of the flavours taste okish, the others are more or less inedible.

9. The Retroist
   April 24th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

   

   Interesting. What are the flavors exactly?

10. Alice in Retroland
    April 25th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    

    Cola – tastes a little bit like Royal Crown
    Raspberry – artificial taste but still fruity
    the other two are Lemon and Strawberry – and the words “artificial taste” don’t do justice – somebody has to invent a latin based neologism to describe that chemical, tangy, buzzing taste – or it was one of the beers beforehand which wrecked my taste buds (no pun intended).

11. mmellimel
    June 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    

    I have an old box somewhere in my stuff. It’ll take me liek a year to dig it out though. It was a black box with the pictures of The Wherewolf, Dracula, and Mummy maybe there was one other. They were Orange Cherry and Grape…I don’t remember a white one. The other ones were Vampire Pops. Black cherry with cherry oooze inside. mmm I wish they still made these.

12. The Retroist
    June 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    

    Please do dig it up! I would love to see it. Do you think you could post a picture?

13. Metal Misfit
    June 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 am

    

    mmellimel, you’d be our hero if you could capture a pic of this box!

14. Mark
    June 6th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    

    You would be more than a hero. You’d be a saint!

15. mmellimel
    August 2nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    

    For sure I’ll post a picture when I find it. :)

16. The Retroist
    August 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    

    Mighty! I hope to see one soon.

17. Stephanie
    June 10th, 2009 at 1:38 am

    

    Everyone I know thinks I am crazy because I am obsessing about how I miss these Dracula popsicles when I was a kid. Apparently none of my friends remember them except for my brother and me. I remember they were grape flavored or something, but the inside had thick cherry “blood” sauce. I wish to God that I could remember the name of them so I can see if anyone still makes them. Any thoughts?

18. The Retroist
    June 10th, 2009 at 9:17 am

    

    Stephanie – You are not crazy at all. You are remembering (I think) Good Humor’s “Vampire’s Secret” or the larger “Vampire’s Deadly Secret”. Look something like this?

    http://www.retroist.com/?attachment_id=4029

19. NaTaS
    June 28th, 2009 at 3:48 am

    

    I completly remember having them at least once a week.

    I can remmeber that the front of the box the image was the 4 cartoon images of the skeleton, dracula, The Creature and a grape one… can’t remember that as well because I didn’t like grape back then. (Dracula was my favorite. was Red and cherry flavored. I remember that reallly well.)

    anyway.. was the 4 cartoon images with their corrosponding popsickles below them. kinda fanned out like how you would hold cards in your hand.

    My mom and dad bought them for me and my brother when we were pretty little I’ll say six. so that would have been 1987.

20. Steph
    July 6th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    

    I am so glad that I am not alone. I used to eat “Monster Pops” when I was younger and loved them. I think I remember Drac, Creature, skeleton and mummy. I am really confused why no one remembers them. It’s not like they were for certain kids only. I hope one day we will figure out all our answers.

21. mmellimel
    October 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    

    I have the proof! They are actually called (on the wrappers)”Fun Shapes” (3-D Monster Fun Shapes) I only have the wrappers now..I still haven’t found the box just yet. As soon as I do I will get pictures. We bought these at Kroger in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The wrapper says: This product is manufactured under license from DCA. “Fun Shapes” is a trademark of DCA. copyright 1981 DCA Food Industries, Inc. Patents Pending. I’m sending the picture now to Retroist and Metal Misfit for them to post.

22. The Retroist
    October 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    

    Posted on the site – I am sure MM is gonna be very excited as well:

    http://www.retroist.com/2009/10/09/proof-that-monster-pops-existed/

23. Helloskinny
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    

    I can’t believe someone found them! I thought this one of those things that was just gonna bug me for the rest of my life. Can’t wait to see the box.

24. mmellimel
    November 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    

    I found the box..finally! Now all we have to do is track down that inflatable toy. I bet there are tons of them sitting in a warehouse somewhere.