Move over Pinkberry and the rest of the fro-yo purveyors: there’s a new craze in town! New York is embracing the latest trend in healthy culinary indulgences in the form of paletas, or in plain-speak, popcicles.

Paleta means little shovel or trowel in Spanish, and paleterias can be found selling them in any large Mexican neighborhood, first in Texas and California and now almost everywhere, including Locopops in North Carolina and Las Paletas in Nashville.

People’s Pops in New York’s Chelsea Market began as a local food initiative, intended to use and highlight native fruits. Now it offers artisanal popcicles in flavors like Rhubarb & Mint, Strawberry & Basil, and Plum & Sour Cherry, for $3.50 a pop!

Another artisan shop is the East Village’s Popbar, a branch of Milan’s Stick House, and it is a completely thought-out “concept” that is ready to be rolled out across the nation, with units that will be found in better urban neighborhoods and good malls. They use fruit, yogurt, and even cream to make gelato on a stick, what people in the ice cream industry call ice cream novelties.

For those who want to continue their popcicle experience into the night, hipster Mexican bar Diablo Royale Este offers the Hopsicle Experience. This adult version of a popcicle consists of a can of Tecate beer injected with simple syrup and lime juice, fitted with a wooden stick, and frozen for four days, whereupon the top is chopped off with a samurai sword and it is consumed with a popsicle stick. Sounds tasty.

We can’t wait to see the next artisanal version of a paleta, and to find out just how much New Yorkers will embrace their newly beloved frozen treats come winter!