Friendly's or baskin robbins or some such had a family size watermelon slice in a box that had chocolate chip "seeds." Going back 25-30 years or so. Looked interesting, but insufficiently compelling for an impecunious newlywed to spring for. My wife thought it looked pretty, but knew that my ice cream machine could do better than some commercialised seaweed compromied artificially flavored junk, so we bought a real watermelon and some half&half and had a creative afternoon with enough left over to take to my parents for Sunday dinner next day.

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Friendly's used to have a watermelon "roll" that sounds like what you are describing. It was a half a log of ice cream and when you sliced it, it looked like a slice of watermelon. It had strawberry inside and a green ice cream "rind". I don't remember if there were chocolate chip seeds or not.
It was pretty good.

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Yeah, the Friendly's watermelon roll. It was actually made of sherbet, and the inside was watermelon flavored (with, indeed, chocolate chip "seeds") and it had a lemon-flavored "rind" with a very thin green layer on the outside to make it look like a real watermelon. I presume the green layer was lime, but I can't remember really. I used to LOVE getting that in the summer for my birthday (I'm a july baby - I used to specifically request it for my party!)

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I hate to be picky... but it's actually called the Wattamelon Roll (I suppose it was to have something to do with the typical New England accent, dropping our r's and all).

You can still get it at Friendly's restaurants and (possibly) grocery stores in New England. Though it doesn't come conveniently on a stick, like this one does.

That "popsicle" looks absolutely scrumptious!

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yup, and they still have it. I picked one up at Costco or BJ's for a summer bbq last year.

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The Korean watermelon-sickle indeed looks both pretty and possibly very tasty. Watermelon is a great flavor.

But I don't like the idea of the chocolate seeds! Chocolate: yum. Watermelon: yum. But together? I predict: yuck!


(Is Crabby always this grouchy? Afraid so. After you've finished reading all the fine posts at Slashfood, you'll certainly have better things to do than visit http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/)

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There is also the Watermelon Bomb Pop. Doesn't look like a watermelon, but it does have a green outside, red inside, and little black candy seeds.

http://www.bombpop.com/treats/Products.aspx?categoryId=1

It's on page 2.

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My heart will always belong to the Good Humor Catcher's Mitt/Baseball Glove. It is, after all, the only popsicle you can high-five. Still, that looks pretty darn tasty.

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I visited Korea at least once a year as a kid, and these would be one of the things I always looked forward to. Though the chocolate bit might sound weird, in practice, it actually tastes great because the chocolate flavor is not overwhelming at all. These were easily my favorite ice cream/popsicle type thing to eat in Korea [and it gets really hot and humid during the summers there, so cold food consumption is important!]. Ah, the memories...

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Gods this article brings me back to like 14 years ago when I first tried them (think they also came out around that time).

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In Israel, they actually do have Watermelon Popsicles. They're bright red and green, and don't look nearly as good as this. I can't imagine this one's taste, but I'm sure it tastes much better than the fake watermelon taste of a treat I had as a child.

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too beautiful to eat.......yum

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I got a flashback reading about if there was a watermelon shaped ice cream treat back in yesteryear...


I'm thinking it was a crescent shaped wedge on a stick, came in a box of about 6 to 8, and there were two other shapes included... I'm thinking banana and a baseball mitt. Reading what I'm writing makes me seem i'm smokin' a good one, but I distinctly remember this watermelon shaped treat... will trying hard-searching with more depth online...

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