If so,you have an 11-year-old boy named frank epperson to thank. One winter day in 1905,young epperson was making soda pop by mixing powdered soda and water.he accidentally left the mixing bucket outdide with the mixing stick in it overnight. That night , the temperature reached freezing. In the morning , eppersondiscovered that the fruit-flavored liquid had frozen to the stick. Although he tried and liked his invention ,