Chilly Pops, LLC started out in the kitchen of Peggy Bartosh years ago with her, her husband and their two daughters. They made popsicles all the time while their kids were growing up. In 2000, Peggy came down with a rare and deadly form of cancer. She visited MD Anderson’s in Houston, Texas where she was told she needed to eat fresh fruits and vegetables along with their seeds. She was told to come up with ways to eat those fruits and vegetables in a way that tasted good to her. Frozen paletas/popsicles and smoothies were her favorite food items during her year of high dose chemo/rituxin treatments. We are happy to say that she is going on ten years cancer free.

In February of 2009, she lost her job as a Senior Marketing Manager for a company in Dallas, TX that was in the Senior Living Industry. Having overseen the marketing departments of numerous Senior Living Communities around the US, she had met with many seniors, as well as their adult children.

One thing all seniors have in common is they like popsicles and ice cream. While off work, Peggy decided she wanted to do something that was good for people, healthy and that would help cancer patients, heart patients, as well as nursing home patients who don’t want to eat.

Upon doing additional research on the nutritional value of the paletas she discovered that these were also great for weight control as they have little to no sugar and relatively low calorie content. Plus, they are made with all fresh fruits/vegetables that have to preservatives, etc. As a result of this background and experience, she decided to make her fruit/vegetable paletas/popsicles to share with others. She tested them out on friends and family. They were a big success!

She now has standing orders from friends, local businesses and family members. She also has her product in grocery stores throughout Nashville and Franklin, TN. They are good/healthy for people of all ages.