“Every single popsicle is made here,” she said Wednesday at her new location on Hutchison Boulevard. “I play around; I have fun with it. The Coffee and Brownie I made to try, and it was a real hit. It actually has chunks of brownie in it, and the brownies are made here. The Orange Cream is an old flavor — and I make it with fresh orange juice squeezed here.”
Popsicles are referred to as “polos” in owner Jazmina Barragan’s native Venezuela, while her husband, Silvino Barragan, grew up making “paletas” in Mexico.
“His father made popsicles in Mexico,” Jazmina said. “Everybody had to help. For them, it’s a family tradition to make them. They had a lot more basic flavors — mango, pineapple, lime, strawberry, cookies and cream, and banana.”
Silvino owns Los Rancheros with his brother Ismael Barragan, and the Barragan brothers own Diego’s Burrito Factory with Jazmina’s brother, Omar Taleb. (Diego’s is named after the 10-year-old son of Jazmina and Silvino.)