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    +1: I think this probably one of the more important reasons. Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 4:55
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    Yes, I've held plenty of plastic things that have come out of my freezer. Unless they are very thick and/or filled with something, it's not uncomfortable to hold them at all. Put a disposable plastic spoon in your freezer and take it out after a few hours. It's not uncomfortable to hold. That's about the equivalent of what we're talking about here. Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 7:08
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    @Athanasius I prepared some home-made ice bar with disposable plastic spoons -- they were not quite thick enough to manage the weight and biting forces. So I guess you'll need more material. (Or I need better spoons.) Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 12:17
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    @Raphael - Point taken. I wasn't literally suggesting making ice cream bars with plastic spoons, though. My point was: with a piece of plastic of roughly that size and thickness, did you find your hand getting frozen to the plastic (or at least significantly uncomfortable holding the spoon), as this answer suggests? Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 14:36
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    @Raphael - while you're right, the question is whether the difference is significant enough to cause discomfort. I updated my answer below with detailed thermal properties of the two materials (which aren't nearly as different as this answer claims), as well as a link to a site that reviewed dozens of different types of plastic popsicle molds, most of which had plastic sticks. If you can find a link discussing actual plastic popsicle sticks (which clearly exist) which claims they are significantly uncomfortable to hold, I'd be interested. Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 15:12