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| Course | Dessert |
|---|---|
| Serving temperature | Cold |
| Main ingredients | Ice cream (typicallyvanilla flavour) chocolate |
Achoc ice (British English) orice cream bar (American English) is a frozendessert generally consisting of a rectangular block ofice cream—typicallyvanilla flavour—which is thinly coated withchocolate. Related products may also include other fillings with the ice cream and be styled similar tocandy bars. The term has also been used as aracial slur.
A choc ice is a generic frozendessert generally consisting of a rectangular block ofice cream—typicallyvanilla flavour—which is thinly coated withchocolate.
Ice cream enrobed in chocolate was invented in the 1920s. ConfectionerHarry Burt invented the chocolate-enrobed ice cream on a stick in 1920,[1] and was granted a patent in 1923.[2][3] In 1921,[4] theEskimo Pie chocolate bar was invented inIowa by a pharmacy owner named Chris Nelson,[5] who was inspired by a boy named Douglas Ressenden who could not decide between candy and ice cream;[6][7] a patent was awarded in 1922, but invalidated in 1928.[6][3] TheKlondike bar was also invented in 1922.[8][1][9] In Britain in the 1970's and 1980's choc ices were often jokingly referred to as the cheaper working class alternative to buying more expensive ice creams from ice cream vans.
In many countries, there are numerous versions of this dessert which are produced under many different brand names.
A notable American brand isKlondike,[10][11] which introduced its Klondike bar in the United States in 1922.[12] Related products include frozenconfections that enrobe fillings with the ice cream and appear similar tocandy bars (e.g.,Snickers ice cream bars[13]).
The termchoc ice has also become aracial slur used to describe any person who is figuratively "black on the outside, white on the inside".[14][15]
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