Choc ice
Encyclopedia
A Choc ice is a generic frozen dessert
Dessert
In cultures around the world, dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food. The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French desservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve." Common Western desserts include cakes, biscuits,...

 generally consisting of a block of rectangular ice cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...

, typically vanilla
Vanilla
Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the Mexican species, Flat-leaved Vanilla . The word vanilla derives from the Spanish word "", little pod...

 flavour. A common variant is purported to be rum and raisin flavour. A choc-ice is coated with a thin layer of chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...

 or chocolate flavoured shell and does not have a stick. In many countries, there are numerous versions of this dessert produced under different brand names. One notable brand is Klondike
Klondike bar
Klondike is a brand name for a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate-flavored coating. The first recorded advertisement for the Klondike was on February 5, 1922 in the Youngstown Vindicator. They are generally wrapped with a silver-colored...

. Choc ice sales are greatly increased during the summer months and on warmer days. The first one was sold in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

in 1921. The concept was patented in the UK and sold on to major confectionary brands such as Walls. The Inheriting Family still holds many Beneficiaries .
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK