Klondike bar
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| Product type | Ice Cream Bar |
| Owner | Unilever (Good Humor-Breyers) |
| Country | Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Introduced | 1922 |
| Markets | USA/Canada |
| Previous owners | Isaly Dairy Company (1922) |
| Tagline | "What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar?" |
| Website | klondikebar.com |
Klondike is a brand name for a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate.
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History [edit]
The first recorded advertisement for the Klondike was on February 5, 1922 in the Youngstown Vindicator. They are generally wrapped with a silver-colored wrapper, upon which the mascot for the brand, a polar bear, appears. In the UK, the generic name for this type of dessert is choc ice. Unlike many similar frozen treats, the Klondike bar does not possess a stick for a handle, as opposed to a traditional ice pop, a point often touted in advertising.
The Klondike bar was created by the Isaly Dairy Company of Mansfield, Ohio in the early 1920s and named after the Klondike River of Alaska and Canada.[1] Rights to the name were eventually sold to Good Humor-Breyers, part of Unilever. It is known for its jingle slogan, "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?".
The Klondike Bar was also the first created ice cream bar with Good Humor taking the idea and adding a handle or stick to become the first ice cream bar on a stick.
Varieties [edit]
Many types of Klondike bar have been sold:
- Six original Flavors in 1922 with chocolate coating:
- Vanilla
- Strawberry
- Chocolate
- Maple
- Cherry
- Dark Chocolate (Dark Chocolate Shell with Vanilla Ice Cream)
- Orange
- Krunch bars (with crisped rice in coating)
- Heath bar bars (with Heath toffee in coating)
- York peppermint patty bars (with peppermint ice cream)
- Neapolitan bars (with neapolitan ice cream)
- Planters caramel and peanut bars (with nougat-flavored ice cream)
- Triple chocolate bars (Chocolate shell with chocolate ice cream plus chocolate syrup between the shell and the ice cream)
- Butter bars (with vanilla ice cream)
- Caramel pretzel bars (with caramel coating)
- Cappuccino bars (with coffee-flavored ice cream)
- Chocolate bars (with chocolate ice cream)
- Hershey with almond bars (with Hershey chocolate and almonds)
- Whitehouse cherry (vanilla ice cream with cherries)
- Strawberry cheesecake bars (with swirls of strawberry syrup and pie crust)
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (with peanut butter cup pieces)
- Oreo (with "cookies and cream" ice cream) (USA only, though this same product exists in Canada, it is not under the Klondike brand)
- Rocky Road
- Mint Chocolate Chip
- Double Chocolate
- Fudge Brownie
Additionally, the following products have borne the Klondike name:
- Minis Snack Size Vanilla Ice Cream Bars
- Slim-a-Bear Premium Fudge Bar
- CarbSmart Ice Cream Bars
- CarbSmart Fudge Bars
- Klondike Nuggets – similar to Bon Bons and sold during the late 80s[2]
- Choco Taco
Klondike ice cream was founded after the Eskimo Pie ice cream product. Eskimo Pie was the originator of the ice cream and chocolate bar. Eskimo Pie brand confectionery was sold by CoolBrands International, a Canadian company that acquired Eskimo Pie Corporation in 2000. On January 24, 2007, CoolBrands announced the sale of its Eskimo Pie and Chipwich brands to Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, an indirect subsidiary of Nestlé.[3]
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References [edit]
- ^ Butko, Brian. Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly's. Stackpole Books (July, 2001). ISBN 0-8117-2844-7
- ^ "KCOP Commercials (April 29, 1987) – Part 2 – Video Dailymotion". Dailymotion.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "History of Eskimo Pie Corporation – FundingUniverse". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
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This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (November 2008) |
- Butko, Brian. Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly's. Stackpole Books (July, 2001). ISBN 0-8117-2844-7
- COMPANY NEWS; Kraft Settlement By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 24, 1988 [1]
- AROUND THE NATION; Polar B'ar Link Sought In Death of Florida Man: AP Published: July 26, 1986 [2]
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