An ice cream bar is a
frozen dessert
Frozen dessert is a dessert made by freezing liquids, semi-solids, and sometimes solids. They may be based on flavored water ( shave ice, ice pops, sorbet, snow cones), on fruit purées (such as sorbet), on milk and cream (most ice creams, ...
featuring
ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as Chocolate, cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches. Food ...
on a
stick. The confection was patented in the US in the 1920s, with one invalidated in 1928.
Description
An ice cream bar is a
frozen dessert
Frozen dessert is a dessert made by freezing liquids, semi-solids, and sometimes solids. They may be based on flavored water ( shave ice, ice pops, sorbet, snow cones), on fruit purées (such as sorbet), on milk and cream (most ice creams, ...
on a stick. It features
ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as Chocolate, cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches. Food ...
, distinguishing it from an
ice pop
An ice pop is a liquid/cream-based frozen dessert on a stick. Unlike ice cream or sorbet, which are whipped while freezing to prevent ice crystal formation, an ice pop is frozen while at rest, becoming a solid block of ice with an icy textur ...
, which does not contain any ice cream. Ice cream bars are often dipped and covered in
chocolate
Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavoring, flavor other foods.
Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (''Theobroma cacao''); unprocesse ...
.
History
In the US, the
Eskimo Pie chocolate bar was invented in Iowa by a pharmacy owner named Chris Nelson, who was inspired by a boy named Douglas Ressenden who could not decide between candy and ice cream.
They were named "I-Scream-Bars" in the original test run.
One of the earliest advertisements for Eskimo Pies appeared in the November 3, 1921 issue of the ''Iowa City Press-Citizen''. A patent was awarded in 1922,
but invalidated in 1928.
According to the
Good Humor ice cream company, confectioner
Harry Burt invented ice cream on a stick in 1920, and was granted a patent in 1923.
This product also was enrobed in chocolate, and other products were produced.
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
, 1938
Gallery
File:GH-strawberry-shortcake-ice-cream-bar.jpg, Strawberry shortcake
Strawberry shortcake may refer to:
* Strawberry shortcake (dessert), a shortcake served with strawberries
* Strawberry Shortcake, a cartoon character and franchise created by American Greetings
** Strawberry Shortcake (TV series), ''Strawberry Sho ...
ice cream bar
File:ロッテZEROビスケットクランチチョコバー香る焙煎抹茶 - 2.jpg, Green tea ice cream
or matcha ice (抹茶アイス ''matcha aisu'') is ice cream flavored with matcha, or green tea. It is popular in Japan and other parts of East Asia. Matcha ice cream has been available in the United States since the late-1970s, primarily in Jap ...
bar
File:Taro ice cream bar1.jpg, Taro
Taro (; ''Colocasia esculenta'') is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and Petiole (botany), petioles. Taro corms are a ...
ice cream bar
File:Crunky Ice cream 2.jpg, Crunky ice cream bar
File:Three Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bars.jpg, alt=Three outstretched hands old popsicle sticks holding ice cream bars shaped like the silhouette of Mickey Mouse's head, Ice cream bars shaped like the silhouette of Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white ...
's head.
See also
*
Choc ice
*
Magnum
External links
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References
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