Warm ice cream () is a Polish

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made of

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-based

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topped by

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, or other topping, and presented in a

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cup, resembling soft serve ice cream, and as such giving name to the dessert. Relatively cheap, it is also high in calories. The Polish weekly ''

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, one of ersatz foods, along with

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. Its production was renewed in modern Poland as part of

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. Similar

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, including

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'' Schokoküsse'', Danish '' Flødeboller'', and the

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i '' Krembo'' were also called "warm ice cream" in Poland. In Hungary a similar dessert is called ''télifagyi'' ("

winter ice cream Winter ice cream ( or ' ) is a Hungary, Hungarian confectionery similar in appearance to ice cream in a Ice cream cone, cone, but traditionally having ganache or a similar kind of sweet cream filling with usually a chocolate-Cocoa solids, cocoa f ...

"). It was invented and reached the height of its popularity during Soviet times, but is still widely available.Télifagyi
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