Choc ice
{{Short description|Frozen dessert}}
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A choc ice (British English) or ice cream bar (American English) is a frozen dessert generally consisting of a rectangular block of ice cream—typically vanilla flavour—which is thinly coated with chocolate. Related products may also include other fillings with the ice cream and be styled similar to candy bars. The term has also been used as a racial slur.
Description
A choc ice is a generic frozen dessert generally consisting of a rectangular block of ice cream—typically vanilla flavour—which is thinly coated with chocolate.
History
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Ice cream enrobed in chocolate was invented in the 1920s. Confectioner Harry Burt invented the chocolate-enrobed ice cream on a stick in 1920,{{Cite web |last=geschenke2015 |date=2016-09-08 |title=Ohio's Ice Cream Innovation: The Novelty Bar |url=https://dannwoellertthefoodetymologist.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/ohios-ice-cream-innovation-the-novelty-bar/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=dannwoellertthefoodetymologist |language=en |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210041750/https://dannwoellertthefoodetymologist.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/ohios-ice-cream-innovation-the-novelty-bar/ |url-status=live }} and was granted a patent in 1923.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/our-history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812114523/https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/our-history.html |archive-date=2020-08-12 |access-date=2020-08-19 |website=Good Humor |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Why Ice Cream Soared in Popularity During Prohibition |url=https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibition |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=History.com |date=28 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221092639/https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibition |url-status=live }} In 1921,{{Cite web |date=2011-09-14 |title=The History of Ice Cream |url=http://www.papafilipou.com/ice-cream/the-history-of-ice-cream |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=PAPAFiLiPOU.COM |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209215221/http://www.papafilipou.com/ice-cream/the-history-of-ice-cream |url-status=live }} the Eskimo Pie chocolate bar was invented in Iowa by a pharmacy owner named Chris Nelson,{{Cite web |title=Eskimo Pie Corporation Records {{!}} Collection {{!}} search=null {{!}} SOVA |url=https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0553#:~:text=Biographical%20/%20Historical,-Biographical%20/%20Historical&text=Eskimo%20Pie,%20America%27s%20first%20chocolate,in%20royalties%20on%20his%20product. |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=sova.si.edu |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325220440/https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0553#:~:text=Biographical%20/%20Historical,-Biographical%20/%20Historical&text=Eskimo%20Pie,%20America%27s%20first%20chocolate,in%20royalties%20on%20his%20product. |url-status=live }} who was inspired by a boy named Douglas Ressenden who could not decide between candy and ice cream;{{cite web |last1=Duan |first1=Charles |date=20 October 2015 |title=Ice Cream Patent Headache |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/10/what_the_history_of_eskimo_pies_says_about_software_patents_today.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718151049/http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/10/what_the_history_of_eskimo_pies_says_about_software_patents_today.html |archive-date=18 July 2018 |access-date=26 October 2017 |website=Slate}}{{cite web |title=Eskimo Pies |url=http://firstmention.com/eskimopies.aspx |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711193816/http://firstmention.com/eskimopies.aspx |archive-date=2007-07-11 |access-date=2007-08-12}} a patent was awarded in 1922, but invalidated in 1928. The Klondike bar was also invented in 1922.{{Cite web |title=Ice Cream History - Discover Amazing Facts and Folklore |url=https://www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com/history-of-ice-cream.html |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Homemade-Dessert-Recipes.com |archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202161631/https://www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com/history-of-ice-cream.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=In 1922, Klondike bars sold for just 10 cents apiece. They're technically cheaper now |url=https://www.cbs58.com/news/in-1922-klondike-bars-sold-for-just-10-cents-apiece-theyre-technically-cheaper-now |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=CBS58 |language=en |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819182158/https://www.cbs58.com/news/in-1922-klondike-bars-sold-for-just-10-cents-apiece-theyre-technically-cheaper-now |url-status=live }}
Brands
In many countries, there are numerous versions of this dessert which are produced under many different brand names.
A notable American brand is Klondike,{{Cite web|url=https://www.klondikebar.com/|title=Klondike|website=klondikebar.com|date=17 January 2021|accessdate=17 January 2021|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215043056/https://www.klondikebar.com/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.unileverusa.com/news/press-releases/2014/klondike-introduces-the-best-ice-cream-bar-ever-conceived.html|title=Klondike introduces the best ice cream bar ever conceived!|website=unileverusa.com|date=14 April 2014|accessdate=16 January 2021|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122000522/https://www.unileverusa.com/news/press-releases/2014/klondike-introduces-the-best-ice-cream-bar-ever-conceived.html|url-status=live}} which introduced its Klondike bar in the United States in 1922.Butko, Brian. Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly’s. Stackpole Books (July 2001). {{ISBN|0-8117-2844-7}} Related products include frozen confections that enrobe fillings with the ice cream and appear similar to candy bars (e.g., Snickers ice cream bars{{Cite web |last3=2021 |date=2020-12-15 |title=Snickers JUST Dropped NEW Peanut Brownie Ice Cream Bars, and We've Already Got a Craving |url=https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/snickers-peanut-brownie-ice-cream-bars/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Taste of Home |language=en-US |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118053211/https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/snickers-peanut-brownie-ice-cream-bars/ |url-status=live }}).
Racial slur
The term choc ice has also become a racial slur used to describe any person who is figuratively "black on the outside, white on the inside".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jul/15/twitter-rio-ferdinand-john-terry-ashley-cole|title=Rio Ferdinand claims 'choc ice' term is common slang, not racist|work=The Guardian|date=15 July 2012|accessdate=12 January 2021|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214132520/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jul/15/twitter-rio-ferdinand-john-terry-ashley-cole|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/humberside-police-inspector-faces-misconduct-hearing-racism-accusations-after-allegedly-referring-bame-colleague-choc-ice-3062466|title=Detective faces racism allegations after reportedly describing a BAME colleague as a "choc ice"|work=Yorkshire Post|date=9 December 2020|accessdate=14 December 2020|archive-date=14 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214092213/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/humberside-police-inspector-faces-misconduct-hearing-racism-accusations-after-allegedly-referring-bame-colleague-choc-ice-3062466|url-status=live}}
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