ice cream bar

{{For|the snack on a stick that doesn't contain ice cream|Ice pop}}

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An ice cream bar is a frozen dessert featuring ice cream 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 on a stick. It features ice cream, distinguishing it from an ice pop, which does not contain any ice cream. Ice cream bars are often dipped and covered in chocolate.

History

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In the US, the Eskimo Pie chocolate bar was invented in Iowa by a pharmacy owner named Chris Nelson,{{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=2022-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209215221/http://www.papafilipou.com/ice-cream/the-history-of-ice-cream |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Eschner |first=Kat |title=The Weird, Brief History of the Eskimo Pie Corporation |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weird-short-history-eskimo-pie-corporation-180961840/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718144601/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weird-short-history-eskimo-pie-corporation-180961840/ |archive-date=2018-07-18 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}} One of the earliest advertisements for Eskimo Pies appeared in the November 3, 1921 issue of the Iowa City Press-Citizen.{{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,{{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=2023-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221092639/https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibition |url-status=live }} but invalidated in 1928.{{cite web|last1=Duan|first1=Charles|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|website=Slate|access-date=26 October 2017|date=20 October 2015|archive-date=18 July 2018|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|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/our-history.html|access-date=2020-08-19|publisher=Good Humor|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812114523/https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/our-history.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/ice_cream.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719074908/http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/ice_cream.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |title=History of Ice Cream }} This product also was enrobed in chocolate,{{Cite web |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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210041750/https://dannwoellertthefoodetymologist.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/ohios-ice-cream-innovation-the-novelty-bar/ |archive-date=2021-02-10 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=dannwoellertthefoodetymologist |language=en}} and other products were produced.{{Cite web |title=Ice Cream Bars |publisher=Good Humor |url=https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/products/bars.html |access-date=2023-04-24 |archive-date=2023-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301190518/https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/products/bars.html |url-status=live }}

Ice cream bar patent drawing.png|Chris Nelson's drawing from his patent

DonaldsonvilleWainrightsEskimoPies.jpg|Man selling Eskimo Pies in Louisiana, 1938

Gallery

File:GH-strawberry-shortcake-ice-cream-bar.jpg|Strawberry shortcake 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 bar

File:Taro ice cream bar1.jpg|Taro 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's head.

External links

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References

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