Choco Taco

Choco Taco

Choco Taco
Course Dessert
Place of origin United States
Region or state Philadelphia
Creator Alan Drazen
Serving temperature Cold
Main ingredients Ice cream, sugar[1]
Food energy
(per serving)
 240[1] kcal
Cookbook: Choco Taco  Media: Choco Taco

Choco Taco is a brand of dessert food resembling a taco, consisting of a disk of waffle cone material folded to resemble a hard taco shell, reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, artificially flavored fudge, peanuts, and a milk chocolate coating. The product was invented in Philadelphia in the 1980s by Alan Drazen Senior Vice President of the Jack and Jill Ice Cream Company,[2] but was first rolled out in 1984 when it became popular in mobile vending trucks and convenience stores. The ice cream snack was an immediate favorite of Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker.[3] It made its first appearance in supermarkets nationwide by Good Humor-Breyers in Richmond, Virginia in 1996 as "America's coolest taco," at the Supermarket Industry Convention in Chicago.

Background

The "Choco Taco" is sold under the Klondike brand, marketed as "The Original Ice Cream Taco." The brand is sold by Good Humor-Breyers, a division of Unilever.

In 1998, Unilever introduced the Choco Taco to Italy and 1999 to Sweden with the name Winner Taco.[4][5][6] In 2000 the Winner Taco was retired from the Italian/Swedish market. After two years of campaigning by Taco fans, on January 2014 Algida announced on their Facebook page the return of the Winner Taco in Italy. GB Glace selling the ice cream in Sweden has also re-introduced the ice cream in 2014.

In 1999, the company improved the product, incorporating a shell which stayed crisper, and introduced new packaging.[7] The same year, the company introduced a Klondike Cookies & Cream Choco Taco, containing cookies and cream ice cream and covered with cookie pieces.

References

  1. 1 2 Official page with ingredients and nutrition.
  2. ↑ "Tidbits". Time. 2005-04-12. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  3. ↑ Hunt, Albert R. (1 July 2014). "Howard Baker, Senate prince showed great statesmanship". The Olympian. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Key word search: global dairy food trends". Dairy Foods. 1998.
  5. ↑ "Winner print ad".
  6. ↑ "Winner Taco Ad".
  7. ↑ "Good Humor-Breyers Adds Products.". Supermarket News. FindArticles. April 1987. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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