# Choc ice > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Choc_ice > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Choc_ice.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc_ice > Source revision: 1356218058 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Frozen dessert}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Choc ice | image = Choc Ice.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = | country = | region = | creator = | course = [Dessert](/source/Dessert) | type = | served = Cold | main_ingredient = [Ice cream](/source/Ice_cream) (typically [vanilla flavour](/source/vanilla_flavour))
[chocolate](/source/chocolate) | variations = | calories = | other = }} A '''choc ice''' ([British English](/source/British_English)) or '''ice cream bar''' ([American English](/source/American_English)) is a frozen [dessert](/source/dessert) generally consisting of a rectangular block of [ice cream](/source/ice_cream)—typically [vanilla flavour](/source/vanilla_flavour), which is thinly coated with [chocolate](/source/chocolate). Related products may also include other fillings with the ice cream and be styled similar to [candy bar](/source/candy_bar)s. The term has also been used as a [racial slur](/source/List_of_ethnic_slurs). == Description == A choc ice is a generic frozen [dessert](/source/dessert) generally consisting of a rectangular block of [ice cream](/source/ice_cream)—typically [vanilla flavour](/source/vanilla_flavour)—which is thinly coated with [chocolate](/source/chocolate).{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} == History == thumb|Nelson's drawing from his patent Ice cream enrobed in chocolate was invented in the 1920s. Confectioner [Harry Burt](/source/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](/source/Edy's_Pie) chocolate bar was invented in [Iowa](/source/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](/source/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 }} In Britain in the 1970s and 1980s choc ices were often jokingly referred to as the cheaper working class alternative to buying more expensive ice creams from ice cream vans. == Brands == In many countries, there are numerous versions of this dessert which are produced under many different brand names.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} A notable American brand is [Klondike](/source/Klondike_bar),{{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](/source/Confectionery) that enrobe fillings with the ice cream and appear similar to [candy bar](/source/candy_bar)s (e.g., [Snickers ice cream bars](/source/Snickers){{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 }}). == Slang == The term ''choc ice'' has also become a [racial slur](/source/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}} == References == {{reflist}} {{Ice cream}} {{Ethnic slurs}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Choc Ice}} Category:Ice cream Category:Frozen desserts Category:Anti-African and anti-black slurs Category:Stereotypes of black people [cs:Nanuk](/source/cs%3ANanuk) [sk:Nanuk](/source/sk%3ANanuk) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Choc ice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc_ice) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc_ice?action=history)). 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