Klondike bar - Definition and Overview

The Klondike bar is a brand name for a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate. They are generally wrapped with a silver-colored wrapper, upon which the mascot for the brand, a polar bear, appears. In the UK, the generic name for this type of dessert is a choc ice.

The Klondike bar is made by Good Humor-Breyers. It is known for its slogan "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?"

Varieties

Several types of Klondike bar have been sold:

• Original vanilla bars (with milk chocolate coating)
• Krunch^® bars (with crisped rice in coating)
• Heath^® bars (with Heath toffee in coating)
• York^® peppermint patty bars (with peppermint ice cream)
• Neapolitan bars (with neapolitan ice cream)
• Planters^® caramel & peanut bars (with nougat-flavored ice cream)
• Dark chocolate bars (with dark chocolate coating)
• Caramel crunch bars (with caramel coating)
• Cappucino bars (with coffee-flavored ice cream)
• Chocolate bars (with chocolate ice cream)
• Hershey^® with almond bars (with Hershey chocolate and almonds)

Additionally, the following products have borne the Klondike name:

• Minis Snack Size Vanilla Ice Cream Bars
• Slim-a-Bear Premium Fudge Bar
• CarbSmart™ Ice Cream Bars
• CarbSmart™ Fudge Bars

History

See also

• Eskimo Pie

External links

• Official Klondike Bar homepage (http://www.icecreamusa.com/klondike/default.asp?brand=klondike)