Klondike’s Choco Tacos are gone for good

So, we principally ate ourselves out of Choco Tacos? Unilever appeared ready for the backlash, including a scoop of apologia to its assertion. “We know this may be very disappointing, but we hope you’ll try one of our other great products, including Klondike Cones, Shakes, Sandwiches, and of course, our signature Bar available nationwide,” it reads.

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That’s chilly consolation for followers of the Choco Taco, which featured vanilla ice cream in a candy, taco-shaped shell that was dipped in milk chocolate and showered with peanuts.

News of the frozen deal with’s demise unfold on Monday, however in a approach that had some clinging to hope that it was only a unhealthy rumor, a type of superstar loss of life hoaxes that rattle round social media every so often (Bill Murray remains to be alive, FYI). Even city legend slayer Snopes.com at first labeled the report as false, suggesting that the confusion had arisen as a result of Klondike had earlier this yr discontinued four-packs of the Choco Taco. But with Unilever’s affirmation of the news, followers have been left to mourn.

The Choco Taco was born in Philadelphia, the place it was invented by a former Good Humor truck driver named Alan Drazen. Drazen, who by the early Nineteen Eighties was a supervisor with Philadelphia ice cream firm Jack & Jill, was impressed by the recognition of Mexican meals, in keeping with an Eater history of the Choco Taco.

The taco-shaped ice cream deal with took off, partly due to its Chi-Chi’s-era trendiness — but in addition as a result of its uncommon form optimized the ice-cream-and-toppings consuming expertise. “When you eat a sugar cone, you generally eat the nuts, chocolate and ice cream on the top, and then when you get to the cone, you’re [only] eating ice cream and cone,” Drazen informed Eater. “With the Choco Taco you’re getting the ice cream, cone, nuts and chocolate with just about every bite.”

And regardless that its discontinuation was official, the Choco Taco apparently has associates in excessive locations, giving some followers hope {that a} savior might swoop in and save their beloved deal with from winding up within the sticky-wrappered dustbin of ice cream historical past. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) jokingly — we assume — proposed a legislative repair to maintain the U.S. provide going.

And tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian additionally provided to be the Choco Taco’s white knight. “Dear @Unilever — I’d like to buy the rights to your Choco Taco and keep it from melting away from future generations’ childhoods,” he tweeted on Monday.