Choco Taco, an ice cream snack topped with nuts and chocolate, has been a top choice for decades in ice cream trucks and convenience store freezers, but has been discontinued. ..
Klondike, which is owned by Unilever and manufactures chocolate octopus along with several other ice cream products, confirmed its discontinuation on its website on Monday in response to some disappointing questions from Twitter fans. , Some of them were tied up with blasphemous words.
“Unfortunately, Klondike Choco Taco has been discontinued.” One such response read. “We experienced an unprecedented surge in demand across our portfolio and had to make very strict decisions to ensure the availability of our entire portfolio across the country. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
To many chocolate octopus fans I mourned the loss all at once On Monday’s social media, it tasted like summer, childhood, or a beloved memory, if not years. When created by Alan Drazen of Philadelphia in 1983, it was original in its own way. 2016 history of eater snacks It called it “the most beloved and innovative of all American ice cream’novelties'”.
“When you eat sugar corn, you usually eat nuts, chocolate, and ice cream from above. When you get to the corn, it looks like this: [only] Eat ice cream and corn, “Drazen told Eater. “With ChocoTaco, you can get ice cream, cones, nuts and chocolate in almost every bite.”
Company confirmation has ended a confusing era for summer treat lovers. Rumors were swirling all year round that chocolate octopus was gone, as people reported they couldn’t find them on the local shelves.But on some occasions from December last week, Klondike reassured fans on Twitter. I was pulling four packs of chocolate octopus last fall, but I think it’s still available for one serving everywhere.
But on Monday night, the confirmation of its demise Report by takeoutFood-focused publications.
Snopes, a website aimed at uncovering unfounded myths and rumors Published the article On Monday, Unilever called the choco octopus discontinuation “fake” before having to reverse the course shortly after confirming it was true.
“When we first tackled the rumor, we didn’t want to believe it was true, so we partially labeled it’fake’,” Snopes wrote.
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, was one of those who wanted to find a way to return.
of One of the responses Disappointing Twitter users on Monday, Klondike gave Snopes writer Ohanian and other fans a little hope.
“We are working hard to find a way to get the chocolate octopus back into the ice cream truck in the next few years,” he said.
