I've reviewed a lot of classic ice cream bars over the years. Most fail to satisfy me, as I've turned into a snob, and these "ice cream novelties" and "frozen dairy desserts" just aren't exactly the quality level I've come to appreciate.
But I found a winner. Klondike bars.
I didn't eat many of these growing up. My family never had them. Our school ice cream program never had them. But I do remember liking them, although I rather suspected some of that was just the novelty of an item that came with a different wrapper style. But maybe that is why I was so excited when I tried one recently? They still are a bit of a unicorn to me, not a common item I encounter.
Klondike bars have been around since the 1920's, and are named after the Klondike River. Their unique aspects are the fact that they do not have a stick, are square shaped, and have foil wrappers. Klondike makes their signature bars in a huge variety of flavors at this point: original (chocolate), dark chocolate, double chocolate, heath, mint chocolate chip, s'mores, cookie dough swirl, krunch, reese's, oreo, caramel pretzel, brownie fudge swirl, neo-politan, and more. Different flavors of ice cream, differing coatings, but all squares of ice cream coated in chocolate of some form.
The company also makes "Kandy Bars", described as "Klondike meets candy bar", shaped more like a traditional candy bar, but, made of ice cream. And ice cream sandwiches, including Oreo ones (yes, with giant Oreo cookies and a ice cream filling with bits of oreo inside it (like what I tried in Canada, but made by Nestlé), and those made with Mrs. Fields Cookies. They also are the maker of ... choco tacos!
Most Klondike bars come wrapped in that signature foil wrapper, but, single serve ones come in a more standard plastic bag wrapper. I almost expected a foil wrapper inside, but, alas, nope.
The single serve bars are also 20% bigger than the standard, 102 grams instead of 85 grams. The size threw me off a bit.
"A huge hunk of creamy vanilla ice cream covered in a thick, chocolatey shell. It’s simple, classic perfection — The best thing to happen to ice cream since, um, the invention of ice cream."
I had an original Klondike bar. Just vanilla ice cream, just a plain chocolate shell.
The chocolate had a nice snap to it. It was thick enough to taste, but not hard to bite into.
The ice cream was soft, sweet, and creamy. I let it melt just a bit, and it got even better.
I really enjoyed this, simple as it was.
But I found a winner. Klondike bars.
I didn't eat many of these growing up. My family never had them. Our school ice cream program never had them. But I do remember liking them, although I rather suspected some of that was just the novelty of an item that came with a different wrapper style. But maybe that is why I was so excited when I tried one recently? They still are a bit of a unicorn to me, not a common item I encounter.
Klondike bars have been around since the 1920's, and are named after the Klondike River. Their unique aspects are the fact that they do not have a stick, are square shaped, and have foil wrappers. Klondike makes their signature bars in a huge variety of flavors at this point: original (chocolate), dark chocolate, double chocolate, heath, mint chocolate chip, s'mores, cookie dough swirl, krunch, reese's, oreo, caramel pretzel, brownie fudge swirl, neo-politan, and more. Different flavors of ice cream, differing coatings, but all squares of ice cream coated in chocolate of some form.
The company also makes "Kandy Bars", described as "Klondike meets candy bar", shaped more like a traditional candy bar, but, made of ice cream. And ice cream sandwiches, including Oreo ones (yes, with giant Oreo cookies and a ice cream filling with bits of oreo inside it (like what I tried in Canada, but made by Nestlé), and those made with Mrs. Fields Cookies. They also are the maker of ... choco tacos!
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| Single Serve Klondike Bar. |
The single serve bars are also 20% bigger than the standard, 102 grams instead of 85 grams. The size threw me off a bit.
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| The Original. |
I had an original Klondike bar. Just vanilla ice cream, just a plain chocolate shell.
The chocolate had a nice snap to it. It was thick enough to taste, but not hard to bite into.
The ice cream was soft, sweet, and creamy. I let it melt just a bit, and it got even better.
I really enjoyed this, simple as it was.
I bought a box of Klondike ice cream sandwiches yesterday and was surprised to see product of Mexico on the wrapper . I was even more surprised that I was disappointed in the taste . Doing some research I found that some other people have had the same reaction. What’s up Klondike ? Don’t you care ?
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