Choco Taco discontinued

2022 - 7 - 26

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Klondike Discontinues the Choco Taco (The New York Times)

A fixture of ice cream trucks and convenience stores is no more after Klondike said it would focus on other products.

Rumors had swirled throughout the year that the Choco Taco was no more as people reported being unable to find them on their local shelves. To many of the Choco Taco's fans, who mourned its loss en masse on social media on Monday, it tasted like summer or childhood or a beloved memory, even if they hadn’t had one in years. “Unfortunately, the Klondike Choco Taco has been discontinued,” one such response read.

Choco Tacos are gone for good, a victim of 'tough decisions' (The Washington Post)

That's cold comfort for fans of the Choco Taco, which featured vanilla ice cream in a sweet, taco-shaped shell that was dipped in milk chocolate and showered ...

And tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian also offered to be the Choco Taco’s white knight. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) jokingly — we assume — proposed a legislative fix to keep the U.S. supply going. The taco-shaped ice cream treat took off, partly because of its Chi-Chi’s-era trendiness — but also because its unusual shape optimized the ice-cream-and-toppings eating experience. So, we basically ate ourselves out of Choco Tacos? Unilever seemed prepared for the backlash, adding a scoop of apologia to its statement. But on Monday, its manufacturer announced it was discontinuing the product, citing pandemic-era challenges. “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 told Eater. “With the Choco Taco you’re getting the ice cream, cone, nuts and chocolate with just about every bite.”

No more Choco Taco: Klondike to discontinue ice cream treat (USA TODAY)

Klondike is discontinuing the Choco Taco, which took ice cream, chocolate, peanuts and a waffle cone and morphed them into the shape of a taco.

"With the Choco Taco you're getting the ice cream, cone, nuts and chocolate with just about every bite." "Of everything that has happened over the last few years, the news that the Choco Taco is no more has to be the hardest to hear," said one Twitter user who goes by the handle @DatGuy83. "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 told Eater in 2016.

The Choco Taco is dead, but it will never be forgotten (NPR)

If you love a good Choco Taco, we've got some bad news. The quirky ice cream treat is being discontinued. You might still be able to get one from the ...

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Choco Taco discontinued by Klondike after nearly 40 years (CBS News)

Klondike explained the decision to stop making the ice cream treat in a message on its website and on Twitter. "The Klondike Choco Taco has unfortunately been ...

Klondike is discontinuing the beloved Choco Taco after being around for nearly 40 years. Over the past 2 years, we have experienced an unprecedented spike in demand across our portfolio and have had to make very tough decisions to ensure availability of our full portfolio nationwide. However, Klondike said it's finding a way to bring Choco Taco back to ice cream trucks in the coming years and encouraged customers to try other products.

Sorrow in Choco Taco town after summer treat is discontinued (The Daily Nonpareil)

It's the news that sent Twitter into a meltdown Tuesday: Klondike is discontinuing sales of its Choco Taco. The company says it needs to make choices as it ...

One place the Choco Taco might show up? Klondike seemed to realize it had struck a nerve. “A necessary but unfortunate part of this process is that we sometimes must discontinue products, even a beloved item like Choco Taco.” Unilever didn't appear to respond. In a later tweet Tuesday, the company said it was “working hard to find a way to bring Choco Taco back to ice cream trucks in the coming years." It's dipped in chocolate and peanuts.

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