Golden Gaytime facts for kids
An original flavour Golden Gaytime
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| Alternative names | Cookie Crumble |
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| Type | Ice cream |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Australia |
| Invented | 1959 |
Golden Gaytime (Cookie Crumble in New Zealand) is a popular ice cream snack that is made and distributed by the Streets confectionery company in Australia, and first released in 1959. It is a toffee and vanilla ice cream dipped in compound chocolate, and wrapped in honeycomb biscuits on a wooden paddlepop-stick. Its name has survived intact regardless, or because, of the possible homosexual connotations in modern decades.
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Variations
On 4 August 2015, Streets announced the release of Golden Gaytime ice-cream tub format in addition to its usual popsicle stick format. On 7 September 2016, Streets announced the release of Golden Gaytime cross Cornetto cone – named Golden Gaynetto – in addition to other formats. In 2017, Streets released a Golden Gaytime ice-cream sandwich named the Golden Gaytime Sanga ("Sanga" being Australian slang for sandwich).
Flavours
Various flavours have been introduced, especially in the mid-2010s, some exclusive to particular stores (Krispy Kreme doughnut flavoured Golden Gaytime was initially released exclusively in 7-Eleven stores).
| Flavour variety | Date introduced |
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| Unicorn | 2017 |
| Piña Colada | 2017 |
| Choc Mint McMint Face | 2017 |
| Salty | 2018 |
| Violet Crumble | 2019 |
| Krispy Kreme | 2020 |
| Birthday Cake | 2020 |
| Coco Pops | 2021 |
Advertising
The company appears to embrace the camp name by retaining the tagline from the 1980s, "It's hard to have a Gaytime on your own". The in-home boxes feature the words "4 delicious chances to have a gay time". In 2009, Streets started re-airing a television commercial from the 1980s.
Cultural impact
The double meaning of the name is highlighted in The Bedroom Philosopher song "Golden Gaytime".
