Klondike bar facts for kids
Klondike's logo until 2019
|
|
Original Klondike bar with vanilla ice cream
|
|
| Type | Ice cream bar |
|---|---|
| Owner | Good Humor-Breyers (Unilever) |
| Country | Mansfield, Ohio, US |
| Introduced | 1922 |
| Markets | US and Canada |
| Previous owners | Isaly Dairy Company (1922) |
| Tagline | "What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar?" |
A Klondike bar is a yummy frozen treat! It's like a block of creamy frozen dairy dessert covered in a delicious chocolatey coating. It's made by a company called Good Humor-Breyers.
Contents
The Story of Klondike Bars
How the Klondike Bar Started
The Klondike bar was first made by the Isaly Dairy Company in Mansfield, Ohio. This was way back in the early 1920s. It got its name from the Klondike River in Yukon, Canada. Later, the rights to the Klondike name were sold to Good Humor-Breyers, which is part of a bigger company called Unilever.
The very first time a Klondike bar was advertised was on February 5, 1922. This ad appeared in a newspaper called the Youngstown Vindicator.
What Makes It Special?
Klondike bars usually come in a shiny silver wrapper. You might see a polar bear on the wrapper, which is the brand's mascot!
One cool thing about Klondike bars is that they don't have a stick. Most other frozen treats, like ice pops or regular ice cream bars, have sticks. Klondike bars are designed to be eaten without one because of their shape and size. This was often mentioned in their advertisements!
Klondike Bars Go National
In 1976, a businessman named Henry Clarke bought the rights to the Klondike bar. Before this, the bars were mainly sold by Isaly's restaurants.
Henry Clarke helped bring Klondike bars to people all across the United States in the 1980s. Because of his efforts, sales of Klondike bars grew a lot! They went from selling about $800,000 worth of bars each year to more than $60 million!
Protecting the Klondike Look
The Klondike bar has a very special wrapper that people recognize. This unique look is called its "trade dress".
In 1986, a court said that another company, Kraft Foods, couldn't use a wrapper that looked too much like the Klondike bar's wrapper. Kraft had a product called "Polar B'ar" that looked similar. The next year, the highest court in the US, the US Supreme Court, decided not to hear an appeal from Kraft. This meant the lower court's decision stood.
In 1988, Kraft settled a trademark disagreement with the company that owned Klondike at the time. Kraft paid them $8.5 million to resolve the issue.
More Frozen Treats
- Choc ice, which is what people in Britain call this kind of frozen treat.
- List of ice cream brands
