Klondike bar facts for kids
Klondike's current logo
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Original Klondike bar with vanilla ice cream
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| Type | Ice cream bar |
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| 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 popular frozen treat. It's like a square of ice cream covered in a yummy chocolatey coating. Even though it started with real ice cream, today it often uses a special frozen dairy dessert. These tasty bars are made by Good Humor-Breyers, which is part of a bigger company called Unilever.
History of Klondike Bars
The Klondike bar was first made by the Isaly Dairy Company in Mansfield, Ohio, way back in the early 1920s. It got its name from the Klondike River in Yukon, Canada. Later, the company that owns Klondike bars now, Good Humor-Breyers (which is part of Unilever), bought the rights to the name.
The very first advertisement for the Klondike bar appeared on February 5, 1922. It was in a newspaper called the Youngstown Vindicator. Klondike bars usually come in a silver wrapper. This wrapper shows a cool polar bear, which is the brand's mascot. Unlike many other frozen treats, Klondike bars don't have a stick. This is because of their square shape and how they are meant to be eaten.
In 1976, a businessman named Henry Clarke bought the rights to the Klondike bar. At that time, the bars were mostly sold by Isaly's restaurants. Henry Clarke helped make Klondike bars famous all across the United States during the 1980s. Thanks to his efforts, sales of Klondike bars grew a lot. They went from making about $800,000 a year to more than $60 million!
In 1986, another company called Kraft Foods tried to sell an ice cream bar that looked very similar to the Klondike bar. The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said that Kraft could not use a wrapper that looked so much like the Klondike bar's special design. The next year, the US Supreme Court decided not to hear Kraft's appeal. This meant the lower court's decision stood. In 1988, Kraft agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle the disagreement over the wrapper design.
Other Similar Treats
- Choc ice, which is what people in Britain call this type of frozen treat.
- List of ice cream brands, to see other popular ice cream brands.
