Ding, ding, ding. Here comes the Ice cream van. In my youth, my favorite was the Klondike bar. What was /were yours? I

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also have to add the drum sticks.

[C_U_L8R]

1. I like a good ice cream sandwich

but the crumbly Chocolate Eclair and Strawberry Shortcake bars were always a treat.

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3. Yes they were, C_U_L8R. I enjoyed the Strawberry Shortcake bars, when I could get one. We were on the end on IceCream

man's trail. Thank you,

[a kennedy]

23. Love the ice cream sandwiches......buy them in the half size and they're perfect!!!!

Yummmmm

[NEOH]

2. Orange & Vanilla Push-Ups

They were in a paper cylinder with a wooden stick you used to push the ice cream up as you ate them.

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4. Oh yes, Thank you NEOH. I liked the orange ones. Yummy.

[Blue_playwright]

12. orange flintstone ones!

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13. HAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, Blue_playwright. They were good.

[thucythucy]

6. Strawberry shortcake

Vanilla ice cream with nut bits and strawberry flavored chunks on the outside, with a jam center, all on a stick.

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7. Yum, the strawberry shortcake was so good. Thank you thucythucy. Now I want one.

[WmChris]

8. Fudgecicles

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10. Thank you very much for sharing , WmChris. they were good.

[2naSalit]

9. I liked several things...

Dreamcicle
Klondike bar
Drumstick
Orange or red popcicle

Sometimes an ice cream sandwich.

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11. What a selection, Thank you for posting your favorites. I remember the blue popsicle. Too

[Kali]

14. MOM MOM MOM MOM oh MOM

ICE CREAM TRUCK! ICE CREAM TRUCK! CAN I HAVE A QUARTER?! PLEASE OH PLEASE!!!

if I got the quarter it was a bomb pop, if just a dime it was a regular popsicle - cherry, root beer, or maybe orange cream?

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16. HAAHAHHHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing, Kali. I remember those tri-colored ones. Especially around July 4th/

[JoseBalow]

43. CTRL-F "bomb pop"

[S/V Loner]

15. In my youth?

I eat a chocolate chocolate Klondike bar every night. I’m 72. lol

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17. Great, S/V Loner. That is terrific. Does it have the polar bear on the foil wrapper?

[S/V Loner]

22. Let me check...

Yes it does.

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25. Thank you S/V Loner

[GreenWave]

18. Mr. Softee's chocolate ice cream

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19. Oh wow. Mister Softee, made sundaes and milkshakes. I wish there was one in my neighborhood back then and now.

[justaprogressive]

20. my braces would always hurt

Dove Bars....'til I discovered a Black and White Shake!!

Heaven on Earth!

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21. Wonderful. Dove bars are very good, but a Black and white shake is tops. thank you justaprogressive.

[johnp3907]

24. Yeah, Klondikes are pretty much perfect!

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26. Yes they are. Thank you very much, john3907

[mwmisses4289]

27. I would switch it up, I would try almost anything.

Favorites were cream/dreamsicles, fudgesicles, orange push-ups and ice cream bars. I know there were others, but i can't think of them off the top of my head, lol.

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. Toasted Almond Bar!

[Ritabert]

33. I liked that too. Slight cherry flavor too.

[NNadir]

29. When my Dad was on strike one summer, to put food on the table...

...he drove a Good Humor ice cream truck with the manual bell.

I was probably about seven years old. My parents kept from me the realities of the struggle: I certainly didn't know until many years after her death that my mother pawned her wedding ring, but got it out of hock when the strike was settled. (My wife wears that ring now.)

Anyway, broke as he was, my father's last stop with the ice cream truck was always our house, and there was always a free vanilla ice cream sandwich for his sons.

I love them to this day.

My old man was a strange bird, but I never think of him without wanting to weep at how much I miss him, and at how he taught me to be a man. I tell my sons all about him.

[3catwoman3]

41. I think you must have been a writer in a past life. You express yourself...

...so eloquently.

[rsdsharp]

30. We didn't have an ice cream man driving through the neighborhood.

We had a creamery where my older sister worked when she was in high school. They made all their own ice cream by hand.

I used to get a licorice cone. It looked like cement, but tasted great.

[MiHale]

31. Choco Taco...that was way back then...

Wonder if they have a Ghost Pepper Choco Taco these days?

[Ritabert]

32. I think Choco Taco was discontinued.

[MiHale]

34. Probably cuz they didn't keep up...

Waffle cone folded in the shape of a taco holding a vanilla caramel ice cream flavored lightly with Gochujang covered in a dark chocolate
Whatta dessert.

[applegrove]

35. Orange Creamsicle

[Figarosmom]

36. The push up

[LogDog75]

37. Orange creamsicles

[jgo]

38. Thanks to those who posted

I had forgotten about chocolate eclair ice cream bars on a stick, and push ups, among other varieties that have been shared. Thanks for bringing those memories back.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Heath Ice Cream Bars

My dad worked at a big dairy, so he got ice cream & confections at cost.
We always had Heath bars, Fudgcicles, Dreamcicles, and Ice Cream sandwiches in the freezer.
Whole family of ice cream addicts.

[TVguyCards]

40. The huge cookie sandwiches

The name however escapes me

[u4ic]

42. Buried Treasure from Dickie Dee

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It was orange, kind of like sherbet more than a creamsicle, and there was a character on the plastic stick once you finished it. It was fun to collect all the sticks.

There was lots of tasty competition around, like my mom's floats made with cream soda or grape crush and vanilla ice cream, or grape ice cream, which you could get from the corner store. A treat is a treat for a kid and always appreciated, but I much preferred the latter two.

We didn't have vans till maybe the 90's? It was always these up until then:



Young teens definitely could both make a half decent amount of money during the summer, and get into great shape riding these!