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S/V Loner

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15. In my youth?

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Wed May 27, 2026, 12:59 PM

May 27

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

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Ding, ding, ding. Here comes the Ice cream van. In my youth, my favorite was the Klondike bar. What was /were yours? I [View all] debm55 May 27 OP

I like a good ice cream sandwich C_U_L8R May 27 #1

Yes they were, C_U_L8R. I enjoyed the Strawberry Shortcake bars, when I could get one. We were on the end on IceCream debm55 May 27 #3

Love the ice cream sandwiches......buy them in the half size and they're perfect!!!! a kennedy May 27 #23

Orange & Vanilla Push-Ups NEOH May 27 #2

Oh yes, Thank you NEOH. I liked the orange ones. Yummy. debm55 May 27 #4

orange flintstone ones! Blue_playwright May 27 #12

HAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, Blue_playwright. They were good. debm55 May 27 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author thucythucy May 27 #5

Strawberry shortcake thucythucy May 27 #6

Yum, the strawberry shortcake was so good. Thank you thucythucy. Now I want one. debm55 May 27 #7

Fudgecicles WmChris May 27 #8

Thank you very much for sharing , WmChris. they were good. debm55 May 27 #10

I liked several things... 2naSalit May 27 #9

What a selection, Thank you for posting your favorites. I remember the blue popsicle. Too debm55 May 27 #11

MOM MOM MOM MOM oh MOM Kali May 27 #14

HAAHAHHHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing, Kali. I remember those tri-colored ones. Especially around July 4th/ debm55 May 27 #16

CTRL-F "bomb pop" JoseBalow May 27 #43

In my youth? S/V Loner May 27 #15

Great, S/V Loner. That is terrific. Does it have the polar bear on the foil wrapper? debm55 May 27 #17

Let me check... S/V Loner May 27 #22

Thank you S/V Loner debm55 May 27 #25

Mr. Softee's chocolate ice cream GreenWave May 27 #18

Oh wow. Mister Softee, made sundaes and milkshakes. I wish there was one in my neighborhood back then and now. debm55 May 27 #19

VERY SAME HERE@! some_of_us_are_sane Thursday #70

my braces would always hurt justaprogressive May 27 #20

Wonderful. Dove bars are very good, but a Black and white shake is tops. thank you justaprogressive. debm55 May 27 #21

Yeah, Klondikes are pretty much perfect! johnp3907 May 27 #24

Yes they are. Thank you very much, john3907 debm55 May 27 #26

I would switch it up, I would try almost anything. mwmisses4289 May 27 #27

Wow, that's the way to go, Thank you very much, mwmisses4289 debm55 Thursday #51

Toasted Almond Bar! Mad_Dem_X May 27 #28

I liked that too. Slight cherry flavor too. Ritabert May 27 #33

Oh yes, Thank you Mad_Dem_X. They didn't have a variety of items. But when they had this, I bought it. debm55 Thursday #53

When my Dad was on strike one summer, to put food on the table... NNadir May 27 #29

I think you must have been a writer in a past life. You express yourself... 3catwoman3 May 27 #41

Thank for your kind words. I'd like to think I'm something of a writer... NNadir Thursday #57

Thank you for sharing your post with us, NNadir. It is so wonderful when your dad did that. debm55 Thursday #55

We didn't have an ice cream man driving through the neighborhood. rsdsharp May 27 #30

Thank you very much rsdsharp for sharing. I have never heard of a licorice cone. Sounds, great. debm55 Thursday #56

Licorice ice cream in a cone. rsdsharp Thursday #67

My bad. thank you rsdsharp debm55 Thursday #68

Choco Taco...that was way back then... MiHale May 27 #31

I think Choco Taco was discontinued. Ritabert May 27 #32

Probably cuz they didn't keep up... MiHale May 27 #34

Thank you very much , MiHale. I don't think our Ice cream truck carried those, but they sure sound great. debm55 Thursday #58

Orange Creamsicle applegrove May 27 #35

Oh yes, Thank you very much, applegrove. I liked the strawberry ones too. debm55 Thursday #59

The push up Figarosmom May 27 #36

Thank you for sharing the push up with us, Figarosmom. Great. debm55 Thursday #60

Orange creamsicles LogDog75 May 27 #37

Oh yes, I remember them. Thank you LogDog75 for sharing the orange creamsicles. debm55 Thursday #50

Thanks to those who posted jgo May 27 #38

Thank you very much,jgo from all of us debm55 Thursday #49

Heath Ice Cream Bars ProfessorGAC May 27 #39

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much for sharing, ProfessorGAC. That is great! debm55 Thursday #48

The huge cookie sandwiches TVguyCards May 27 #40

Thank you, TVguyCards. I remember them, but like you, I can't remember the name. debm55 Thursday #47

lol funny how that works TVguyCards Thursday #63

Buried Treasure from Dickie Dee u4ic May 27 #42

Wow, that is great, I have seen those before. Thank you for sharing with us, u4ic. debm55 Thursday #46

I loved the Orange Push-ups Emile Thursday #44

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Emile. I remember them too debm55 Thursday #45

Good Humor The Blue Flower Thursday #52

Thank you very much, The Blue Flower. The strawberry shortcake bars was my second choice. Loved them debm55 Thursday #61

In my neighborhood in Norwalk, CT, the Good Humor Man was the go to............ pdxflyboy Thursday #54

I liked those too. Thank you , pdxflyboy for your kind words. debm55 Thursday #62

Bomb Pops Rob H. Thursday #64

Wow, there are new flavors??? Thank you Rob H. I think I will check that out. debm55 Thursday #65

Good Humor: Chocolate Eclair, or Candy Center from the truck. Or Mister Softee - chocolate w the dark chocolate coating electric_blue68 Thursday #66

OHHHHH. That sounds good. We didn't have Good Humor trucks around here. Looks like I missed some tasty treats. TY debm55 Thursday #69

They were pretty tasty; otherwise I wouldn't have bothered!😄 electric_blue68 Thursday #71

Great post, electric_blue68 debm55 Thursday #72

What's an ice cream van? jmowreader Friday #73

It was a white van that had a variety of ice cream and popsicles. inside. Ours had a man with a matching one shirt and debm55 Friday #74