Thinking about Bird’s Ice Magic reminded me of when the ice cream van used to come round and all the kids in the neighbourhood would rush out to buy a Strawberry Mivvi or a 99. Personally I was quite partial to Oysters – I loved the marshmallow bit at the bottom of the shell. Yum!
Sometimes though it was nice to just have a little tub of the soft whippy ice cream drenched in one of those runny yet incredibly sticky ice cream sauces. Most ice cream vans had a selection of these for you to choose from, and all would offer chocolate and either strawberry or raspberry as a minimum. So, which flavour of this sugary goodness was your favourite?
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Memories… There’s nothing like the sound of the ice cream van to suddenly make you feel hungry for cold, icy yumminess…
Chocolate used to be my favourite but now I am open to new flavours. I must be getting adventurous with old age!
Have you tried Askey’s Cola Float dessert sauce? It’s a cola flavoured sauce which allows you to recreate the flavour of the good old Coke float. Yummy on a day like today!
It’s like being in the 80s but without the bad hair 😉
They’ve got a competition on Facebook where you can win 1 year’s free supply of treats and cones. I wouldn’t mind that!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cola-Float-is-Back