Top 10 Ice Cream Truck Treats
A lot has changed over the years, but there’s one thing you can always rely on: that heartwarming (and cool-ya-down) feeling you get when you hear the unmistakable ting-a-ling that is an ice cream truck cruising through your neighborhood. Delicious nostalgia follows as we honor 10 treats most likely to…
1. Most likely to … melt before you polish it off.
The Snow Cone
These babies usually look like purple-brown juice halfway through, but they’re still delish.
2. Most likely to … turn your tongue blue.
The Firecracker
Of course, the third and final flavor at the end of this red-white-and-blue icy concoction changes any and all mouths it touches to a nice shade of cyan.
3. Most likely to … feel indeed like dessert.
The Sundae Cone
What’s not to love about vanilla ice cream piled into a sugar cone, dipped in chocolate and rolled in crushed peanuts?
4. Most likely to … appeal to your inner 5-year-old.
The Spongebob Squarepants Popsicle
Made of flavored ice and gumballs for eyes -- YAY!
5. Most likely to … trick you into thinking you’re eating real fruit.
The Pop-up.
OK, so there’s no actual fruit involved. But whether you go for rainbow or orange, it’s got a fruity-licious quality.
6. Most likely to … satisfy your chocolate craving.
The Fudgesicle
Need we say more?
7. Most likely to … give you Eskimo nose.
The Screwball
Don’t you just love sticking your face in that plastic cone and slurping up the iciness so you can get to those gumballs at the bottom?
8. Most likely to … be your lunch.
The Chipwich. Hey, it’s a sandwich. Sort of.
9. Most likely to … taste like cake and ice cream.
The Chocolate Eclair, Strawberry Shortcake and Toasted Almond.
Ice cream bars coated in cake and filled with a tasty center … yum.
10. Most likely to … make you want to road-trip it to Tijuana.
The Choco Taco. Duh, amigo!
About the Author
Name: Mike Meyer
School: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Year: Senior
Major/Minor: Marine Biology/Oceanography
His Deal: Mike works in a marine ornamental aquaculture lab on campus; he’s working on breeding a popular marine aquarium fish for his honors project. He is also on the executive board of the local chapter of his fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta.
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