Choco Tacos are gone for good, a victim of ‘tough decisions’

Choco Tacos had a pretty good run: The chocolate-dipped ice cream novelty sweetened childhood trips to the convenience store or ice cream truck for nearly four decades. But on Monday, its manufacturer announced it was discontinuing the product, citing pandemic-era challenges.

RIP, Choco Taco, a triumph of culinary kid logic

“Over the past 2 years, we have experienced an unprecedented spike in demand across our portfolio and have had to make very tough decisions to ensure availability of our full portfolio nationwide,” Unilever, the parent company of Klondike, which made the Choco Taco, said in a statement to The Washington Post. “A necessary but unfortunate part of this process is that we sometimes must discontinue products, even a beloved item like Choco Taco.”