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Strawberry Split

 

The Strawberry Split...my favourite childhood ice lolly...yummy!

Strawberry ice surrounding a cream vanilla ice cream centre the Strawberry Split was a real summertime treat...made all the more fabulous and seemingly luxurious (at least to a 6 year old mind) by the inclusion of both ice lolly and ice cream.

There are two versions of this lolly...the Walls "Strawberry Split" and the Lyons Maid "Mivvi"...both were basically the same lolly. I cannot actually remember there being much difference except for the wrappers, but that could be the passing of time speaking!

I cannot find any information bout the origins of this ice lolly, but family sources inform me they have been around since at least the 1960s.



A memorable childhood choice from the ice cream van and one I could not resist taking a sneaky bite out of ;)

99 Cone

The quintessential British summer seaside treat...the 99 ice cream cone ;)

A crunchy wafer cone stamped with panels of waffle pattern holding a swirl of soft vanilla ice cream with a chocolate flake stuck into the side.

I love 99 cones..they remind me of the long hot summers that seem to fill my rose tinted childhood and of the tinkling music of ice cream vans. The fact they melted very fast and you had to constantly lick the ice cream rivulets off the outside of the cone and even the point, as the cone inevitably split and the liquid dripped through the bottom, made it a race against time to finish the 99 before it ended up in a puddle!

Cornetto Classico

Billy came home with a box of 6 cornetto classicos last week. Vanilla ice cream, crunchy chocolate lined cone with a hidden surprise, chocolate topping and chopped nuts...divine.

So I had to try.

The cone took hours of hand embroidery to get the square quilted pattern just right and then working out the cone dimensions, peaking the top of the ice cream and whipping the french knot "nuts"...

...but I think it is worth it!!

Now for the mint and strawberry flavours!!

Fab Ice Lolly

Fab ice lollies are a part of my childhood.

The strawberry ice centre, creamy vanilla layer and chocolate topping dipped in hundreds and thousands in bright, white, orange and pink hundreds and thousands...a child's dream!!

Only surpassed by the cornetto....ooooh..an idea!!

I loved making this and I adore the sprinkles. They make me smile ;)