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Hand-dipped ice cream bar

Vanilla ice cream on a stick was dipped in chocolate at the counter, then rolled in almonds when requested. [3] [4] [1]

Historical food-court offering; exact nationwide disappearance unresolved.

A matching item photograph with cleared reuse rights is still being sought. This sourced draft is not a finished illustrated article.

REPORTED PRICE$1.50One hand-dipped ice cream bar; almonds optional · Antioch, California · report published 2012-03-14; sale date unknown

Nutrition: no verified local serving data.

THE RECORD

identity

A Wisconsin diner described watching that preparation before sharing the finished bar with her mother. It was a prepared dessert, distinct from the freezer aisle’s pre-coated multipacks. [3] [4] [1]

THE RECORD

history

A September 2010 travel diary records a chocolate-and-almond bar during an Anacortes trip, with warehouse and purchase day unknown. Smita Jacob’s February 2012 photo essay and the March Antioch menu then document further servings; Antioch explicitly offered almonds as an option. [6] [3] [1]

A September 25, 2013 report says Victorville’s Valley Center Drive warehouse had stopped selling the bar that week. Employees expected a brisket-and-coleslaw sandwich to follow, but the report does not confirm when it arrived. TJ Thomander’s return petition followed in December. [5] [2]

THE RECORD

nutrition

No nutrition panel has been matched securely to the hand-dipped serving. The generic historical “Ice Cream Bar” row and its limitations remain below. [7]

Documented nutrition for Hand-dipped ice cream bar
NutrientIce Cream Bar · 8 ozMarket and warehouse unstated · Sheet revised December 21, 2011
Calories870 kcal
Calories from fat580 kcal
Total fat65 g · 99% daily value
Saturated fat28 g · 140% daily value
Trans fat1 g
Cholesterol180 mg · 61% daily value
Sodium105 mg · 4% daily value
Carbohydrate60 g · 20% daily value
Fiber5 g · 19% daily value
Sugars54 g
Protein16 g
Polyunsaturated fat7 g
Monounsaturated fat29 g
Vitamin A20% daily value
Vitamin C0% daily value
Calcium30% daily value
Iron10% daily value
Thiamin4% daily value
Riboflavin25% daily value
Niacin6% daily value
Foliate (as printed)4% daily value
Allergens (historical cell)Milk, Eggs, Almonds, Soy
  • Ice Cream Bar · 8 oz: Third-party mirror; retailer-hosted original and market/warehouse not verified. Historical named serving only. Percentage daily values are copied from the historical sheet and are not recalculated to current dietary guidance. Historical allergen cells are shown as printed and are not a current safety assurance. Source ↗
THE RECORD

prices

The table keeps the two 2012 offers separate from the regular price recalled after Victorville’s removal. The latter is not an offer available on the report’s publication day. [3] [1] [5]

THE RECORD

distinctions

The available accounts connect the bar’s appeal to its chocolate coating, almond finish, size and price. Those are attributed diner experiences, not a survey of all shoppers. The petition records demand for a return; it does not announce one. Rising ingredient costs are often repeated as an explanation for removal, but the local report itself presents that rationale as a belief, without company confirmation. [3] [4] [2] [5]

DATE & PLACE

Local evidence

Price observations

  • $1.50 · One hand-dipped ice cream bar; almonds optional · Antioch, California · report published 2012-03-14; sale date unknown. Antioch menu in dated report, not national price history. [1]
  • $1.50 · One chocolate-and-almond-coated vanilla ice cream bar · United States; Boston title and New Hampshire category conflict · report published 2012-02-03; sale date unknown. Personal report publication date. Boston title/NewHampshirecategoryconflict; warehouseunknown. [3]
  • $1.50 · Former regular price recalled in local removal report · Victorville Costco, Valley Center Drive · report published 2013-09-25; sale date unknown. Historical priorprice inremovalreport, NOT availability or purchasable offer onreportdate. [5]

Nutrition observations

Read the scoped nutrition table and source limits in Nutrition ↑

Last checked 2026-10-15 UTC. A listing is not a live stock check.

CHECK THE TICKET

Sources & photo rights

A circulating food-court nutrition sheet marked revised December 21, 2011 contains an “Ice Cream Bar” row, item 880040: 8 oz, 870 calories, 65 g fat, 60 g carbohydrate and 16 g protein. The readable file is linked from a July 2012 Costco blog, giving the figure a traceable historical source. [7]

The row does not say hand-dipped or specify an almond-coated option. Its country and warehouse are also unstated, and the copy is hosted by a third party. It is therefore a possible historical match, not a confirmed nutrient panel for the counter-prepared bar described here. The main nutrition facts remain unresolved; neither a modern retail multipack nor this generic row establishes the exact serving. [7]

The photo essay’s title says Boston while its category says New Hampshire; neither is adopted as a confirmed warehouse location. The Wisconsin account’s earlier Hawaii discovery is secondhand, with island and store unidentified. [3] [4]

The petition’s claim that all locations had stopped by October 2013 is not a warehouse census. Exact national introduction, withdrawal and corporate reasons remain unresolved, and the original photo essay’s images are not cleared for reuse. [2] [5] [3]

  1. 1. Feeding your family without cooking, Antioch menu Open original source

    Near to Nothing / Sumiko · Published 2012-03-14 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Browser text fully read after web-fetch challenge. Source is author menu transcription, not a photographed menu. Publication dateMarch14,2012; exact menu-effective date unspecified.

    Supporting section

    Dessert outing paragraph and entire11-row Antioch menu transcription

  2. 2. Bring Back the Hand Dipped Ice Cream Bar Open original source

    Change.org / TJ Thomander · Published 2013-12-09 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Petitioner assertion is not corporate confirmation or proof every warehouse stopped in October. Reason for removal unsupported.

    Supporting section

    Issue text and petition-created date

  3. 3. Frugal Fare7: Costco hand-dipped ice cream bar Open original source

    Smita Jacob / HOGGER & Co. · Published 2012-02-03 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Publication date, not verified photo date or warehouse. Author enthusiasm is opinion. All rights reserved; PM request pending, no reuse grant.

    Supporting section

    Independently opened browser: article body, title, categories, February3date and copyright footer

  4. 4. Costco Ice Cream Bar Open original source

    Laura / LunaChick Runs · Published 2012-04-12 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Wisconsin warehouse unspecified; yesterday is narrative relative date, reportdate retained. Hawaii detail secondhand, no island/store.870calories came from unspecifiedGoogle result and is not accepted nutrition evidence.

    Supporting section

    April12 article body: Wisconsin visit, observed dipping and almonds, prior family Hawaii story

  5. 5. Costco Removes Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Bar Open original source

    Victor Valley News Group · Published 2013-09-25 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Local reported removal, not national exactdate. Cost/profit rationale is explicitly belief, not attributed Costco confirmation. Replacement was expectation, not verified completed launch.

    Supporting section

    September25,2013 story: namedVictorville store paragraph and employee-attributed expected replacement

  6. 6. Fall Cruise2010: Our Last Days inAnacortes Open original source

    Craig and Jan / MV Kozad · Published 2010-09-26 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Exact warehouse and purchase date unstated. Body coversdays beyondpublication header; no exactobservationday inferred, and noAnacorteswarehouse asserted.

    Supporting section

    September26dated entry, body coveringSeptember26–28, Costco outing paragraph

  7. 7. Food Court Department 88 Nutritional Data, revised December 21, 2011 Open original source

    Publisher unverified; third-party mirror linked by Maya’s Happy Place · Published 2011-12-21 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Not retailer-hosted or independently authenticated as issued by Costco. No country, warehouse, prices or sale dates. Exact later recipe equivalence unproven. Printed revision is document history, not product launch. Allergen cells are historical evidence only.

    Supporting section

    One-page table, all 29 rows; heading and printed revision; source chain and SHA256 in research full-table inventory