Summers will in no way style as sweet.
Absolutely everyone has their go-to ice product truck treat — the just one that flings you out the door the minute you hear the jingle coming in your way — and mine has often been Good Humor’s Toasted Almond bar.
With an almond core encased by vanilla ice cream coated in almond-flavored crunchy bits, it was the best stability of creamy and crunchy, as effectively as comforting and refreshing. And, critically, it was not also sweet (the ultimate Asian compliment for a dessert).
But, as I just figured out although seeking to inventory my freezer with the toasty-tasting deal with for summer time, it is really been discontinued — for some time now, truly.
On June 3, 2022, in response to Twitter consumer @blizzle_j’s dilemma, “Wherever the H*ll did you place the Toasted Almond Bars?” Superior Humor tweeted, “Hi there, the Great Humor Toasted Almond bars have regrettably been discontinued. We apologize to our consumers that may perhaps be dissatisfied by this information but are fired up to carry on offering our buyers a wide selection of treats accessible in suppliers and ice product vans.”
To verify this devastating news, I reached out to Excellent Humor, which experienced this to say:
“At Very good Humor, we’re normally updating our merchandise portfolio to reflect client choices. A needed but unlucky part of this is that we in some cases ought to discontinue items in get to be certain we can give consumers the best variety of treats nationwide. Owing to this, we experienced to discontinue the Fantastic Humor Toasted Almond bars in 2022. We apologize to our shoppers that could be unhappy by this information, and while we do not have a existing plan to deliver again this products, we are enthusiastic to go on featuring our buyers a large wide variety of treats offered in merchants and ice cream trucks.”
So, yeah, it can be actual. Following much more than 60 decades of its wonderful existence, Toasted Almond is no extra.
For a brief little bit of cake-coated record, by 1961, when Unilever procured Good Humor, its solution line had developed to 85 flavors or mixtures, such as Toasted Almond, Strawberry Shortcake and Chocolate Éclair, and then, in 1992, the company relaunched people three classic offerings.
The very first individual I had to tell was my dad, who initially introduced me to the distinctive take care of in the ‘90s when I was a kid, and had eaten it as a kid, as well. We bonded about our shared love of Toasted Almond each summer when the ice product truck arrived down our street. I obtained a SpongeBob Popsicle or Choco Taco (RIP!) just about every now and yet again, but commonly, the sound of the ice product truck intended it was “Toasted Almond Time.”
“This is a darkish day in my life. The ringing of bells in my childhood community always heralded that Fantastic Humor Toasted Almond was at hand,” he tells me around text. “Chocolate Éclair and Strawberry Shortcake were favored by some, but very little in life was better than that person in the white hat and uniform achieving via that small doorway in the aspect of the truck and magically extracting that excellent Toasted Almond on a wooden adhere.”
And he’s not by yourself: Numerous on social media have echoed his frosty inner thoughts.
“I will never ever invest in anything at all Excellent Humor again right up until these are introduced back. A fashionable tragedy,” tweeted one man or woman in response to the news.
“This proper in this article is a damn crime versus humanity,” tweeted another.
“Be sure to deliver them back!!! This was the beloved flavor between many! I grew up ingesting these with my dad, we want them back again!!” wrote another Twitter consumer, who looks to have experienced a very similar childhood to mine.
“hi there superior humor! i think this is probably the worst choice youve ever produced 🙂 kindly deliver them back and i promise to one handedly make it truly worth the expense <3 if not then i can guarantee ur business will continue to decline severely from this point on. no pressure !" tweeted someone else, rather ominously.
And then, on Sept. 12, 2022, the Change.org petition was launched: “Bring the Good Humor Toasted Almond Bar Back,” by Tammy Regan.
“Good Humor made the poor decision of discontinuing their Toasted Almond bar stating it was ‘less popular across the country’. Many have said that due to the lack of stock in stores, this helped perpetuate that thought,” Regan writes in the petition’s description. “This flavor is a favorite among many, including my 91-year old mother. … I am hoping that with enough signatures, Good Humor will see how popular their Toasted Almond bar is and bring it back.”
As of this writing, it has 1,705 of its 2,500-signature goal.
Fortunately, a quick Google search tells me it’s still available on some grocery sites, like Instacart and Stop & Shop.
“I may have to buy a new freezer and hoard as many as possible before I say goodbye to this iconic dessert,” my dad says.
He and I will have to limit ourselves to one Toasted Almond a summer for the foreseeable future — until Good Humor decides to bring it back. (It’s not an “if,” it’s a “when,” I’ll keep telling myself.)
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