The Wibbly Wobbly Wonder was an ice cream on a stick which was marketed in Ireland in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It was made by HB Ice Cream,[1][2] having been conceived in 1974 as a cost saving measure by Gerry Keegan, an accountant at the company at the time.[citation needed] It was taken off the market in the late 1990s, before being made and marketed again briefly as part of HB's 80th anniversary celebrations in 2006.[3][4]
The lower half of a Wibbly Wobbly Wonder was divided between pink strawberry and yellow banana flavoured ice cream, with the upper half consisting of frozen yellow lemon jelly, coated in chocolate.[5]
German retailer Aldi retails a similar product called "Jiggly Pops".
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Obituary : The man who invented the Wibbly Wobbly Wonder". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "A taste for ice cream". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
Now owned by the multinational Unilever group, HB created such ice cream classics as the Wibbly Wobbly Wonder, the Choc Ice [..] not to mention the Cornetto
- ^ "Reeling in the years: Top 10 ice pops of the 80s and 90s". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Corless, Damian (2011). You'll Ruin your Dinner: Sweet Memories from Irish childhood. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444726046.
Launched in 1974, this [..] melted from view in the 1990s and was withdrawn, though it made a comeback in 2006
- ^ "Wibbly Wobbly Wonders faced the biggest ice cream injustice Ireland has ever seen". dailyedge.ie. Journal Media Ltd. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
External links
edit- Wibblywobblywonder.ie - official website (archived)
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