To be honest, I've always been more of a straight-up ice cream sandwich person. But when the news broke that the Choco Taco, dubbed by the New York Times as the "Ice Cream Snack of American Summers," was being discontinued, I grieved nonetheless.
Invented in 1983 by Philadelphia entrepreneur Alan Drazen, the Choco Taco is an ingenious vehicle for delivering chocolate, ice cream, nuts and cone to the happy eater in every single bite. It's nothing if not a perfectly executed concept, like a Beyonce album except for ice cream.
