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Uhhhh, Choco Taco?

As the weather grows warmer during these blooming weeks of May, there's just one thing on the minds of junk food junkies. The hot sun and warm breeze ushers in a celebrity like none other, and when this guy hits the red carpet, we all get a little bit fatter. Welcome home, Mr. Ice Cream Man.

When you walk up to that familiar truck window, keep an eye out for the nontraditional yet completely delicious cult icon known as the "Choco Taco." Made by Klondike, these off-the-wall entrees seem to have faded into obscurity in recent years, but make no mistake: Choco Tacos are still out there, waiting to assault your tongue with fourteen kinds of chocolate and the spirit of the South.

Fashioned quite like any regular meat-stuffed taco, Klondike's version features a sugar cone shell containing frozen vanilla ice cream, topped with everything from chocolate syrup to peanuts. It's like eating a dozen kinds of junk food simultaneously. A warning label on each wrapper sums it up perfectly: "This is not a reduced fat food." We're allowed to treat ourselves once in a while, and gaining 6,000 pounds is a small price to pay for a treat so shamelessly filled with Mexican froza treata.

With sixteen grams of fat, Klondike promises a snack worth taking a long nap after. More rarely seen in your local grocer's freezer section these days, Choco Tacos are still regularly stocked in ice cream trucks. Much like that frog-shaped pop with the bubble gum eyes and those strange strawberry cones with more layers than an eighty-year-old redwood, Choco Tacos force us to chase escaping vehicles down long streets, screaming all the way. The best pleasures are the ones we suffer for, so get your running shoes on.

Choco Tacos have gained a sort of underground fame in recent years, in part because of their previous inclusion on Taco Bell's dessert menu, but mostly because they've grown so elusive. Those fortunate enough to have an abundant supplier of Choco Tacos are in the minority, while the rest of the world glumly pines for the slick silver wrapper and gooey chocolate crunch. Finding a Choco-Taco might seem like a low-rent fantasy, but have you ever tasted these things?

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Posted by Matt on 05/17/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 126 comments

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Ahh… the good old Choco Taco. Those things are great. The shop at Hosville (Which I probably spelled wrong) Park here on Long Island still sells them. They also sell Vanilla Tacos… although those aren’t as good…

Can always come down here if you’re desperate…

Chestnuts roasted by EBK @ 06/05/2004 4:14 PM


I used to love topping off a Grande Meal with a delicious Choco Taco from T-Bell

Chestnuts roasted by JoeMama @ 06/06/2004 1:11 AM


I don’t know where you people live, but there are no less than 6 places in a 5 mile radius from my house than sell Choco-tacos.

Chestnuts roasted by Hugh @ 06/07/2004 1:11 AM


I just visited by my local friendly ice cream joint and saw that Choco Tacos are available for a mere buck and a quarter… I opted for the Lightning Lemon thingie instead, as it sounded far more refreshing. Sweet baby Jesus, it certainly was refreshing.

Chestnuts roasted by Gretchen @ 06/07/2004 12:48 PM


Choco Tacos run rampant in Rockford, IL. Go to any gas station or Taco Bell and snag one. You’ll be glad you did! They’re one of those yummy things you can sit in front of the playstation with and polish off a whole box!!

Chestnuts roasted by Dilbitz @ 06/09/2004 3:21 PM


Mmmm…Choco Tacos.

Chestnuts roasted by Stoos @ 06/12/2004 9:34 AM


I love Choco Tacos. Blockbusters and gas stations around here have them alot. I guess I’m lucky. Though it’s been a while since I’ve actually bought them.

Chestnuts roasted by Aristobulus @ 06/13/2004 12:18 PM


Wow! They used to sell those at my middle school. Choco Tacos Rox0rz!

Chestnuts roasted by Hman @ 06/13/2004 1:15 AM


Here in El Paso (read: 15 minutes from the border of Mexico), these things are plentiful. In fact, I just got one the other day from a gas station’s ice cream freezer. Delightful! ^_^

Chestnuts roasted by Team Rocket Rose @ 06/13/2004 4:42 PM


i was always one to go for the sonic the hedgehog ice cream bars. blue and white sherbert with black cherry gumball eyes. good shit there. i got them so much one summer if the ice cream man ever came by and saw me, he would just say "you want the usual?". that is probably a highlight of my life, having someone ask me if i wanted the usual. i was like the 10 year old equivilant of norm from cheers, except with sonic bars.

Chestnuts roasted by Adam @ 06/13/2004 5:11 PM


Heh heh, I work at a place that has a large stockpile of the things. And get to eat them for free every day :) For anyone who hasn’t had one they are damn good.

Chestnuts roasted by Jake @ 06/13/2004 11:39 PM


Last time I paid a visit to the ice cream man here (Santa Fe, NM) was last summer. I was coincidentally looking for a choco taco. We would have never caught the speeding fiend if some neighboring children hadn’t jumped in front of the truck (not kidding). When our turn came, we stepped up into a cloud of cigarette smoke and asked the old mexican man in the stained wife beater for choco tacos. He yelled to the woman half a foot away from him who couldn’t have been anything other than a prostitute and she handed us our cigarette infused ice cream. God I wish I was making this stuff up, I can’t stomach the ice cream man anymore after that.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 06/15/2004 12:58 PM


thank you to the person who said Maxibon, I knew I’d seen something like a choco taco but I’d forgotten the name.

Does anyone remember the ice creams shaped like feet? They were pink, possibly with white swirls, and the toes were chocolate covered. I vividly remember eating one as a small child (I must have been smal as they seemed like giant feet) but I never see them now.

Chestnuts roasted by Purple Penguin @ 06/17/2004 1:41 PM


Choco Taco’s across the street from where i work. about 88 cents with tax i think. Taco bell, nuff said. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 06/20/2004 2:08 AM


every year at boyscout camp they sell choco tacos….

and i buy them, becuase they are delicious, as everyone above has already stated

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 06/23/2004 10:19 PM


canddy

Chestnuts roasted by joel @ 06/24/2004 3:27 PM


candddy

Chestnuts roasted by joel @ 06/24/2004 3:27 PM


candy

Chestnuts roasted by joel @ 06/24/2004 3:28 PM


canada.

Chestnuts roasted by joel @ 06/24/2004 3:28 PM


For the record, some Taco Bells still sell these things. I was recently on a cross-country trip, and stopped at Taco Bell in the southern Appalachians (somewhere between Maryland and Tennesse, not quite sure where. The road becomes a blur after 15 hours). They had Choco Tacos on their dessert menu, and I got one. So they are still otu there.

Chestnuts roasted by Maclimes @ 06/25/2004 10:13 AM


Thank God For The Choco Taco!
I swear by these things. The only place I can regularlly find them is the Mister Softee truck on 72 street, but they’re too far away and the presence of the truck is unreliable.

Chestnuts roasted by Vincent @ 06/25/2004 1:36 PM


Was there ever a strawberry or chocolate choco taco? I could have sworn that tacobell served them for a limited time about 7 years ago?

Chestnuts roasted by Icefloe @ 09/23/2004 12:07 PM


i assume nobody will read this comment since the last one made on this article was around 3 years ago. yet i felt it important to note, as a choco taco junkie i have found a very readible supply of these delecious treats. QT the gas station, food mart things, you know those red 7 eleven places, they always have a freezer stocked with them.

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 03/22/2007 4:03 AM


Albertsons Grocery Stores sells them on the West Coast for $1.00

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 05/17/2009 12:30 PM


MMMMMmmmmmmm, Choco Tacos /drool

Chestnuts roasted by Kalamazoo Web Designers @ 08/06/2009 11:15 AM


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