- Eskimo Pie
Eskimo Pie is a brand name for a
chocolate -covered vanillaice cream bar wrapped in foil, the first such dessert sold in theUnited States . It is now marketed byNestlé , owners ofDreyer's of theWestern United States , andEdy's of theEastern United States ., Nelson franchised the product, allowing ice cream manufacturers to produce them under that name. The patent, which applied to any type of frozen material covered with candy, was invalidated in 1929.
Related company history
Stover sold his share of the business. He then formed the well-known chocolate manufacturer
Russell Stover Candies . [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Russell-Stover-Candies-Inc-Company-History.html] Nelson became independently wealthy off the royalties from the sale of Eskimo Pies.Nelson then sold his share of the business to the United States Foil Company, which made the Eskimo Pie wrappers. He retired at a young age, but reportedly out of boredom rejoined what was then called Reynolds Metals Company (now part of
Alcoa ) in 1935, inventing new methods of manufacturing and shipping Eskimo Pies and serving as an executive until his ultimate retirement in 1961.In 1992, Nelson died at the age of 99. In that same year, Eskimo Pie Corporation was spun off from Reynolds in an
initial public offering , as an alternative to an acquisition thatNestlé had proposed in 1991.Eskimo Pie brand
confectionery was until recently sold byCoolBrands International, a Canadian company that acquired Eskimo Pie Corporation in 2000. On January 24, 2007, CoolBrands announced the sale of its Eskimo Pie and Chipwich brands toDreyer's Grand Ice Cream, an indirect subsidiary ofNestlé . [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Eskimo-Pie-Corporation-Company-History.html]Popular Culture
"Eskimo pie", which some countries such as South Africa and parts of Australia use colloquially to refer to any chocolate and ice cream confectionery, was featured in the chorus of
Jeremy Taylor 's song "Ag Pleez Deddy " which was a massively popular hit in the 1960s. [http://www.lyricsdownload.com/jeremy-taylor-ag-pleez-deddy-lyrics.html]See also
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Klondike bar
*Chipwich
*Ag Pleez Deddy References
External links
* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d8553.htm History of the Eskimo Pie] , from the Smithsonian Institution
* [http://www.neilsondairy.com/en/about_history.htm Neilson Dairy history]
*US patent|1404539
* [http://www.flexnews.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=6833&str= CoolBrands press release announcing sale of Eskimo Pie to Dreyer's]
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