Dove Bar

DoveBar is an American ice cream bar, created by Leo Stefanos at Dove Candies & Ice Cream in Chicago in 1956,^[1] and introduced nationally in 1985. The brand was bought by Mars Inc. in 1985^[2], and the Dove Bar today is made by M&M/Mars^[3]. The Dove chocolate brand was named for the ice cream.^[1]

Each ice cream bar has either vanilla or chocolate ice cream, coated in chocolate. The ice cream bars are either sold individually or in a four-pack. It is considered both ice cream and candy.

The flavors currently available are: Milk Chocolate with vanilla ice cream, Dark Chocolate with French Vanilla ice cream (original), Milk Chocolate with Almonds and vanilla ice cream, and Milk Chocolate with chocolate ice cream and a chocolate swirl (Triple Chocolate Ice cream Bar).

The traditional DoveBar has famously presented the consumer with the Consumption Conundrum, where eating a full bar is usually too much, but eating a half bar is just not satisfying.^{[citation needed]}

Dove ice cream is also sold in pints or "Miniatures". The pints also have a layer of chocolate ganache on the top, containing an impression of the Dove logo.

U.S. production takes place in Burr Ridge, Illinois.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Zeldes, Leah A. (October 19, 2009). "DoveBar's sweet Chicago success story". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc.. http://blog.diningchicago.com/2009/10/19/dovebars-sweet-chicago-success-story/. Retrieved October 23, 2009. 
2. ^ "Mars Acquires the Dove Bar", New York Times, August 12, 1986, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6DE153DF931A2575BC0A960948260, retrieved May 1, 2010 
3. ^ (– ^{Scholar search}) The Dove Story, http://www.dovebar.com/Story.aspx ^{[dead link]}