Screwball (ice cream)
A screwball is a type of frozen confection that first appeared in the 1970s. It consists of ice cream inside a conical, plastic cup with a gumball at the bottom; the flavor of the ice cream is usually raspberry ripple. Several prominent brands produce screwballs, for example Asda, Popsicle, and Eskimo Pie. The name was originally a commercial product name but is now used to describe all such ice cream treats, whoever makes them. The product does not qualify as ice cream under USDA guidelines.[1]
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'Two Ball Screwball' is a brand name (in the United States, a registered trademark) for a screwball containing two gumballs.[2] The original flavor was cherry but other flavors have been introduced such as a mix of lemon and blue raspberry. As with all screwballs, the shape is that of a cone with the gumballs at the bottom.[3][4]
References
- "BBC - Liverpool [subject] - Gum Control".
- "Registration number 2406714". Trademark Electronic Search System. United States Patent and Trademark Office. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- http://www.popsicle.com/product/detail/107859/2-ball-screwball-cherry
- "two-ball screwball - Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)". www.odps.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.