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With summer fast approaching, UK retailer Tesco has unveiled a cohort of new ice creams and ice lollies, crafted specially for the warmer season. In the ice cream sticks arena, Tesco has launched a variety of new products. Popcorn and White Chocolate sticks blend buttery popcorn and velvety white chocolate ice cream, finished with salted corn pieces in a salted caramel sauce.
The retailer also introduced Caramelised Mini Biscuit sticks, combining caramelised biscuit ice cream with crunchy white chocolate and cinnamon biscuit pieces, swirled with a caramel sauce. Its new caramelised pecan ice cream sticks contain pecan-flavoured ice cream with a caramel sauce swirl, covered in milk chocolate and dotted with caramelised pecan pieces.
The supermarket giant also unveiled two new ice cream sandwiches, Popcorn and Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich, a biscuit sandwich filled with caramel-flavoured ice cream and dipped in white chocolate, and Tesco Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwich, combining vanilla ice cream with dark chocolate chips in a chocolate chip biscuit sandwich. In the tub and pint sector, Tesco introduced a variety of new products. Its new Birthday Cake Ice Cream features a sponge-cake and strawberry flavoured ice cream, topped with strawberry sauce and rainbow sprinkles, while its Tropical Sorbet & Ice Cream tub blends refreshing sorbet and ice cream, bursting with luscious flavours of ripe mangoes, passionfruit and pineapple, and topped with a tropical sauce. It also introduced a new Raspberry Eton Mess Ice Cream, reimagining the classic dessert, as swirls of raspberry sauce and crunchy meringue pieces are paired with rich clotted cream ice cream and a finish of speckled red sugar pearls. Jaimini Sharma, product development manager at Tesco, said: “Our new ice cream collection is a celebration of summer, with each flavour, whether it be Caramelised Biscuit or Eton Mess, a testament to our commitment to innovation and quality. At Tesco, our aim is to delight our customers with every mouthful without breaking the bank this summer." The retailer also unveiled Pineapple Coconut & Lime Ice Lollies, Sour Cherry Cola Helter Skelter Ice Lollies, Peach & Yogurt Swirled Lollies, Strawberry & Yogurt Swirled Lollies, Cloudy Apple Ice Lollies, Strawberries and Cream Ice Lollies and Strawberry and Apple Ice Lollies. The new Summer Edition ice cream and ice lollies range is available to purchase in Tesco stores across the UK starting at £1.60.