From its humble beginnings served from an ice cream truck in Philadelphia to a mass-produced delicacy, the public fell in love with the Choco Taco until its discontinuation nearly 40 years later.

In collaboration with Taco Bell, the popular ice cream chain is putting its spin on the discontinued Choco Taco, dubbing the update “The Tacolate.” Since the 1980s, many fans of novelty ice cream have ...

I could not comprehend this. Every summer evening, the pleasant jingle-jangle of the ice cream truck wafted through my neighborhood, and every time, without fail, I would ask, "One Choco Taco, please.