It's a real treat in the hot weather
With the temperatures rising in Nottinghamshire, ice cream sales are booming. There are plenty of lovely things to eat to cool down but few beat whipped ice cream in a cone served with a chocolate flake.
The first 99 Flake Cadbury produced was a chocolate bar in ice cream between two wafer biscuits. Then in 1930 Cadbury started producing a smaller Flake bar specifically for sticking into soft ice cream - with the bars sold as 99 Flakes in boxes, unwrapped.But the name has caused some confusion over the years, with a number of theories as to how it came about. Cadbury have their own official version, but that hasn't stopped people coming up with theories.
Others say it was named for the Boys of 99 - honoured Italian heroes of the First World War who had been born in 1899. The shape of the Flake is said to have reminded Italian ice cream sellers in Britain of the feather the Boys of 99 wore in their caps. On the Cadbury website, a spokesperson explains: “An ice cream served in a cone with a Flake 99 is the UK's favourite ice cream. In the days of the monarchy in Italy the King had an elite guard consisting of 99 soldiers.
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