Growing up, Streets Ice Cream Viennetta Vanilla was one of the ‘fancier’ supermarket ice creams in our household. More than two decades on and thirty years since it first launched in Britain in 1982, it’s still produced.
There are multiple layers of vanilla ice cream with sprayed-on layers of chocolate. According to Wikipedia,
The layers of ice cream were extruded, one after another, onto trays sitting on a moving belt. The rate of extrusion was greater than the speed of the belt which caused a “bunching” of the ice cream; each layer was extruded at a different speed from the previous layer. The final effect was akin to a series of waves rippling through the product.
I have little recollection of the flavour of Streets Viennetta Vanilla as a child, but as an adult, I find it lacking. The ice cream is airy – as if there’s been too much air incorporated – and together with the use of skim milk in the ice cream, creates a rather foamy mouthfeel that’s miles away from the indulgent flavours of Connoisseur Ice Cream. The sprayed on chocolate adds crispy pops of flavour and texture, but again, its flavour makes the use of cheap chocolate evident. Perhaps as a child, I enjoyed the novelty of the ripples.
This Streets Ice Cream Viennetta Vanilla contained 600 ml. It was produced in Australia and gifted by family in Sydney, Australia in 2017.