A correct and traditional choc bomb
I found at the SX Cinema in Fremantle
A proper choc bomb should have a thick almost impregnable coat of chocolate over a large round scoop of rock hard vanilla ice cream. The cone should have a flat end. The solidness of a genuine choc bomb should be such that it takes at least fifteen minutes to consume one in a darkened cinema
These days we are seeing a worrying and unAustralian trend whereby many cinemas are selling so-called choc bombs which are not choc bombs at all. These bogus choc bombs may have one or more of the following features:
A Fake Choc Bomb Has:
a pointy end
a thin chocolate shell
soft icecream
chocolate in the cone end (come on people this is NOT a Drumstick)
a ridiculous flavour like boysenberry
11 responses so far ↓
1 rob // Aug 20, 2008 at 11:34 am
Wow, Australia really is a vast tapestry woven from many different cultures. I can barely understand a word you’ve written. Could you possibly mean ‘choc top’?
Mind you, a true connoisseur scoffs FruChocs at the cinema.
2 squib // Aug 20, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Hi Rob, yes I believe that in less advanced states it is known as a choc top
I have no idea what a FruChoc is but it sounds kind of pretentious, no?
3 Rob // Aug 20, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Pretentious? Moi?
4 warthog // Aug 21, 2008 at 9:45 am
sx cinmas.
you had thm too!
5 squib // Aug 21, 2008 at 10:11 am
It’s short for Essex St
tsk tsk tsk
6 lill // Aug 22, 2008 at 8:16 am
I thought FruChocs were a south aust thing?
I live in a small country town and our choc bombs are as they should be. Of course I only buy them to keep an eye on their quality…
7 VicBitter // Aug 24, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Speaking on behalf of the less advanced states, we’d like to defend our use of the term ‘choc top’ over your prefered use of the term ‘choc bomb’. The word bomb implies an explosion of flavour which is somewhat different to the delivery of flavour derived by the chocolate coating on said ice confection. The appropriate use of the word bomb would apply to a sherbert-style flavour delivery. Something that would provide some type of fizz perhaps? Hence the aptly named Sherbert Bomb (perhaps you have not encounted this Sherbert Bomb of which I speak?).
8 squib // Aug 24, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Good grief are you doing a thesis on this?!
No I think the word bomb is used in this instance to mean something round, heavy, and bomb-like and it does not in any way refer to the degustation of the said ice confection
By Sherbet Bomb do you mean Wizz Fizz or those chewy orange things? Pray tell
9 VicBitter // Sep 2, 2008 at 3:17 pm
With humble apologies for such an extended delay in responding, the answer to your question would be the “chewy orange things”. I never really got too interested in the fizz wizzes. You’ll understand i hope, little paper bag, tiny plastic spoon with square corners that don’t quite fit the shape of your lip, awkward/ oversized/un-co’ hands. They should be labeled with a maximum age limit. Your use of the word “choc bomb” does make sense with your explanation. Our word “choc top” is referring to the assembly process while your preferred “choc bomb” is clearly in reference to physical appearance resembling an explosive device. Neither is incorrect really. No clear winners on this rivetting issue!
10 squib // Sep 2, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Vic I’m glad you’ve realised you were wrong and you’re man enough to admit it
11 molodec // Sep 3, 2008 at 3:06 am
choc bombs are the s#!t! Last one I had was in 1989 at the Greater Union cinema city on Hindley Street (prostitute district) in Adelaide. Ever since then I’ve been battling obesity, so I’ve had to cut some crap out of my life
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