The DU Lounge

While not childhood ice cream.pops
I fould this interesting (having thought to look it up)

Haagrn Daz was invented in The Bronx in 1960!: Who knew! And we lived much closer to The Bronx in Washington Heights. But never heard of them till later.
Their first store was in 1976! and, of courset, they l expanded over the decades.

Then from Wikipedia *my underline

Frusen Glädjé (often mistaken for "frozen glazen&quot was famously introduced in NYC around 1980, arriving just in time to fiercely compete with Häagen-Dazs in the premium gourmet ice cream market.The launch sparked a legendary marketing clash in New York. Because Frusen Glädjé marketed heavily on a Swedish-sounding name and Nordic imagery, Häagen-Dazs—a company completely fabricated by a Bronx native to sound Danish—sued the newcomer for copying their European marketing strategy. The lawsuit was ultimately unsuccessful, leaving Frusen Glädjé to claim its spot in local gourmet shops.

I do remember seeing FG early on.

And finally Ben & Jerry's introduced themselves in NYC sometime in ?mid 1980's. They held a festival in Central Park.
If you wrote a few choices of social activism postcards (tents set up) you could turn them in, get a ticket and then get free mini cups of their ice cream.

They had a inflatable balloon that said:
"When you meet God he will ask two things: "did you help my children", and "did you have fun".
Since I was raised ro try and help others, and also to have fun- this appealed to me.