The black and tan sundae is a popular ice cream sundae made with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and caramel, topped with almonds and whipped cream. It may have been named after a mixed beer and lager drink or due to Irish history. Some ice cream shops serve it differently.
The black and tan sundae is an ice cream sundae made with vanilla ice cream and topped with both hot fudge and caramel. It’s usually given an extra topping of almonds and whipped cream, before being garnished with a cherry. You’ll find black and tan sundaes in most mainstream ice cream shops. There are numerous traditions as to where the Coppa was first made; the claims of creating the first ice cream sundae are largely done by folks from Ithaca, New York and Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Variations of the original sundae, wherever they were first made, soon emerged in abundance, and the black and tan sundae was one of the most popular. It’s the most ordered ice cream sundae from Fenton’s Ice Cream Shop in Oakland, California, which has been making the sundaes since the early 20th century.
While the black and tan cups may refer to the colors of chocolate and caramel, there are several other explanations for the name. Primarily, a black and a tan can be a mixed beer and lager drink (typically Guinness stout and lager), popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Ice cream parlors in the United States owe at least part of their popularity to Prohibition. If you couldn’t drink alcohol due to lack of availability, you could at least eat ice cream. Thus, the black and tan cup may be a suggested alternative to the black and tan Irish, or half and half as it is sometimes called.
Unfortunately there is a milder side to the black and tan name, which Ben & Jerry’s discovered when they created their Black & Tan Ice Cream flavor in the mid-2000s. things irish, and actually contains sturdy ice cream combined with chocolate, some irish and irish americans have been exceptionally angry or insulted by the reference. British paramilitary forces called the Black and Tans were used to put down the Irish War of Independence in the 1920s. These soldiers were notoriously brutal and attacked not only combatants but cities and innocents as well. They are looked down upon by many Irish people for their brutality. Some Irish people laughed at the taste of the ice cream, and the black and brown cup in general, but many didn’t enjoy it.
Perhaps due to this unfortunate part of Irish history, you may see black and tan cups listed as tortoiseshell cups. Typically though, turtles and candy contain turtles or hazelnuts instead of almonds. You’re sure to find black and tan sundaes topped with a variety of different nuts, and some ice cream shops differ on whether or not to heat the caramel sauce and hot fudge. Others serve sundaes with chocolate caramel sauce at room temperature and omit both the hot fudge and hot caramel.
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