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An Introduction Fit for a King

The year was 2017, and the seeds of social unrest over civil injustice were taking root and influencing the zeitgeist at the same time that Black Panther, the first MCU film to be led by a Black actor, was on its path to release.

Our team understood early on that this was not just a regular movie, but something special that reflected a cultural moment. Inspired by the gravity of the assignment, we put a massive collaborative effort into action with the goal of honoring the stunning source material.

Over 50 million YouTube views and a $1.3 billion box office haul later, and the rest is history....

The chance to work on this trailer was given to us by our amazing clients at Disney: John "Ibby" Ibsen, SVP of creative advertising, and Lauren Wright, VP of creative advertising. Having teamed up with Ibby in the past, we knew we had the benefit of an ideal collaborator who could provide singular creative guidance and support, so we were excited to dive in. They immediately launched us into action with their creative directionBlack Panther was all about the old meeting the new. An ancient civilization with hi-tech prowess. This was our starting point. It was clear that Ibby and Lauren wanted to raise the bar with this trailer by challenging us to make a real statement. And we delivered.

In preparation, we brought together a team of visionaries to take on the task, with Create's EVP Michael Trice (now VP of creative advertising at Disney) and VP Zoe Chau steering the process, and industry veteran Brendan Lambe doing the editorial crafting. This core team was supported by multiple divisions at Create, most notably the writing team led by our head writer, Dee Dee Cecil, and Esther Aronson during the concept phase, as well as our music team, led by head of music Heather Kreamer and music supervisor Craig Thompson.

With the help of our partners at Disney, our collaboration even extended to director Ryan Coogler himself, who supported the process and helped bring in Vince Staples to lend his lyrical talents to make this a truly unique trailer experience.

In a crowded cinematic universe, where every existing Marvel superhero already commands the viewer's attention, an impactful introduction is paramount. We were not only introducing a new superhero, we were also giving audiences their first glimpse of his distinctive setting: Wakanda.

Critical to both the plot and Black Panther's identity, we knew the big reveal of Wakanda to audiences had to create a sense of awe. The speech by Agent Ross, a CIA veteran who has "seen it all," provided a clear and digestible way inserving as the audience's POV. The line, "Where have you been hiding this?" sets the stage for the film, and T'Challa's cool confidence in his response sets the tone for his character.

Following that, the goal was to bring audiences further into the details of a hyper-advanced nation that is just as much defined by its traditional culture as by its technology, integrating our core strategy of juxtaposing the old with the new through contrasting visuals like ancient ritual combat followed by a look at Black Panther's brand new hi-tech suit.

Once the hero and his kingdom are established, and with the backend hitting like a bomb with Vince Staples' "BagBak," we introduced our villain Erik Killmonger to ratchet up the stakes. Then it was time for a hyped-up montage to take us out, with our goal being to establish the action-packed moments and introduce the grand scope of the film.

This structure allowed us to effectively integrate minimal yet impactful dialogue and create a clear visualization of the battle lines throughout, highlighting the differences in how T'Challa and Killmonger saw both the world and the conflict within the film itself... all without giving away too much.

It was a balanced approach that demonstrates how a little goes a long way, allowing us to tell a clear story while keeping it simple and engaging enough to drive audiences to theaters to discover more.

While the structure clearly conveyed the dynamics of the film, it was the look and sound that made this trailer a truly differentiated experience.

Early in the process, our team believed that Gil Scott-Heron's spoken word protest song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" could play an essential role for a film that was revolutionary in its own right.

We combined this incisive and influential song with the high-energy, searing "BagBak." The confidently defiant energy of the song resonated deeply with the film, and we wanted to draw those lyrics in the same way we drew in Gil Scott-Heron's.

It was blending these two together where the real work began.

In the preliminary stages, we had several composers tell us it was a near-impossible task, but the final result was executed with the combined efforts of our editor Brendan Lambe and the creative guidance and expertise of our music team. Along the way, we leaned on the support of our label and composer partners, and it was the collaboration of an entire village that was critical to enabling the mashup of three different cues all on top of each other.

But we didn't stop there. Vince Staples gave us more than just one incredible song. After director Ryan Coogler reached out to the artist, Vince Staples generously went into the studio to ad-lib additional vocals that took the trailer to another level.

This singular sound clearly needed visuals to match. We wanted it to feel like an authentic extension of the themes that define Black Panther and Wakanda, while also paying homage to what makes the film stand out as a creative and cultural force.

This led us to focus on the beautifully rich themes of afrofuturism, an aesthetic and philosophical exploration that played a key role in Ryan Coogler's vision. Just like the movement itself, we blended and juxtaposed the contemporary futuristic with the traditional, and in so doing, avoided making the trailer feel too modern, or too old, but a mix of the two to create something fresh.

Ibby, in addition to providing key guidance throughout the process, also offered us the ability to create an even more distinct identity through custom VFX shots that really elevated our narrative. A great example of this was the feature at the very end with T'Challa opening his claws, an interesting verit shot that looked cool and created a very compelling final moment to leave audiences with.

Black Panther wasn't just a great film; it was a necessary one. We were honored to make our contribution to such a historic and groundbreaking film, and work so closely with a character that Chadwick Boseman put his heart, soul and brilliance into. We will forever be humbled and eternally grateful for this opportunity given to us by our friend and creative superhero Ibby, and the incredible Disney marketing team.

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When looking at the best producers of 1990s rock, look no further than the legendary Butch Vig. Over his extensive career, Vig has seen it all, ranging from Nirvana and Foo Fighters to Urge Overkill, AFI and L7.

Butch was born Brian David Vig in Wisconsin and earned the somewhat unfortunate nickname depending on which way you look at it from a distinctive crew cut that his father gave him during his school years. Vig was initially a pianist, but after watching Keith Moon play with The Who, he swapped his piano for a cheap drum kit.

Finding his feet, Vig played the drums in the band Spooner in his early adulthood and contributed electronic composition to cheap Hollywood films, which sparked his interest in production and the manipulation of sound.

Vig, along with his future Garbage bandmate, Steve Marker, built a production studio in Markers basement and self-produced Spooners debut EP and a variety of other local Wisconsin bands, which would serve as his introduction to a soon-to-be glittering career in music production.

Today marks Butch Vigs birthday, so to commemorate the heroic producers big day, were taking a look and some of the best albums that he has ever produced. Here they are.

The second album of the most significant American rock back of the 1990s,Nevermind,had a more polished sound than the bands previous full-length release,Bleach. This radio-friendly production led to an absolute explosion in the bands popularity and the grunge movement, and it remains one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Nevermindwas a special record, Vig toldFar Outin 2020. I mean, the band had been playing really well, and they were really tight and focused when they came into the studio. Kurt had written a bunch of amazing songs that were super hooky, but I had no idea it was going to be a zeitgeist moment. It just completely exploded; it really was like a revolution. It completely changed my life for the better; everybody I know closely associated with the band will say the same thing. No one saw it coming, but were all really thankful that we were along for the ride.

Dirtyis the seventh full-length album by Sonic Youth and was the bands first effort following the major grunge waves that Nirvana had been making with the release ofNevermind. Sonic Youth did not explicitly choose to record with Vig becauseofNevermindssuccess but had considered it on something of a semi-conscious level.

Its important to understand how a drummer plays do they hit the cymbals loud, or do they play the fills louder than the groove? said Vig. Steve Shelley is amazing in the way he fits into the symphonic sound that Sonic Youth makes. Often, hell play drums more as a pulse than a clearly defined part. He glues it all together.Dirtywas recorded on an old radio broadcast console and cut in a smaller room, where we tracked a lot of things live with the band playing in a circle around Steves kit. Again, a simple set-up.

Vig had also produced the Pumpkins first full-length effort,Gish, and the albums unexpected success which led to the band being dubbed the next Nirvana led Billy Corgan to entrust their high-pressured second album to the hands of Vig once more. Check out our ranking of the tracks ofSiamese Dreamhere.

Im very proud of it because that was a really difficult record, Vig toldFar Out. It was before Pro Tools; Billy and I set the bar really high in terms of how sonically we wanted it to sound. I had to deal with all of the dysfunctionality of them as four people together, but I think the record still sounds really good. It has a sound to it that we kind of came up within the studio, and to me, it still sounds as powerful now as it did when I recorded it.

The debut effort of the band featuring Vig himself on drums. Vig and fellow producer Steve Marker had grown somewhat tired of their busy production schedules, working on really long records. Vig and Marker had been working on remixes and wanted to replicate the sensibility of a remix in a new band. They were inspired to name their band as such, as someone once commented that it sounded like garbage.

Garbage was us screwing around and not adhering to what a proper drum sound should be like, said Vig. Id just bought my first sampler and was listening to Public Enemy, so I wanted to take that into a rock context, using live drums as well as programming, loops and processing. Because it was me, people expected it to sound like a grunge band then they heard Queer or Stupid Girl, and [it] was obviously totally different. Did I mind being side-lined by a drum machine? No it was quite liberating.

Sound Cityis a documentary directed by Vigs frequent collaborator, Dave Grohl. The film chronicles the setting up of the Sound City Studios in Los Angeles the location at which Vig recordedNevermind and its historical and cultural importance. Vig produced the soundtrack to the film, which received two Grammy Awards. Vig also revealed that the project nearly featured folk-rock legend Neil Young at the helm.

The only project Im bummed didnt happen was when we were doingSound City; Dave Grohl was inviting people in to jam in the studio, and we had set up a session for Krist and Dave from Nirvana to play with Neil Young, Vig said. It would have been fucking awesome. And I know if Neil Young played with them, hed go, oh, lets go on tour and play some shows together! It would be like Crazy Horse on steroids. But then it didnt happen. Neil Young had a book coming out, so he was on a book tour, and Dave had to go interview him somewhere else. Its a bummer, man.

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There is no doubt about it, the cycle of trends has gone full circle and the 1990s are well and truly back in fashion.

While Gen X and millennials are enjoying a style revival, Gen Z are taking their first steps into the trends synonymous with the decade.

However, depsite micro sunglasses, chunky shoes, baggy jeans and strappy dresses being very much a part of the 2022 style zeitgeist, it has taken 90s hairstyles longer to catch on.

Jennifer Lopez, however, is doing her part to change that. The singer has been loyally sporting an updated version of the half-up, half-down ponytail.

Lopez wore her hair in the semi-casual style for her July wedding to Ben Affleck. Styled by British hairdresser Chris Appleton, her hair was worn in long, loose curls and tied up into a half ponytail at the top.

Beach waves have had their day and now its time for soft subtle girly waves with bounce and movement to enjoy the spotlight, including a mini quiff is a great way to add additional volume, Barry Kane, senior stylist at Pastels Salon at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai tells The National.

Due to its wearability and ease to achieve, it is one of the summers hottest looks. I can very much envisage this style being worn to the races or if you are attending a lavish event or a romantic dinner date.

As an updated and polished take on the classic ponytail, the look keeps hair out of the wearer's face. However, its not yet a wedding go-to.

I would say for most brides its maybe a little bit casual but for the bride who likes the step out from the crowd and do her own thing, its a winning look, says Kane.

Lopez has worn her half-up hairstyle fully pulled back, as she did on her wedding day, and with her angel wing fringe worn loose, for a more causal look while out and about in Paris on her honeymoon.

Jennifer Lopez wearing her hair in a half ponytail during her Paris honeymoon in July. Photo: GC Images

Sam Carpenter, hair artist educator for Eideal and Davines Arabia, says that it is a very low maintenance style to pull off, provided you have access to the right hair tools and products.

The most important aspect of achieving this look is to give the upstyle section a gritty feel as this will ensure it lasts throughout any event or wedding, Carpenter advises. Using a product such as Davines Invisible dry shampoo will help to achieve this. To achieve the bouncy down part of the hairstyle, you can use a big-barrelled tong or a wide-plate straightening irons as you can control the size of the curl. Then to finish the style and ensure it looks polished, use the Davines Shimmer Mist.

From the Eideal range, Carpenter suggests the Geenie straighteners (Dh850, $231) and the Loop Curling Iron, which comes in varying barrel sizes, the largest is a 32 millimetre diameter wand (Dh590, $160).

Another 1990s hairstyle Jennifer Lopez has been rocking is a tight bun with two thin plaits that frame her face. Photo: Jennifer Lopez / Instagram

The half-up, half-down ponytail is not the only hair style of Lopezs to hark back to the 20th century.

In July, ahead of her wedding, she posted another Appleton-crafted look on her Instagram, with a slick, tight bun and two thin plaits framing her face.

Jennifer Lopez, in a pale pink skirt suit, and Rebecca Lee Meza at a promotional event for 'Selena' on June 18, 1996. Rex Features

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In 1995, 31-year-old Sanjeev Bhaskar was performing a two-week run of The Secret Asians, his comedy double act with the musician Nitin Sawhney, at Ovalhouse theatre in south London. After a surprise rave review from Bonnie Greer in Time Out magazine, a group of BBC executives, including the future producer of The Office, Anil Gupta, flipped a coin to see whether they should go to the show after work or head to the pub. Luckily for Bhaskar, the toss went in his favour. The show was such a hit that they offered him the chance to put those sketches on Radio 4 as part of a new comedy show exploring British Asian culture. It was called Goodness Gracious Me and it would make Bhaskar a household name.

By 1998, the show had transferred to primetime on BBC Two and was a firm part of the British Asian cultural zeitgeist. In music, the so-called Asian underground movement was giving voice to second-generation migrants through its mix of club culture and north Indian bhangra. In film, writers and directors such as Gurinder Chadha and Ayub Khan Din explored intergenerational differences in Bhaji on the Beach and East Is East. On TV, Bhaskars sketch series created by an ensemble of British Asian actors including Bhaskars future wife, Meera Syal lampooned British Asian stereotypes through a mixture of farce and knowing irony.

With its skits on curry house culture, fake eastern mysticism and competitive mothers, it reached cult-classic status in British Asian households. Watching it at home as a child, I saw the constituent elements of my community reflected for the first time, with punchlines, played for laughs, that would be fully felt only by those who had lived those experiences. It was television that was for us, by us.

It was the right group of people at the right time, Bhaskar says. It feels like a landmark today, but five years earlier it wouldnt have happened and five years later someone else might have done it. Im thankful that we were there.

When Goodness Gracious Mes TV run ended after three seasons, in 2001, Bhaskar co-created the spoof chatshow The Kumars at No 42. He has since explored dramatic work, with starring roles in the gentle period series The Indian Doctor and, since 2015, the acclaimed cold-case drama Unforgotten. It was partly a conscious decision to move into drama. I wanted to explore the drama side of acting, partly because you just want to see if you can do it, he says. This week, he will feature in what could be his international breakthrough: the much-anticipated Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaimans graphic novel series The Sandman, alongside Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie and Stephen Fry.

Meeting Bhaskar, who has spent 25 years on British screens, often playing British Asian caricatures, feels akin to meeting a close relative. In fact, he might be one: his parents are from Punjab, India, like my relatives; we grew up in the same area of London, Hounslow; and his father, Inderjit, worked in the same Nestl factory in Hayes as my grandmother. It was only when Bhaskars career was taking off that he discovered his father had other ambitions. I only found out in my 40s that he had always wanted to be a director, he says.

We are sitting in the airy front room of the north London home he shares with Syal and their 16-year-old son, Shaan. It is the hottest day of the year. While going outside feels like stepping in front of a hairdryer, Bhaskar is relaxed and sweat-free, dressed in a black Choose Love T-shirt.

My parents grew up in pre-partition India and when my dad was 14 he ran away to join a theatre company, he says. He rode the trains and slept on the streets for two months before he was turned away from the company for being too young. He only made it back home because one day he came across an anti-colonial march that Gandhi was leading and was teargassed with the crowd. He ended up in hospital and they managed to inform his parents.

The year after, in 1947, partition took place. Inderjit found himself in what is now Pakistan. With religious tensions growing, he was forced to move south, to Delhi, where he had no family. He had to stay in a refugee camp, Bhaskar says. He later moved to England, in 1956, but I always think that coming here was not as much of a wrench as that migration. These were ancestral lands that were changed. No one travelled much in those days, so to suddenly go hundreds of miles to Delhi, where he had no connection, must have been brutal.

Bhaskars mother, Janak, joined her husband in the UK in 1960. By the time Bhaskar was born, in 1963, they had settled above a launderette in Hounslow. In his spare time, Inderjit would take two buses to a film school in Brixton to take a course on directing. But when his sisters husband died suddenly, Inderjit decided to quit his studies to support her four young children financially. He knew what it was like to crush your own dreams, so that explained why he wasnt more supportive of me when I started out, Bhaskar says. He didnt want his son to go through that as well.

Bhaskars start in performance was slow. I knew from the age of four that I wanted to act and write I would point at the TV and say to my mum: I can do better than that! he says, laughing. But it took me 30 years to get going. When I did, my parents were shocked, since I was usually so quiet at home.

He describes a childhood of isolation and bullying at school, which ultimately led him to cultivate a sense of humour as a coping mechanism. It was embedded in my ability to survive, he says. Humour and irony gives you instant perspective. It can make a terrifying, all-encompassing situation seem ridiculous and manageable. In those years, I would turn to my bedroom wall as an escape. Up there were posters of Elvis, Roger Moore as Bond, Monty Pythons Life of Brian that was my fantasy land. That, coupled with this sense of irony, saved me in all the challenging times I had to go through, since there was always a bit of me that could see it as absurd.

Having written off school, Bhaskar reinvented himself in college, away from his bullies. There he met a kindred spirit in Sawhney, who would later be in the vanguard of the Asian underground scene; his fourth album, Beyond Skin, was nominated for the Mercury prize in 2000. We started messing around making little musical comedy skits, Bhaskar says. They were things that would pass the time and provide an escape from everything we were going through from racism to teenage growing pains.

Still, the sketches were only a private experiment for Bhaskar and Sawhney until Bhaskar left his marketing job in his late 20s over a breach-of-contract dispute. I had all this time on my hands, so I rang Nitin and said: Lets hang out and make some stuff together again, he says. We agreed to be unpredictable people had put us in pigeonholes since we were born, because we were Asian, so we wanted to go against their preconceptions by doing something totally different onstage.

They began performing skits under the name The Secret Asians in London arts centres and were soon booked to perform their fateful run at Ovalhouse in 1995. The show was a collage of chaos. It included characters who would later feature in Goodness Gracious Me, such as the Bhangra Muffins and Guru Maharishi Yogi, as well as standup and a flamenco performance from Sawhney and Bhaskar singing a song in Italian. It was so freeing like a deep exhalation, Bhaskar says.

In 1998, Bhaskar, Syal and their co-stars, including Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir, found themselves on television, airing to millions every week. (Sawhney had contributed to the radio series, but left to focus on music after the success of Beyond Skin.) It was hugely cathartic for us, because we had been carrying these experiences around for years and now were in control of that narrative, Bhaskar says. We could make jokes about our community that werent sectarian and that were written with affection. Thats why we had a broad audience and why people still have a great fondness for the show. Bhaskar says his Sandman co-star, the British Asian actor and comedian Asim Chaudhry, told him that Goodness Gracious Me was a touchstone for his own work.

On The Kumars at No 42, which was hosted by a fictional British Asian family, Bhaskar interviewed stars including Minnie Driver, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Jones over the course of seven seasons. Apparently, it is one of the Queens favourite shows. Any conversations you have with the monarch are supposed to remain private, Bhaskar says, with a smile. But what I can tell you is I know that she has watched it and Ive spoken to her about it. My parents are thrilled!

While The Kumars was in production, Bhaskar took a press trip to Australia with the cast of Goodness Gracious Me. It was during the 23-hour flight that he realised there was a romantic spark between him and Syal. We were on such a high we were being flown first class to promote the show, which had been a hit over there; Meera was releasing her film Anita & Me; and we had just found out that wed gotten to No 1 on the UK chart with our Comic Relief single with Gareth Gates, Bhaskar says. The thing with 23 hours in someones company is that you get the raw version of each other especially me, since I cant sleep on a plane. I had no filter and Meera was very nice about it. It was an intense period, but that intensity made us both realise that we wanted to hang out with each other more.

The pair are one of the best-known British Asian couples, but how do they manage as two writers and performers under one roof? It helps that I openly accept shes just much better than I am at everything, Bhaskar says. But its key to value the team and to always do whats best for our partnership, rather than just our individual careers. Weve tried to tag team when it comes to work, so there was always a parent at home, and I dont regret turning things down for that.

With their visibility, does Bhaskar feel they are representative of British Asians in the public eye? Im aware theres a responsibility. Its not what I asked for, but its one that I have been given, he says. I dont think Im a particularly good role model, but I try to live a compassionate life. He points to the Choose Love slogan on his T-shirt. Ive met awful people from all races, religions and genders and Ive met wonderful people with all those identities, too. People are individuals and we have to treat each other with kindness first. Belonging to a particular club isnt a shorthand for having the moral high ground.

Bhaskar has most readily used his public status to promote onscreen diversity. We didnt win many awards with Goodness Gracious Me, because the establishment clearly didnt know what to do with us, he says. Its slightly depressing that it still feels like a landmark show, since that means things still havent come on enough.

He mentions We Are Lady Parts, Nida Manzoors 2021 comedy series about an all-female Muslim punk band, as an example of storytelling moving in the right direction. I felt a kindred spirit with that show, as it was similar to what we were trying to do, but updating it for the new generation, Bhaskar says. Having art from a unique cultural perspective is really important. Equally, any programme set in modern Britain that isnt diverse is making a conscious decision to be that way, as it doesnt reflect the makeup of our nation and especially our cities. A story in London that has five white guys in it who are 30 or 35, for instance, is set in a weird fantasy world of the writers head.

If diversity is lacking on screen, what does he think of the possibility of a first British Asian prime minister in Rishi Sunak? Growing up, the Conservatives were the natural political home for a lot of Asians who had their own businesses, but these Johnsonian years have been full of misinformation, buffoonery, the breaking of laws and just an utter lack of compassion, Bhaskar says. If I look at it just in terms of visibility, the idea that there may be an Asian prime minister is an extraordinary thing. But, in context, it feels like theyre all just playing a game. We need someone who can actually fix this countrys problems, no matter what they look like, rather than bluster on a wave of jingoism and emotion. Wheres the humanity?

Ultimately, it is in his son and the next generation that Bhaskar finds hope. Every generation basically screws it up for the next one, but out of adversity in history come people who change the world, he says. If were a shit generation, I hope our children rebel against our lack of thought and narrow-mindedness.

With his parents now 91 and still living in Hounslow, Bhaskar has increasingly been looking back to his childhood. My parents didnt understand my career at first you had to see other people who looked like me to believe success was possible and there was no one else there, he says. But my dad said recently that hes living out his dreams through me and that makes all our old arguments mean nothing. I feel so lucky that our paths have coalesced. He pauses. If 14-year-old me could see where I am now, hed tell me to piss off. But I want to tell him that we will make it out of that launderette and even become friends with some of those people on our bedroom wall. For all the shit we went through, with luck and without, it leads us here.

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It might not be an ice cream cone spilled on the floor, but ice cream fans are shedding many a tear over the end of an era. Now that the iconic Choco Taco is going to be discontinued, people are looking for one last bite of that nostalgic frozen dessert treat.

Everyone tends to have a favorite ice cream treat. While that simple scoop might always be a tasty option, there are certain ice cream truck favorites that seem to bring back favorite childhood memories. It might be the Bomb Pop with its red, white and blue colors or that simple ice cream sandwich. No matter the option, the first note of that particular song can create a craving.

While Klondike is celebrating 100 years of its signature frozen treat, the brand announced that it will discontinue the Choco Taco. Although there will surely be some Change.org petition to bring back the favorite food, it does not change the current circumstances.

According to Instacart, the discontinued Choco Taco news saw 30,000% week-over-week search increase. While that number might seem high, it proves that people want to get one last bite of that favorite frozen dessert.

As Instacarts Trends Expert, Laurentia Romaniuk said, As an ice cream truck favorite, its no surprise that the news of the Choco Taco being discontinued nearly broke the Internet and ignited a movement for consumers to search for and enjoy their favorite childhood treat one last time. With the demand for Choco Taco growing significantly over the past few days, Instacart customers can use the Explore tab to easily search across all stores in their local area at once to find the nostalgic frozen treat.

While the Klondike version of the iconic Choco Taco might be disappearing from store shelves, Salt & Straw is offering its own spin on the frozen dessert. The popular ice cream brand and many celebrities are ready to step in and save the iconic treat.

As Tyler Malek, co-founder and Head of Innovation, Salt & Straw said, We realize how exciting this product is for ice cream fans. It captured a certain zeitgeist that has such relevance for so many, and we want to ensure it doesnt go away. Our limited edition is handmade, and captures the level of intent and thoughtfulness that we put in all our ice cream. We cant wait to share it again.

Of course, the Salt & Straw version is a more elevated version of the classic frozen dessert. Its version, Chocolate Tacolate, features a handmade waffle cone as a taco shell, stuffed with cinnamon ancho ice cream, dipped in single-origin chocolate & sprinkled with flaky salt.

While this offering will not be available until National Taco Day, it does not mean that others cannot make their own version of an iconic Choco Taco. It could be time to get a little creative in the kitchen. Maybe someone could make that TikTok hack or Tastemade could come up with their version.

Are you sad that the iconic Choco Taco is going away? What is your favorite nostalgic ice cream treat?

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