Hokey pokey is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid 3️⃣ lumps of honeycomb toffee. Hokey pokey is the New Zealand term for honeycomb toffee.[2][3][4][5] The original recipe until around 1980 3️⃣ consisted of solid toffee, but in a marketing change, Tip Top decided to use small balls of honeycomb toffee instead.
It 3️⃣ is the second-most popular ice cream flavour behind vanilla in New Zealand,[6] and is a frequently cited example of Kiwiana.[7] 3️⃣ It is also exported to Japan, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.[8]
Origins and etymology [ edit ]
The term hokey pokey likely 3️⃣ has multiple origins. One of these is the expression "hocus-pocus", which is possibly the source of the name hokey pokey 3️⃣ in New Zealand. As a general name for ice cream outside New Zealand, it may be a corruption of one 3️⃣ of several Italian phrases. According to "The Encyclopedia of Food" (published 1923, New York) hokey pokey (in the U.S.) is 3️⃣ "a term applied to mixed colors and flavors of ice cream in cake form". The Encyclopedia says the term originated 3️⃣ from the Italian phrase oh che poco - "oh how little". Alternative possible derivations include other similar-sounding Italian phrases: for 3️⃣ example ecco un poco - "here is a (little) piece".[citation needed]