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THE ESKIMO PIE CORPORATION
RECORDS, 1921-1996
#553
( 15 cu.
ft.: 31 DB, 19
F/O )
by: Maurita Baldock, 1998
History
Eskimo Pie, America's first chocolate covered ice cream bar, was invented by
Christian Kent
Nelson in his home laboratory in 1920. Nelson patented his invention and the ice cream bar
quickly rose in popularity in America. By 1922, Nelson was earning $2000 per day in royalties
on his product.
Christian K. Nelson was born on March 12, 1893, in Gunstrup, Denmark, to Pedar
Nelson and Margerethe Madesen Nelson. While Nelson was an infant, the seven Nelson children
and their parents emigrated to the United States. The dairy farming family settled in Illinois,
Wisconsin, and finally in Iowa in 1903. In Onawa, Iowa, Nelson opened a small confectionery
shop near the high school where he worked as a teacher.
The inspiration for the invention of Eskimo Pie was a boy's indecision in Nelson's
confectionery store in 1920. A boy started to buy ice cream, then changed his mind and bought a
chocolate bar. Nelson inquired as to why he did not buy both. The boy replied, "Sure I know-I
want 'em both, but I only got a nickel." For weeks after the incident, Nelson worked around the
clock experimenting with different methods of sticking melted chocolate to frozen ice cream
until he found cocoa butter to be the perfect adherent.
Immediately, he produced 500 ice cream bricks with a chocolate candy coating. The "I-Scream Bars" were a hit at the local village fireman's picnic and Nelson began searching for
companies to manufacture his new product.
On July 13, 1921, Nelson and chocolate maker Russell C. Stover entered into a
joint agreement (other image)
to market and produce the product. It was decided the name would change from
Nelson's "I-Scream Bar" to "Eskimo Pie". In the hand-written agree"
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