A Walnut Whip is a whirl-shaped cone of milk chocolate with a whipped vanilla fondant filling and topped with a half-walnut.[1][2]
Origin
Launched in 1910 by Duncan's of Edinburgh,[3] Walnut Whip is Nestlé Rowntree's oldest current brand.
History
The original Walnut Whip contained a half-walnut, or more usually, walnuts that had been broken during handling and transportation and were therefore not suitable for placing on the top. It was later marketed with an extra walnut on top, and subsequently the walnut inside was removed to leave one walnut outside. Over one million walnuts, most of them imported from China and India, are used every week in the manufacture of Walnut Whips at Halifax, West Yorkshire.