A LAKE District ice cream company's latest flavour has proved a huge success since it launched.

English Lakes Ice Cream revealed the latest addition to their award winning luxury ice cream range - Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Ice Cream- in October.

The exciting ice cream flavour was created during lockdown in collaboration with fellow local award winning producer The Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Company, to make a truly authentic Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Ice Cream.

The two businesses worked closely together perfecting the recipe over several months, and the new flavour combines both English Lakes luxury ice cream and Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding’s award-winning sticky toffee sauce and crumb.

Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Company has cemented the relationship by agreeing to a five year exclusive deal for English Lakes Ice Cream to produce the product the ice cream.

Since the product launched it has been a huge success both with local and national retailers, wholesalers serving the hospitality industry and local foodhalls, farmshops, garden centres, delis and scooping parlours.

James Stephens, Sales and Operations Director at English Lakes said: "Working with Simon Johns the Managing Director at the Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Company has been a privilege from start to finish. We worked closely as a team during the design process, to perfect the flavour and retain the texture of the crumb. We are both extremely proud of what we have achieved, both with our unique product, and the development of our strong collaboration. It has been a great success!

Andrea King, Area Sales Manager added:"To be part of this process from the beginning has been so exciting. To see the product evolve, listen to the wonderful feedback and the level of interest we have received in the new ice cream is just brilliant. If we can put a smile on people's faces when they taste our new ice cream, that is priceless!"