[1] According to Taylor, having a good distribution of gumdrops in the ice cream is difficult and "Very few ice-cream makers in the world would have attempted it".

At first they all came out as a big lump, and Danish consultants created a mathematical model of the normal distribution of the gumdrops, saying that the goal could not be achieved.

[1] To mark the launch of the product, a television advertising campaign starting from 16 November saw 'Goody' and 'Stick' fall in love at a supermarket checkout.

Their romance included a candle-lit dinner, ice cream at the beach, and an "encounter for Stick with a low-hanging branch on a bike ride through the countryside".

[9] Tip Top said that the reason for the discontinuation was so that it could maximise its ability to keep up with summer customer demand,[10][2] and rising costs for ingredients such as fresh milk and cream.

To mark the reintroduction, Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells visited the Tip Top factory on the television programme Seven Sharp.