We tasted choc ices from four supermarkets and one came out a cool favourite

With the sun being in glorious form at the moment, anything iced - whether it's a frozen slushie, ice cream or just plain old ice cubes - is selling like hot cakes, as people try to cool down as best they can.

In fact, trying to track down a shop that has ice cream in stock right now has proven to be as difficult as trying to encourage Jack Grealish to put the champagne down for just five minutes this week. No shame on him, he's allowed to celebrate.

In an attempt to help you make the best choices when shopping for a frozen treat, we thought we'd look at one trusty staple that's been popular since the 1920s: The good old choc ice.

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On my travels to eight different supermarkets across Greater Manchester this week, most stores I visited said they normally sold choc ices but demand for ice cream in recent weeks has depleted a lot of their stock. Choc ices, it seems, have been one of the big sellers.

Only four stores I visited had choc ices available: Tesco in Stretford, Sainsbury's in Fallowfield, Asda in Levenshulme and Iceland at White City. With a big bag of ice in my backpack ready to keep the choc ices from melting away, I made a dash around the city-region to get them all home safe and sound.

Before this experiment, I couldn't tell you the last time I had one. I do remember getting them from my grandma during the school holidays as a child, and, between getting them from the freezer into my mitts, they had already melted and stuck to the cheap paper wrapping. So, for nostalgia’s sake at least, I was all in for the experience.

Having to do this experiment as my laptop flashed ‘record high’ temperature warnings was not the most ideal of