National Ice Cream Cone Day 2022

One of my favorite treats when I was a child was the ice cream cone.

My most favorite cone was to be had at Baskin Robbins but they are all gone from this area now except for 3 locations which are by and large remote from my place. I used to go there at least weekly for about 3 scoops on a waffle cone and had my fix. Ah, the rum raisin, pralines and cream, and chocolate ... I remember them well.

Earlier, there were the grocery freezer variety. While considerably less artisan than the Baskin Robbins cones I came to enjoy them immensely as well. I recall two different boxes in the freezer periodically.

One was the Drumstick . Liberal chocolate, caramel, and nut topping, vanilla ice cream, graham cracker cone. I sometimes could consume an entire box of them in a short span.

Then there was the Nutty Buddy . Thick chocolate injected into the top and sprinkled with nuts. Again the graham cracker cone. They were an infrequent indulgence because I really couldn't control myself.

The inventor of the ice cream cone is subject to protracted debate. The closest I can guestimate is the orignator of the French Cookbook recipes of 1825 or so.

In 1912 a man from Oregon was issued a patent for his machine designed to make them. He sold the resulting company to Nabisco in 1928 — and they still make ice cream cones today.

After all these years I still enjoy ice cream cones. They're one of those things from my childhood which still makes their way into my life.

Happy National Ice Cream Cone Day !