Where do the scoops go?

[Torzelbaum]

In honor of National Ice Cream Day (the third Sunday in July) I wanted to see how we all take our ice cream.

And here are the different types of cones just in case you didn't know which is which.

cake / wafer cone:

sugar cone:

waffle cone:

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

There's just something about the stale, styrofoamy, tasteless cake/wafer cones that are just so good. It's not ice cream without them. And every time a friend gets upsold on 'better' cone types I snicker on the inside. More heavenly goodness for me! And I didn't even pay more for it.

 

[q 3]

Any cone as long as it has a layer of chocolate at the bottom

 

[Torzelbaum]

There's just something about the stale, styrofoamy, tasteless cake/wafer cones that are just so good. It's not ice cream without them. And every time a friend gets upsold on 'better' cone types I snicker on the inside. More heavenly goodness for me! And I didn't even pay more for it.

So I guess a pretzel cone wouldn't interest you at all?

 

[zonetrope]

Usually in a coffee mug, so I guess the cup option is the closest.

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

So I guess a pretzel cone wouldn't interest you at all?

Sounds awful. I'm imagining clam chowder in a pretzel bowl, but instead there's ice cream. If I wanted to eat bread, I would just eat bread!

 

[Falselogic]

I don't consider a Blizzard a milkshake, a Blizzard is far superior to just a milkshake, so I didn't vote for it. Runner-up for me is the ice cream cookie sandwich so that's what I voted for.

 

[Torzelbaum]

I don't consider a Blizzard a milkshake, a Blizzard is far superior to just a milkshake, so I didn't vote for it.

Well I guess you could record that as a vote for cup.

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

Cups are an acceptable vehicle for ice cream. But they are certainly not ideal. Cups necessitate two handed eating, which is inferior to one handed eating with a cone. It also precludes ease of licking ice cream, which is definitely the most fun way to eat ice cream. Cups also don't insulate the ice cream nearly as well as a cake/wafer cone with all the air that it's got inside, so your hand-heat will warm the ice cream up and make it melt faster. Finally, you cannot eat most cups, which leads to more waste.

On the plus side for cups: I am much less tempted to eat ice cream in a cup while driving, which is probably safer for myself and everyone around me. Cups are also the only way to eat Dippin' Dots, which rule. And it's also generally a lot less messy way to eat. So the noble cup has got some decent stuff going for them.

 

[Octopus Prime]

Milkshakes are ideal for someone with a hectic “on-the-go” lifestyle, but who still wants to enjoy the sugary chunk-milk that is ice cream

 

[JBear]

Fancy cones are the worst thing to ever happen to ice cream. I love the old standard cake/wafer cone, and hate when I order an ice cream some place and those aren't available because they've been supplanted by newer, fancier cones.

 

[Kirin]

When I was young I decided I hated cones (probably because I'd only had those wafer cones, which are a texture I hate in *anything*, much less messing up my delicious ice cream, plus they taste like styrofoam nothing, as even people who voted for them seem to agree) so I always got my ice cream in a cup/bowl, and was non-plussed if that wasn't an option. As an adult, I"m all-in for waffle cones, which actually taste *good* and complement most ice cream flavors, and are available pretty much everywhere now.

Of course, shakes are also great, and *good* ice cream sandwiches using tasty cookies are the bomb, though cheap ones can be extremely mediocre.

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

The thing about milkshakes, is that they're inferior to freezes. (For the uninitiated, a freeze is when you take soda and ice cream and blend them together. Like, imagine if someone took a root beer float and then put it in a blender. You can do this with any soda type and it's really good.) Why would I buy a milkshake when I could have a root beer freeze instead?

 

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