11 Tips on The History of Ice Cream

The history of ice cream dates back to before Jesus's birth, when the Chinese used snow to mix up the most basic version of iced foods. The big ice cream revolution didn't really explode until the early years of the last century though, when the introduction of mass-produced products appeared, along with the very first ice cream cone.

Tip 1 - Ice cream wafers.

Wafers were first mentioned around 1770, and were included with iced desserts to aid digestion. Although not yet considered a "cone", these wafers could be rolled into funnel-like shapes and filled with iced desserts.

Tip 2 - Mrs Marshall's Cookery Books.

In 1888, Agnes Marshall from London mentioned a sort of edible ice cream cone in her cookery book, suggesting that ice creamor sorbet could be put into cornets. She also published a further book based on a variety of different ice cream dishes called "Fancy Ices 1894".

Tip 3 - The Hokey Pokey.

In the middle of the 19th century - around 1850 - Hokey Pokey carts appeared in England with immigrants from Italy selling ice cream products from small carts pushed around the streets. Since the consumable ice cream cone had not yet been invented, the Hokey Pokeys sold their wares in not too hygienic paper shapes, resembling cones.

Tip 4 - Ice cream biscuit cups.

The "history of ice cream" is much debated when it comes to the first official ice cream cone. Possibly in response to the cleanliness of the Hokey Pokey ices, Antonia Volvana of Manchester, England made little biscuit based cups which could hold ice cream.

Tip 5 - Ice cream cups, New York.

In 1903, a patent was issued to an Italian man, Italo Marchiony, for an ice mold to be used to create ice cream cups.

Tip 6 - The famous 1904 World Fair.

Nothing could ever have given the now familiar ice cream cone its international fame like the 1904 St Louis World's Fair. Ice cream carts were everywhere, while confectionery sellers gave the fair's visitors sugar-based waffles. Sales of ice creams were doing so well that one of these stand holders found themselves with a shortage of containers, and a pastry maker helped out by rolling up a sweet waffle to hold the waiting ice cream.

Tip 7 - The Antonelli Brothers.

Back in Manchester, England in the early 1900s, the Antonelli Bros opened a factory, manufacturing different ice cream cone products.

Tip 8 - The new cone machine.

Patents were the foundation of the history of ice cream", especially early in our 20th century. In 1924, Ohio man Carl Taylor invented a machine to make cone-shaped baked products.

Tip 9 - The world's biggest ice cream cone.

At the end of the Second World War, a huge helium balloon shaped like a large ice cream cone was part of Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Tip 10 - A handy ice cream scoop.

In 1897, Alfred Cralle invented an ice cream serving scoop and his design is very similar to the kind of scoop we still use today.

Tip 11 - The softer version.

The ability to put ice cream straight into a cone was helped greatly by the manufacture of the "soft-serve" dispenser in 1938.

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