The exact origin of Ice Cream cones is unknown, but most historians will agree about when they were introduced to the world.

The ice cream cone was definitely popularized at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Of course, most people know this exposition as the St. Louis World’s Fair.

My family has been eating ice cream cones for more than a century now. My great grandmother Lottie Grace Cochran was at the St. Louis World’s Fair and had an ice cream cone when she was only 14 years old.

Another interesting fact is that the St. Louis World’s Fair was where the hamburger was also popularized. See my post: The First Hamburger

In the picture above you see a nice cone full of Apricot Ice Cream.

I had to hunt to find pictures I had taken of ice cream cones. I usually will eat a bowl ice cream at a restaurant instead of getting a cone somewhere.

Here is an ice cream cone that I had while in Turkey earlier this year.

My friends Wilson and Carolyn also had ice cream cones during our rest stop on the way from Ankara to Cappadocia. I remember that mine was Cherry and Butterscotch. Of course, I also just looked it up in the blog post that I made that day.

As I was about ready to start writing my post, I remembered another time that I had an ice cream cone that I took pictures of. Here is an ice cream cone that I had in Taipei, Taiwan. I still remember the ice cream being really good and it was also very cheap. I think that it cost about 25 cents.

Here is the ice cream cone that my colleague had. They had a nice selection of flavors to choose from.

Of course while writing I have also had memories of ice cream cones from when I was a kid. I remember getting ice cream cones at Grahams in Ottumwa, Iowa. We would always try and get our parents to stop on the way home from church services on Sunday nights in the summer.

I also remember going to Zesto in Jefferson City, Missouri when visiting my uncle who lived there.

Today we have ice cream in even more formats. Recently I have been eating more ice cream on a stick. Magnum Bars are really good, and many people like ice cream sandwiches.

Good thing I had a Magnum Mini earlier or I would be scooping up a bowl of ice cream after writing this post.

What is your favorite memory of eating ice cream cones?

Steven