Surprising and Delightful Fun Facts about Ice Cream
Did you know that the world’s biggest ice cream cone was over 9 feet tall?
Ice cream was once sold in metal containers before the invention of cones.
Ice cream cones were actually introduced at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
The most popular ice cream flavor in the United States is vanilla.
In Japan, you can find ice cream flavors like wasabi, squid ink, and soy sauce.
The first ice cream sundae was created because it was illegal to sell ice cream on Sundays.
The largest ice cream cake ever made weighed over 12,000 pounds.
Thomas Jefferson is said to have been a big fan of ice cream and even had his own ice cream recipe.
The world’s largest ice cream scoop weighs over 3,000 pounds.
It takes approximately 50 licks to finish a single scoop of ice cream.
Ice cream cones were originally called cornets before the name was changed.
The world’s most expensive ice cream sundae costs $25,000 and is topped with edible gold leaf.
The record for the most ice cream eaten in one sitting is 26 liters.
The average American eats around 23 pounds of ice cream per year.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared July as National Ice Cream Month.
The ice cream cone capital of the world is Le Mars, Iowa.
The most popular ice cream topping in America is chocolate syrup.
The oldest ice cream parlor in America is located in New York City and has been serving ice cream since 1776.
It takes around 12 gallons of milk to make one gallon of ice cream.
The world’s largest ice cream cone weighed over 32,000 pounds.
The first ice cream recipe appeared in a cookbook in the 17th century.
One scoop of ice cream can have up to 50% air whipped into it.
The first ice cream factory in the United States was opened in 185
Neapolitan ice cream was named after the Italian city of Naples.
The popular ice cream brand Häagen-Dazs was actually created by two Polish immigrants in the United States.
The world’s longest ice cream sundae measured over 1 mile in length.
Vanilla is the only flavor of ice cream that is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The tallest ice cream cone stack ever recorded reached a height of over 9 feet.
In the 19th century, ice cream was considered a luxury item and was often served at high-end dinner parties.
The first ice cream cone making machine was invented in 1903.
The largest ice cream float ever made measured over 6,000 gallons.
The world’s biggest ice cream sundae weighed over 54,000 pounds.
Ice cream was once considered a suitable breakfast food in the United States.
The waffle cone was invented at the 1904 World’s Fair when an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes.
The most popular ice cream flavor in the world is chocolate.
The world’s largest ice cream cake mosaic included over 4,000 individual pieces of cake.
The average cow can produce enough milk in its lifetime to make over 9,000 gallons of ice cream.
The biggest ice cream sundae ever made contained over 15 tons of ice cream.
The world’s most expensive ice cream scoop is made of gold and diamond and costs $3,700.
It takes approximately 50 liters of air to make a gallon of ice cream.
The most popular ice cream topping in the world is hot fudge.
The largest ice cream parlor in the United States has over 100 different ice cream flavors to choose from.
The word sorbet comes from the Arabic word sharbat, which means a sweet drink.
The world’s most expensive ice cream sandwich is made with edible gold leaf and costs $1,000.
Ice cream cones were originally made by rolling waffles into a cone shape and filling them with ice cream.