Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones
These easy Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones are a winner with children and adults, alike. You can make your own dipped cones this July 4th!
I can’t drive by a Dairy Queen or Tasty Freeze without having a deep guttural urge for chocolate dipped cones. Nor can I walk through the freezer aisle at the grocery store without stopping to eyeball the ice cream drumsticks.
With nostalgic appeal, and a crunchy chocolate shell, ice cream dipped cones are hard to beat!
Luckily, homemade Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones are just as fun to make as the are to eat.
This easy ice cream cone recipe, with a chocolate coating that hardens quickly, is just the thing to make your Independence Day celebration memorable.
How To Make Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones
To make your own chocolate dipped Ice cones, simply cut holes in the top of an old egg carton to make an ice cream cone stand. Then scoop your favorite ice cream flavors onto the cones, press down firmly. Then freeze so the ice cream and cone stick together.
(If making ice cream drumsticks with kids, I do this ahead.)
Once the ice cream is frozen solid on the top of each cone, prepare the chocolate coating.
Next set out all sorts of toppings:Â sprinkles, toasted coconut, chopped nuts, cereal, dried fruit, small candies, etc.
Then dip the cones into the chocolate coating, and sprinkle away!
If you want to finish the Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones ahead of time, place them in the cone stand and put back in the freezer. You can even wrap them neatly in parchment paper to make the ice cream drumsticks easy to pass around.
I’m in LOVE with Martha Wrap. It’s foil on one side and parchment paper on the other side–great for wrapping ice cream drumsticks.
Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones make the perfect treat on a sweltering mid-summer evening.
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Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cones
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds chocolate chips, semisweet or dark
- 3/4 cup coconut oil
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 1/2 gallons ice cream (3 half-gallon containers) in various flavors
- 20 waffle cones
- Various Toppings: sprinkles, chopped nuts, cereal, toffee bits, small candy, shredded coconut, dried fruits
- 3 empty egg cartons for stands
Instructions
- Punch holes in the top of 3 egg cartons to make ice cream cone stands.
- Scoop the ice cream and press firmly on top of each cone. Place in the stand and move to the freezer to harden, for at least 1 hour.
- Place the chocolate, coconut oil, and salt in a large bowl. Microwave for 60 seconds and stir. Return to the microwave for another 30 seconds and stir. Repeat until chocolate is smooth. Allow the chocolate coating to cool for 10 minutes.
- Set out the toppings. Then dip the ice cream cones in the chocolate coating and swirl around. Allow the excess chocolate drip off, then QUICKLY sprinkle the tops before they harden. Return to the freezer until ready to serve.
What a gorgeous post. These are just so old-timey, summer, 4th of July, fantastic! Genius idea to use the egg carton as a stand. Gotta Pin it!
this is such an awesome idea! i can’t wait to do this!
My dad loves ice cream drumsticks! how cool to make them homemade, get tips!!
Sounds wonderful ! These are looking so cute and special and am sure the kids are going to go crazy on seeing this. YOu always make rocking recipes. Hats off to you… !
My nieces would love this–I see so many great tips in this one post, thank you! I love the egg carton idea!
How fun! I just adore these and brilliant idea of using the egg carton!
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If you put a chocolate chip in the bottom upside down it stops drips. Love this idea, sonic used to dip soft serve years ago but stopped, we used to locvectovstop by for a treat.
how cool is that ! lovely
BEAUTIFUL! Those ice cream cones look so gorgeous and delicious :) Love it… A brilliant idea, Sommer!
Hugs <3
Sommer, these cones are so fun and festive ~ love that they can be customized for any holiday!!
Using coconut oil was a brilliant move! I’m totally trying these out come sunday! :)
Fun-filled treats are really cool. I love the bonding moment with my little girl when we try to play “pretend ice cream house” this week. Thanks for the post!
You make this look so easy! I never would have thought that it’d be possible to do this at home. Nice use of the coconut oil too.
What a treat – love the coconut oil you used in the chocolate coating and the clever trick of using an egg carton to hold these beauties up!
I want to bite into one of these SO bad. Genius idea to use the egg carton like that. And where on earth did you find that ‘martha wrap’?! Awesome product for sure.
It is in our local grocery store!
I love this. My kids are going to go crazy when I add this to our summer to-do list. They adore drumsticks…and so do my husband and I.
Fun, fun! I’ve never dipped ice cream cones, but you made it look really easy.