Ordering ice cream in the thick of summer at a busy ice cream shop can be a tense, high-pressure situation.
Everyone gets distracted by all the flavors and then gets tripped up by the same question: What kind of cone do you want?
Today is National Ice Cream Cone Day. And a while back, a poll asked 6,500 American adults what they like their ice cream served in.
32% want a waffle cone, 16% want a sugar cone, and only 8% prefer cake cones. 33% pass up the cones altogether to get a cup, and another 2% want “something else,” like maybe a specialty cone. (Or, maybe they just devour their ice cream directly out of the carton?)
(To be clear: Cake cones are those flaky, crispy ones with a flat bottom. Sugar cones are more sturdy, with a pointy bottom. Waffle cones have a wider top, with a rim that’s usually not flat.)
(YouGov / Baskin Robbins)
