Until I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I had no reason to purchase gluten-free ice cream cones – ever. If I felt like an ice cream cone, I went to the Buster’s around the corner and ordered frozen yogurt in a cone. After I went on the gluten-free diet, all of a sudden I had a great desire to find the best gluten-free ice cream cones available – if such a thing existed. In the past four years, I’ve tried around eight different gluten-free ice cream cones and more than half of them tasted like styrofoam to me. However, three of the items we’ve tried are not only good enough to buy again – you could even serve them to gluten eaters if need be. Yes – these are some pretty great ice cream cones indeed!
Last spring, I tried the waffle cones made by Barkat. They were pricey to say the least, and there is no free shipping from that online store. But oh – the cones were so worth the money! It was the first time I’d had a really great ice cream cone in over three years. As great as they were, the expense of ordering them online was not something I could repeat so I set out to find a decent ice cream cone that I could buy locally.
Finally, last summer, I found the Let’s Do Organics gluten-free cake cones at the store I shop at. Even though I don’t love cake cones in general, the $2.49 price tag was too good to pass up. I’m not sure if the cones I had were stale or what the problem was. The expiration date was over a year after I purchased them so I doubt that was the problem. However, they tasted as stale as they could be to me. I actually could not get over how bad the cones were. There went $2.49 down the drain. I found someone who wanted to try them so I gave the rest of the package to them. They thought they were fine.
Interestingly, I read a rave review of the waffle cones from Let’s Do gluten-free Sugar Cones (made by Let’s Do Organics) online. Let’s Do Organics is a line in the Edward & Sons company. To my surprise and delight, the sugar cones are absolutely delicious. The ingredients are pretty simple and include: potato starch, demerara sugar, tapioca starch, expeller-pressed palm oil, potato fiber, soy lecithin, cocoa powder, salt and xanthan gum. One cone has 50 calories and 1% of your RDA for fat. There are instructions on the box regarding “freshening up” the cones, should the cones lose their crispiness. The cones are made in Israel and are also Kosher.
Last but certainly not least are the Goldbaum’s gluten-free cake cones. Those are sold at Earthfare and so far I’ve not seen them in my area. That doesn’t mean they aren’t sold here, of course. The cones are the best cake cones I’ve ever had. Not the best gluten-free cake cones – the best cake cones, period. After all, I never liked gluten cake cones in the first place. The perfect light taste and crispy texture was a delightful surprise. The ingredients in the Goldbaum’s cones are quite similar to the Edward & Sons sugar cones. They are also made in Israel and also Kosher.
I wonder if one company is making all these great tasting cones and offering them for private label service. Whatever the case is, my gluten-free ice cream cone search is finally over. I invested about $9 in two boxes of cones (offering 24 cones total) this summer and now I have more than enough of them last through the summer. Luckily, my husband isn’t a cone fan so I don’t have to share them. He likes to eat a lot of ice cream at once and no cones are big enough for him. All the gluten-free cones I’ve tried are quite small, regardless of the brand, but Goldbaum’s has a waffle bowl and a jumbo waffle cone. Yes – my search for wonderful gluten-free ice creams cones if definitely over!
*If gluten-free ice creams sandwiches are something you miss, be sure and check out Kim’s post about those cool treats here!
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