Conecakes, Yay or Nay?

Photo courtesy Blondie and Brownie.

Cupcakes in ice cream cones? Has the whole world gone crazy? It does appear to be the case; blogger Blondie and Brownie spotted the innovation (or perversion, depending where you stand on dessert segregation) on sale at the Treats Truck at the end of last month. Of course, to a seasoned sweet connoisseur like Brownie, this is hardly revolutionary:

I haven't had a conecake since, um, my mom made them for me in third grade and I was like the coolest kid in the class for about a week. It was almost as awesome as the time I showed up back from vacay rocking the first slap bracelet anyone in my elementary school had ever seen. But I digress...back to the conecakes. I had to have them... The verdict. Mmm, good.

Has anyone else out there tried this confectionery freak of nature? And, more to the point, anyone want to bring us some? Like, now? [Via CityRag.]

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By John Del Signore in Food on August 11, 2008 3:55 PM

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henryblemin

at first glance this looks like an awesome idea.. but then again i look forward to eating a cupcake just for its soft feel. the crunch might ruin the typical cupcake experience, but its worth a shot at the very least to try it..

gobbl

cute but i don't think it'd taste much better than a normal cupcakes...easy of eating though i guess

NannyState

You could chop up a cupcake, stir it into ice cream, and shove that mess into a cone and ice it with the little sprinkles. Eat it and follow it up with an insulin injection.

fastergrace

Yay! Boo to the naysayers. Conecakes are freakin' delicious.

MsBathory

seriously? let's not be total fatties...

JMH

That's way too much bready material. I'd rather just have some ice cream.

cucarachita

Nay! nay nay nay! it makes my teeth hurt just looking at that thing. Dry and warm on the outside, and slightly less dry and just as warm on the inside? Yuck!

They could call it a Hotsicle.

Whammo

Everybody be wantin' the ho-cakes

Kevin Walsh

No -- overkill with the sugar. You want a cone with ice cream in it -- preferably the cone should be less sweet than the ice cream, for the contrast. A cake in a cone? Too much.

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TimSPC

I used to bring these to school for my birthday when my mom would make them. This was 20 years ago or so. I haven't had one in a long time, but I remember them being awesome.

SP

gross. NAY.

Toby von Meistersinger

Wow, Midwestern food. I think that the Conecake recipe was on a box of some cake mix years ago.

That would explain why I encountered these when I was a kid and forced to spend the summer in Wisconsin. Nothing like spending the summer among oodles of white people who like to eat things suggested by packages of food.

r_friend

It kinda looks good, but I'm guessing it would have that surprising effect to the tastebuds... like when you think you're about to bite into an ice cream cone but you're actually not.

handsomedevil

So how do you bake them in the cones? Are they those flat-bottom cones that can stand up by themselves? Did I just answer my own question? Why are you even reading this?

Shinobi Shaw

I agree with whoever said that they should add in some ice cream at the bottom of the cone. I mean dry cone? Yuck!

msk

There are cupcake molds in the shape of cones, so that you can make a cone-shaped cake and frost it, I think that is a lot cuter and probably tastier than the styrofoamy cones...

NYLaughs

They look cuter than they taste. Recipe: buy a box of cake mix, a can of frosting, and some cones.

Make them.

Here's the problem--the cones go totally stale in about an hour.

coxx

my mom made these for me as a kid for a bday party. They were awesome then! I haven't had one in years but I'm sure it's just as good as it was then. Not diet food of course but if you're on a diet you can't have cake plain & simple

Orizaga

nay... let's come up with something that doesn't make America fatter... thanks New York...

miss_mess

i've never eaten them, but i've always thought that the hand dipped ice cream cone cupcakes at Vegan Yum Yum look amazing:

http://veganyumyum.com/2007/01/hand-dipped-ice-cream-cone-cupcakes/

meowster

really? this is dessert news to you? these were a staple for me as a kid. i never really 'got it'- they are kind of gross. stale cone taste. but yeah- this is nothing new.

tahl

My mom used to make these for my birthday all the time! So delish, in my opinion.

hoodlum

This would be perfect if there was ice cream in the bottom. Don't want to be eating plain cone when you finish the cupcake. :S

jgee

These have been around forever. I don't like them though, they make the cone too soggy/soft.

Snoopy

It would be interesting if it was layered with ice cream.

I remember Larry Goldberg of Goldberg's Pizzeria fame experimenting with making a cone shaped pizza. The idea was interesting but he never got it to work. May he rest in peace, or is it piece?

littlepinkknife

I made these in a cooking class I taught for little kids. They're fun to eat and bake. They are just regular cupcakes in a cone...nothing too revolutionary (but delicious nonetheless). The fun part is the decorating - they can be made-up to look like ice cream sundaes, oh how the dessert-line has been blurred. yum.

sarahlucy

unless it's a waffle, the cone is the worst part of an ice cream cone. i always skip it and just do a cup. without the ice crea, why is the cone necessary??