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Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants

Joy Baking Group credits Syrian immigrant Ernest Hamwi, and the company says it now makes 2 billion cones a year.

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Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice.

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Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants

Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. That changed in the 1800s, when inventions like mechanical refrigeration made ice cream cheaper and more accessible.

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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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