These ice cream cones aren't just delicious — they're works of art. Updated September 14, 2023 1:07 PM ET Originally published September 4, 2023 7:19 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition.

Ice cream cones may be an afterthought for many scoop lovers, but not for Joy Baking Group.For decades after the company’s 1918 founding in Brookfield, Ohio, its sole product was the cake cone ...

Malcolm Stogo, a consultant for ice cream shops, estimated that 60 to 70 percent of the cones sold in food service are Joy’s. Its closest competitor, Keebler , controls 14.5 percent of store sales.

The first is more of an ice cream cone prep hack: Babs lines a muffin tin with (cheap) cupcake liners, scoops ice cream into those liners, then pops the whole thing in the freezer, ...