How much does your local ice cream truck/store charge for a basic ice cream treat?🍦

[Buzz Rules]

How much does your local ice cream truck/store charge for a basic ice cream treat?

FYI, £ 9 quid is equal to $11.43 USD.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I think I started ignoring the Mr. Softee truck when a regular cone went up to 2 bucks. Rather pay a bit more for a Talenti gelato pint.

 

[holden]

I haven’t seen an ice cream truck around for probably 15 years.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I haven’t seen an ice cream truck around for probably 15 years.

What about your local ice cream shop?

 

[tvguy]

Soft serve cone is $1.99 at the local ice cream place. It was a Dairy Queen for 30 years, and Dairy Queen told the owner she had to spend $500,000 remodeling. She said no. She taped over the Dairy Queen logo on all the equipment, changed the names of things like Blizzards to Glaciers, took down the Dairy Queen sign outside and ran it another 10 years. She just sold out and retired and the new owners haven't changed a thing.
I have seen an ice cream truck on my street a few times, but I have never seen anyone actually stop him and buy anything so no idea what their prices are like.
I just checked, 12 ice cream bars at Walmart are $2.97. When I was a kid I suspect that cost less than $1 because my mom thought ice cream truck prices were a rip off.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Traditionally? A '99 cone is a soft serve ice cream in a cone with a Cadbury's flake in it. Less than a pound! Obviously now it's more like £1.50

 

[Babs Johnson]

An ice cream truck at a festival yesterday charged $4 for a standard ice cream sandwich or popsicle. They had fancier treats that were more expensive.

I think a small soft serve cone on the Ocean City, Maryland Boardwalk is at least $5.

I do remember Mr. Softee cones costing 10 cents in the mid 1960s. Then the next year the price increased to 15 cents but I only had a dime.

 

[holden]

What about your local ice cream shop?

I'm not sure what they charge. We don't go out for ice cream. I will say that the ice cream places around us are mostly "boutique" ice cream shops. They have flavors like Honey Lavender, Basil, Salty Pecan Bourbon (I looked those up at a place near us) in addition to the traditional flavors.

 

[slo]

No clue, but we do have an ice cream truck that comes through our subdivision.
Truth be told.....I was a mean mom and rarely would buy my kids something from the ice cream truck - to expensive. At the time I always had ice cream, or popsicle treats, in the freezer that they could have whenever they wanted. Now when my DD20 hears the ice cream truck she teases me about how she was neglected because she couldn't get something from the ice cream truck - LOL!!!

 

[TwoMisfits]

No idea about the ice cream truck, but our pool brings a water ice truck for July 4th.

They are now up to $4 (kid), $5 (small), $6 (medium) and $7 (large) for water ice...

So, I'd imagine ice cream trucks are more b/c ice and some syrup has to be cheaper than actual food products...

 

[TeresaBelle]

I worked at Baskin Robbins in HS (1990-1993) and a single scoop was $1.29. A new Baskin/Dunkin combo store just opened where I live now and a single scoop is $4.39!

 

[cayennews]

We get ice cream cones about once a week. A soft serve cone is about $4 - $5.50 depending on the shop.