Where You Can Find The Viral Meatball Ice Cream Cone

While many viral trends have come and gone before you caught wind of them, the meatball ice cream cone is a culinary sensation that's not only still around but may be here to stay. Mimicking the appearance of a staple summertime treat, the dish consists of meatballs stuffed into a hollowed-out loaf of Italian bread topped with grated cheese. Sauce and fresh mozzarella are also tucked away inside the bread, making every bite an exceptional savory experience you can only find at G&R Italian Deli in the Bronx.

Often, new food innovations are conceived from inspiration and brought to life with studious forethought, but it was a convenience that gave rise to the viral meatball ice cream cone. With a line of customers, owner Carolina DiFuccia didn't want to use the slicer and saw meatballs her brother had made sitting nearby. Quick thinking led to hollowing out a loaf of Italian bread and stuffing the Italian staple meat dish inside with sauce and cheese. 

Before she knew it, the meatball ice cream cone phenomenon was born. The only thing that might improve this creative dish is stuffing mozzarella's creamy counterpart burrata inside. Customers are raving about G&R Italian Deli's newest creation, but it has more to offer than just the latest viral fascination.

While quick thinking brought the dish to life, DiFuccia leaned on her grandmother's recipe to make the dish complete. Tradition is valued at G&R Italian Deli, having been a family-owned business for over 45 years. Mozzarella and meatballs are made fresh daily, and it's apparent to customers who have fallen in love with the meatball ice cream cone.

The home of one of the latest viral sensations on the internet also serves homemade ravioli, manicotti, and other fresh pastas. Homemade Italian sausage is always available to take to your own backyard to grill, just don't forget to boil them before doing so. Should you really have an appetite or need to feed a small crowd, the deli constructs three to six-foot heroes made with the best meats and cheeses available. G&R Italian Deli also makes stunning antipasto platters, but lately, the meatball ice cream cone has stolen the limelight.

Other culinary concoctions throughout the years have also been born by people quick on the draw. The sugar ice cream cone, which we're still finding new uses for, was dreamed up in a similar way over a hundred years ago because someone ran out of bowls to serve the frozen dessert. 

Although Italo Marchiony invented the ice cream cone in 1896, Ernest A. Hamwi deserves praise for popularizing the confection in 1904. At the St. Louis World's Fair, he was selling zalabis – a crispy pastry resembling a waffle. When an ice cream merchant adjacent to Hamwi ran out of dishes to serve his product, Hamwi rolled up one of his creations into a cone to give to the vendor. Customers adored the combination, and eventually, ice cream cones went viral.

The Slurpee machines you see in convenience stores came into existence because of a broken soda machine. Dairy Queen owner Omar Knedilk put soda bottles in a freezer after realizing his soda machine wasn't working, and when they froze, a slushy-like substance replaced the liquid soda. He soon built a machine that would combine a flavor mix with water and carbon dioxide, and it wasn't long after that he sold his invention to 7-Eleven.

Chocolate chip cookies were a result of a missing ingredient. When Ruth Graves Wakefield ran out of baker's chocolate while making her Butter Drop Do cookies, she needed a substitute. She found a bar of Nestle's semisweet chocolate and broke it into small pieces, hoping they would melt throughout the cookies. Instead, they melted but held their shape, and before she knew it, she was supplied with a lifetime supply of chocolate with the caveat that her recipe be printed on the packaging of every Nestle semisweet chocolate bar.