I was trying to find information about Mello-Roll ice cream with not too much luck. Try explaining the concept to your grandchildren and it becomes a task in futility, and much laughter on their part. They can't grasp the concept of ice cream that came wrapped in something that looked like the center cardboard roll on our toilet paper, with ice cream stuffed inside. That was the only way I could think of explaining it to them. You then had to unravel the cone around the ice cream which sat inside a cone that was also round so the ice cream sat neatly into the cone. Weird, isn't it, just trying to describe it. I remember them well because my dad had a variety store at the time, and I remember him serving them to the kids coming into the store. He would pull a part of the paper off, and fit the exposed part of the ice cream into the cone. When he figured it was in tight enough, he unrolled the rest of the paper off and handed the cone to the customer. The Mello-Roll ice cream could be handled with his hands at all times because it was protected by this paper. It was about the size of the inside cardboard roll of toilet paper, and that's exactly what it looked like standing on end inside the cone. For it's time it was convenient for the store keeper, he didn't need to worry about a scoop, just reach in pull one out, and unwrap it. Simple, easy, and efficient when I think about it now. It'd sure be nice if someone came up with a picture of one from somewhere.

I lived in Phila and had family in Brooklyn..........my folks bribed me into behaving on the long trip to Brooklyn by promising me a mello roll! I don't remember having a mello roll any place other than Brooklyn! I too have tried to describe this delicacy to people who have never had the pleasure!

I remember them at Jones Beach on Long Island in the 1950's. I always thought that was the only place in the world that served them.

I also fondly remember paper-coated Mello-Roll cones at Jones Beach in the 50s and maybe early 60s. They may have also been sold in some Long Island candy stores. I was not an ice cream fanatic, even as a child, but there was something delicious about them. They had an extra creamy and mellow vanilla taste. I wish they were still available!

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE A MELLO ROLL FOR SEVERAL YEAR. IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION PLEASE PASS IT TO ME. MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS AUTOINSURANCEMAN@AOL.COM THANK YOU......

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