Home Sweet Cone Ice Cream

Waukee, IA · Ice cream shop

Rating
4.8/5
★★★★★ 4.8
Reviews
20
Rank in Waukee
#3
of 64 restaurants
City Percentile
86%
rating percentile
Address
Home Sweet Cone Ice Cream, 1188 SE University Ave, Waukee, IA 50263
Phone
(515) 954-9144
Website
www.homesweetcone.com
Status
Closed · Opens 12 PM

Home Sweet Cone Ice Cream is a restaurant located in Waukee, IA. It is one of 64 restaurants listed in Waukee. Its 4.8-star rating is above the Waukee city average of 4.2 stars. It ranks #3 among Waukee restaurants by combined rating and review volume. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Home Sweet Cone Ice Cream

Home Sweet Cone Ice Cream is a local small business making premium, small batch ice cream! We feature 16 homemade flavors on a daily basis. In addition to ice cream, we have freshly baked cookies, brownies, and waffle cones. We make milkshakes,... More

Hours

Saturday12 PM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Nancy Linden · Mar 2026

What a fun little ice cream shop? Lot's of yummy ice cream flavors to choose from. I loved the little tables and chairs for our kiddos. So fun and makes it so easy for them to easily enjoy their mini scoop.

★★★★★ 5.0 Courtney Richards · May 2025

Holy moly this is one of/if not the best ice cream I’ve ever had! And the fact that almost all are dye free is a huge win! The ingredients are all natural so another huge win and with 16% butterfat!! We ordered cookies & cream, coffee heath, strawberry, chocolate, and chocolate chip cookie dough. It was so rich and delicious! The scoops are huge! They were so busy but got us through quick, I didn’t see people getting samples until after we checked out. So we will be back to try more!!

★★★★★ 5.0 Adam B · Oct 2025

One of my favorite ice cream shops in the area. They always have waffle cones on hand, they have a convenient location, and the wait time is short. While they may not make as many custom flavors as some others, they provide all kinds of dietary options, plus gelato! The flavors they keep on hand are reliably great, with one or two risk-taking combinations on hand when you're feeling frisky. Generous scoops, friendly staff, good parking, good stuff.

★★★★★ 5.0 Leah Ried · Nov 2024

SO CUTE! Kids loved the flavor options. There’s even a little step so the kids can peek into the freezer to see the flavors. Sprinkles at every table! Cute atmosphere. The ice cream is SUPER creamy. Not icy or dull. Very smooth. The spoons, hear me out, the SPOONS are sturdy and I swear they make the ice cream scoop out perfectly!

★★★★★ 5.0 Zana Switzer · Mar 2025

We wanted a treat after we were done playing a late session of pickleball- so looking around for an ice cream shop. Came across Home Sweet Cone. Immediately walking in it smells AMAZING! The menu is small and they let you get samples of the different ice creams. 3/4 of us got strawberry shortcake the other got coffee heath- both were AMAZING!! 10/10

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot

Services

Ice cream shop

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