TheCardboardBoxes offers Custom Cone Sleeves for ice cream cones, snack cones, and dessert servings. Our food-grade sleeves keep hands clean and add a branded touch to every order. Print your logo, slogan, and colors with food-safe inks. Available in Kraft, white, and custom finishes with grease-resistant options. Great for ice cream shops, gelato bars, dessert cafes, and food trucks. Order from TheCardboardBoxes with low minimums and fast worldwide delivery.
Ice cream cones are one of the most photographed foods in the world. From artisan gelato shops to seaside kiosks, the visual appeal of a well-presented scoop is undeniable. Custom cone sleeves add your brand to that visual moment, turning an ice cream purchase into a branded experience.
TheCardBoardBoxes supplies custom-printed cone sleeves to ice cream parlours, gelato shops, dessert cafes, food trucks, and seasonal food businesses across the UK. Our cone sleeves are functional, food-safe, and designed to carry your branding clearly and attractively.
Cone sleeves are paper or card sleeves that wrap around the bottom of an ice cream cone. They serve a practical purpose: keeping the cone clean and easy to hold, protecting hands from cold, and preventing drips from reaching the customer's hand before they're ready for them.
Custom-printed cone sleeves add your branding to this functional item. Your logo, colours, and design wrap around every cone you serve, putting your brand in the hands of every customer, quite literally.
They're one of the most cost-effective branded touchpoints in food retail. The unit cost is low, the volume is high in a busy shop or truck, and the brand exposure is continuous throughout the eating experience.
Think about the visual landscape of a busy ice cream parlour on a summer afternoon. Customers are walking out with cones, sitting on benches, strolling around. Every cone they're holding is a walking billboard. If your cone sleeves carry your brand, your name is visible across that scene.
The social media angle is equally significant. Ice cream is one of the most photographed food categories. Customers routinely share photos of their scoops online. A distinctive branded cone sleeve in that image is free advertising in your target demographic.
Beyond the marketing value, custom cone sleeves signal professionalism. A gelato shop that uses plain brown sleeves looks generic. One that uses beautifully printed sleeves with a coherent brand identity looks like a destination worth visiting and returning to.
For food trucks and market stalls, branded cone sleeves are particularly valuable. They help you stand out in a crowded market and create a consistent visual identity even in a temporary or mobile setting.
Cone sleeves are a compact canvas, so the design needs to work in a small space. A few approaches work particularly well:
A bold, central logo with your brand name beneath it is the simplest and most effective approach. It reads clearly from a distance and photographs well.
A pattern that repeats around the sleeve works brilliantly because the cylindrical shape means some of the design is always visible. A repeating motif, your logo tiled across the sleeve, or a pattern that reflects your flavours or aesthetic can look stunning.
Colour is your most powerful tool on a small format. Bright, distinctive colours make your cone sleeves stand out and build brand recognition over time. Consider what colours will look best against the range of ice cream colours your customers will hold.
Cone sleeves are typically made from food-grade paper or card. The standard construction is a single-ply paper sleeve that's sturdy enough to hold its shape while being easy to slide onto a cone.
We offer cone sleeves in sizes to fit standard and waffle cone formats. If you have a specific cone size or a particularly wide-based cone, talk to us about custom dimensions.
Our cone sleeves are printed with food-safe inks and are compliant with UK food contact material regulations. They're suitable for use with ice cream, gelato, frozen yoghurt, and other frozen dessert formats.
Cone sleeves are a high-turnover item for busy dessert businesses, so ordering in the right quantities is important. We'll help you work out an order volume that balances cost-effectiveness with practical storage capacity.
We supply custom cone sleeves to businesses across the UK, from single-site independent ice cream shops to multi-location dessert brands. Minimum order quantities are accessible for small businesses while volume pricing benefits larger operations.
Delivery timelines are confirmed before production starts, and we work to ensure your sleeves arrive well before your busy season begins.
TheCardBoardBoxes cone sleeves are where function meets branding. If you serve ice cream, they're one of the best investments you can make in your brand's visibility.
| Box Style | Any Style |
| Dimension | Custom sizes and shapes |
| Quantity | 250 - 500,000 boxes |
| Paper Stock | (12pt to 24pt) Cardstock, Kraft, E-Flute Corrugated, Cardboard, Bux-Board, Rigid |
| Printing | CMYK, PMS |
| Coating | Matte, Gloss |
| Finishing | Embossing, Debossing, Foil Stamping, Spot UV |
| Included Options | Die Cutting, Scoring, Gluing, Fold & Perforation |
| Proof | Electronic Proof (flat, 3D mock-up), Hardcopy Proofing (upon request) |
| Turnaround | 5 - 7 Business Days |
| Delivery | FLAT via Courier |
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