We test Cornetto copies from Tesco, Asda and Lidl – which one came out on top in our taste test?
JUST one cornetto, give it to me . . . The only problem, is that they’re too pricey.
A recent test by consumer champions Which? magazine found that on average most ice-cream chompers actually preferred the taste of supermarket own-brand Cornetto-style fruity ice cream cones to the freezer aisle market leader.
3/5
BIGGER than the original Cornetto and good packaging – my ice kept intact.
Nice treat, with vanilla and strawberry ice cream segments on top, fruity strawberry bits which had decent flavour if a bit artificial tasting, and fun meringue nibbles on top instead of nuts.
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The ice cream and cone are both a bit sweet, and the meringue adds sugar.
5/5
MY winner, this. If you like gooey, a bit messy and plenty of sauce, you will love this.
Really tasty soft whipped-style ice cream and out-standing strawberry sauce – super-fruity and loads of it.
The sauce runs to the bottom of the cone, not just swirled on top.
The cone was quite crumbly but when it tastes this good who cares, especially at almost a third of the price of a Wall’s Cornetto.
Larger than the original, too.
Walls Cornetto Strawberry
x4 £2.50 (62p per cone) from Walls
3/5
MARKET leader looks as good as you would expect.
Nifty foil-wrap with overlap on the lid makes it easy to pull off the packaging without wrecking the contents.
Lovely vanilla ice cream with strawberry segments, nuts, a thick band of chocolate and crisp wafer cone.
The strawberry ice cream was delicious and went all the way to the chocolate at the bottom.
But this cone is a little small – and very expensive.
M&S Strawberry
x4 £1.70 (42p per cone) in stores
3/5
UNWRAPPED well, and so pretty with pastel-coloured strawberry ice cream and generous fruit sauce.
Only one flavour of ice cream but you get a lot, all the way down the cone.
Soft, whippy feel, with proper flavour.
Strawberry sauce is tastiest of all the cones.
Quality chocolate, too, with yummy wedge at the base.
Very nice cone, perhaps more suited to adults than kids because it looks a bit plain – but enjoyable.
Gianni’s Raspberry and Cream Cones
x 4 £1.69 (42p per cone) aldi.co.uk
4/5
4/5
3/5
THIS lot gain extra marks for the waffle cone, which was crunchy, tasty and very good quality.
The ice cream wasn’t bad, either, although there was much more vanilla than strawberry on top and going down into the cone.
The fruit flavour was a bit lacklustre and needed more depth.
Quick to melt, too.
Good amounts of chocolate, though, and all in all very little to complain about for the price.
Co-op strawberry & vanilla
x4 £1.90 (47p per cone) in stores
2/5
THESE looked very unexciting.
The chocolate coating was cracked and peeling, the cone was thin and flimsy and the topping looked dull and plain, with just basic strawberry-and- vanilla ice cream and strawberry sauce.
What about the nuts? However, these cones did deliver on taste.
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The ice cream was creamy and fruity and the chocolate was delicious.
Marked down for price and poor cone quality.