Home Sweet Cone

Home Sweet Cone is a family-owned ice cream shop known for small-batch homemade ice cream, with a rotating lineup of 60-plus flavors and about 24 available on any given day. Signature flavors include Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry, and the shop bakes its own waffle cones on site. Flavors like Salted Caramel, Cookie Dough and Pumpkin Caramel Pecan show up on the rotation, and gluten-free and dairy-free options are offered.

You can taste before you choose, since staff offer free samples. Today's flavors are posted daily on Instagram and Facebook. The business also handles custom cakes, pies and pizzas, plus catering and an ice cream truck. It has shops in Waukee and West Des Moines, with a Des Moines location planned for fall 2026. The Waukee shop is on SE University Avenue.