The earliest ice-cold drinks originated in China. At that time, in order to relieve the heat, the emperors asked slaves to take the ice in winter and store it in the cellar, and then take it out to enjoy in summer. Around the end of the Tang Dynasty, people mined a large amount of saltpeter when producing gunpowder. They discovered that when saltpeter is dissolved in water, it absorbs a lot of heat and can cool the water to the point of freezing. From then on, people can make ice in summer. Later, businessmen gradually appeared. They added sugar to ice to attract customers. By the Song Dynasty, there were more varieties of cold food on the market, and merchants also added fruits or juices to them. Businessmen in the Yuan Dynasty even added fruit pulp and milk to it, which is very similar to modern ice cream.

The method of making ice cream was not brought to Italy until the 13th century by the Italian traveler Marco Polo. Later, there was a man named Charles Xin in Italy who added orange juice, lemon juice, etc. to the recipe brought back by Marco Polo, and it was called the "Char Xin" drink. In 1553, when Henry II, the later king of France, got married, he invited a chef from Italy who knew how to make ice cream. His innovative cream ice cream opened the eyes of the French. Later, a courageous Italian spread the ice cream industry to France. In 1560, a personal chef of Queen Catherine of France invented a semi-solid ice cream in order to change the queen's taste. He mixed cream, milk, and spices into it and then engraved patterns to make the ice cream more colorful and bright. Delicious. In the future, there will be more and more types of ice cream, becoming a food that everyone likes.

Germans and Austrians also have a special liking for ice cream. The invention patent for chocolate ice cream should belong to an Austrian. The Italians, who always like to mix some of the most mismatched foods together, invented multi-color ice bricks, which are filled with fruits, walnuts, liqueur and biscuits. It was British immigrants who brought the recipe for ice cream to the United States. In the 19th century, ice cream became very popular due to the invention of the refrigerator and the mastery of methods of harvesting and storing ice. In 1904, the International Ice Cream Exposition was held in St. Louis, USA, at which the first automatic machine for producing wafer biscuit cups was exhibited, and cup ice cream called "ice cream cake" appeared. Four years later, ice cream popsicles appeared. Russia has also had its own recipe for producing ice cream since ancient times. Even in the days of Kievan Rus, I started eating finely shaved frozen milk. Russia's serious ice cream was introduced from France and soon became a delicacy on the tables of nobles. The cookbooks of that time included many recipes for making this delicacy. For example, a recipe for strawberry ice cream was included in a cookbook published in St. Petersburg in 1794. Today ice cream is produced in almost all countries in the world.