ice cream Emoji
🍨 · U+1F368 · Emoji 0.6
What does the ice cream emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Joy and indulgence are conveyed by the ice cream emoji, which literally represents a frozen dessert made from cream, sugar, and flavorings, often served as a sweet treat, and is also used figuratively to express a desire for comfort food or to signify a indulgent pleasure, with slang uses including referencing a cool or desirable thing, and in some cases, a bribe or incentive.
How the ice cream emoji is used
In digital communication, the ice cream emoji is often used in texting and social media captions to express excitement or anticipation for a sweet treat, with a playful and lighthearted tone that is popular among younger generations, and is also used in food-related posts and comments on platforms like Instagram and TikTok, where users share their favorite desserts and restaurants, with some users employing the emoji in a humorous or ironic way to express a craving or obsession.
ice cream emoji examples
- just got ice cream 🍨 at my favorite shop
- you're the coolest 🍨 i know
How to copy the ice cream emoji
To use the ice cream emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F368), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
ice cream emoji on different platforms
How the ice cream emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
ice cream Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🍨 |
| Name | ice cream |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Codepoints | U+1F368 |
| Shortcode | :ice_cream: |
| Emoji version | 0.6 |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
ice cream Emoji FAQ
Joy and indulgence are conveyed by the ice cream emoji, which literally represents a frozen dessert made from cream, sugar, and flavorings, often served as a sweet treat, and is also used figuratively to express a desire for comfort food or to signify a indulgent pleasure, with slang uses including referencing a cool or desirable thing, and in some cases, a bribe or incentive.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🍨 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F368, introduced in Emoji version 0.6 (Unicode 0.6). Its shortcode is :ice_cream:.
People also search for the ice cream emoji as cream, dessert, food, ice, restaurant.