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Cono Italiano Pizza Cones -- Taste Test

Photo: Elizabeth Hait, AOL


First there was Crispycones, than K! Pizzacones in New York City and now Cono Italiano brings us the next innovation in the pizza cone craze. Earlier this week, Cono Italiano stopped by the Slashfood offices for a taste test of their original, meatball parm, taco and breakfast pizza cone varieties.

Cono Italiano started in Europe in 2001 and made its way over to the States in 2008. Since that time, the company has been fine tuning the product, getting it ready for mass market. While there are only a handful of locations on the east coast where you can get the pizza cones right now, they'll hopefully be in more stores soon, and as well as stadiums, schools and the frozen food aisle at your local supermarket.

As we wrote several weeks ago, "it blends a lot of what's already out there -- pizza pockets, calzones, all manner of wraps -- into an even more perfect form. If you've ever stood in a crowded New York pizzeria and folded your slice in half for easier eating, you're liable to look at the pizza cone, slap your forehead and go, "D'oh! Why didn't I think of that?"

One cone will run you 220 calories, 4 grams of fat and 350 mg of sodium. Compared to the numerous fast-food items we've eaten, that's nothing. According to Cono Italiano, "The calories per cone are equal to or less than the traditional wrap, with 40% less sodium."

So how do these pizza look-a-likes actually taste?
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