Ice cream novelties acquire their shape from a mold or form. We can call them molded novelty items. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, flavours, colours, a-nd etc.

In ice cream plant, ice cream or mix is filled in molds, a-nd then frozen further. The products are then demolded (removed from the mold) a-nd enrobed in or coated, a-nd be packed with ice cream packing machine. Generally, most molded products are stick products. Stick is i-nserted into the semifrozen(partially hardened) product in a mold, a-nd then after hardening is complete, removal of the ice cream from the mold by the stick. When such a product is demolded the stick serves as a means of holding the product while eating.

Equipment that manufactures molded novelties can be straight line or rotary machines. In a straight line machine, for example Linear stick ice cream machine, there is a linear array of molds. Molds can be easily changed. Straight line machines occupy more floor space, are easier to clean a-nd sanitize but the water use is greater as is the waste generation. In rotary machines, for example rollo moulded stick ice cream machine, molds are arranged radially on a large circular wheel. This configuration uses less floor space than straight line machines, but cleaning of the rotary machine is more difficult a-nd mold changes are time consuming.