Ice Cream Cups Ireland: 4–12oz Chill, Mooch & Pastels Wholesale Buying Guide

Soft-serve vans, gelato bars and café dessert counters need cups that match the scoop — not a drink cup pressed into dessert service. PrintNPack stocks plain Ice Cream Cups as warehouse lines — Chill from 4oz to 12oz, plus Mooch, mix pastels and Swirly — with tiered wholesale pricing and dispatch from Ashbourne to Dublin, Cork, Galway and nationwide.

This guide covers which size to stock, how Chill differs from Mooch and pastels, when to reach for cold drink cups or food cones instead, and how case packs work for Irish dessert kitchens. For the wider plain range, see our plain packaging wholesale Ireland overview.

Who buys ice cream cups wholesale in Ireland?

Typical buyers include gelato and ice cream shops in Dublin and Cork, seaside soft-serve counters, hotel and leisure dessert stations, café brunch spots packing ice cream for collection, cinema and leisure venues running popcorn-and-scoop deals, and multi-site groups that want one dessert-cup family across branches without managing print artwork.

If the serve is a cold drink — iced coffee, juice or smoothie — you want cold cups and lids, not an ice cream cup. Choose Ice Cream Cups when the product is scoops, soft serve or gelato and the cup is the dessert vessel itself.

Dublin and Galway sites that run both a drinks counter and a dessert counter often keep Chill ice cream cups sealed beside the freezer and Cold Cups & Lids on the drink station. That split stops drink cups being burned through on scoops, and it keeps the dry-store plan honest when you reorder from Ashbourne.

Ice cream cup sizes — Chill, Mooch, pastels and Swirly

The Chill family is the everyday size ladder: 4oz, 5oz, 8oz and 12oz, each listed at 20 × 50 per case (1,000 cups). Use 4oz for kids and tasting; 5oz for a single scoop; 8oz for double scoop and soft serve; 12oz for large scoops and sundaes. Product pages: 4oz Chill, 5oz Chill, 8oz Chill and 12oz Chill.

A separate 8oz Chill PE (245ml) line packs at 24 × 25 — see 8oz Chill Ice Cream Cups PE. Mooch covers high-volume 8oz and 12oz at 1,000 per case (8oz Mooch, 12oz Mooch). 5oz mix pastels pack at 32 × 25 for colourful kids counters. Swirly 8oz PE (90mm) is listed at 20 × 50 for soft-serve counters that want that cup style.

Four-tier volume pricing applies on each product page — more cases lower the price per case. We do not reprint unit rates here; always check the live tier table under Ice Cream Cups before you consolidate an Ashbourne order.

Ice cream cups vs cold cups vs food cones

Ice cream cups are a dedicated dessert format. Browse Ice Cream Cups when scoops or soft serve leave the freezer in a paper cup. Cold drink packaging lives under Cold Cups & Lids — Chill paper drink cups and Greenspirit rPET juice cups with flat or dome lids. See the cold cups sizes guide when the serve is a drink, not a dessert.

Hand-held cone service is a different category again. PrintNPack lists Food Cones (including white crepe cones) for crepe and cone-style counters. Keep cones for hand-held serves and ice cream cups for scoop and sundae service that needs a stable base on the counter or in a takeaway bag.

Many Cork and Dublin dessert kitchens stock Chill 5oz and 8oz for everyday scoops, 12oz for sundae specials, and a cold-cup line for milkshakes — three formats, one Ashbourne order — rather than forcing one cup to do every job.

Plain wholesale stock vs custom printed cups

Every ice cream cup line in this guide is plain wholesale warehouse stock — ordered by the case, with no artwork proof and no custom-print minimum. That keeps restocking fast for Ashbourne collection or nationwide dispatch when a sunny weekend empties the dry store.

If you need your gelato logo on every cup, that is a different project from stocking Chill or Mooch. Most Irish dessert kitchens pair plain ice cream cups with branded napkins, stickers or outer bags for the brand touch, and keep the cup itself as the warehouse SKU. Custom hot cups are covered separately in the custom printed coffee cups guide; ice cream cups here stay plain.

Case packs, MOQ and how pricing works

Chill 4–12oz and Swirly 8oz sell at 20 × 50 per case. Mix pastels pack at 32 × 25. The 8oz Chill PE 245ml line packs at 24 × 25. Mooch 8oz and 12oz sell at 1,000 per case. All lines use four-tier volume pricing. There is no custom-print MOQ because these are warehouse stock.

A single-site gelato counter often starts on 1–3 cases of the hero size (usually 5oz or 8oz) plus a smaller case of 4oz or 12oz. Multi-site groups consolidate cups with wooden ice cream spades and cold-cup lids into higher tiers on one Ashbourne order. Always check the live tier table on Ice Cream Cups.

What to order alongside ice cream cups

• Wooden cutlery — including Greenspirit wooden ice cream spades under Cutlery & Stirrers
• Cold cups and lids for milkshakes and juice beside the dessert counter
• Portion pots for sauces, toppings and dessert add-ons
• SOS grab bags for sealed takeaway of filled cups

Pairing Chill cups, wooden ice cream spades and grab bags on one dispatch keeps Dublin and nationwide dessert counters ready for warm-weekend peaks without a mid-Saturday emergency run.

Delivery across Ireland from Ashbourne

PrintNPack is based in Ashbourne, Co. Meath — convenient for Dublin and Meath collections, with nationwide dispatch for Cork, Galway, Limerick and every other county. Ice cream cup orders move as warehouse stock, not made-to-print jobs. Local buyers who can collect often combine Ice Cream Cups with cutlery and cold cups on one Ashbourne pickup.

Warm weekends and school-holiday afternoons are where dessert-cup stockouts show — improvising with oversized drink cups slows the pass and looks wrong on a gelato counter. Plan case counts around your busiest scoop days, not a quiet midweek average.

UK or Europe shipping is only confirmed case-by-case on request; this guide focuses on Irish wholesale delivery, which is the core service for Ice Cream Cups.

How to order ice cream cups in Ireland

1. Confirm the serve is scoops or soft serve — not a cold drink that needs lids
2. Open Ice Cream Cups and pick Chill 4–12oz, Mooch, pastels or Swirly
3. Match case packs to volume — 20 × 50 Chill lines vs 1,000 Mooch cases
4. Add wooden ice cream spades, cold cups or SOS bags if one delivery can cover them
5. Watch the four-tier volume pricing on each product page
6. Take nationwide delivery or collect from Ashbourne, Co. Meath

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