Abstract: The present ice cream cone dispenser has an elongated hollow housing with a closed bottom and an open top and a peripheral flange at the top for mounting it at an opening in a counter top. A compression spring urges a follower plate upward inside the housing, and a flexible line limits the upward expansion of the spring to retain the follower plate within the housing when the spring is fully expanded. A shipping container holding stacked cones is inserted down into the housing until the lowermost cones are engaged from below by the follower plate. An apertured retainer is snapped into place at the counter top opening to hold down the uppermost cones which, however, may be removed manually through an opening in the retainer. The entire dispenser is removeable for cleaning purposes.