APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A HAND HELD FOOD PRODUCT FROM A BAKING MOLD
An apparatus for producing an edible, hand held food product (24) which may be used as a container for ice cream and other frozen confections in which the apparatus includes, in combination, a baking mold (16, 18) for baking the food product and a vacuum removal plug (36) which is selectively insertable into a female portion of the baked food product for removing the food product by means of vacuum. The removal plug (36) has an exterior surface with a configuration corresponding substantially to the inner surface of the container and includes a plurality of vacuum ports (42) opening to the exterior surface. The apparatus also includes a vacuum assembly (38, 39) for creating a vacuum within the vacuum ports (42).