The New Year's Hats

These chocolate- covered cones are stylish additions to a New Year’s celebration, serving as both festive decorations and a sweet topping for a scoop of ice cream.
To make the batch, spread melted chocolate chips (one 12-once bag covers 10 to 12 cones) over each sugar cone with a small spatula. Let the chocolate harden for about 1 hour (or 20 minutes in the refrigerator). For chinstraps, use icing to attach the ends of a fruit strip or a length of shoestring licorice (we Kellogg’s Fruit Streamers) to the inside of each cone. Use icing to decorate the hats and attach nonpareils.