Green plastic alternatives

[Griffin NoName]

I recall, as a very young chile, eating little cups of ice cream with little attached wooden "spoons" (more like a small spoon-shaped spatula made of thin wood). 

Yes, and they were exciting, we always got them in the intervals at the Pantomime.

Probably considered too dangerous nowadays - risk of splinters in the tongue

[Swatopluk]

But ice on a stick also has wooden sticks, so the splinters can't be the argument.

[Aggie]

They still exist, although I'm not sure how widely available they are.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Some brands of Italian ice have those paper lids although the cover is plastified nowadays. I guess it is less of a problem if the product is supposed to be served cold.