Sell from home — by food
Expressly prohibited in Texas and under most cottage laws. Frozen desserts generally require a licensed/inspected facility; Wyoming's food-freedom direct-sales model is the notable exception in summaries opened.
0 of 51 state frameworks cover frozen desserts for home sellers — this is a temperature-controlled (TCS) category, which is exactly where states draw their hardest lines.
Ice cream, frozen custard, gelato, popsicles, shaved ice
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. In these states the legal doors are a shared kitchen or a permitted space — the food itself is fine; the home kitchen is the issue.
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Sources: The 51-jurisdiction home-food dataset on this site (state frameworks named on each state page). Dataset checked October 23, 2026. Where a fee or rule is set by a county or city, this page says so instead of guessing a number.