- Pick any flavor at San Francisco's Humphry
Slocombe--try their popular Vietnamese coffee ice
cream--and the parlor will sandwich it between two tasty
fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. Those soft, decadent cookies
nearly steal the show from the filling. Who knew ice cream
specialists could be cookie connoisseurs, too?
Check out Bon Appetit's all-time favorite cookie recipes.
- Brooklyn's One Girl Cookies merges two old-school favorites in an updated, dangerously addictive dessert: the whoopee-pie ice cream sandwich. Moist, tender cookies that are slightly crispy around the edges (our favorite is the pumpkin) are filled with fresh vanilla ice cream.
- Ruby Jewel Treats, whose ice cream sandwiches debuted at Portland area farmers' markets, may have achieved the perfect cookie-to-ice-cream ratio. Their sandwiches are handmade from all-natural Northwest ingredients, including locally grown mint, honey, lavender, and hormone-free milk from Oregon's Lochmead Dairy. The Lemon Cookie with Honey Lavender is tangy but sweet, with light floral notes.
- Trader
Joe's stocks their shelves with seasonal products,
but we hope their Mini Mint Ice Cream Mouthfuls become available
all year long. It's impossible to have just one of these
bite-size treats; luckily, there are 12 in a box.
Delicious ice cream pies and cakes you won't be able to resist.
- Since 1928, the It's-It, a chocolate-dipped oatmeal cookie ice cream sandwich from the San Francisco Bay Area, has set the bar for drugstore and supermarket freezer treats. While it was formerly only available in Northern California, it can now be found at a number of supermarkets in states west of the Rockies.
- Carmela caught our attention at a Los Angeles farmers' market with their salted caramel ice cream, and we've been following their delicious, elegant flavors ever since. It's no surprise that their subtly sweet sandwiches are a cut above the rest. In one variety, dark chocolate fleur de sel cookies sandwich mint-cocoa nib ice cream that perfectly captures the flavor of just-picked mint.
- Jeni's in
Ohio is known for creating uniquely flavored, velvety ice cream
with high-quality ingredients. Out-of-state customers can order the
ice cream online, but only in-state fans can have theirs between
two almond French-style macaroons. Does it get any better than the
strawberry-rose petal ice cream sandwich? We think not.
20 classic French desserts you can make at home.
- QB has
ingeniously tweaked the old-fashioned Rice Krispies treat into a
freezer-friendly dessert. Now available at most Whole Foods
Markets, these unconventional treats come filled with
vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry ice cream. The all-natural
marshmallow cereal bar stays surprisingly crispy, even with its ice
cream center.
By Diane Chang
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