Ice Cream Sandwiches

I love ice cream sandwiches. They are the best desserts.

The sheer genius of combining the simple ingredients that include a chocolate chip cookie (must be soft, JUST baked, and still a little doughy) and vanilla ice cream. These two simple, unassuming ingredients make the most glorious blend of flavors good enough for any gastronomical guru, radical restauranteur, or everyday eater.

In a pinch, those Good Humor ice cream sandwiches will do, but they do not always hit the spot. Chipwiches are better. But the best? This is a recently new discovery: Cold Stone Creamery.

I regularly avoid the Cold Stone experience, mainly because they are too expensive, but for these I.C.S., I am willing to splurge.

First, the cookie. Hardly baked and more like a flat disc of dough, it is the perfect blend of sweet, salty, and bitter chocolate. The ice cream is equally as delicious: smooth, creamy, and sweet, it can make anyone's blues blow away.

The ice cream sandwich: a great go-to dessert.