Mix that Sandwich?

A few days removed from the Mix-in Mixer, I'm still experimenting with ice cream add-ons. Let's face it, it's not an arduous task. If this column necessitates eating vanilla ice cream with assorted mix-ins after both lunch and dinner, I'm ready to make that sacrifice.

Anyway, my friend Alex recently suggested mixing in ice cream sandwiches. As we said after the idea was proposed, "That's gold, baby!" The idea has a certain simplicity or pureness of thought. Plus, it enables the vanilla to turn the tables on the chocolate wafers. It's like, 'who's getting sandwiched now?!'

After it melts a bit, the concoction begins to taste like one big ice cream sandwich. But it's one with premium ice cream, a definite step up from the regular filling. Essentially, we've found a way to improve the ice cream sandwich experience.

The best part is that this new technique prevents that brown wafer finger residue. That, of course, reminds me the Seinfeld Snickers-with-a-fork-and-knife moment. So there you have it, a new way to enjoy ice cream sandwiches. "How do you eat them, with your hands?"