Sandwiched

Sure, I enjoy an ice cream sandwich. Who doesn't?

But I think the frozen dessert could stand some improvement. For some time, our thinking on this dessert has been too...vanilla. I'm sure you can guess where my next column is heading: straight to Forksperimentation Land.

Excluding light options like Skinny Cow, my humble North Carolina supermarket only has traditional sandwiches and a strawberry cheesecake option that looks terrible (full disclosure: I'm not a cheesecake person).

Elsewhere, though, things seem to be looking up. Apparently, Blue Bunny makes a few other flavors like Neapolitan, Strawberry and Mississippi Mud. Fat Boy has some tempting ideas like mint chocolate chip and some odd choices like egg nog sandwiches. And then there's Edy's ice cream sandwich ice cream. Of course, leave it to Google to take things up a notch.

Picking up where Google and It's It left off, I'll suggest some ice cream sandwich alternatives in the coming weeks. Since I'm heading to San Francisco right after this next newspaper column, I'll have to see if my handiwork matches up to It's It's chocolate coated oatmeal cookie ice cream sandwich.

Hey, It's It's staff: it's on.