This Thursday, August 2, is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, and a whole holiday devoted to frozen dairy smashed betwixt soft, chewy cookies doesn't sound half bad. For the occasion, we've rounded up a few notable options around town for you to try, from macaron sandwiches to vegan varieties to classic chocolate chip confections. For more ideas for things to eat and drink, check out our full food and drink calendar or our restaurant listings.
Note: Availability may vary.
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Amandine Bakeshop
Sara Naftaly's Chophouse Row gem offers gorgeous macarons glacés—ice cream sandwiches made with their exquisite Parisian-style macarons. Délicieux!
Capitol Hill
Central District Ice Cream
Did you know that the Central District ice cream shop known for flavors like ube cheesecake and peanut butter ras el hanout also makes ice cream sandwiches? They do, with ice cream squished between confections like Bells Pastries macarons and colorful pizzelle cookies.
Central District
Cookie Counter
This vegan ice cream parlor and sweet shop boasts a full menu of ice cream sammies, including the Original (chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream), the Original 2.0 (chocolate chip cookies with chocolate ice cream), the Mint to Be (double chocolate sea salt cookies with mint chip ice cream), the Cookie Hug (snickerdoodle cookies with vanilla ice cream, chocolate shell, and diced almonds), the PB Cup (peanut butter s'mores cookies with chocolate ice cream), the Queen (pink sugar cookies with strawberry ice cream), the Mix Tape (a chocolate chip cookie and a snickerdoodle with chocolate ice cream and diced almonds), the Fourth Dimension Chocolate (double chocolate sea salt cookies with chocolate ice cream and chocolate shell), the Best Ever (double chocolate sea salt cookies with mint chip ice cream, chocolate shell, and Newman-Os), and PB Madness (a double chocolate sea salt cookie and a peanut butter s'mores cookie with chocolate ice cream and Chick-O-Sticks candy).
Greenwood
Cupcake Royale
The local cupcakery serves ice cream sandwiches at all of its locations, made with their freshly baked cookies and handmade ice cream.
Various locations
Hello Robin
No one in Seattle does made-to-order ice cream sandwiches quite like this line-summoning Capitol Hill shop, with your choice of freshly baked cookies ranging from birthday cake to the gooey "Mackles'more," and a selection of Molly Moon's ice cream flavors to smoosh in between, including a special exclusive cookie dough flavor made in collaboration with Hello Robin. Owner Robin Wehl Martin's favorite combo? A habanero chocolate chip cookie and a classic chocolate chip cookie with a scoop of strawberry ice cream in between: "It's bold."
Capitol Hill
JuneBaby
Edouardo Jordan's much-raved-about, James Beard Award-winning Southern restaurant currently serves an ice cream sandwich with their house-made peanut butter and huckleberry jelly ice cream between spiced sweet potato cookies—yes, please.
Ravenna
Parfait
The scratch-made, farm-to-table ice cream shop sandwiches their local, seasonal scoops with pastel-hued, curlicued macarons. The Stranger's Angela Garbes once wrote, "At $4 each, the petite sandwiches are a little pricey, but the ice cream inside will make you feel goddamn rich. The texture of homemade ice cream is by turns shocking and revelatory; it's far thicker and richer on the tongue than commercial ice cream. While I found Parfait's macarons overwhelmingly sugary, the ice cream itself was heavenly, especially the mild, sweet-cream ice cream with an unapologetically tart blueberry ripple that comes inside a robin's-egg-blue macaron. My favorite sandwich by far, though, was a simple one: two classic chocolate-chip cookies dusted with a generous amount of French sea salt that enlivened golden vanilla-bean ice cream."
Ballard
Shug’s Soda Fountain & Ice Cream
The old-timey soda shoppe makes sandwiches with cookies from local caterer Delicately Sweet Confections and ice cream from Lopez Island Creamery.
Downtown
Street Treats
This ice cream truck turned Central District shop specializes in custom homemade ice cream sandwiches, with cookies like chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, and fig, and hand-crafted ice cream in flavors like cookie dough and blueberry sorbet.
Central District
Sweet Alchemy Ice Creamery
The U-District favorite's small-batch, farm-to-cone ice cream is available in made-to-order ice cream sandwiches with house-made cookies.
University District
