10 Outlandish Ice Cream Sandwiches to Eat This Summer

This New York offshoot fulfills both sugar and caffeine needs in one delicious dessert. The casual sit-down restaurant takes glazed chocolate donuts, cuts them in half, and fills the inside with cookies and cream. The coup de grâce: a caramel drizzle, sprinkle of espresso, and side of caramel popcorn. $9.

Customize your journey to sugar coma at this retro-counter shop. Start by choosing a donut casing, either classic (glazed, sprinkled), jazzed up (Boston cream, blueberry old-fashioned), or gluten-free (pistachio lemon, chocolate orange), then pick from an assortment of gelatos for the core. Our favorites? Hazelnut, mint chip, and dreamsicle. $4.99.

Springtime inspired Pastry Chef Robyn Lucas’s latest creation, housemade strawberry gelato inside a vanilla pâte à choux, all of which gets a tableside chocolate sauce pour-over. While the flavors change seasonally, the elegant ambiance of Daniel Boulud’s brasserie inside the Venetian is perennial. $13.

This family-friendly eatery alternates its wackadoodle waffle/ice cream combos monthly. On the lineup this summer: fried green tomato ice cream sandwiched between Cajun-spiced mini waffles, served with a fried green tomato and pickled relish (June); Bloody Mary ice cream with jalapeno-smoked bacon and mini waffles (July); and sweet-tea lemon-and-mint ice cream with lemon scented waffles (August). $11.99.

The Latin-inspired flavors at this 24-hour luncheonette are a taste-bud fiesta. As if the Fresca Mexicana (strawberry-Mexican sour cream) or the Tepache-nopal (fermented pineapple cactus) weren’t mouthwatering enough, just wait until you put them in between a chipotle brownie. Other mix-and-match options include spicy tomatillo, horchata de quinoa, elote-corn and dulce de leche. We’ll have tres, porfavor. $5.50.

Pillow, check. Blanket, check. IT’S IT Ice Cream sandwich, check. The vanilla ice cream and oatmeal cookie paring is dipped into dark chocolate and served on flights from San Francisco to Seoul. When vanilla isn’t on the menu, cappuccino and strawberry are. The store in California has even more options like mint, chocolate, and pumpkin. From $22; complimentary on Singapore Airlines

Elvis is alive—at least in ice-cream-sandwich form. Sugarmill’s tribute to the King: banana ice cream with bacon bits, held within a peanut butter or chocolate fudge cookie. Created in honor of the rock-and-roll god’s birthday, only 10 are made every day. $5.50.

This industrial-chic Italian spot takes local-favorite AJ’s Biscuits and stuffs rhubarb marmalade and salted butter semifreddo ice cream inside. $12.

Island-inspired flavors like Kona coffee and green tea from Big Island-based Tropical Dreams are scribbled on a chalkboard menu at this grab-and-go in the Hilton Waikoloa Village. But it’s the Tahitian vanilla that fills the space between two freshly baked chocolate cookies, which are rimmed with sprinkles and crisscrossed with chocolate sauce. $6.95.

At this cavernous sushi den in the Seaport District, nutty Pandan-leaf ice cream is squeezed by pâte à choux, smothered in white chocolate fudge sauce, and ornamented with ginger macerated berries. $12 for three.