Ice cream sandwiches in Toronto make the perfect summer treat and lucky for us the city has loads of places that make them. From your basic cookie sandwiches to more creative offerings, chances are there's an ice cream sandwich our there with your name on it.
Here are my picks for the top ice cream sandwiches in Toronto by neighbourhood.
ANNEX
Big Crow lets you cap of your meaty meal with a brioche ice cream sandwich. This seasonal treat can be found on the menu during the warmer months and is available in flavours like peanut butter and jelly and s'mores.
BEACHES
Sleepy Baker serves up custom made ice cream sandwiches seven days a week. Sandwiches are available in your choice of plain-style or stuffed cookies.
BLOORCOURT
Bakerbots offers one of the most-liked ice cream sandwiches in the city. You can customize with a choice of freshly baked cookies that you can stuff with unique ice cream flavours like avocado, burnt toffee and beer n' brown bread.
BLOORDALE VILLAGE
Home Baking Co. dishes out made-to-order cookie ice cream sandwiches. They come in your choice of full cookie or half and filled to the nines with ice cream.
CHINATOWN
Lucky Red's dessert menu touts a rotating selection of ice cream sandwiches. Of the favourites offered so far, the churro-donut ice cream sandwich is surely the most memorable. Yum!
DUNDAS WEST
Ice cream sandwiches are a crowd favourite at Scoop Shop. Select your made-from-scratch ice cream flavour, then have it sandwiched to order between your choice of cookies or delicate meringue shells.
EAST CHINATOWN
Homestyle cookies and frothy frozen mousse-like ice cream are both featured at Andrea's Gerrard Street Bakery. These are offered in flavours like double chocolate espresso, ginger lemon curd, or English Brown Bread ice cream between chocolate chip cookies.
ETOBICOKE
Ready-made s'mores and salted caramel ice cream sandwiches are just two of the options you can discover at Sweet Olenka's. Unique ice cream flavours find themselves stuffed between two cookies and then dipped in chocolate.
KENSINGTON MARKET
At Dirty Bird you can indulge in waffle ice cream sandwiches. The menu currently boasts three types of sandwiches, which range from waffles topped with peanut butter and jelly to a version stuffed with sweet potato ice cream and candied pecans.
KING WEST
If you been scrolling through your Instagram feed recently, you've probably come across a churro ice cream sandwich once or twice. Wondering where to get it year round in Toronto? Head to El Caballito.
KOREATOWN
Toronto's old school malt shop, Bean and Baker, makes some scrumptious ice cream sandwiches. All sandwiches are made to order where Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream is generously scrapped onto your choice of cookie and then edged with a topping of your picking.
LITTLE ITALY
Ever have a pop tart ice cream sandwich? Now you can courtesy of Bake Shoppe. This cute little bakery slathers ice cream in-between their home-made jelly filled pop tarts.
MARKHAM
Old Firehall Confectionery uses Kawartha Ice Cream in their frozen sandwiches. Choose your cookie then choose your ice cream and dig in. Napkins are recommended.
OSSINGTON
Bang Bang is the ultimate ice cream parlour and bakeshop. They do everything from scratch and make ice cream sandwiches using cookies, cinnamon buns, macarons and puffs.
QUEEN WEST
Gelato filled ice cream sandwiches? Yes, please! Visit Death in Venice to get your fill of two scoops of gelato between one of Constantinople's cookies. Sandwiches are also available in between two crispy halva wafers.
ST. CLAIR WEST
Booyah offers up ice cream sammies in two sizes (full or half). All sandwiches are customizable and come in your choice of freshly baked cookie and scoop of Kawartha Dairy ice cream.
WEST QUEEN WEST
If you have room for dessert at the Gladstone Hotel, their ice cream sandwich is a must-try. A house-made cookie is topped with a generous scoop of Ed's Real Scoop ice cream.
YONGE & DUNDAS
Bareburger pairs different flavours of Greg's Ice Cream with locally baked cookies. A must-try is their snickerdoodle with roasted marshmallow ice cream.
YONGE & EGLINGTON
Uncle Betty's is where to get your hands on a donut ice cream sandwich. Your choice of ice cream is nestled in between their famous donut, drizzled with chocolate or caramel sauce and a selection of toppings.
YONGE & LAWRENCE
The Burger's Priest offers up an ice cream sandwich you probably won't find anywhere else. Step outside the box and opt for the Vatican on Ice, which features vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two buttery grilled cheese sandwiches.
YONGE & ST. CLAIR
Holy Chuck Burgers has quite an extensive dessert menu on which you will find their You Bacon Me Crazy Chocolate Chip Cookie ice cream sandwich. It consists of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and dusted in bacon bits.
YONGE & WELLESLEY
Red Bench lets you mix and match any two cookies then choose from their rotating selection of soft serve yogurts to place inside. To finish it off, you have the option to roll your creation in toppings of nuts, candies and sprinkles.
What did I miss? Disagree with my selections in the comments.
Lead photo of Bang Bang by Jesse Milns
by Jaclyn Skrobacky via blogTO
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