It is based on a recipe introduced in 1839 by the cook of a German nobleman, Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau.

In Italy, ice cream sandwiches are eaten in the region of Sicily as a breakfast item.

Many customers complained that the ice potong would easily melt and fall off the stick, leading to the introduction of the wafers for better grip.

[6] Itim Khanom Pang (or Icecream Khanom Pang), literally bread ice cream, a street food in Thailand usually composed of longer rolls similar to hot dog buns a mix of scoops of coconut ice cream/sorbet (or vanilla) and chocolate-flavoured ice cream, with a selection of local toppings from traditionally salty or sweet sticky rice, salty crushed peanuts, and syrup-soaked chewy palm seeds to slivers of fresh or dried fruits.

Typically a vanilla block (or a layer of soft-serve) sandwiched between one plain wafer and one chocolate-covered nougat one.

Street vendors in New York recently sold slabs of ice cream between sheets of paper, called "hokey pokeys", until someone had the idea of using cookies instead.

[citation needed] A Chipwich, where ice cream (usually vanilla) is sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies, is also popular.

[citation needed] A "National Ice Cream Sandwich Day" is set for August 2[11] and has been celebrated since at least 2005.

In Vietnam, an ice cream sandwich called bánh mì kẹp kem is commonly sold on the street as a snack.

It consists of scoops of ice cream stuffed inside a bánh mì, sprinkled with crushed peanuts.