Thelma's Treats Cayenne Chocolate Chip

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While Lizzy was visiting me for the ice cream run, we stopped at a grocery store after a different run to pick up some lunch.  Obviously we stopped by the ice cream section, and found something amazing! Thelma's, a wonderful Iowa-based cookie and ice cream sandwich company has expanded distribution to Minnesota!  Now Lizzy is not the only one with access to these wonderful ice cream sandwiches. Also, hopefully they will keep expanding around the country!

Lizzy and I decided to get the Cayenne Chocolate Chip with Vanilla Ice Cream, a flavor NEW to the Thelma's line up, to split on Sunday before Lizzy left for Iowa.


Madeline's take: Thelma's really nails both the cookie and ice cream texture necessary for a successful ice cream sandwich.  The cayenne chocolate chip cookies were hard enough not to completely soak up the melting ice cream and turn into mush but also soft enough that they didn't crumble or crack and make a mess.


The amount of the cayenne in the cookies was perfect.  I didn't taste it initially, but as I kept eating, it built up to a low, slow burn.  The cayenne came in at the front of the flavor profile and the vanilla came in at the end to soothe the burn.

Awkwardly zoomed in so you can see the cayenne!
Lizzy's take: I agree with everything Madeline said! The cookies are the perfect texture. Their definitely moist, but still with structural integrity! The cayenne was definitely hot, but not so overpowering that you couldn't taste the rest of the flavors. I was kind of hoping the ice cream was cinnamon, but Thelma's is mainly a cookie company, so I can see why the cookie is a bit more exciting than the ice cream. I wonder how good these would be with chocolate ice cream in the middle? But the creamy vanilla was nice too give you relief from the cayenne.



All in all, this gets 🍦🍦🍦.4/5 cones. A higher quality vanilla, like vanilla bean, or a chocolate center and this would get 4! This is a great addition to Thelma's ice cream sandwich line!

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