{"id":1191,"date":"2011-06-24T14:22:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T20:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2011-06-24T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T20:25:54","slug":"ice-cream-sandwiches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream Sandwiches!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have just debuted our new-and-improved ice cream sandwich for the summer!\u00a0The ice cream has been made \u00a0for us by the lovely folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinocchioicecream.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinocchio<\/a> &#8211; we gave them a special 80% Valrhona chocolate, and the result is a rich, silky, not-too-sweet ice cream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC07448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1192  aligncenter\" title=\"icecreamsandwich\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC07448-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC07448-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC07448-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC07448.jpg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the cookies are definitely not an afterthought &#8211; soft and chewy with plenty of cocoa, they recall the texture of a classic chocolate wafer; but with a true chocolate flavour and a pleasing thickness, they are tempting to eat all by themselves. Paired with the ice cream, they are elevated to new heights. A roll in some crunchy cocoa nibs, and the result is an intense chocolate treat to enjoy in the warm weather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC074551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1194  aligncenter\" title=\"halfsandwich\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC074551-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC074551-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC074551-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC074551.jpg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those of you with hardier constitutions (than me), we sell them whole, but we are also selling them in halves. If you can afford to slip into a chocolate coma for a few hours, though, there is something deeply satisfying about holding an ice cream sandwich potentially larger than your fist!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have just debuted our new-and-improved ice cream sandwich for the summer!\u00a0The ice cream has been made \u00a0for us by the lovely folks at Pinocchio &#8211; we gave them a special 80% Valrhona chocolate, and the result is a rich, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/?p=1191\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1197,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}