Cookies and cream (or cookies 'n cream) is a variety of

ice cream Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from milk or cream and is flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit such as str ...

milkshake A milkshake (sometimes simply called a shake) is a sweet beverage made by blending milk, ice cream, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, fruit syrup, or whole fruit into a thick, sweet, cold mixture ...

and other desserts that includes chocolate

sandwich cookie A sandwich cookie, also known as a sandwich biscuit, is a type of cookie made from two thin cookies or medium cookies with a filling between them. Many types of fillings are used, such as cream, ganache, buttercream, chocolate, cream cheese, jam ...

s, with the most popular version containing hand or pre-crumbled cookies from

Nabisco Nabisco (, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International. Nabisco's ...

Oreo Oreo () (stylized as OREO) is a brand of sandwich cookie consisting of two biscuits or cookie pieces with a sweet creme filling. It was introduced by Nabisco on March 6, 1912, and through a series of corporate acquisitions, mergers and split ...

brand under a

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agreement. Cookies and cream ice cream generally mixes in crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies into

vanilla ice cream Vanilla is frequently used to flavor ice cream, especially in North America, Asia, and Europe. Vanilla ice cream, like other flavors of ice cream, was originally created by cooling a mixture made of cream, sugar, and vanilla above a container of ...

, though variations exist which might instead use chocolate, coffee or mint ice cream.

History

There are competing claims as to who first invented and marketed cookies and cream ice cream. *Malcolm Stogo, an ice cream consultant, claimed to have created the flavor in 1976, 1977 or 1978. *

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claims the flavor was invented at the university's dairy plant in 1979 by plant manager Shirley Seas and students Joe Leedom and Joe Van Treeck. *In a 2005 press release,

Blue Bell Creameries Blue Bell Creameries is an American food company that manufactures ice cream. It was founded in 1907 in Brenham, Texas. For much of its early history, the company manufactured both ice cream and butter locally. In the mid-20th century, it abandon ...

claimed they were the first company to mass-produce the flavor, in 1980. In 2006, ''The New York Times'' reported that Blue Bell made "no claim to have invented it but certainly pioneered the flavor." However, as of 2020, the company's website proclaimed, "We were first to create this innovative flavor." Blue Bell Creameries applied to register the trademark "Cookies 'n Cream" in 1981. *

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, the official taster for Dreyer's/Edy's Ice Cream, claims he invented it first for the company in 1982 *Another claimant is Steve Herrell of Massachusetts' Herrell's Ice Cream. In 1983, cookies and cream became one of the top five best-selling flavors of ice cream.The History of Ice Cream
. Makeicecream.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-06.

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History

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