Atomic Ice Cream Sandwich

Ran across Atomic during an event in Piedmont Park. They had a sandwich with banana ice cream. How could I turn that down? You can tell that this is quality stuff. I enjoyed the ice cream flavor. The cookie part was a bit too hard for my taste and it wasn’t as tasty as I had hoped. The ice cream did slide around a bit on the cookie by the end, but for the most part, it held together well. Overall, I left thinking it was just OK. I am not clamoring to get another one. I am generally not a BIG ice cream sandwich fan. I have an occasional Skinny Cow. So take that into account, I suppose.
Verdict: Awesome ice cream, cookie could use some work.

Best ice cream sandwitch ever! You can tell the owners have put a lot of effort into the unique flavors. The cookie is what does it for me, It’s perfect, they arent too crunchy or too soft. Now that I’ve had one I can’t ever for back to the freezer section again. I can’t wait to get my hands on some more!

After a wait of over a year, I got to try one of these bad boys this past weekend. I had been anticipating trying an Atomic ice cream sandwich for so long that my expectations were quite high. That and seeing the average rating on Unilocal made me feel quite confident that the treat would blow me away. Alas, the experience did not deliver as I was hoping.
I got the peach ice cream sandwiched between gingersnap cookies. Cookies were good; they tasted like soft normal gingersnap cookies (strong flavor and scent of cinnamon). What disappointed was the ice cream. Truthfully, I could not discern any true peach flavor. It was as though the ice cream were vanilla. The ice cream’s flavor (as a plain one) and texture was good but I was desperately searching for something that reminded me of Georgia’s state fruit (isn’t that what the peach is?) and I was left less than satisfied.
I’ll admit since I love the idea of ice cream sandwiches, if I see one of these carts at another place and time, I will give them another try. If another sandwich blows me away, I’ll be back to tell you guys all about it.

Dang. I’m definitely an ice cream sandwich fan, but admittedly have only really ever based my love off of the ice cream sandwiches of my childhood. I hadn’t recently enlightened my life to the wondrous joy that is Atomic Ice Cream Sandwich. Something so simple made with just the right amount of love and care really make a difference in something so widely loved. Much like the approach that KoP has taken with popsicles.
We stopped at Mercantile for our first taste of AICS. Vanilla and Peanut Butter were our choices. The vanilla is textbook. Delicious. Really enjoyed the light crunch of the cookie exterior and the creamy vanilla ice cream middle. The peanut butter? Holy WOW. It was perfect. Not overtly peanut-​y and incredibly even. It was definitely the favorite between the two of us.
I can’t wait to try other flavors. I’m hoping to catch the cart around town next time and maybe pick up a few others at locations around town! Next stop: Candler Park Market.

My ice cream sandwich was da bomb! I had the peanut butter and my friend had the bourbon burnt sugar and they were both amazing! The cookie is not so much a cookie as a very thin soft brownie. The ice cream was not too rich, but packed with flavor. Simple and delicious. I will definitely be going back for more!

Atomic Ice Cream Sandwiches are A-​OK. The temp in their cooler needs to be adjusted because nobody likes biting into an icey brick. I really don’t like ice crystals forming on my ice cream or breaking teeth on dessert. The cookies/​brownies are darned good and the ice cream is expectedly satisfactory but the total product is aight. I good option if you’re in the park, but probably not worth an independent trip.

I finally got my hands on one of these bad boys yesterday at Zoo Atlanta. They’re $ 3 each and there were about five flavors to choose from, but I zeroed in on the ‘Bourbon Burnt Sugar’ — it already sounded amazing. The sandwich part was delicious — chocolate chip! You can see the chocolate chips in the sandwich — yummy chewiness. Together with the bourbon burnt sugar, it was just delicious! It was the perfect amount of sweetness. it is a little hard when the vendor first hands it to you, but they do tell you — my guy at least — to let it thaw for a minute to have the perfect ice cream sandwich experience.

Tonight. Make it magnificent. Tonight. Make me tonight.
Your ice cream sandwich is beautiful.
While at Piedmont Park for the Street Food Festival, I made a trip over to the Green Market, where the second vendor I noticed was this cart advertising ice cream sandwiches. Now me, I’m a guy who loves the standard ICS despite its artificial flavors and constantly shrinking serving size, and there is currently a box of Mayfield vanilla sandwiches in my freezer because they were on sale at Kroger. But when the guy told me his Atomic sandwiches are filled with High Road (
) gelato, and he showed me the thick slab to be had for $ 3, I snatched the mint sandwich with glee, under the judgmental glare of the goat cheese purveyor whom I had just told that I wasn’t there to buy anything after consuming half my weight in free samples.
Atomic, you dropped a bomb on me, baby.
The sandwich I got was High Road’s mint gelato between thin layers of delicious, chewy chocolate brownie with chocolate chips. It was fantastic, but I couldn’t help but to let nostalgia tug at me with a desire for at least some semblance of the flavor of a traditional ice cream sandwich. Atomic’s «cookie» layers have nothing in common with those.
They’re kept remarkably cold, so that mine was still firm to the last bite even on a hot day, as the terror of the world’s longest rendition of «Old MacDonald» was droning a few meters away in the children’s play area. Thank you, Atomic, for dulling the pain — with either the extreme cold or extreme awesomeness possessed by your gelato sandwich — caused by the spectacle of such verses as «…and on that farm he had an owl» and «…and on that farm he had a wife».
E-​I-​E-​I-​NO!
The «atomic» name holds a special dark place in my mind when it comes to frozen treats. As anyone who grew up with a neighborhood ice cream truck, or who had ice cream available at the pool or in the school cafeteria knows, the Atomic Bomb was one moniker of the disgusting patriotic popsicle dildo, also known as the Firecracker, Turbo Rocket and, originally, the Bomb Pop. While some neighborhood children were perfectly happy to suck on these atrocities and then spend the next couple of hours running around with red and blue moustaches as though they had just blown Uncle Sam in Pasolini’s «Yankee Doodle», I would rather eat cups of synthetic chocolate ice cream with a wooden stick that provided all of the flavor.
Atomic’s ice cream sandwiches take back that name and give it redemption, so that now when I hear «atomic» the first thoughts that come to mind are the magnificent Blondie song, terrific frozen delights, and the murder of a couple hundred thousand Japanese civilians.
I’ll be trying the Strawberry next time.
Make it magnificent, Atomic.
Overall, ⁸⁄₁₀.

The ice cream sandwiches are very good. They taste real, not artificial like some of the grocery store versions. Hey and it’s local too. Check ‘em out.

I’m an ice cream girl. Though I’ve slowly come around to the fro-​yo and popsicle trends, really, at the end of the (hot, sweaty) day what I really want is sweet, creamy ice cream. Thankfully, the folks at Atomic Ice Cream Sandwiches are finally delivering exactly what I need from a little cart at the gate to Piedmont Park at 12^th and Piedmont.
They make their own (delicious, chocolately, perfectly chewy) cookies, and then sandwich them around gelato from High Road Craft. Yes, I know, *technically* that’s not ice cream, but it’s so rich and creamy that I’m willing to give them a pass. So far, I’ve tried a couple of flavors, and my favorite is the chocolate with mint ice cream. It’s the perfect refreshing treat while wandering around Piedmont Park, and best of all, they frequently have it in a «half» size which is just the perfect amount of indulgence so that your Piedmont Park workout isn’t all in vain.
The owner (I think?) who mans the cart is super nice, and he’s quick to warn you when a sandwich has maybe been just a touch too close to the dry ice and will taste best if you wait a couple of minutes before eating it. Though they might lack the eye candy that a certain King of frozen desserts has been known for, their product is candy to my mouth, and that’s enough.
Can’t wait to see the Atomic Ice Cream Sandwich truck at more Atlanta events!