
What kind of experience do you want visitors to Baked Bear’s to have? We are also excited to be rolling out a new flavor, Bear Batter, which is a fun blue ice cream with brownie chunks and fudge clusters. We have also developed our own premium craft ice cream that is rich and creamy without the high whipped or butter content you normally find in standard ice creams. An ice cream sandwich should never taste stiff or result in ice cream squeezing out of the other side when you bite down. They are freshly made so you taste all of the real flavors and soft and chewy so they hug perfectly around a scoop of our ice cream without ever falling apart. Our cookies are also specially-made with the ice cream sandwich in mind. San Francisco has a lot of great ice cream makers to compete with, what do you think sets Baked Bear apart from other ice cream companies today? We can also be creative and provide a unique “cookie of the month” for our customers like our strawberry cheesecake cookie for this month. Making our own cookies allows us to oversee the quality and freshness of our product that I think differentiates us. We use locally sourced ingredients, fresh eggs, and real butter.

Our cookies are baked from scratch and in-house on a daily basis using our own recipes. We’re looking forward to providing something that isn’t your typical sandwich.” Tell me a bit more about the cookies, are they baked in-house? It truly is a cookie we put a lot of effort into. I’ve seen you quoted as saying: “Once we get you trying one of these sandwiches, you’ll see the difference. There is no better place to bring our ice cream sandwiches than San Francisco. Our gourmet ice cream sandwiches are made from scratch using real ingredients. It is also a foodie hotspot where people have a discerning palate and appreciate quality. San Francisco has a rich history of ice cream sandwiches with the creation of the “ It’s-IT”. What was your “aha moment” that led you to open up Baked Bear in San Francisco or what led you to become an ice cream entrepreneur? You know you want one of these babies! But before I let you loose to head over to Fisherman’s Wharf, I had the opportunity to interview Joseph and I wanted to share a little bit more about Baked Bear since it is new to the city. There is also a custom signature ice cream flavor coming soon to be called Bear Batter.

The first ice cream flavors will include birthday cake, butter pecan, cookies and cream, cookie dough, mint chip, rocky road, salted caramel, and vanilla. Follow them on Facebook as the cookie of the month is announced there at the beginning of each month. The debut cookie flavors for the new shop include chocolate chip, cookies and cream, funfetti, snickerdoodle, white chocolate macadamia and a “cookie of the month” such as lemon bar, mint chip, strawberry cheesecake or toffee walnut fudge. There’s also the “Bear Bowl,” a scoop of ice cream in a warm chocolate chip cookie or brownie bowl as well as a hot fudge sundae and a root beer float. Then you can go all out and get the sandwich hot pressed!

And they can be mixed and matched, meaning you can have a cookie on top and a donut on the bottom – get crazy!Ģ. You’ve got very four important decisions to make:ġ. It’s a custom designed ice cream sandwich. Whew, he’s brave!Īnd unlike a lot of food you can buy in San Francisco restaurants (or food trucks) most items are $3.95 and nothing is over $6.00 – yes! The San Francisco version is a family business run by Joseph, his wife, his mother, as well as his sisters and brothers. Joseph Halloum the person we can thank for bringing this ice cream treat to San Francisco is friends with the founders and after spending time with them, he was convinced that San Francisco was going to love it too. The brainchild of these two handsome fellows, childhood friends Rob Robbins and Shane Stanger. So it’s with open arms that we receive the decadent ice cream sandwiches from Baked Bear. But the great thing about San Francisco and its culinary delights, we always welcome more.
