I could Cry - Continente Cookie Wookie Ice Cream Sandwich Review

Will a classic chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich from Continente stack up to this chocolate cookie ice cream sandwich?

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Continente Cookie Wookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Enter Continente Cookie Wookie Ice Cream Sandwiches - 4 pack.  By the way, no, not a star wars themed ice cream sandwich. 
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Continente Cookie Wookie Pepitas de Chocolate e Gelado

Continente Cookie Wookie Ingredients and Nutrition Facts

Described as "Vanilla flavor ice cream between layers of cookies with chocolate chips", these ice cream sandwiches contain 2.6g of protein per sandwich. It's not Skyr, but it's not nothing. :p 

Ingredients and Nutrition Facts - Cookie Wookie Ice Cream Sandwich

Continente Cookie Wookie First Impression

I have high standards for chocolate chip cookies and naturally one lowers said standards for a store brand ice cream sandwich, yet I must admit I am immediately skeptical. 

Cookie Wookie Ice Cream Sandwich - Cookie Pic

Ice Cream Overhang
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The cookie wookie presents with a bit of ice cream overhang and we can't be mad about that. Ice cream overhang can be like a muffin top - the best part. 
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The Ice Cream Over-Hang Was The Best Part :'(

It Nearly Brought Me To Tears...

This picture about sums up the Cookie Wookie. 

Sad, sad, sad, sad, sadddddd ice cream sandwich experience. 

First Bite: Continente Cookie Wookie - Made Us Saddie Waddie

Problems with this ice cream sandwich:

• Cookie texture is not bueno. Crumbly and with very mediocre flavor.
• The cookie sticks to your fingers in a weird, uncomfortable way. Blech.
• Cookie-to-ice-cream ratio is off, especially given the mid-ness of the cookies themselves. 
  
  ​This last point is especially unfortunate because the ice cream actually had decent flavor and thanks to the aforementioned over-hang we could get a taste of it untainted by the crumbly blah-ness of the cookie. Sadly this element is completely lost because of how bad the cookie "bun" is. I hope Continente reworks this product. 
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Skip This! 

Based on the box we bought, we'd say skip the Cookie Wookie at Continente. They have other ice cream products that are much better including this one.

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On the other hand, A Very Good Ice Cream Sandwich:

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