CREAM

I love this place! The whole idea of making your own cookie sandwich or taco… What’s not to love about that?! The cookies are always fresh, and it’s even better when you can pair it with all of the great flavors of ice cream they have!

«Cookies Rule Everything Around Me»…CREAM…that’s right the actual slogan for this heavenly establishment. This establishment is located in the beautiful 2 year old Downtown Summerlin Outdoor Mall area. If your VEGAN well this is you must go location if your ever in Las Vegas… it is about 20 minutes west of the Las Vegas Strip. When you walk into CREAM you will notice right away the very inviting atmosphere… wonderful ambiance… and awesome customer service.
This establishment is known for its ICE CREAM SANDWICHES made with homemade cookies and delicious ice cream. Now I mentioned earlier this is a place for VEGANS… well rejoice because not only are there delicious options here for dairy lovers but there are also VEGAN options. They have 2 types of SOY VEGAN ice cream and 3 types of VEGAN cookies and all of it is DELICIOUS!!!
Here is what I recommend… An Ice Cream Sandwich with a Chocolate Fudge VEGAN cookie… Oatmeal Raisin VEGAN cookie… and SOY Ice Cream in the Middle. I would also suggest getting a half dozen of the VEGAN COOKIES and then Eat, Drink, and be Merry my Friends!!!

This ice cream shop is in DTS. Good ice cream. I like it here because they have vegan cookies and soy ice cream. It was $ 24 for 4 ice cream sandwiches, but your in DTS.

Delish.
What really makes this awesome is that you can truly make it your custom Sammich.
Top cookie: chocolate chip
Strawberry ice cream
Bottom cookies: white macadamia
Wow!

Despite the freezing weather in Vegas today, my cousins and I decided to see how special «Cream» really was. They didn’t disappoint. They had just enough variety when it came to flavors that all 3 of us were satisfied! (And our palettes are very different)
While the other two went for the basic route and got their famous ice cream cookie sandwiches, I decided to go more classic and I got a double scoop on a red velvet cone. The flavors I chose were Cup of Joe (their take on coffee) as well as the Americanized green tea. It wasn’t as busy as I thought, but for them to have so many customers at the time even though it’s so cold outside already speaks for itself.
Bottom line: definitely a try for locals everywhere in Vegas, especially if you haven’t gone down to the beautiful downtown Summerlin. They even have a little extra something special for us Unilocalers (1 free topping w/​check in)!

Whenever I hear «ice cream cookie sandwiches», my mind immediately takes me to Diddy Riese in Westwood. I remember living in LA and waiting in line for hours just for a $ 2 ice cream sandwich. So I was super excited when I heard about this new place in Downtown Summerlin. That excitement, however, quickly diminished. Call me crazy, but there’s really nothing special about CREAM.
Hubby & I came here one afternoon for something sweet to snack on. The place itself is very open and clean. I like how simple it is to order: Pick a cookie, ice cream flavor, and optional toppings, and you’re all set! I went with White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies paired with Banana Walnut ice cream. The cookies are freshly baked and come straight out of the oven. Warm cookies and cold ice cream sounded like such a good combination, but by the time we made it to our seat, our sandwiches were falling apart! I was getting ice cream everywhere with each bite of the sandwich.
Although the ice cream flavor itself was good, I was having a hard time enjoying the sandwich. Not only was the cookie hard, but I’m not a fan of messy food. Like, at all. At a certain point, I’ll just try to finish the food as fast as possible so I can go wash my hands. That was the case here at CREAM. I do feel bad leaving melted ice cream all over the table. Perhaps we got unlucky with the ice cream or the cookies or the chemistry behind pairing the two. Whatever the case may be, Hubby and I both agreed that we have yet to find a decent ice cream cookie sandwich here in Vegas.

Looking for dessert after an afternoon at Downtown Summerlin, we ended up at Cream for some ice cream and cookies.
I ordered a cookie sandwich with macadamia nut cookies and coconut ice cream. They warm the cookie which is a nice touch but I didn’t care for any of the flavors. The cookies tasted like a regular store bought cookie and the ice cream had an unappetizing flavor I didn’t enjoy. It was overly sweet and I took a few bites and decided to toss it.
For the price I don’t see myself coming back with so many better dessert options around town.

Awesome little ice-​cream sandwich place in Downtown Summerlin. I love that Vegas has all these cool places to eat from all over the place because we don’t have to leave home to try all these amazing food places.
Prices are on the high side but the cookies are always warm and yummy and the ice cream are so good and lots to choose from. Sprinkles topping and drizzle options are available and you must the ice cream taco especially on Taco Tuesday. The best thing ever. The shell is sweet with a hint of cinnamon I think and it’s thin and crispy paired with ice cream I mean come on do I need to say more. Some are dipped on chocolate and you get whip cream and sprinkles on top… YES!
Any how on a hot day run here you will be glad you did.

I went with chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. They warm up the cookies to make them soft and pliable. It also softens up the ice cream, making it messy to eat. Ice cream will shoot out the back of the sandwich when taking a bite and tends to drip everywhere. Keep it in the paper pocket if you can. The cookies were pretty good — soft chewy, but very thin. Ice cream was creamy and sweet, but nothing that really distinguishes it from other brands. It’s a decent product where the draw is customizing your own ice cream sandwich. Although if I come back I’d probably enjoy it more if I eat the ice cream and cookies separately. Lines can be long but it goes fairly quickly. Flavors are typical. It’s a place that kids will love. If you’re craving flavors that are more unique you’re better off heading down the street to the gelato shop.
2.5 Stars

To preface this story: I just had an allergic reaction to their «turtle» cookie. Google «turtle» cookie or candy and you will see that it’s a combination of chocolate, caramel, and PECANS, not peanuts.
My boyfriend and I went to CREAM tonight because we had heard such good things. He ordered a turtle cookie with a chocolate chip cookie and cookies n cream ice cream in the middle. I had a small bite of the sandwich but we both agreed it wasn’t great. The cookies were too soft for the sandwich and fell apart while trying to eat it. There wasn’t enough ice cream in the sandwich — or maybe it’s that the ice cream wasn’t cold enough. I’m not sure what exactly would fix it — thicker (or frozen) cookies, or a colder, heavier ice cream center. Whatever it is, their finished product was just okay.
We left and were back home just a few minutes later and almost immediately, I had an intense itch in the back of my throat. Just a few seconds later, the itch turned into a cough. I realized what was happening and downed a bunch of water and some allergy pills — I knew there must have been peanuts somewhere in that sandwich.
I called CREAM and asked if there were peanuts in the «turtle» cookie and they verified that was correct. Are you KIDDING me?! Everyone knows that peanut allergies are no joke and if you’ve ever worked in the food industry (or, you know, been a Girl Scout, or even had a soft spot for chocolates), you KNOW that turtles are comprised of chocolate, caramel, and PECANS… not peanuts.
Luckily, I only had a small bite and I was able to catch it in time (before going into anaphylactic shock), but this is unacceptable.
Very disappointed CREAM…
If you’re in the Summerlin area and looking for dessert, go to Gelato Messina.

Oh what?!!
Excited to find out CREAM came to Vegas.
I had their ice cream in San Fransisco and when I first saw them open I had to stop by. They have fresh baked cookies and brownies to pair with any delicious ice cream flavor. It’s a great sweet tooth quick fix when your in the area shopping in this warm weather. Come for $ 3.99 taco tuesday — 3 ½ scoops and 2 toppings on a taco waffle. #Yum!

If I was on death row my last meal would involve a CREAM cookie sandwich. Its that good. For real. I’m serious.
CREAM has a lot of different things you can order but if you want to not hate yourself later you will get a cookie sandwich. They have a ton of different kinds of cookies and they are served warm and sort of gooey. This can create some mild problems with the LV heat and the ice cream, but they seem to have recently shifted from the paper bags to putting the cookie sandwiches in cups which was a good move. The warmness of the cookies means that the ice cream immediately starts melting as soon as they make it so you have to act fast.
The absolute best combo is white chocolate macadamia nut cookies combined with salted caramel ice cream. I could give you other tips/​combos to try but seriously, this is the move. Don’t be fooled by the people in front of you in line who get cones or sundaes. Don’t be one of those people who goes here, does not get a cookie sandwich, and then complains that CREAM isn’t good. Use your heads people.
The only bad thing about CREAM is the line can get absurd pretty fast. I always try to go at off peak times but even at like 9PM on a weeknight there will sometimes be 20 or 30 people in line already. The line does move fast but when you are jonesing for a cooking sandwich it can seem like an eternity.

Having lived in Los Angeles for a few years and the thought of ice cream sandwiches automatically meaning Diddy Riese in Westwood, I was a little skeptical of Cream. I was totally wrong to do so!
The store is clean and spacious, with lots of displays of cookies and toppings. The employees here are friendly, funny, and move quickly to craft your dessert.
I tried a sandwich with a Peanut Butter Cookie, Butter Sugar Cookie, and Toasted Almond Ice Cream. I also got a Snickerdoodle Cookie free with the Unilocal offer.
The cookies are warmed before the ice cream is added, which makes a huge difference. Even though I expected this to make the whole thing drippy and hard to eat, the cookies were well made and didn’t crumble at all.
The Butter Sugar had great flavor, but was a little thin. I loved the Peanut Butter and will definitely re-​order that in the future. The Toasted Almond Ice Cream has a light, nutty flavor and chopped almonds throughout which are somehow soft and delicious.
I really liked my visit here, and will be back soon!

Ice cream in 110 degrees weather? Yes please! Works out well since Downtown Summerlin is an outdoor shopping center and Vegas heat is brutal. Located nearby stores like Forever 21 and Charlotte Russe.
SERVICE
Fast and friendly. Every servers I interacted with were polite. Don’t be intimidated by the long line because line moves quick!
ICE CREAM
I am not an ice cream connoisseur or an expert by any means but ice cream I tried here were beyond basic. You have around 15 flavor options and toppings like marshmallow and gummy bears that you can add=typical set-​up in most frozen yogurt places except it’s not a self-​serve.
Ice cream sandwich seemed like a bad idea in this burning heat so I stuck with two scoops of ice cream in a cup. My choices were chocoholic and cinnamon chill (don’t remember the exact name). Chocoholic was on the sweeter side but had a rich chocolate flavor. Cinnamon one had barely any cinnamon flavor. Both were pretty mediocre in my opinion.
CONCLUSION
I would not go out of my way for this place. Mediocre at best. Make sure to check-​in on Unilocal to get a free ice cream sandwich!

Traveled all the way to the other side of the world to see what the hype was all about. I’m sorry to say but CREAM disappointed me. I met the franchise owner Kristin and she was wonderful. Now let’s talk about the ice cream sandwich.
I ordered a velvet cookie, cookies and cream ice cream and a white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookie. Everything looked delicious until I took the first bite and the cookies were hard and not chewy. I was in total shock! I was comparing this ice cream sandwich to Baked Bears ice cream sandwich and there was no competition. If the cookies aren’t chewy and soft then it isn’t going to work. That’s just my humble opinion.
I’ll try it out again though.

Maybe I should’ve tried an ice cream sandwich instead of a single scoop in a cup. Or one of those ice cream tacos. Maybe if I had ordered something more extravagant my review for Cream would have been better. Who knows. My partner and I tried Cream for the first time on a Monday night around 8PM, and the line was out the door.
MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ($ 2.49): Nothing special. I requested whipped cream with mine and it tasted kind of funky. ²⁄₅
PISTACHIO DELIGHT ($ 2.49): My husband was affronted that Cream was passing the ice cream he tasted as a pistachio ice cream. There was a few pistachios in the ice cream, but the ice cream itself was NOT pistachio flavored. I would describe it as tasting like a cake batter ice cream. You can’t just throw pistachios in a random flavored ice cream and call it ‘pistachio’s delight’. He said that the Pistachio ice cream at Baskin Robbins is waaay better. He ate less than half of his scoop because he simply didn’t like it. ²⁄₅
SERVICE: The young guys who staffed Cream were polite and bid us a good night as we left. Wait time even with the line was just under 10 minutes. ⁴⁄₅
VIBE: White, bright, and plenty of treats in eyesight to lust over. The cookies and brownies looked delicious! 90s R&B obnoxiously blared over the speakers, which was pretty annoying to a pair of metal heads. ³⁄₅
GOOD TO KNOW: Cream offers a military discount!
Worth a Return Visit?
The ice cream warrants 2 stars but I’m bumping my review up to 3 stars because Cream offers a military discount and has vegan ice cream and cookies. Good looking out. If my husband has it his way, we won’t come back. I’m iffy on the subject.
Unilocal 100 CHALLENGE 2015: #182

I wouldn’t say that my sundae and my husband’s shake were bad, but they weren’t good either.
I had the cookie sundae with pistachio ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream. When I was ordering I asked for a butter sugar cookie, but the guy taking my order asked if I meant snickerdoodle. Sure? I thought I had read the menu wrong so I agreed, but I just looked it up and butter sugar appears to be a cookie option. Either way, the cookie didn’t have any flavor. I regret not trying the ice cream first because the pistachio was just vanilla with some pistachios mixed in. I had to dig in the sundae to even find the chocolate sauce, I thought he had forgotten to add it. I liked the whipped cream. My husband said his shake was okay.
Like I said this place wasn’t bad, but I probably wouldn’t bother going back.

A very simple concept which is how I like to order… Pick a cookie, ice cream flavor, and any toppings– easy.
I was happy to see the half cookie option. With cookie, ice cream, and topping– a whole cookie may be too sweet for some.
They offer ice cream tacos, milkshakes, brownies, and ice cream cones as well.
The store was clean and staff was friendly.
Music was really loud– hard to hear my friend so we wolfed down our treats and headed back into the heat.
Like others stated, if I am at DS then I will probably stop by, but I don’t think I would make a special trip.

What is not to love about this place? Fresh baked cookies and insanely tasty ice cream! Cesar Q. and I were strolling around the mall today and happened upon this awesome little piece of heaven on earth.
What an awesome concept! Such an array of cookies and a great selection of ice creams. We were fortunate as we wandered in after lunch so there were no long lines. Seeing all the pics on Unilocal we felt lucky!
It was a tough decision today as they had big fresh baked brownies still warm from the oven. OH EM GEE! It was a really hard decision but I opted for the cookie sandwich over the brownie. It was not an easy decision. They offered cookies with M&M’s, white chocolate with macadamia nut, regular chocolate chip, sugar butter cookie, red velvet and many more. I picked the snicker doodle for both the top and bottom. They heat the cookie up just before they put your ice cream selection in between. I opted for coconut ice cream. It was perfectly creamy with just a hint of coconut.
The reason I didn’t give a full 5 star is that they are missing chocolate chip ice cream. They offer vanilla and you can add choc chips but that’s not the same. They offer choc chip cookie dough but again that’s not the same. Cream does have a very nice selection of flavors so you won’t be let down.
You can add toppings to your sandwich and if you don’t want a sandwich they offer bowls of ice cream and even waffle tacos! Pretty neat.
I highly recommend this place for the days you need a sweet treat or even if you have kids and need an outing with their friends. It’s a great concept and the prices are very reasonable! Under $ 8 for 2 ice cream sandwiches!!!
The only negative was the ice cream scooper guy. He lacked personality. He needs some customer service training. Not to big a deal as you don’t spend that much time dealing with the scooper guys anyway…

What we gonna do right here is go back… back in time to when the only CREAM location was in Berkeley… Here’s my CREAM Berkeley review back in 2011:
The time where they used to use Otis Spunkmeyer cookies and Double Rainbow ice cream… true story! Workers said so, and I even snapped a photo of the proof!
…Back then, a CREAM cookie sandwich was just $ 1.50…Back then, it was a cool experience and a great concept.
Fast forward to 2015, multiple franchises in Cali, and CREAM’s first out of state location right here in Summerlin. The crowds came out with great anticipation for their grand opening waiting for just about an hour to get their hands on their own customized cookie sandwich. Using their foolproof ordering system, I went with White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies (you may mix and match if you wish) Coconut Ice Cream, and no additional toppings.
I had no issues with my order, as my cookies were soft and warm, and I got a generous scoop. What kinda threw us off though is that when we were done, Wifey asked if they were using the same cookies and ice cream like their flagship location, and almost immediately, two employees went on the defensive and denied EVER using Otis Spunkmeyer and Double Rainbow. They later stated that it may have happened at their other locations, but never at their first location.(Ummm…take a look at my photo!) What they say they use now is the owner’s proprietary recipes for both the cookies and ice cream.
Whatever the matter is, I think CREAM will do well and survive the growing pains in Vegas because there’s always a crowd searching for a dessert spot that won’t break the bank. Hopefully team CREAM can iron out their inconsistencies because judging by the reviews, you’re already off to a shaky start. ALOHA!!!
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