As we’re registered fans of the cookie dough and vanilla combination, this version that amps it up has a welcome home here with us. Not every dairy-free Coolhaus flavor is gluten-free, so don’t blame the wheat proteins for this cookie being just a little bit soggy to the touch. Rather, it’s the dough aspect of the sandwich, near as we can figure. It’s possible this just uses a standard cookie that doesn’t thaw brilliantly (as noted, all of the ice cream sandwiches tend to be very soft in the cookie department), but compared with the Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cookie sammie, we think this is a deliberate choice to prevent the Cookie Dough Lyfe flavor from losing its doughiness to a baked cookie. And so, regarding our eating, this aspect is not a fault against it.
We’re happy to report that, unlike the cone edition, the ice cream in this one doesn’t come across as saccharine, unctuous, or chemical. Since that only occurred in two flavors — one dairy-free, the other from cow’s milk — we’re going to chalk it up to some factor in production rather than a reason to be cautious of the dairy alternatives.
