Brownie Cookie Sundae

Vanilla flavored ice cream with cookie dough pieces, brownies and a fudge swirl

Brownie Cookie Sundae

Date Tried - September 6th, 2022

Location - Keene, couch and counter, elsewhere possibly

Format - Half Gallon

Milkshake It? - No

Buy Again? - Yes

“Brownies or cookie dough, can’t decide? You don’t have to with this fully loaded vanilla flavor featuring chewy brownie bites, soft cookie dough pieces, and a rich fudge swirl. It’s a sundae in every scoop!”

I tried Brownie Cookie Sundae at least three different times before sitting down to write a review. This flavor is a heavy hitter; it comes out of the gate swinging and never relents. This is a flavor that is begging to be served to a child in one of those miniature plastic helmets at a major league baseball game.

The first time I tried it, I did so out of a leftover waffle bowl that Lisa had made at a wedding the previous weekend—an objectively unfair advantage when it comes to comparing to past flavors. But I’ve since had it without the bowl and the assessment didn’t change.

The cookie dough and brownie pieces are correctly sized and their flavors are each pleasingly traditional and expected. The fudge swirl into the vanilla base is a no-brainer. Unlike the cookie crumble swirl of Mousse Trail or the peanut butter swirl of Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, the fudge swirl of Brownie Cookie Sundae gives way subserviently to the bite. There is no struggle, only softness. In fact, there is no tartness, or saltiness, or bitterness at play here—just sweet.

Just soft and sweet.

We cracked the Brownie Cookie Sundae half gallon with some international friends (so worldly!) who were visiting us in Keene. There was some apprehension on our part. What if there was too much hype? What if Carlo and Cati scoffed at our favorite gas station convenience dairy treat? Well, they did not—I tip my hat to them for their openness to the culinary culture of small town America. And to Stewart’s for delivering the goods with little pretense.

As a bonus, I discovered that Stewart’s created a promotional video for the flavor that is 34 seconds long and consists of an anthropomorphic half gallon of Brownie Cookie Sundae speaking directly to the viewer with an unsettling Microsoft Paint visage while its ice cream body rocks from side to side. It’s hard to dodge the (unintended?) innuendo as this unholy brute implores you to eat his tempting, candied body. It feels like a PG-13 version of Nick Jr.’s beloved character, Face.

I watched the video in its entirety several times: