Just a one mile away from each other on Stevens Creek Boulevard, CREAM and Icebox both serve ice CREAM sandwiches and are popular attractions for hungry high school students. We decided to figure out which dessert place is the better.

Walking into CREAM, which is located along Stevens Creek opposite the Cupertino Plaza, we were greeted by smiling employees who helped us through the process of customizing our sandwiches, whose prices ranged from $2.99 to $3.50. The place is spacious, and the walls are decorated with fun sayings such as “It turns out you can buy happiness” and “Cookies rule everything around me.”

We decided to pick a cookie from its eight classic cookie flavors and an ice CREAM flavor from its large assortment of 21 different ice CREAMs, in addition to a topping. Its cookies range from the classic chocolate chip to Carnival cookies (cookies with M&Ms). Ice CREAM flavors include Rocky Road, Green Tea, Strawberry Cheesecake and Cup of Joe, a coffee-flavored ice CREAM. The options were endless and delicious, so it was hard to choose.

We got two sandwiches: one with chocolate chip cookies and Rocky Road ice CREAM, covered in M&Ms,  one  topped with Snickerdoodle cookies and chocolate ice CREAM. Each cookie is $2.99.

The sandwiches themselves were enjoyable, although difficult to eat due to their size. The perfectly soft and gooey warm cookies combined with the cold ice CREAM were refreshing and sweet. We found it hard to get through the whole sandwich without spilling all over ourselves.

Icebox, located just a few blocks down on Stevens Creek Boulevard, was not as welcoming. The store itself is small and feels crowded because multiple chairs and tables are so close together. It has only a few decorations and the place lacks atmosphere. Making it worse was that only one person was working there at the time, so our orders took several minutes to come out.

While Icebox has a more exotic choice of macaroons instead of cookies topping its sandwiches, its portion sizes are much smaller. Even so, the prices are higher. An ice CREAM sandwich at CREAM is $2.99, while a smaller and less satisfying version of the relatively the same dessert is $3.50 at Icebox.

If you want good service and a delectable icy treat for your money, we’d recommend going to CREAM over Icebox. Its ice CREAM will leave you refreshed and wanting more. CREAM’s ice CREAM sandwiches are perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth.