Astronaut Foods Freeze Dried Ice Cream Sandwich | Vanilla | 12-Pack

My grandson loves this product and I like to order it as a surprise. This time for his birthday.🎉

My students were fascinated with freeze-dried food during our camping-themed unit. I introduced the ice cream sandwiches, and the children were amazed by how much they tasted like real ice cream sandwiches and how smooth the ice cream felt as they ate them. We also discussed their shelf life and why backpackers might choose them as a sweet treat on a trek, given their lightweight, portable design.

Just as described. Haven’t tried them yet because I bought them for book club.

Somehow the astronaut ice cream of our youth (not sure how young you are, but I’m no spring chicken myself has been replaced with astronaut ice cream sandwiches. I thought this distinction mattered, so I agonized about whether to buy this or hunt down real (I suppose sandwich-less) astronaut ice cream of my youth. Don’t waste your time like I did: I think they added the cookies to keep this crumbling mess together. What did you expect? It’s completely desiccated cream, dry as the Sahara. I bought this for a five-year-old’s space themed birthday party. It was a great theme in the loot bag, and later as my kid crumbled pieces of this mess half in her mouth and half on the floor, she looked at me with the profound disappointment of a child who has been lied to: “Mama, there is no way this is ice cream” she said. And yet 10/10, would buy again. Because really, it’s not about the taste is it. It’s about the rocket ship and the dream.

My six-year-old daughter wanted her birthday party to be astronaut themed and all about space, as she wants to be an astronaut. This is the perfect favor for her party, and I think the adults loved it even more than the kids because of the nostalgia of going to the science and space museum and getting it as kids! This was the perfect thing and tastes just like we remember! I wish you would have a little bit more packages per unit for the price, but it’s still definitely cheaper than if you were to buy it in a gift shop at a museum so there’s that.

Fun product but super pricey.

Taste good

These are exactly as described. Ice cream sandwiches made for the most elite astronauts. They are totally delicious and arrived in tact and ready for lift off!!!

I’ve never had anything freeze dried before, let alone an ice cream sandwich. I was lucky to receive mine completely intact, the vanilla is kinda overpowering but overall it’s got a great crunch and tastes pretty good.

Good

Bought as an extra Christmas present for my partner, he was ecstatic as he loves space themed stuff that's unique and fun. He loved it and gave me a bite, but the bar came totally smashed to bits. The ice cream filling tastes like creamy vanilla flavoured custard, and has a texture similar to meringue when you bite it, but if you let it sit on your tongue for a few seconds and get some saliva on it, it starts to melt sort of like ice cream. The chocolate sandwich part is also tasty, much like a Bourbon biscuit. Good crunch on it. Altogether it was a great gift, but disappointed that it came so crushed. Tastes amazing, would have looked amazing, but for the price and long wait time, I wouldn't really say it's worth it... :(

My mom bought me this as a surprise and I was super excited. For anyone out there who's never had astronaut ice cream, do not expect this to taste like ice cream. It doesn't. It has a chalky texture that melts in your mouth and doesn't taste like ice cream in the slightest so just prepare yourself. Still, I totally love it.

I wish I could rate this Ice Cream Sandwich with all the stars in the universe, but alas, Amazon has not yet included the option.