Chipwich

Chipwich is a brand name frozen novelty, consisting of an ice cream sandwich made with ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies, with edges then typically rolled in more chocolate chips. It was invented in 1980 by former CBS-TV video engineer Richard LaMotta. The initial seed money for the large-scale rollout of the product came in part from other CBS New York employees.

Chipwich, Inc., cofounded by LaMotta and Sam Metzger, was initially successful, but was forced into bankruptcy in 1984. It reorganized and emerged from bankruptcy in 1987. In 2000, it was acquired by CoolBrands International Inc., which also owned the Eskimo Pie brand. On January 24, 2007, CoolBrands sold the Chipwich and Eskimo Pie brands to Dreyer\'s Grand Ice Cream, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Nestlé.

External links

• Chipwich Inc. home page
• CoolBrands press release announcing sale of Chipwich to Dreyer\'s
• Ellyn E. Spragins, "Passing the Hat... Again", Inc. Magazine, Sept. 1990
• "War of the Chocolate Chips", TIME, Sept. 28, 1981

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