THE SOFT SERVE FRUIT CO.
Upper East Side: 1371 Third Ave., 212-675-0550; Union Square: 25 E. 17th St., 212-794-2200)
The $8 Strawberry Drizzle sundae from The Soft Serve Fruit Co. is normally a work of art.
Tamara Beckwith
2 of 12
But the one we got delivered turned into a messy — and tasty — treat.
Gabi Porter
3 of 12
MELT BAKERY
132 Orchard St., 917-589-1912, meltbakery.com
Melt serves inspired flavors such as the Lovelet (red velvet cookie and cream cheese ice cream, $4 a piece in store, $68 for a dozen) and Cinnamax (snickerdoodle cookie with cinnamon ice cream, $68 for a dozen).
Gabi Porter
4 of 12
On delivery, the red velvet Lovelet and other frosty sandwiches seemed fresh from the freezer.
Gabi Porter
5 of 12
HOLEY CREAM
796 Ninth Ave., 212-247-8400; holeycream.com
When a bakery specializes in both doughnuts and ice cream, it makes sense that they would combine the two in a doughnut, icecream sandwich ($6.95), which is as glorious as it is gluttonous.
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6 of 12
It’s all in the delivery, and Holey Cream’s ice cream sandwich treat failed.
Gabi Porter
7 of 12
MILK & COOKIES
19 Commerce St.; 212-243-1640, milkandcookiesbakery.com
New Yorkers love the bakery’s signature ice-cream sandwiches in flavors such as the Grasshopper (fresh mint ice cream smushed between chocolate-mint cookies) for $5.50 each.
Alex Afervez
8 of 12
Tasty, but delivery didn’t stack up at Milk & Cookies.
Rahav ‘Iggy’ Segev/Photopass.com
9 of 12
POP BAR
5 Carmine St.; 212-255-4874, pop-bar.com
Customers can have their gelato as-is ($4.50), dipped in a chocolate coating, covered in sweet and savory toppings, or both (50 cents each) — or choose frozen yogurt and fruit sorbets on a stick.
Rahav ‘Iggy’ Segev
10 of 12
While the sorbet bars were slightly melted, the un-dipped gelato bars were mostly frozen. The dipped gelato bars remained perfect, with a nicely frozen center.
Gabi Porter
