In addition to baked goods and candy, this charming Petworth sweets shop serves up lots of great ice cream, including this popular ice cream sandwich made from two chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream and rainbow sprinkles for $5.25.

Insomnia Cookies’s ice cream sandwich game is strong, with scoops of creamy ice cream between two warm cookies for an indulgent hot-and-cold combo. Around 17 cookie choices can be paired with ice cream and optional toppings. Insomnia also offers open-faced ice cream sandwiches, plus vegan and gluten-free options.

Listed on the menu only as a cryptic line saying, “Ask about our ice cream tacos,” this casual, creative fried chicken and oyster restaurant in Le Droit Park currently serves a stoner-worthy ice cream taco. It’s a multicolored extravaganza loaded with custard, whipped cream, sprinkles, and churros.

The growing Richmond-based brand from culinary couple Hannah Pollack and Xavier Meers builds its thick sandwiches with 14-percent butterfat ice cream and cookies made and mixed by hand. Choose from classic flavors like strawberry shortcake and raspberry white chocolate or desserts-inspired varieties like pecan or key lime pie.Spotthe sammies in the frozen aisle at Streets and Yes Organic markets around the DMV.— T.P.

For those who like their ice cream sandwiches with a heavy helping of Parisian charm, the Georgetown outpost of this jewel box macaron boutique serves macaron glacé: large raspberry, vanilla chocolate, or pistachio raspberry ice cream-filled macarons.

With locations in Clarendon and Falls Church, Bakeshop offers NoVa customers a rotating ice cream sandwich menu that also includes a vegan option. The current lineup features classic chocolate chip with vanilla, as well as more unique options like a popular cookies-and-cream “brookie” sandwich.

Often one of the first spots eaters associate with ice cream sandwiches, Captain Cookie offers ice cream sandwiches at both brick-and-mortar and food truck locations. Customers can mix and match their own custom sandwich creations by choosing from eight cookie and three ice cream options.

This nostalgic family-owned ice cream parlor and restaurant at the Wharf serves a $5 chipwich with your choice of ice cream, including vanilla, chocolate, birthday cake, mint chocolate chip, and butter pecan flavors.

This beloved Alexandria ice cream shop serves four to six rotating frozen custard sandwiches, built from whatever is on hand that day. A recent, seasonal variety included “Cicada Crunch,” a faux cicada sandwich made from chocolate custard with Rice Krispies and Nestle Crunch.

Brandon Byrd, the owner of Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats, is an innovator when it comes to ice cream sandwiches. His custard serves as the filling between donuts (a donutwich) and brownies (a browniewich). After starting as a food truck,he just opened a Goodies frozen custard standin Old Town Alexandria in a renovated historic ice house.

Expanding local gelato purveyor Dolci Gelati serves gelato sandwiches in a variety of flavors like stracciatella, salted caramel, chocolate, and vanilla bean—all wedged between two thick chocolate cookies.