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M&M's Ice Cream Vanilla Cookie Sandwiches
Frozen Foods
📊 NOVA 4

M&M's Ice Cream Vanilla Cookie Sandwiches

M&M'S
16 foz
Available at Foodtown
240
Calories
3g
Protein
23g
Sugars
150mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
134
Ingredients

What You Should Know

M&M'S Ice Cream Vanilla Cookie Sandwiches arrive on the supermarket frozen-aisle stage among novelty frozen desserts — you’ll find them in the ice cream/freezer section near ice cream sandwiches, novelty bars, and family-sized tubs. Packaged as a 16 fl oz box containing four individually wrapped sandwiches, they are positioned as a colorful, shareable treat for families and impulse buyers. Occasions that fit this product include birthday parties, summer cookouts, movie nights and kid-centric celebrations: grab-and-go convenience for when you want an instant dessert that reads as fun and festive. Brand positioning leans hard on M&M’S candy heritage — playful, colorful, and kid-focused — tapping nostalgia for adults and bright, child-friendly visuals for parents buying treats. Marketing emphasizes fun and sharing rather than health; label copy (“made with real ice cream,” “reduced fat ice cream”) creates a mild health halo while the ingredient list reveals flavors, stabilizers and candy inclusions; there’s no organic certification. In plain processing context, this is a highly processed, multi-component frozen novelty assembled from formulated ice cream, cookie base and candy pieces, containing emulsifiers, gums, colorants and other additives. Sensory details: a cold, creamy vanilla center with the slightly denser mouthfeel of reduced-fat ice cream, sandwiched between soft-to-firm cookie rounds studded with crunchy, colorful M&M’s minis; textures shift from crisp candy shell to tender cookie and smooth ice cream. The ritual is casual — pull one from the box for a single-serve indulgence, hand them out at gatherings, or include them in kids’ lunchbox treats when thawed briefly.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1
Servings per Container: 4
Calories240
% Daily Value*
Total Fat9g12%
Saturated Fat5g25%
Cholesterol15mg5%
Sodium150mg7%
Total Carbohydrate36g13%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars23g
Added Sugars20g40%
Protein3g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

REDUCED, FAT, ICE, CREAM:, SKIM, MILK,, CREAM,, SUGAR,, CORN, SYRUP,, WHEY,, MONO, AND, DIGLYCERIDES,, CAROB, BEAN, GUM,, GUAR, GUM,, CARRAGEENAN,, NATURAL, AND ARTIFICIAL, FLAVORS,, ANNATTO, EXTRACT, (COLOR),, VITAMIN, A, PALMITATE., COOKIE:, ENRICHED, WHEAT, FLOUR, (BLEACHED, WHEAT, FLOUR,, NIACIN,, REDUCED, IRON,, THIAMIN, MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN,, FOLATE),, SUGAR,, BROWN, SUGAR,, M&M'S®, MINIS, MILK, CHOCOLATE, CANDIES, [MILK, CHOCOLATE, (SUGAR,, CHOCOLATE,, SKIM, MILK,, COCOA, BUTTER,, LACTOSE,, MILKFAT,, SOY LECITHIN,, SALT,, NATURAL, FLAVOR),, SUGAR;, LESS, THAN, 2%, OF:, COLORS, (INCLUDES, BLUE, 1, LAKE,, RED, 40,, YELLOW, 6,, YELLOW, 5,, BLUE, 1,, RED, 40, LAKE,, YELLOW, 6, LAKE,, YELLOW, 5, LAKE, BLUE, 2, LAKE,, BLUE, 2),, CORN, SYRUP,, DEXTRIN,, CORNSTARCH,, CARNAUBA, WAX],, PALM, OIL,, MARGARINE, [PALM, OIL,, WATER,, SOYBEAN, OIL,, SALT,, WHEY,, MONO, AND, DIGLYCERIDES,, SOY LECITHIN,, NATURAL, FLAVOR,, BETA, CAROTENE, (COLOR),, VITAMIN, A, PALMITATE],, SALT,, BAKING, SODA,, AMMONIUM, BICARBONATE,, NATURAL, AND, ARTIFICIAL, FLAVORS,, YELLOW, 5..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Mono and diglycerides - Processed emulsifier
  • Soy lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Red 40 - Artificial coloring
  • Yellow 5 - Artificial coloring
  • Yellow 6 - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 1 - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 2 - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (mono- and diglycerides, gums, artificial flavors and colors, margarine, candy pieces, stabilizers) and is a multi-component manufactured convenience product, consistent with NOVA group 4 (ultraprocessed).

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Common Questions about M&M's Ice Cream Vanilla Cookie Sandwiches

Well, that depends on what you mean by healthy! If you're looking for a treat that satisfies your sweet tooth, this cookie sandwich can hit the spot. However, with 240 calories and 23 grams of sugar per serving, it’s definitely more of an indulgence than a health food. Think of it as a fun dessert rather than a daily snack!

Perfect For

movie-night
birthday-party
summer-cookout

Vibe:

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