SMACKERS!!

I had been a fan of ice cream sandwiches. Personally, I prefer cakes or chocolate bars over ice cream but the ice cream sandwhich is a different story. It's like you're getting the best of both worlds. I am still quite upset by the demise of Tivoli's Funwich. It has been my favorite after school snack when I was in elementary, being available for 10 pesos at the store across the street from our school. Recently I have discovered reincarnations of the old funwich. Brother's Burger has one, Cool Bites, and so does Dairy Queen though I forgot what it's called, but they're both expensive (around P40, I think, a piece). Luckily a store near our house has made a funwich rip-off. The store is called the ice cream store and a piece of the ice cream sandwich costs P10! I love them. It's like childhood all over again!

I had been very happy with the funwich nostalgia I've been having but never had I been happier of ice cream sandwiches than upon discovery of Penny Brown. One day, when I was from my gym, the mini-stall right outside my gym's door caught my attention. (WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THERE!?!). If there would be any food from now on that could make me cheat on my diet, this is it. The cookies themselves come in ten flavors ranging from the classic chocolate chip to dark chocolate, old-fashioned oatmeal, and a (Thank God!) sugar-free variant. Any two cookies with your choice of ice cream (nonetheless two scoops of FIC Ice Cream) is called a Smacker! (P65, which I think is a steal considering how heavenly they taste). The cookies are said to be made “… to be soft, moist and chewy (as opposed to hard), so that it’ll stick to the ice cream.” Just thinking of them makes my mouth water. I can't wait to try all their variants. My new favorite is the strawberry ice cream with two browny fudge cookie. Penny Brown perfect cookies are also available at P20 a piece (Perfect for pasalubongs since bringing home a Smacker won't make any sense).

I'm a Penny Brown convert. Forget Funwich. I found my new comfort food.

Sugar free choco marble in between two sugar free cookies.

Penny Brown

Glorietta 2, Level 2 (across Sbarro’s)

Robinsons Galleria, East Wing, Level 2