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US 4,397,880 AGranted
Ice cream product containing cookie bits
AssigneeDeer Park Baking Co.
InventorWilliam G. Crothers
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Abstract
Cookie bits having a specific cone-like configuration and composition. The bits are useful as a snack food product and also are found to be, among other uses, particularly suitable for incorporation into ice cream without detracting from the quality, taste, and appearance of the cookie bits or the ice cream. The cookie bits permit adaptation and use of conventional cookie baking machinery and when used in ice cream, of conventional ice cream machinery. The cookie bits may be flavored with fine cocoa as well as other flavorings.
Claims6
An ice cream product comprising:
- a. ice cream;
- and in combination with
- b. a plurality of cookie bits dispersed in said ice cream each of said bits being formed into a cone-shape, wherein said bits comprise flour, sugar and shortening and wherein the sugar;shortening ratio is from 1.5:1 to 2.5:1, and wherein said cookie bit has a count per pound of about 1,000 to 1,500, and wherein said bits are present in an amount of 8 to 10 percent by weight of the ice cream, whereby the cookie bits retain their structural integrity blended with the ice cream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.