# US 4,397,880 A · Ice cream product containing cookie bits

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- Number: US 4,397,880 A
- Document ID: US4397880A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/031,402
- Filed: 1979-04-19
- Granted: 1983-08-09
- Earliest claimed: 1979-04-19
- Assignees: Deer Park Baking Co.
- Inventors: William G. Crothers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4397880A

## CPC

- A23G 9/48: Composite products, e.g. layered {, laminated}, coated, filled
- A21C 11/00: Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking
- A23G 9/52: Liquid products; Solid products in the form of powders, flakes or granules for making liquid products {; Finished or semi-finished solid products, frozen granules}
- A23G 2200/00: containing organic compounds, e.g. synthetic flavouring agents
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A21C: MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ice cream product of claim 1, wherein the bit is porous so as to absorb moisture in ice cream but retain its shape after such absorption.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The ice cream product of claim 1, wherein the height and diameter of each of the bits are equal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The ice cream product of claim 1, wherein the height and depth are about 3/8 inch.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The ice cream product of claim 2, wherein the apex and periphery of the base are rounded.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The ice cream product of claim 1, wherein the ice cream and bits are screw impeller blended without damage to the bits.