A 12-pound ice cream sandwich offered at George + Martha's for one day only

Rebecca King | NorthJersey

Show Caption Hide Caption This ice cream sandwich from George and Martha's in Morristown is MASSIVE George + Martha’s American Grille in Morristown takes National Ice Cream Sandwich Day to a whole new level with a 12-pound monstrosity.

George + Martha’s American Grille is taking National Ice Cream Sandwich Day to a whole new level. The Morristown restaurant will celebrate the unofficial holiday Thursday, Aug. 2, by serving up a 12-pound ice cream sandwich.

The monstrosity takes over five pounds of edible cookie dough and chocolate and vanilla ice cream, and sandwiches them between two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies over a foot long in diameter. The ice cream sandwich is priced at $35 and will be available all day on Thursday.

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“We just want to have fun with it,” said Kevin Felice, who is the corporate executive chef for Villa Restaurant Group, which owns George + Martha’s.

Felice and his team have created specialty dishes for unofficial holidays before. They made unicorn chicken wings with multicolored pastel hot sauces for National Chicken Wing Day, a three-pound pretzel for National Pretzel Day and a buffalo chicken donut for National Donut Day.

They kicked around different extravagant ice cream sandwiches to roll out on Thursday, debating if they should make something using fancy ingredients, but instead decided to just make things massive.

“Sometimes I think we get too caught up in being serious,” Felice, who trained at Johnson and Wales culinary school in Rhode Island.

The staff at George + Martha's form the ice cream into cake bowls and prep the edible cookie dough, but they assemble a sandwich to order, so the cookie doesn’t get too frozen by the ice cream.

Felice recommends that at least 10 people share in the ice cream sandwich. So, bring your friends … and your family … and your neighbors … and their families. It’ll take a village to wolf down this dessert.

Go: 67-71 Morris St., Morristown; 973-267-4700, georgeandmarthas.com.

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