It's-It Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturer and distributor since 1928, based in Burlingame, California. [1] [2] The company has four products with their most popular being the It's-It ice cream sandwich, which is a scoop of ice cream sandwiched between two oatmeal cookies and dipped in dark chocolate. The original vanilla It's-It has been available in additional flavors since the 1980s.
The It's-It was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, one of the original business owners when San Francisco's Playland at the Beach opened across the Great Highway from Ocean Beach. [1] [3] One version of the name's origins is that Whitney was experimenting and cried out "It's-It!" when he hit on the combination of a sandwich of vanilla ice cream inside two oatmeal cookies, covered in chocolate. [3] [4] Another version is that he heard someone answer the question which cow had won a cow race that day (a tradition at Playland); the cow's name was It. [5]
For nearly forty-five years, until Playland was demolished in 1972, the It's-It was available only at Whitney's shop. After Playland closed, the It's-It name was passed to George Mavros, who sold the ice cream sandwiches at another location near Ocean Beach. [6]
In 1974, the Shamieh brothers, and their brothers-in law, A.L. McDow and Isa Zaru, bought the It's-It business. [7] [8] They mechanized production, first at a facility on 11th Street in downtown San Francisco, moving to the current factory in Burlingame in 1976. [9] The company's products are now sold in supermarkets and convenience stores. [3] Chocolate, strawberry, mint and cappuccino flavors were added in the 1980s [5] and green tea in 2016; [10] pumpkin is also available. [11] [12] The company has also added other ice cream products, including the "Super Sundae", the "Big Daddy", the "Super Cone", and the "Chips It". [3] [13]
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