Toronto's most Instagram-famous ice cream spot. Freshly baked cookies sandwiching premium ice cream in flavours that rotate constantly. The salted caramel and brown butter cookie is the undisputed champion.
Neighbourhood: Kensington Market · Address: 93 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON · Hours: Mon: Closed | Tue–Thu 12:00 – 9:15 PM | Fri–Sat 12:00 – 9:30 PM | Sun 12:00 – 9:15 PM · Phone: (416) 531-1900
Why Visit
Bang Bang’s legendary ice cream sandwiches let you mix and match fresh, gooey cookies with rotating house-made ice cream flavours you won’t find anywhere else in Toronto.
What Makes It Unique
Unlike most spots, Bang Bang lets you pick your cookies and fill them with unexpected, seasonally inspired ice cream combinations—think lychee rosewater or everything bagel. The constant line out the door is proof their Instagram-worthy creations really are worth waiting for.
Bang Bang Ice Cream on Ossington Avenue has been the ice cream sandwich shop in Toronto since it opened, and the reputation is earned: freshly baked cookies (made daily, warm from the oven) sandwiching house-made ice cream in rotating flavours, assembled to order. The combination of warm cookie and cold ice cream is a textural and temperature game that works every time, and Bang Bang's execution of it is precise enough that the shop consistently outperforms every competitor that has opened trying to replicate it.
The salted caramel ice cream in a brown butter chocolate chip cookie is the signature and the reason the weekend line exists. The salted caramel is properly salty — using fleur de sel that cuts through the sweetness rather than decorative salt that disappears — and the brown butter cookie is slightly crisp at the edge, chewy through the centre, and fragrant with toasted butter. Together they are one of the genuinely great dessert items in Toronto.
The seasonal flavours are where the kitchen demonstrates its range: black sesame (nutty, slightly bitter, striking), passion fruit (bright and acidic against a butter cookie), matcha white chocolate, and other limited runs that get announced on Instagram and sell out before the board is updated. The soft serve (vanilla or seasonal flavour, served in a cone) is a simpler but equally well-executed option.
The line on Saturday afternoon is real. It moves. The sandwich is worth it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bang Bang Ice Cream Toronto known for?
Bang Bang is known for freshly baked cookie ice cream sandwiches — cookies made daily and assembled with house-made ice cream in rotating flavours. The signature is salted caramel ice cream in a brown butter chocolate chip cookie. The shop is on Ossington Avenue in the west end. Seasonal flavours (black sesame, passion fruit) are announced on Instagram.
Where is Bang Bang Ice Cream in Toronto?
Bang Bang Ice Cream is at 93 Ossington Avenue, between Dundas Street West and Queen Street West. The nearest transit is Ossington Station (Line 2), a 5-minute walk south. The 63 Ossington bus also stops nearby. The street is the centre of the Ossington restaurant and bar corridor.
What should I order at Bang Bang Ice Cream?
The salted caramel ice cream sandwich in a brown butter chocolate chip cookie is the signature — the contrast of properly salty caramel ice cream against a warm brown butter cookie is exceptional. Ask about seasonal flavours (black sesame, passion fruit, matcha white chocolate) and the current soft serve option. Everything is made fresh and assembled to order.
How long is the Bang Bang Ice Cream line?
Weekend afternoon lines (Saturday 2–5pm) can be 15–30 minutes. Weekday visits are significantly shorter. The line moves steadily once you're in it — sandwiches are assembled quickly. The best strategy is arriving after 5pm on weekends when the rush subsides slightly, or visiting on a weekday afternoon.