The Baked Bear — Restaurant in Columbia

I went to The Baked Bear in downtown Columbia with my family to enjoy a cup of ice cream.

The Baked Bear is a small place located adjacent from the University of South Carolina it has a couple of parking spaces out front. The facility is very clean and has a bathroom. The staff members were very nice and welcoming. The Baked Bear offers a wide variety of ice cream flavors and they are not the usual flavors. Bear Butter, BlackBerry Crumble, Butter Brittle Cake, Caramel Pretzel Fudge, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Cookies and Cream, Cookie Dough,Dark Chocolate, Mint Chip, Mud Pie, Old Fashioned Vanilla, Toasted S'mores, and Vegan Vanilla. For a single scoop in a cup or cone is $4. 50(it is a dissent size scoop) double is $6.50 and Packed $9.00 and if you want a waffle cone that is 75 cents extra. Also if you want to ad old topping it is an each 50 cents for each topping. My family got the Bear Butter and it was delicious; I would definitely recommend trying. The Baked Bear also offers cookies, brownies, and ice cream sandwiches. For a regular cookie sandwich is $5.95,combo (cookie and brownie) is $6.50, brownie sandwich $6.95, and Vegan sandwich $6.95. At the Baked Bear they also have unusual flaw cookies. If you want one cookie alone it is $1.50 (they are big cookies), 6-$8, and 12-$16 and brownies are $2.00 each. Some other random items on the menu are hot fudge sundae $6.50, Root beer float $5.50, and a bear bowl (brownie/cookie bowl with one scoop of icecream) $7.95. The flavor cookies they have are: Chocolate Chip, Cookies and Cream,Cookie Monster, Funfetti,Gooey Butter Cookie, Nutella Chocolate Chunk, Snickerdoodle, Whitw Chocolate Macadamia Nut, Vegan Chocolate Chip (extra 50 cents), and Vegan fudgy brownie cookie (extra 50 cents). For the cookie sandwich you don't have to get the same cookie for the top and bottom, you could mix and mix, if you want to.

I would definitely recommend going to The Baked Bear, because I will be definitely going back...

UPDATE.... The gift cards found a home. It wasn't the previous owner, and it wasn't completely random; it was "kismet". ... I'll be back at a later time with a little ditty.

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Greetings and salutations,

I've never eaten there, however, knowing that "people eat with their eyes", and after perusing their online menu, I give them a five star plus review on "plate presentation".

The reason I am here is I found two gift cards on the sidewalk on the corner of Blossom and Harden Street this morning, one with just change and one with a small but substantial amount.

I'm going to hold on to these for 3 days, at which point if the previous owner has not contacted me, I'm going to do a random act of kindness. I will update this review with the results, which will include the name (I will explain to the of the random act of kindness "receiver" while getting her or his name during "The ACT". If returned to the previous owner I will post that name. My email address is standsfortheflag at...

Holy frijoles! I went to this place while on a rare lunch date with my wife. We expected a modest ice cream sandwich, similar but nicer than what you get in the frozen food section of the grocery store. When we got our order, we were surprised by the gargantuan sandwiches with which we presented. Even more so, we were blown away by the quality of the cookies and ice cream. Separately, the cookies and ice cream are amazing enough to make a special visit to The Baked Bear.

She had a peanut butter cookie and a white macadamia nut cookie with cake batter ice cream. I had a peanut butter cookie and a snicker doodle cookie with salted caramel fudge ice cream. The sandwiches were as thick as the diameter of the cookies. I was able to unhinge my jaw like a snake to take a bite, but she had to use a spoon. We are both very glad that we live pretty far away from this place so that we won't be tempted to make it a frequent destination, but we will definitely be coming...