The Baked Bear opened a new location at 18205 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, on Jan. 21, according to Baked Bear employee Jackie.

The ice cream franchise shop specializes in customizable ice cream sandwiches with a variety of flavors of ice cream, cookies and toppings.

Some of the flavors available include:
  • Chocolate chip cookies;
  • Snickerdoodle cookies;
  • Nutella chocolate chunk cookies;
  • Blackberry Crumble ice cream;
  • Caramel Pretzel Fudge ice cream;
  • Toasted S'Mores ice cream;
  • Hot fudge topping;
  • Brownie bits topping; and
  • Sprinkles topping.
The new location is owned by local restaurateur Jim Wang, who owns two other restaurant located adjacent to The Baked Bear: Jinya Ramen and Gen Korean BBQ House.

The company has locations in 10 states across the country from California to Texas to Maryland. 281-532-6934. www.thebakedbear.com