We have just received a lead on a photo emerging from a Carl's Jr. location out of Newport Beach, CA that apparently is serving a Hand-Scooped Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich.
The photo appears to have originated from the location off of Newport Blvd and Industrial Way, for those familiar with the Southern California beach city. Interesting that the stoner-friendly sandwich emerged from Instagram user spec_j on the 4/20, but the sandwich indeed falls inline with the fast food chain's recent line ice cream cookie sandwiches, following up on both an Oreo Ice Cream Sandwich and a Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich.
Our guess leads us to believe the chain is running a spotted test of this new dessert option. For anyone who spots this sandwich at their local Carl's Jr. (or Hardee's) location, feel free to Tweet/Instagram a photo and tag it #foodbeast.
Photo via Instagram (spec_j)
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Update: 04/22/2013
A Carl's Jr. spokesperson has provided us with the following window cling graphic being used in the product's test markets. As a policy, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's does not comment on test products. The only information we got was a confirmation that the Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich is indeed being tested at limited number of Carl's Jr. restaurants.
Update: 04/20/2013
This was the photo that originally surfaced on April 20, 2013:
