Printed cartons for ice cream sandwiches, bars, mochi, pints and other frozen desserts. We use coated paperboard that can handle freezer frost and a bit of sweating on the counter, cut to your product and printed with your branding. Low minimums, and US ground shipping is free.
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Freezers are rough on packaging. Cold room, warm counter, cold room again. Frost on the outside, water soaking in every time it sweats. Uncoated board warps after about a week of that, which is why we build ice cream boxes from board and finishes that put up with it, and print them bold enough to read through a fogged-up grocery door.
Creameries order them. Gelato shops, ice cream sandwich makers, mochi brands, bakeries with a few frozen treats on the side. Some boxes go into retail freezers and some are just takeaway boxes for a scoop shop.
Coated board. Both sides.
That’s the short answer, honestly, because plain board picks up water every time it thaws a little and then refreezes, and after a few rounds of that you’ve got soft corners and print peeling off, so we use SBS paperboard with a moisture-resistant coating inside and out and usually put gloss lamination over the top since it wipes clean.
Wrapper first, then carton, that’s how a single sandwich or bar usually goes. With a six-pack of sandwiches or a dozen mochi we’d add a tray or divider, otherwise you open it and find one big frozen brick. And pints? They mostly sit in round tubs anyway, but wrap a printed sleeve around three or four and you’ve got a gift set or a flavor sampler for the holidays.
Fit it close. Air inside a freezer carton means frost on the product, and nobody wants a frosty mochi. What we make most:
Doing mochi or macaron-style sandwiches where the color sells it? A window works. Keep it small though, and we’d use a film that handles the cold without fogging up too badly.
Wondering how cartons stack on a pallet or in a freezer? Our post on how many bakery boxes fit on a pallet uses the same thinking.
Picture the freezer door, glass, half fogged, cold bluish light behind it. Bold and simple reads best there. Big flavor name, strong color, a clear product photo. Thin script fonts kind of vanish behind frost, we’d skip them.
We set up the dieline and lay out your art free, and look over your files for anything that won’t print well. You approve a digital proof before production, and you can get a physical sample. If you do, put it in your freezer for a few days. That’s the real test.
Shipping frozen treats a long way? Then the carton’s only half the story. Our article on corrugated packaging for frozen food shipping covers the outer box, and our frozen food boxes work well for bulk orders.
Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and the price per box drops as quantity goes up. Production is 10 to 12 business days after proof approval, rush is there if you ask, and ground shipping is free anywhere in the USA. More dessert styles live in our bakery packaging range, or just request a quote here.
Not with coated board and lamination. Uncoated board is what usually gives you soft corners, so we don’t use it for frozen stuff.
Sure. A printed two piece box, or a sleeve with dividers, holds two to four pints neatly.
We wouldn’t. Seal it in a wrapper, then box it. Cleaner, and less freezer burn.
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