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Belgian brand of ice cream sandwich made by Froneri

Maxibon is a Belgian brand of ice cream sandwich made by Froneri, and also previously owned by the Swiss company Nestlé. It consists of a block of frozen dairy dessert containing small chocolate chips with one end covered in chocolate, and the other sandwiched between two biscuits.

The Maxibon is an ice cream sandwich produced for the first time in Italy by Motta (Italgel) in 1989 and then brought to international markets by Nestlé starting from 1993 when Nestlé acquired Italgel. Since 2016, the brand has been owned by Froneri, a joint venture between the English R&R Ice Cream and Nestlé itself. The Maxibon bar is available in Europe, Canada, Australia, Chile, Egypt and New Zealand and can be purchased from 'Maxibon Zone' stands in European cities, such as Madrid. There are three available variations of Maxibon in Europe including vanilla, white chocolate and original flavour. There are also specials released from time to time, with unique flavors as well. In 2022, Nestlé discontinued Maxibon in the UK.

Cookie: Circular, with ice cream, chocolate chips and caramel sauce sandwiched between two chocolate chip 'cookies'. Snack: A half sized version of the original Maxibon, weighing 56g instead of the standard 102g. Risk: Regular size and shape however the flavour of ice cream, either vanilla, honeycomb or mint, was not known until the package was opened. Krispy Kreme: A collaboration with Krispy Kreme donuts with a flavour based on their original glazed doughnut. Available in Australia for a limited time. Pickle Rick Mint: Mint flavoured ice cream with mint choc chip ice cream, a limited edition collaboration with the Rick and Morty cartoon in 2021.

The Australian adventure game show Who Dares Wins, featured a segment called the "Maxibon Challenge". Usually involving Whitney who roams around in a mall finding strangers where if a contestant can manage to eat a Maxibon ice cream sandwich within 30 seconds. Then either he or she would be awarded AU$50.00 and be dubbed as a "Whitney Warrior" (an award named after its host Mike Whitney). The Maxibon featured in Pauline Hanson's YouTube cartoon series "Please Explain", Episode "Airbus Albo", where a parody of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese exclaims that "Maxibons are two for $55!" (an exaggerated example of inflation).