I have had some good days playing hooky. An easy top-five entry is the afternoon I spent with a dear friend on a park bench facing the water, eating vanilla ice cream sandwiches, the wax wrappers moving gently in the breeze. In the last summers of the 1800s, some genius in New York City swapped the paper between which street vendors sold ice cream for cake and, later, cookies. To them, I lift my sticky fingers in salute. So rarely does innovation take such elegant form. Local iterations abound. Mini versions at Jersey Scoops (348 Main St., Loleta) and big fellas with seemingly endless permutations at Living the Dream Ice Cream (1 F St., Eureka) held us in thrall last summer. Here are three more handcrafted ice cream sandwiches — all handcrafted with small batch or local ice cream — worth a nibble on a warm summer day, even if you’re not playing hooky. Ramone’s Bakery and Café There’s nothing like scarcity to boost interest. The ubiquitous café is only selling chocolate chip cookie sandwiches from its Old Town location at 209 E St. ($6.50). The nostalgic vanilla is, naturally, made with an old-fashioned wooden ice cream maker — rock salt and all — scooped between the bakery’s classic chewy-soft chocolate chunk cookies and rolled in mini chocolate chips that give it a little crunch. Meant as a special for Friday Night Markets, the lucky might score leftovers the following days, but there is talk of them vanishing altogether due to low sales. The same is likely true for the affogato that on a recent visit featured orange chocolate ice cream with a pour of hot espresso ($4.50). Pro-tip: Let the sandwich rest at room temperature a couple minutes (should we start saying “prime” like for cheese?). The affogato, however, you should sip soon but slowly, like the fleeting luxury it is. Dick Taylor Chocolate The café at Dick Taylor Chocolate (333 First St., Eureka) is a cool retreat when it gets Humboldt hot (68 degrees and up). The fudge pops have not returned this summer. The natural option for feeding your feelings over this loss is an ice cream cookie sandwich that’s taken its place in the freezer ($7.50). The cookie, with its hunks of dark artisanal chocolate, is soft and just lightly baked enough to still impart a cookie dough flavor at its center. Fans of sweet and…