December is a cruel month for the ice cream lover in your life. Ice cream's hardly at the top of our dessert agendas now, which means you may not be thinking about what to give someone who'll take sundaes over cake any day. Here are eight gift ideas to show how much you care. If your friend is a good one, most of these will presents will pay you back in kind.

About the author: Max Falkowitz is the editor of Serious Eats: New York. You can follow him on Twitter at @maxfalkowitz.