Ice-cream doughnut sandwiches and craft beer pop up at The Strand, Melbourne

It's the week before Christmas and people will be searching for presents in a late shopping spree. If you're out and about, this could be the best shopping break.

The husband-wife duo behind The City Lane are opening their second food pop-up in the city's shopping hub. Paul and Lauren Kristoff​ will be dishing out doughnut ice-cream sandwiches and matched craft beers at The Strand to help Melburnians get through their Christmas list.

This on-trend twist on the classic ice-cream sandwich is the second pop-up from the team who brought Nutella and peanut butter​ s'mores to the streets of Melbourne earlier this year.

"After the overwhelming success of the Nutella pop-up, we knew we wanted to do something big and we knew we wanted to do it in summer," Paul Kristoff says. "When Lauren started creating these ice-cream flavours, it all started to fall in place."

The Kristoffs will be making the ice-cream and toppings from scratch, and Fitzroy doughnut shack Big Lou's will be supplying freshly made cake doughnuts for the sandwiches ($5 each).

Ice-creams come in three flavours, and Brunswick East's Temple Brewing is stocking the bar ($8 a stubby). Punters can chose between Turkish delight cheesecake matched with the Rye Hard IPA, peanut butter and dark chocolate matched with New World Order American​ stout, or orange and cardamom paired with Bicycle Summer Ale.

If you don't feel like going for a suggested match, pop into the laneway for a doughnut or a drink to soothe the shopping strain. They'll also be serving glasses of shiraz and sauvignon blanc ($8).

Open 10:30am-10:30pm, Friday, December 18 until Sunday, December 20 at The Strand on Driver Lane in the CBD.