Ample Hills Creamery

Top choice in New York City


Taking its name from Walt Whitman's 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,' Ample Hills makes superb ice cream from organic ingredients. Each Ample Hills outlet has one location-specific flavor; in Prospect Heights it's the salty-sweet 'Commodore', studded with homemade honeycomb and potato chips coated in chocolate. Everything is made from scratch with fresh, hormone-free milk and cream at their factory in Red Hook.

You'll find classic flavors (strawberries and cream, lemon sorbet) but it's Ample Hills' in-house creations that compel customers to add just one more scoop: many recipes (some of them seasonal) make nostalgic use of childhood favorites like breakfast cereals and marshmallow spread.

There are another 10 stores across New York, so if you love ice cream you owe it to yourself to hit up at least one location.


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