Ample Hills Creamery Dekalb

Everything I thought I knew about how good ice cream could be changed when I had a sample of Ample Hills ice cream. I first tasted the Oatmeal Lace and it was amazing. Then I tried the Snap, Mallow, Pop and it was even more amazing. But when I tried Ooey Gooey, I was over the moon and decided that I had a new ice cream spot. Their employees were great about letting me try any and every flavor that I wanted despite the ever expanding line (I really appreciate that). And just when I thought they couldn't get any better, I found out that they have a location in Jersey. Woohoo!!

We love Ample Hills Creamery, one of our ice cream places in NYC. We ordered The Munchies Ice Cream flavor made with pretzel-infused ice cream. Their ice cream reminds us of Ben & Jerries but they have more mix-ins and taste fresher. For example, the Munchies mix-ins are with Ritz crackers, potato chips, pretzels, and crushed M&M’s. We are glad to also see them in stores!

THE RICE KRISPY TREAT FLAVOR!! I had to get another scoop before I left NYC. They have gluten-free cones, which is a high plus. I loved the unique flavors.

Really delicious ice cream and some unique options. My kids enjoyed seeing the factory through the windows and the crawl space and scent flavor station the most. Not as much to do as I originally thought but it was a fun trip for ice cream!

Got the butter cake and mango sorbet flavor. The ooey gooey butter cake is so tasty, mango was almost as good

Decent ice cream but really nothing special. I think the most positive thing I can say about this place is they have interesting flavors, not just your standard chocolate and vanilla. The downside is that their flavors (or at least the two I tried, the triple chocolate and the pistachio squared) aren't that great. The pistachio ice cream did not at all taste like pistachios beyond the few bits of pistachio in the ice cream. It had an exceedingly sweet caramel flavor. The chocolate ice cream did taste like chocolate but only barely so. Also very very sweet. I'd say in general the ice cream here is much sweeter than ice cream I've had elsewhere. If you've got a sweet tooth and other places aren't sweet enough, this place might be for you. Otherwise I wouldn't really recommend it.

I tried Ample Hills a few years ago and got a cookie batter vanilla flavor. It was amazingly delicious and out of this world. Recently, I went back and got a scoop of a peanut butter flavor they had on hand. It wasn’t that great. The ice cream tasted grainy and the flavor wasn’t anything special. I am not sure if the recipes have changed over the years or I just got a bad batch of ice cream this time. It’s sad they aren’t as good as they used to be.

This was a pretty good ice cream place; their ice cream is definitely creamy and not overly priced as well. I had 2 scoops in a cup for $6, which isn't bad for NYC, compared to other ice cream shops. I had the cookies and cream, which was great, and the strawberry, which wasn't anything special to be honest. Would recommend it!