Well, on Sunday National Ice Cream Month will officially arrive, which means you can eat ice cream with reckless abandon throughout July (even more reckless abandon than usual) and you’ll have a good excuse for doing so. 
National Ice Cream Month is a relatively new “official” celebration, even though most people have been unofficially celebrating ice cream during the hot summer months for more than a century. It all started in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan declared July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day. As many of you may remember, Reagan was famous for his love of jelly beans, so it makes perfect sense that he’d be the president to pay homage to ice cream. (At right is a portrait of the former president made from over 14,000 jelly beans.)
According to the International Dairy Foods Association (IFDA), Reagan signed the proclamation with the request that Americans celebrate ice cream throughout July with “appropriate ceremonies and activities.” We’re not sure what those ceremonies and activities might be, but hopefully they involve a scoop and a large bowl. Actually, who needs a bowl? During National Ice Cream Month, it’s okay to eat the ice cream right out of the container.
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If you’ve got a technical question about the ice cream making process or some other inquiry about the nuances of America’s favorite treat, chances are Ernie has the answer. He might not be able to answer all questions, but he’ll try his best and some may be featured on the Ice Cream Journal.
I love Turkey Hill. Every flavor is so refreshing, especially the new summer flavors. The Butter Pecan is sooo good.
Well, how about that. My birthday’s in July… I can celebrate with ice cream knowing I was born in the month that is all about this wonderful dairy product. Thank you to President Reagan!
Happy birthday to me too, what a great way to celebrate…with turkey hill icecream….now i have no guilt!!!!
Who needs a particular month to eat ice cream?
I’m a real Turkey Hill Ice Cream fan. But I don’t eat it the only on a nice hot summer day — I’m a little different…I like it (all different flavors) late at night — just before bedtime….all year ’round! My favorites are with chocolate chips or nuts!
every month is (or should be) ice cream month. just ask my sister betty who has nine (9) kids and 4 to 6 half gallons in her freezer at all times.
I agree! I love ice cream year round. Even in the dead of winter. My favorite turkey hill flavor of all time is Party Cake and now that we have an extra reason to celebrate–Ice Cream month–i say it’s time to indulge in a little Party Cake!
We don’t have any excuses for eating Turkey Hill Ice Cream, we eat it every day of the year. My freezer always has at least 6 (56oz.) boxes, plus the Commontion (16oz.). I don’t have to think what’s for dessert, when there are so many wonderful flavors of Turkey Hill to choose from. Thanks and keep the flavors coming. Linda
With lots of family birthdays in July we vote for homemade ice cream cakes! Just smoosh softened ice cream into a springform pan– YUM!
Peanut Butter Ripple!!!
It is the one and only and all should try it, and try it some more.
Just leave some for me.
I constantly remind Acme Supermarket stocker’s,that my grandson is coming to the seashore for the summer, you must keep the “cookies n cream” stocked at all times. He won’t eat anything else. Yes the cookies n cream rank supreme.
Oh yeah, Send coupons! The only thing better than ice cream is less expensive ice cream.
Peanut Butter, peanut butter–give me peanut butter. That’s my favorite, but being a real ice cream hound, I like most flavors. Can do without marshmallow…Ugh. On a miserable hot day, a splash of Turkey Hill milk over my bowl of ice cream really chills me down. Yummmmmmmmy
Wow! I didn’t know that there was an official celebrate ice cream month. I love to eat ice cream any time but now I have an extra excuse to indulge — I’m celebrating!
Choco Mint Chip is my favorite!
My family enjoys turkey hill ice cream…it’s the best!
At any given time, my freezer has at least 4 different Turkey Hill Ice Cream flavors. When no one can get my little grandson to eat ANYTHING, he will always eat Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Chip. Since he is such a picky eater, I ALWAYS keep it just for him, and he KNOWS it will be here. (That’s Grammy’s boy!)
I am a July baby too!! I’ll be doing a lot of celebrating this month… but then again who needs an excuse to eat loads of ice cream. Our new favorite (AND very very hard to find) is Fried Ice Cream. This should be a staple in everyone’s freezer. I am also very partial to nuts too. I am off to buy more… hoping to find the fried ice cream!!
My family and I love ice cream. We like fixing milkshakes on a Friday or Saturday for some family time and a treat.
Not sure it will work for everybody, but we eat your black cherry ice cream all the time, because, our blood sugar does not go up. Keep up the good work !!
When my mother was a little girl, she loved ice cream so much her father promised her enough ice cream to eat with a shovel at her wedding. Although he did not live long enough to fulfill that promise, she never forgot it. To this day, she eats ice cream every evening….and she will be 76 in August! Turkey Hill, of course, is her favorite and vanilla is her very first choice.
Hello to all our new readers and welcome to the Ice Cream Journal. We hope to hear more from you all throughout July (and beyond!).
It’s great to hear from so many ice cream lovers. A few of you mentioned having several containers of ice cream in your freezer, and I have to admit, I know the feeling. Our freezer at home is relatively small, but I’ve gotten very good at figuring out how to stack the meat and other frozen stuff to allow ample room for several containers of ice cream right up front! It’s a little bit like playing freezer tetris.
I love ice Cream.
Our family LOVES Turkey Hill ice cream! Our favorite is the Peanut Butter Cup flavor. We’ve tried others, but no one else comes close to Turkey Hill!
I knew July was a great Month not just because I was born in July, but because we Celebrate Ice Cream!
Thanks for the info on the history of
Ice Cream Month. We always enjoy Turkey Hill Ice Cream.
I’m wondering if other families have a ongoing debate about how Ice Cream should be served. I like mine frozen HARD so I can enjoy the sensation of it melting on my tongue. Others in my family prefer it softer, melting around the edges. Anyone care to chime in?
Hi Turkey Hill,
What a fun thing to be celebrating Ice Cream. We celebrate every day here:)
The only icecream we eat in our house is Turkey Hill, my husband won’t let another brand in:)
dee lotz
have a fabulous summer!!!
We love turkey hill ice Cream, Especialy your Chocolate Cherry Cordial Fat Free Frozen yogert.
It is out of this world, Everyone should try it.
I call it Heart Smart and really good.
We’ve been eating Turkey Hill ice cream for so many years now I can’t even remember not seeing it in the refrigerator freezer. Philadelphians like myself celebrate the month with a day down at the waterfront where for one day in July you can eat all the ice cream you want, second, third etc. helpings, all on one ticket.
Vanilla Bean … with cheeries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, … … …
GOOD QUESTION STEPHEN…sometimes I let my ice cream sit on the table for a few minutes to get soft and other times I just dig right in. I know sherbert is best when it’s more frozen. If it melts it gets too watery. I’d have to say I like my ice cream harder. That way I can take my time eating it and by the time I’m at the end, it’s nice and soft.
I have to say that I searched for 3 months and many cities in my area to find your Chocolate Cupcake falvor ice cream. I found one lone half gallon of it and then could not find it again. I was on a state wide search. My father who drives truck was enlisted to search every store he went into and talked to every freezer section manager he saw and I finnaly found some in my city. I bought every one they had to make sure I had enough for a little while. Thanks for all of the great flavors and you can’t beat the price or taste. Keep up the good work.
Peanut butter cup has always been my personal favorite! I love that Turkey Hill has seasonal flavors, too. Hmmmmmmm, National Ice Cream Month. Interesting.
I live for National Ice Cream month! Thanks Turkey Hill for always reminding me to eat even more ice cream than usual! Peanut Butter Cup RULES!!!
I love eating vanilla Turkey Hill with Splits pretzels, that is the best of home for me.
MOE
Whenever friends and family come from out of town, we HAVE to have Turkey Hill Ice Cream!!! Now that I know it’s National Ice Cream month, I think we should try a new flavor every week!
Ice cream makes so many different types of celebrations special. Think about it, when is ice cream not served at parties?
I LOVE the multi-colored cows on your newest commercials! Ice cream should be fun-and Turkey Hill makes it fun and GOOD!
My fiance’ was born in raised in Lancaster. He introduced me to Turkey Hill and it was the best thing he has ever given me besides my children and a diamond! I think you should come up with some Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors ice cream around Easter.
Stephen, you’ll be happy to know that we asked our own expert, Ernie, a very similar question not too long ago (he’s Turkey Hill’s official ice cream taster, among other duties).
Ernie says it’s mostly a matter of preference, but he like likes to let his sit for a few minutes prior to eating. This raises the temperature a bit, which helps bring out the various flavors.
Personally, I’m with you and Butter Brickle Fan…if I’ve got ice cream in my bowl and a spoon in my hand, there’s no way I can let it sit there untouched.
So many flavors. So little time.
My absolute favorite is ah, wait a minute, I’m trying to narrow it down.
Hmmm, low carb chocolate.
No. Strike that.
Strawberry cheesecake. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Oh, oh. Never mind that one…how about Peanut butter cup.
Dang. This is hard.
Okay, I love them all.
HELLO TURKEY HILL AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO VISITS THIS SITE. BY NO MEANS IS THERE ANY OTHER ICE CREAM OUT THERE THAT EVEN COMES CLOSELY TO TURKEY HILL. TURKEY HILL IS THE ONLY ICE CREAM I PURCHASE FOR MY FAMILY. WE ALWAYS EAT IT WHEATHER IT IS SUMMER OR WINTER IT TASTE SO YUMMY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS OPEN MY FREEZER DOOR AND YOU WILL SEE QUITE A BIT OF TURKEY HILL.
We luv Turkey Hill products. Living in Northeast Ohio, it was a real drag when the Tops Markets were taken over by Giant Eagle. We kept asking Giant Eagle and they finally are stocking some items. My husband asks every week at the store to stock more products and all types and flavors of ice cream and related products. Your low fat/low calorie and combos of soft service and sherbert are fantastic for special diets.
JULY IS THE PERFECT MONTH FOR CELEBRATING ICE CREAM.BUT I LIKE TO CELEBATE ALL YEAR LONG, OUT BY THE POOL OR IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE.
CHOCOLATE IS MY FAVORITE.
BUT WITH 2 BOYS AND THEY BOTH PLAY HOCKEY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A FEW EXTRA MOUTHS TO FEED ICE CREAM PLEASES THEM ALL. I ALWAYS KEEP AT LEAST 3 TO 4 CONTAINERS IN THE FREEZER. FROM SANDWICHES TO 1/2 GAL CONTAINERS.
I eat ice-cream every day. Without it, there would be chaos and darkness in my life.
Turkey Hill ice cream has a great variety that all taste good.
We love ice cream at our home and the kids love the Party Cake ice cream and now we make individual milkshakes almost every night for the kids.
Great site. Thanks-
Turkey Hill ice cream is the best around!
My daughter, Carina, was born on July 6th during a heat wave and just loves ice cream. Her favorite flavor is strawberry. The only problem is whenever we buy Turkey Hill Neopolitan ice cream, she always eats the strawberry section! The only solution is to buy her her own 1/2 gallon of strawberry!!! I’m sure she’d agree to that!
Turkey Hill is by far my favorite ice cream. And my favorite flavor has always been Vanilla with Orange Swirl second on my list. I haven’t seen Orange Swirl in a couple years, however. Is it still in production?
Last night it came to my attention from my wife Muriel that we had no Turkey Hill Ice Cream. It was pouring rain, but I knew that our love for each other and for Ice Cream could not go un recognized. I went to my local A&P, got thoroughly soaked in the rain. Ran down the Ice Cream Isle noticing along the way lost of full cases of various brands of ice cream. Arriving at the Turkey Hill section, much to my total amazement there were two containers of Turkey Hill Dutch Chocolate. No more of any other flavors. Standing there dripping from the rain and wondering why, it came to me clearly in a flash. “More people love Turkey Hill than any of the other brands”. Upon checking out with the last two remaining containers of Dutch Chocolate, I happend to notice a few other soaking wet men holding desperatley on to there Turkey Hill conatiners. Isn’t love grand.
Turkey Hill is the only ice cream allowed in my home. My husband loves chocolate/vanilla and I love butter pecan. What I like to do is have my potato chips with my ice cream and use them as a spoon. Yummy.
I wish I could continue to enjoy Turkey Hill, but my local stores seem to have discontinued carying any of your low carb selections.
We love Turkey Hill in my house. My husband will only eat your Vanilla Bean flavor. If I buy any other vanilla ice cream it gets thrown away! My kids love the Chocolate Chip mint and I’m a peanut butter fan!! Keep it coming we LOVE your ice cream.
There is a great taste from the hill,
Its so sweet, oh so good, its a thrill,
Its so creamy and right
Eat it day and in night
In July, enjoy some, Turkey Hill
Who needs an occasion to eat Turkey Hill ice cream? But it is interesting to know that July is THE MONTH.
yummy; that’s the perfect concoction of turkey hill ice cream (toffee) serving ice cold over warm fudge brownie…is there anything else on earth that comes as close to perfection???? i think not!
What my family loves about Turkey Hill ice cream is trying the Feature Flavor.
I’m about the go on chemo and the only good thing about it is I can eat as much ice cream as I can stand. Yay for ice cream!
Did you know that it takes 8 letters to spell ICE CREAM? But I am excited and have been one of your satisfied valued customers for years and I am pleased that your company spends a great deal of time creating more than 8 different kinds of delicious flavors. I am most forward towards acknowledging National Ice Month. I like to indulge into 2 scoops of Mint Chocolate Chip with a scoop of Chocolate so that the two flavors compliment each other. I must say, this helps soothes all my burdens away. “Take me away Turkey Hill!”
It figures the month of our Countries’ Birthday would be the same month as Ice Cream because it would be Un-American to not like Ice Cream!
Mmmmm. Ice cream. My husband tells me I have a problem — I say it’s never a problem!!
I love ice cream! But I’ve never been able to try Turkey Hill! Anybody know of a place to find it out here in California? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Turkey Hill’s fat free chocolate cherry cordial is my favorite ice cream. I would love for you to come out with more flavors that are fat free and low calorie
The ice cream tastes better while visiting friends in Mt Joy, PA, especially with an ice cold guzzle of iced tea! yummm—the perfect combo for summer. Can’t wait to see you @ the Corn Hill Fest
Eat your ice cream year round- have got other friends and family tryimg your flavors both in ice cream and tea.
I did not know that July was National Ice Cream Month. In celebration I am going to try some feature flavors I have never had before. Usually I stay with the same flavors, like vanilla, banana split or butter becan. In July I am going for the WILD! Who is going to venture out with me and try some new feature flavors?
Turkey Hill ice cream is so good!
WOW, WHERE DO WE START? We’re reading and enjoying all of your comments, but we’ll try to address a few here:
MARY – It’s good that you request flavors from your grocery store freezer manager. They really do value customer input.
TOM – Chaos and darkness without ice cream? We couldn’t imagine life without it either.
MARY ANNE – It’s funny to hear about your daughter eating the strawberry out of the neopolitan ice cream. She’s definitely not alone!
DONALD – Your story of love and chocolate ice cream is great! It sounds like a scene from a movie. It’s touching to know that our ice cream can help bring two people closer together (and that you’re willing to run out in the soaking rain for it).
JAY – You poetry skills are enviable. I think that’s the first rhyming comment anyong has every left on the Ice Cream Journal. Thanks!
Turkey Hill ice cream is always our first choice and raspberry is our family’s favorite flavor.
Turkey Hill ice cream is always our first choice and raspberry is our favorite flavor.
I am not going to be shy, I LOVE TURKEY HILL ICE CREAM! A few years ago I found Turkey Hill in the grocery store and bought 4 1/2 gallons. My husband thought I was out of my mind. You see I am from Lancaster County and have moved away for years. I gave up hope of ever finding it again, so I was so excited when I found it. He now loves it too. There always is Turkey Hill ice cream in our freezer, when I see it on sale, I buy extra. Thank you for coming to northwestern PA. I must mention, when my daughter was young, we use to go the Turkey Hill store in Ephrata, Pa. for ice cream cones….Now that is a memory….
Great tasting ice cream. Just bought two gallons for our July 4th party. Hope it’s enough. May go back to the store and get two more just in case. Yep, going back!
I just love your coffee ice cream If I can’t have yours I don’t want any!!
We used to “hijack” your trucks for Party Cake because the store nearby didn’t carry it, then it was gone altogether, but thanks to heavy boycotting, it’s back! The strange thing is, at first we wondered what the big deal was, but as we worked our way through the first half gallon over several days, the extraordinariness of the texture and flavor revitalized our receptors, so we’re “hooked” again. Why have ice cream cake when you can have cake ice cream?
Why have ice cream party cake when you can have Party Cake ice cream?
I like ice cream in the Winter, Summer,
Spring and Fall! : )
My favorite flavor is Butter Pecan. Turkey Hill makes the best ice cream.
When it goes on sale I double up with 4
half gallons. Glad to know that July is
the official month for ice cream but I
celebrate it EVERY month.
This is so exciting–so many July Birthdays. Mine too. I love ice cream
and don’t feel the least bid guilty enjoying all my favorite flavors anytime especially in July.
July is the PERFECT month for the Official Month for Ice Cream. Hot, hazy summer days with no better way to cool off! Plus like others said, it’s my birthday, double reasons to celebrate!!!!!!
My favorite ice cream is pistachio on the forth of july we have food drinks and ice cream.
Everyday is Turkey Hill ICE CREAM MONTH for me! Why wait?
I like all kinds of ice cream….but my latest favorite is the Peanut Butter Kandy Kake…..that is a Creamy Comotion
I didn’t know Turkey’s made Ice Cream!! Just kidding, it is the best. What I would like to see is coconut or toasted coconut in Ice Cream. Cherry coconut, Orange coconut, butterscotch toasted coconut, turkey bone vanilla. I could go on and on. There used to be a butterscotch-nut candy called chicken bones that could be used.
We love Turkey Hill Ice Cream, vanilla is the favorite. You can do so much with it. Like make smoothies, sundaes etc. Use the last banana that is getting too ripe, make a chocolate or butterscotch with soda crackers sundae.
No need to overdo it with other additives, just lots of ice cream.
I love the new Duetto so we will be serving that at our July 4th family get-together. I think it is cool to have a National Ice Cream Month to celebrate. Although, I do not need an excuse to have any!
I can’t decided if I love the Party Cake or the Strawberry Cheesecake the best. When I want to be selfish, I get the Strawberry Cheesecake.
I did not know that President Reagan declared July as National Ice Cream Month 1984 and the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day. Whoopee!!! I guess I will have to make sure we have some Turkey Hill that day to celebrate!
We recently tried the new “Lemon Duetto” and really enjoyed it!!!
My family are addicted to Turkey Hill Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt – so much so – that we travel 60+ miles to purchase my favorite flavor of frozen yogurt on a monthly basis – Non-Fat Chocolate Marshmallow. Seems that the distributor for my local stores doesn’t offer this flavor on the order blanks. HELP!!
My husband is luckier – he likes the Chocolate Chip Light Ice Cream and is able to readily find it near home – “I should be so lucky!!” -
Republican, of course, maybe that’s why I like Turkey Hill Ice Cream so much. too.
My grandparents ate ice cream every night while watching the 11 o’clock news. They lived to be 87 and 96. I am soooo happy that I inherited the ice cream gene. I love ALL of the Turkey Hill flavors.
So If President Reagan declared July National Ice Cream month, have you ever considered making jelly bean ice cream? If so, then what flavor jelly bean would be best in what flavor ice cream?????
Ice cream is good any time and a national ice cream month is as good as an excuse as any!
We are big fans of the Turkey Hill frozen yogurt, although I would eat just about any flavor or type!!
Enjoy!
My favorite is the mint chocolate cookies & cream – mmmm!! My hubby is the ice cream maniac in our home and he loves most flavors. He recently tried Duetto and loved that too!!
I just wanted to say that my family LOVES the extreme cookies and cream and the Moose Tracks. Both are in the blue, low fat container. Delicious!!! and you would never know that they are the healthier versions!
Turkey Ice Cream Roooccks!!!
My favorite is the CHERRY VANILLA……….. ILOVE IT.
BETTY – Your suggestion for a jelly bean flavored ice cream is a good one! We’ll pass this along to our developement team. They’re always happy to get flavor ideas like this from customers.
Turkey Hill is the best. I love it.
MANGO GREEN TEA is our favorite
OH MY GOD! I Live for PEANUT BUTTER and especially Turkey Hill with Peanut Butter Cups….to die for!!!! Makes me want to leave work now for one….
Thanks Turkey Hill – keep up the good work! Lori
Our family loves Turkey Hill Ice Cream. It is truly the best around.
I’m being repetitive of all of the above comments, but I’ll go even a step further to say that Turkey Hill Ice Cream is definitely “head-over-heels” better than any other brand. It’s so flavorful and creamy compared to a lot of brands which are “icy.” I’m more conservative in my taste: I like Tin Roof Sundae, Mint Chocolate Chip, Mocha Almond Fudge over such types as ice cream with cookies, pieces of peppermint candy, etc., but that’s me! I do find my flavors harder to find at my local Giant due to the newer types of flavors though. That makes me sad.
Turkey Hiss icecream has been our favorite for almost 20 years. It is the only icecream we buy!
Turkey Hill all natural is my favorite ice cream, unfortunately I have to drive 15 miles up a humongous hill to the only place that sells it in my area. Thank goodness summer is here and I can drive up that hill all I want.
Sorry, I should be more careful! Turkey Hill has been our favorite!
So, when will the Jets Sundae Blitz be available in NJ? Hopefully by the start of preseason tailgating!
Would it be possible to make a rootbeer float flavor?
Celebrating is fun! My husband and kids LOVE ice cream, so we should be having a fun month!
Ice Cream is a daily necessity. Coconut Pie is my favorite flavor. When it comes out we go to several stores buying gallons to freeze. Love that Turkey Hill and I love getting the calendar every year, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite is Eagles Touchdown Sundae!! When are you going to make a choc & coffee combo? I’ve requested it before!!
Turkey Hill Ice Cream…oh so good…hard to stop eating once you start…used to get an ice cream cake when it was the dog’s birthday…of course we ate it all…Happy Birthday!
Ice-cream is amazing! Lots of people think it is just for summer, but it is great year-round!
I love chocolate chip and the new lemon and soft vanilla swirl. It is very refreshing (Lemon swirl).
Thanks for giving the OK to eat ice cream right out of the carton. My wife always yells at me for this practice. Now I have an ice cream expert’s permission.
Eating Turkey Hill ice cream, reminds me of the icce cream my grandmother use to churn. There is a smoothness that just is not in the texture of other ice creams. Here, ya go, “Turkey Hill Ice Cream is as smooth as a ride in the North Carolina countryside.” Thanks Grandma and thank you Turkey Hill !!!
If there were no other food on this earth but Turkey Hill ice cream, I would be in my glory. Once we found out were to find it in our town, that is all we buy. Sad to say though, they don`t always have the new flavors and they never carry the no sugar added kind.
When I was a youngster (many years ago) my great grandma had a recipe for home made ice cream and boy did I love going to her place for the week-end!!!! Of course I had to help and then we sat around that machine till it was ice cream and got to lick the paddle, Yum, Yum. I will be moving back up to your area and I would love to have a tour of the plant. My son-in-law loves ice cream too and has a big bowl every evening and I mean a big bowl!
I always wondered why ice cream was my favorite food group – being born in July, it’s genetic!!!
I just want a year supply of ice cream.
I don’t need a special holiday for eating ice cream either! It has become part of my daily diet. What makes it perfect for me is the ingredients. I was a Breyers lover for over 20 years – After a year of advertising that it was ALL Natural, etc (milk, cream, sugar and vanilla beans)then they began adding guar gum, etc. – but didn’t tell anyone!! I searched and searched – and found Turkey Hill All Natural Vanilla!!!! I am back to eating my special, all natural, ice cream daily and am very grateful that someone still knows and understands what All Natural Means! Guar gum my be ‘natural’ BUT NOT IN ICE CREAM.
THANKS.
JERRY from Utica, NY.
RUTH – About your suggestion for a root beer float flavor…not to let the cat out of the bag, but you might be in luck in the next year or so.
MICHELLE – A chocolate and coffee flavor. That sounds interesting. We’ll pass that on to our development team. And don’t worry. If it doesn’t make the cut this time, that doesn’t mean it won’t make it next time. Ice cream flavor trends are constantly changing and even though something like choco-coffee sounds unusual now, it might be the next big thing in 2008 or 2009.
RICHARD – No problem on the permission to eat ice cream straight out of the container. As for drinking OJ straight out of the carton, you’re on your own with that one.
When it comes to Turkey Hill ice cream, I am like Will Rogers, “I never met a flavor I didn’t like”
Even if President Reagan didn’t make July national ice cream month I would still eat ice cream very often during the month. Turkey Hill makes amazing flavors especially their limited editons.
Hello Turkey Hill, There are many Turkey Hill flavors I enjoy but if I were to name a favorite,it would be chocolate chip cookie dough.I love Jana’s cookie dough.I do a lot of bike riding in the summer and Turkey Hill ice cream gives me a lot of energy for those long rides.
Turkey Hill has so many flavors it is always hard to choose. There is always room for ice cream.
Since discovering Turkey Hill, it’s all I’ll buy because everything about it and in it is truly good enough to be celebrated, but it was good of Pres. Reagan to make the official celebration during the month when we’re the most active…gotta watch those waistlines.
Another good reason why President Ronald Reagan was one of the best presidents!!
My favorite ice cream is the yummy Turkey Hill Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!! I could eat the whole 1/2 gallon at once, lol.
MY HUSBAND AND I JUST LOVE YOUR CHOCOLATE CHERRY CORDIAL BUT OUR STORE DOESN’T HAVE IT ALL THE TIME. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY? YOUR PRODUCT IS FANTASTIC YOU PROVIDES US WITH AN OLD TIME TREAT WITH OLD TIME QAULITY KEEP IT COMING.
we love the pretel ice cream and are looking for a peach ice cream
Even though I can only eat sugar-free Ice Cream, my family loves all the flavors of the months.Their favorite one is the phillies gram-slam,also cookie dough,and mint-chocolate chip.
We love rocky road and Eagles Touchdown the best
ICE CREAM ……. hmmm good!
I wish every grocery store carried EVERY flavor of Turkey Hill!
Turkey Hill chocolate ice cream is my family’s favorite.
Did you ever mix chocolate and butter pecan in the same bowl? Turkey hill makes it really GREAT!
Today is sort of my 50th anniversary so I am celebrating with the mixture
Our family loves Turkey Hill ice cream, it’s so fresh! It never lasts long since all of the kids in the neighborhood tend to stop by for a sundae! That’s what summer’s all about; well, winter too! Happy 4th of July America!
Hi,
I love your ice cream but hope you might consider doing some sorbets (whole fruit sorbet, like strawberry).
Beth
I am currently 7 1/2 months pregnant with my 1st child. Although I have ALWAYS loved Turkey Hill ice cream and ate it at least on a weekly basis, I am now eating it daily (shh..don’t tell my Dr.)!!!! My all time favorite is Rocky Road. I could eat a gallon a day! Thanks Turkey Hill for the best Rocky Road ice cream ever made! I have no doubt that “Junior” will enjoy it as much as I do.
Go Chocolate Marshmallow and Cookie Dough….pick me pick me pick me
Turkey Hill has a flavor to suit every mood — whether I’m upbeat and chocolate-chipping it, or down in the dumps and need my mood soothed with a good dollop of chocolate, I know exactly where to turn. Thank goodness for freezers and Turkey Hill to fill them!
What can I say about Turkey Hill Ice
Creams….Just that out of all the brands out there I still only put Turkey Hill in my shopping cart every
week! When it comes to taste you can’t
beat Turkey Hill Ice Cream. It reminds
me of when I was a kid and we go to the
dairy and get homemade ice cream. Thanks for the memories!
What wasn’t to like about Reagan? Not many presidents would stop to take note of such an indulgent delight as ice cream!
I love Turkey Hill Ice Cream. This is the only brand I purchase. I love many different flavors and I also enjoy trying the special editions. I cannot wait for the next new flavor.
Love all your flavors! Especially the chocolate covered pretzel. Our family of four goes through at least 2 half gallons of ice cream a month
I always enjoy Turkey Hill Ice Cream. This is the only brand I purchase. I also love the many different flavors. I enjoy trying the special editions.What a treat I cannot wait for the next new flavor. My favorite is with Peanut Butter cup.
I love Turkey Hill so much I drive up into Virginia just to get it!
When will the pineapple flavor be out again, I LOVE it.
Ice cream any flavor any month of the year!
I LOVE Turkey Hill ice-cream! It’s the only kind I buy. I’ve tried everything else and Turkey Hill is the creamiest, tastiest and best around. Love Tin Roof Sundae and Moose Tracks!! At any given time there are at least 2 half gallons in my fridge. Wonderful!! Thank you.
I love Turkey Hill light ice cream. The raspberry chunk is so delicious. Keep those flavors coming!
I just love Turkey Hill, so many flavors, so many calories. “I just love them all the gweieieie the bettttteeerrr!!”"
Nancy
In honor of the late President Reagan, why don’t you create an ice cream that has jelly beans in it? How about vanilla ice cream, chopped jelly beans and little candied American flags? That would be delicious! Thanks! Happy 4th of July!
We remember the days of youth, at the
coldest time of the year, when we chopped the ice form the pond, got out the salt dish, always in its proper place in the summer kitchen, and started the slow,laborious process of making one container of home made
vanilla flavored Ice cream.
Everyone took turns, was tired, and slowly ate the wonderful delicacy as it was scopped out with the wooden handle scoop.
Now Turkey Hill makes all these creamy flavors in so many delicious, rich and creamy delites that we can have this desert all year round! Bravo!!!
I was just putting ice cream on a list to purchase for this weekend and walked by to check my email. Seeing your blog invitation was perfect timing. I need not write on my list, “Turkey Hill), because it is the only one I bring homer from the supermarket
i love your ice cream. it is the best ever, my favorite is cookies and cream
it tastes so good! i think since its ice cream month you should make a new flavor, i think you should make jelly bean ice cream in honor of ronald regan.
I was just putting ice cream on a list to purchase for this weekend and walked by to check my email. Seeing your blog invitation was perfect timing. I need not write on my list, “Turkey Hill), because it is the only one I bring homer from the supermarket.
When I sit down to eat a bowl of ice cream, I always recall my dad (now deceased) walking to the corner drugstore every Friday night and buying a half gallon of ice cream. He would cut the box in half and eat one half Friday evening and the other half on Saturday night while watching his favorite TV shows in our club basement. I especially enjoy eating it during the summer on hot, humid days. It’s so refreshing. The new Duetto has become a favorite of mine, and I’m spreading the word about how great it is. Also, I think Turkey Hill would be a great place to work!!!
I love ice cream already but now that I know that there is an official month for it watch out i’m gonna go crazy lol
you should also make french vanilla cappuccino ice cream flavor. I like the cookie dough ice cream i just dont like the chocolate pieces, you should try making cookie dough ice cream with just vanilla ice cream and cookie dough =)
hey whos linda haynes?
my husband loves your chocolate chip.iloveyour peanutbutter cup. we just love your product
Turkey Hill is the best ice cream ever made. My dear mother and father who are no longer with us used to make it a special occasion after dinner to have our favorite flavors. My favorites are Choco Mint Chip and Black Raspberry Premium….reminds me of my childhood days.
A famous quote about ice cream I always remembered my dad who loved Mint Chip used to say was: “I don’t cry over spilt milk, but a fallen scoop of ice cream is enough to ruin my whole day. ~Terri Guillemets”….and Turkey Hill Ice Cream is ‘happiness condensed.’ I believe it – Lancaster, PA is beautiful and so is Turkey Hill ice cream.
Almost every flavor is my favorite. I love them all. I always have at least 4 different flavors in my freezer. The new Duettes are great and low in calories too.
I love ice cream!!!! There is nothing more comforting then that first spoonful milky, creamy delight.
Hello to all the ice cream fans!!!
I just want to thank turkey hill for ice cream, Some of my fondest memories of my family are based upon ice cream. We would always have ice cream with our celebrations.
Now we can celebrate ice cream in July.
ENJOY !!
My husband and I love the turkey hill ice cream flavors, especially the original and homade vanilla. It’s so creamy and melts in your mouth. Keep coming up with new flavors since I like to mix and match my flavors. Thanks again Turkey Hill.
I love Turkey Hill, I think it’s the best one out there. One town over from me there used to be a little ice cream stand that you could drive through. It was a treat when it was open in the summer, but when it was closed, Turkey Hill was the year round favorite in our family. I turned my sister on to Turkey Hill about five years ago and she says its the only brand she will buy now. Celebrate Ice Cream this month as our favorite dessert, but in our family we celebate ice cream everyday!!!!!
Regan was wonderful he: He recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that is enjoyed by a full 90% of the nation’s population. Now if we could just get the other 10% to realize what they were missing!
I just have to share this! A few months ago, my daughter wanted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, although it didnt sound all that yummy to me, I got it anyway! One night I wanted some ice cream and all we had was the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Well, I thought what the heck, I may as well try and see if it is as good as what my daughter says. Well, mmmm yummy yummy. Ever since, that is now my favorite! Always looking to find as many dough pieces as I can without making look like I was diggin thru the trash! LOL! Oh and I am hooked on Turkey Hill Ice Tea too! You will always find some in my fridge!
I had no idea that there was an official “Ice Cream Month” or “Ice Cream Day” for that matter. I like to let the ice cream sit out and melt a little. Then I take a spoon and slowly eat the melted parts. Unfortunately I have been known to eat the whole container of Turkey Hill ice cream at one sitting. It is hard to stop scooping that wonderful treat!
My husband loves the Dutch Chocolate so much that I can hardly buy it fast enough!
We love Turkey Hill. So rich and creamy especially the Black Raspberry. Of course my daughter Kaylie would argue that the Mint Chocolate Chip is the best. At 8 years old she is the expert since she eats more ice cream than anyone I know.
I LOVE Turtkey Hill ice cream! Strawberries and Cream is my favorite. And ice cream is on my dish all year long!
What a wonderful reminder that it is OKAY not to feel guilty about eating out of the container
Turkey Hill has been and always will be a favorite in this house, so rich and creamy…Thanks TH Crew !!
We love Turkey Hill Ice Cream, we have it throughout the year, at home and away from home, at the Harborfest and State Fair, etc. It is a great treat for any celebration.
Me and my family has been eating Turkey Hill ice cream for years! After dinner every day, me and the kids pull out the banana split ice cream out of the freezer or the double decker ice cream sandwiches to enjoy. Every month is ice cream month at our house! We love Turkey Hill ice cream!
We LOVE icecream….summer favorites?….any flavor in a cone! Why not a jelly bean flavor!!! That would be great!!
I’ve recently discovered your black rasberry flavor and it really brings me back to my childhood. Thanks so much!
Seasonal special flavors should be around longer.
Just when you realize they are there they disappear.
(Or perhaps send out announcements so we know they are coming!!) Please!!!
I have always loved ice cream. Turkey Hill ice cream is always creamy and delicious. I look forward to trying the new flavors – even though vanilla is my favorite!
Just love Turkey Hill ice cream!!!! Especially with peanut butter!!! Keep up the good work!!!
My husband and I are both ice cream nuts. We like alot of your flavors. Are time to eat ice cream is before bedtime.
June 30,2007
I love Turkey Hill Ice cream
Love trying new flavors
Black Raspberry is my favorite
It wouldn’t be summer without Turkey Hill ice cream! You guys are truly the best. I am never without a carton of Neopolitan ice cream in my freezer!
I think everyday should be ice cream day!!! I enjoy a bowl of ice cream, or 2, a day.
My family is Italian; I believe gelato runs in our veins. My grandparents used to make their own ice cream on weekends in the summer months and for special occasions. Ice cream is the most dynamic sweet- there are endless possibilities; it’s impossible to get bored. One bowl of ice cream reminds me of all that is good in the world.
My husband, son and I love Turkey Hill products. The Diet Green Tea and ice cream (ANY flavor, they look forward to finding out which flavor will be in the freezer this week) are staples in our house. In addition we feel good supporting a local, family owned business that truly cares about customers.
Thanks to Turkey Hill, the late President Reagan and dairy cows everywhere!
I scream, you scream…
Let the fireworks begin.
Happy ice cream month celebration to all!
Turkey Hill ice cream is a time for celebration.
I like all flavors.
I too am an ice cream aficionado. I have passed that on to my children and now my granddaughter! Ice cream evokes wonderful lifetime memories for me. I need more than a blog space to list them all. I must say, nothing compares to my hand dipped cone of “Original Recipe Choco Mint Chip Premium” on any given day. Sadly, I have developed a lactose intolerance, but with the help of “dairy aid” medicine, I can still enjoy my daily taste of “Choco Mint Chip” Nothing will stop that!
My husband and I will be married 54 years on July 11. We will celabrate with Turkey Hill ice cream. But then again we have spent most of our 54 years eating ice cream every evening shortly after dinner. Once we found and tasted Turkey Hill there was no other for us. Our biggest decision is what flavor. We love them all but really like it when we find the Philly Eagles ice cream in the case. Keep up the good work.
i won a free 1/2 gallon of turkey hill playing the pinata game and have been hooked ever since..THANKS
Appropriate ceremonies and activities? Hmm, that sounds like the best kind of challenge!
I love Linda Haynes’ father’s method of cutting the carton in half and enjoying half on Friday and the other on Saturday. What a wonderful indulgence.
My son enjoys having an ice cream buffet – we put out as many toppings as possible, scoop some ice cream into a bowl and get crazy. He loves when some of the neighborhood kids join us, for an old-fashioned ice cream social.
My wife and I have Turkey Hill every night.
We love it!
Eating ice cream is a wonderful way to have a holiday any day.
love turkey hill ice cream
There’s nothing like a great ice cream cone on a hot summer day!! The boat harbor near my house just started serving Turkey Hill ice cream, and boy, does it make a difference!!!! I look forward to it every time I head down there now.
Love vanilla, reminds me of when I was a little girl and my mother took me to the five & dime and bought me a double cone of vanilla. Always brings back that sweet memory of being with my mother.
I scream -
You scream -
We all scream for ice cream!
I think that just about sums it up for me. Ice cream is by far my favorite treat!!!
Turkey Hill is by far the creamaiest ice cream.
Turkey Hill is the creamiest, not the creamaiest. Sorry for my spelling.
who needs a special day for ice cream?
my dad lived to 96 years old and ice cream was a part of his daily diet forever!
I Love your Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Chip I had Turkey Hill Banana at my friends house but have never seen it again and I really loved that one.
We LOVE Pennsylvania AND Turkey Hill, right down to the convenient cartons. My favorites are Chocolate Chip and just about anything with nuts. My husband is a strawberry fan. And topped with the fresh strawberries that we’ve been picking, French Vanilla is a winner.
I love pistachios in my mint ice cream. The crunch helps in the overall enjoyment of eating this cold dessert every single time. A close second is the taste of fresh strawberries in a vanilla based ice cream cone.
I think we should celebrate ice-cream everyday.
My husband and I have ice cream every night while watching our favorite TV shows/movies. We love all your many flavors.
Any month and any day is godd for eating Ice Cream, especially Turkey Hill. As for National Ice Cream Month/Day, another great move by a great President.
We love ice cream! We usually eat it at least once a week even during the winter when it is cold and snowing.
Happy Ice Cream Month to all!
Remember, it has to have chocolate in it to count!
Favorite quote: Never eat more ice cream than you can lift.
Why did the half-gallon carton get down-sized to only 1.75 quarts, without any corresponding reduction in price?
Any time, any day, any month is a great time for Turkey Hill ice cream. But since President Reagan had a jelly bean portrait, isn’t it time for a Bust of him made in ice scream.
I was enjoying my bowl of ice cream and remembering “the good ole days” of childhood pleasures. Then when I saw the photo of the actor/President Raygun I lost my appetite. He like the current twit in the White House couldn’t be trusted to bring any happiness to anyone unlike a good bowl of ice cream. Please leave out reactionary conservatives from your ads in the future.
Thanks to President Reagan for making July National Ice Cream month! Thanks to Turkey Hill for making so many awesome flavors. But how can you let a week go by without having ice cream? It’s just not normal!
I LOVE ICE CREAM…. I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM… IT IS MY FAVORITE DESSERT.. AND SNACK…
My son Chase would like to breathe in Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. I am positive that this 10 year old adorable little boy is made up of 75% mint chocolate chip ice cream….and only Turkey Hill brand. It is just his good fortune that he is on the thin side. He gets his calcium via Turkey Hill.
I am glad that we have a National Ice Cream Month! Now we can celebrate with Turkey Hill ice cream!!
Ice cream, an all time favorite. I remember growing up the many hours we would sit churning to get that great smooth dip of ice cream. Thanks to Turkey Hill I don’t have to churn anymore. I love your flavors and the taste, it is so creamy.
A favorite relaxation technique of mine is sitting on the backyard swing indulging in a sweet treat, Turkey Hill ice cream of course!
My son and I go crazy for chocolate chip mint and rocky road,we finish a 1/2 gallon while watching an old movie. We were in Lancaster Pa., stopped to eat lunch, which was Turkey Hill Ice Cream, best lunch ever!!!
Turkey Hill makes the best ice cream.
There’s a great special on it this week at Giant Food Stores. Go get it!
It’s great to know that there is a national ice cream month — even though I don’t need one for a reason to buy and enjoy Turkey Hill Ice Cream!!!! I just love Turkey Hill! Even though I can only enjoy the sugar free flavors now I will still enjoy having my Turkey Hill every day!
We just love Turkey Hill! Even though I have to eat just the sugar free flavors now I will still enjoy my Turkey Hill Every Day!!!
I agree with coupons, coupons coupons. Or at least more frequent special pricing.
I remember making ice cream with the hand crank machines. All the grand-children had to take a turn on the crank if they wanted ice cream. It was hard when little. The electric machines were easier but still a lot of work. Turkey Hill ice cream tastes almost as good, and comes in flavor combinations I never would have thought of.
Ice Cream is cool. Get it.
I LOVE your ice cream. Every flavor is great! I have a bowl around 8pm every night.. My two dogs watch patiently because they know that they will get the last two bites. They give Turkey Hill their official puppy paw of approval.
While growing up eating anything out of a container from the fridge was forbidden by my very proper Mom. In truth ice cream was an occasional treat because of cost, money was very tight. Fortunately, times change and cost is no longer an object. Mom now lives with us and to catch an 86 year old, 97 lb. women eating Turkey Hill Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream from the container, while standing in front of the freezer, causes me to become hysterical with laughter. I pause only long enough to get another spoon & alert Diane my wife. Pretty soon it gets crowded in front of the fridge.
Americans certainly love their ice cream.Therefore,it is fitting that our nation has a National Ice Cream Month.Ice cream on a hot summer day is a great treat.It is so American.
HAPPY 4TH EVERYBODY…WHAT A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE…..WITH ICE CREAM!!!!!!
Happy Ice Cream Month! I, myself, however think of every month as ice cream month, and every day as ice cream day. I never need an excuse to eat my favorite food. And speaking of favorites, I absolutely LOVE Turkey Hill’s lemon meringue pie – wish it was around all year and not just a special flavor.
I’m with a lot of posters here as every Sunday is Ice Cream Sunday ! i love Turkey Hill Choco & Peanut butter all stuffed into a cannolie shell !
On top of all that i buy the free coupons & give them away as thanks you’s fro my business
We love your ice cream. Yum, yum.
We just tried the lemon Duette and it seems as though this flavor can be turned into an elegant dessert. Does anyone have any recipe ideas?????
lOVE YOUR ICE CREAM. WE WISH THERE WAS A TURKEY HILL TRUCK THAT CAME BY EACH NIGHT INSTEAD OF MR. SOFTEE.
My family was in the ice cream business in Illinois for over 80 years, closing operations in the early 1990s. We were based in Ronald Reagan’s, hometown in Dixon. I was on the Lee County Republican committee to elect Ronald “Dutch” Reagan into office. As a way of getting the public downtown on election night, we decied to make some “Dutch” chocolate ice cream to give away at the Republican in downtown Dixon where thousands were treated!
Marty Hey was/is a good friend who – many years ago – persuaded his Dad to give me a summer job at the Hey Brothers Ice Cream plant in Dixon, Illinois. I remember Marty showing me a photo of “actor” Ronald Reagan holding a Hey Brother’s popsicle during one of his return trips to Dixon. Marty’s dad always served Hey Brothers Ice Cream at grade school ice cream socials. Hey Brothers Ice Cream was unsurpassed in flavor and the plant was a great place for a high school kid to work.
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Have we ever really needed a National Ice Cream Month? Every month is ice cream month as far as i’m concerned. Do we need an excuse to eat ice cream? It’s just being there seems like a good enough excuse to me.
have fun with that
Of course America the fattest country in the world would celebrate a month like this
My new favorite holiday can wait to celebrate