You can get soda and coffee from a vending machine, chips and candy from a vending machine, even egg salad sandwiches and soup from a vending machine. So it was only a matter of time until someone invented a vending machine that dispenses custom made ice cream.
That’s exactly what the folks at MooBella have done. We first heard about their creation when they won a Food Network Award in the category of “Icy Innovations” (a category Turkey Hill hopes to win next year for its work with Duetto).
As far as we can tell, the machine exists only in a few markets in the Boston area, but it’s designed for use just about anywhere—malls, cafeterias, museums, universities, living rooms. It uses a touch-screen (below) and a flash freezing method to create 12 flavors of premium or low-carb ice cream with your choice of several mix-ins.
In movies about the future, this would be one of the crazy inventions the main character uses before strapping on his jet pack and zooming off to work. Except this thing is actually real!
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YES!!!!!!!!!!! This is the mid point of Ice Cream Week and I will observe it with a hug dish of Moose Tracks this evening after our cookout. Ice cream is one of the All Americam standards and I enjoy it 12 months out of the year. I am a loyal Turkey Hill buyer and love the large assortment of flavors. There is nothing better than Turkey Hill on a hot summer afternoon. It really cools and refreshs me. Thanks Turkey Hill, You are the best.
grandchildren were in last night—-naturally wanted icecream—they were thrilled to have their choice of cherry, black cherry, banana splint or peach cream, love the 4 for 10.00 sale.
joan w.
Mango Duetto is the best summer treat!
It’s bad enough I can’t control my ice cream consumption at home….I don’t need the convenient temptations of ice- cream-laden vending machines in my pedestrian life.
This is WONDERFUL. I’d love to see one locally with Turkey Hill!
I love some of the flavors you can choose from this machine, especially the Cake Batter flavor. That is my favorite type of ice cream. I’m practically addicted to Turkey Hill’s Party Cake Ice Cream and I know I would be addicted to getting Cake Batter mixed in with candy as well.
I can’t find turkey hill in my area
This machine is a great idea!
This machine is a great idea and I would like one for my home.
Wouldn’t that make a great addition to a movie/game room?!
Hmmm…. I can’t immediately think of anywhere you could put this machine that there’s not already a Turkey Hill located somewhere nearby… that’s why it’s called a “convenience” store.
And I have to agree with the comment about seeing someone mix your mix-ins live and in person, or having a glass-front on the machine so you can see it happening. But it sounds a bit technical… and maybe wouldn’t be cost-effective. Turkey Hill ice creams taste great, but I gotta be honest – low-cost it part of what makes it so enjoyable!
This looks too good to be true. My husband and kids would be in heaven. Right now the only machine I knew about was dippin dots but those don’t intest me. If a machine like this were available for home installation I’d be in trouble.
duetto, wow 2 of my most favorites, soft ice cream and form of water ice. still miss muddy sneakers, my all time favorite. i would buy it and fill my freezer with as much as i could get in there. i was addicted. would love to try fried ice cream.good work
i am a bona fide ice cream lover, especially turkey hill, the machine would be great if you would watch the mix that you choose. but would store, other than convenience be interested in using it, your ice cream is everywhere, and to take it home and have when you want still appeals to me.but i would also buy from the machine if available.
I love icecream! This tour in Lancaster county, is this the lancaster county in NE?
Eureka…this is exactly what our PTA have been looking to put in our school. How do we get one of these?