Looking for a flavor or a store that sells Turkey Hill Ice Cream? Check out our Flavor Finder and our Store Finder. Can’t find a store near you? Now you can order Turkey Hill Ice Cream online!

September 25th, 2007 | Category: General

DID YOU KNOW?

Posted by: Turkey Hill Team

According to DumbLaws.com (and several other websites), in Newark, New Jersey it is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm unless the customer has a note from his or her doctor.

We can’t imagine a medical condition for which the prescription is a double scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough, but whatever it is, it doesn’t sound too bad. Do you think Newark has ice cream addicts who forge prescriptions in order to satisfy their Sunday evening ice cream habit? We really hope it doesn’t come to that.

And what happens if a police officer catches a shop owner breaking the ice cream law? Do they take away your scoop? It’s funny to imagine the Newark Police Department setting up sting operations outside of suspected illegal ice cream vendors and barging in with badges and guns drawn, ordering everyone to “put your spoons on the floor and step away from the ice cream cone!”

Link to Entry
Previous Article: RECIPE: FRIED ICE CREAM
Next Article: THE NEWARK ICE CREAM LAW (PART 2)

14 Comments

marie wrote:

“Christina wrote:

Note to self…. never move to Newark…. Wouldn’t be able to live with that law.”

I,too, could not live without my ice cream. So, there will be no moving to Newark.

Marie

October 11th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
lee carr wrote:

if a police officer catches a shop owner breaking the ice cream law he needs to chill out and have some ice cream.

October 5th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Christina wrote:

Note to self…. never move to Newark…. Wouldn’t be able to live with that law.

September 29th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Sue wrote:

If selling ice cream after hours, was the only crime the police in NJ had to worry about,, lolol Then I could understand (NOT),,, I seriously doubt they could even get away with trying to enforce that law,, specially if Turkey Hill ice cream is sold there!

September 28th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Dani wrote:

And at what point during the night/day does this turn over? Lord knows how many midnight runs I’d be making for a late night craving!

September 28th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Turkey Hill Team wrote:

Interesting idea Caroline.

To be fair, we’re not sure if this law is actually enforced. We’ll make a few phone calls to find out and let you know what we come up with!

September 28th, 2007 at 10:18 am
Stefanie Schmidt wrote:

I’m so glad I don’t live there, that is a dumb law!

September 28th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Artemis wrote:

I have to say that really is a dumb! I thought it was a joke!!!

September 27th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Caroline wrote:

Are they going to have undercover police at the Devil games in their new arena????

Did you check out if Mocha is exempt since it might prevent you from falling asleep while driving home from the game?

September 26th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Anne King wrote:

In Newark? Can’t think of a city that needs ice cream more-24/7.

September 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Raymond Trowbridge wrote:

Sounds to me like Tony Soprano has gotten into the act and is controlling the distribution of ice cream on Sundays. BADA BING!!!!!!

September 26th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Jacqueline wrote:

As a Jersey Girl who was born in Newark, that information doesn’t surprise me at all!

And yes, the weather in Jersey will be 88 degrees today. Feels like summer! I’m using my fat free Fudge Ripple with fat free milk to make delicious shakes.
Even got my husband hooked!

September 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Carm Hodgins wrote:

What weather here in the North-East still up in the high 80’s. It’s very good for Turkey Hill Ice cream!!!!!

September 26th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Sandy wrote:

And people wonder why New Jersey has such a bad reputation! Tsk, tsk.

September 26th, 2007 at 8:45 am

These comments are intended to be a discussion of the information presented in the blog postings. Any product-related questions or other issues not related to the post should be referred to our consumer response team through the link on our Contact Us page, as they are the true experts in answering any questions or concerns you may have about Turkey Hill and its products.

The Ice Cream Journal is a public forum and comments left here will be visible by all visitors (e-mail addresses will not be visible). When making comments, please adhere to standard guidelines of decorum and respect. Turkey Hill reserves the right to edit or delete comments in violation of these guidelines.