Today marks the official start of summer…also known as “ice cream eatin’ season.” Yes, we know ice cream doesn’t need a season and that it tastes good all year round, but you have to admit, there’s something about the summer months that makes ice cream taste just a little bit better.
Feel free to celebrate the approach of warmer weather with a big bowl of your favorite flavor out on the porch. Better yet, pay a visit to your local ice cream shop and have a double dip cone with sprinkles. You deserve two scoops and you definitely deserve sprinkles!
Tags: ice cream, sprinkles, summer, turkey hill
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Help us decide a debate that has been raging at the office! What do you call the brightly colored ice cream topping sprinkles or jimmies? Let us know your opinion, and possibly where you are from, because we think that where you grow up has something to do with it.
I am from New york we here call them sprinkles~
I always called them Jimmies. Then had to revert to sprinkles because people never knew what I was talking about, lol! Sprinkles rule though.
I just had this conversation with the people I work with at my hospital, toppings are a necessity in my world. You’d laugh if you saw what I did with my TH Vanilla bean the other day. I had a cone and filled it with half ice cream, put in a layer of Apple Jacks cereal as a change, then a layer of ice cream, layer of chocolate syrup, ice cream, then some peanuts. It sure was one little adventure in that cone! But It was good!
Feel free to laugh.
From NJ. sorry =)
Turkey Hill is great with sprinkles, but I have to agree with Christina we also called them jimmies, I am originally from Roxborough near Phila. Pa., and yes they do rule…
What a great way to celebrate the beginning of summer with some Turkey Hill! I had two scoops with lots of sprinkles, DELICIOUS!
I live on Long Island, New York. We call them sprinkles. Rainbow are my favorite.
Thank’s Turkey Hill for that picture, I am now going to store to get some
turkey hill vanilla ice cream, I am going to top my ice cream with chocolte syrup and fresh fruits. I am so happy summer is here…that give me excuae to buy more turkey hill ice cream.
Grew up in Philladelphia and we called them jimmies – still do! Whatevee they are called they look and taste delish…
We call the rainbow ones sprinkles, but I still call the chocolate ones Jimmies!!
always called them sprinkles-originally from Brooklyn -now in Massapequa Park, Long Island, NY-actually would prefer some hot fudge sauce and real whipped cream-can get these at Krisch’s ice cream parlor in Massapequa-one if the highlights of living here-makes you forget about the high property taxes, the traffic, oil and gas prices, etc……oh dear , think I need some ice cream right now1
Definately Jimmies in NJ. Amy
I don’t know if you guys push for these or what,, but our local grocery store RARELY ever has Demonstrators. Yesterday (1st day of Summer), they had a lady giving out samples of TH ice cream! You can believe she was a very popular lady! Even the employees were stopping buy for their little taste of Heaven! No sprinkles but it didn’t matter.
I’m also from Long Island NY, Bay shore and we call them sprinkles. Being of British Descent jimmies are something guys wear (if ya know what I mean)! I prefer choc ones but nowadays give me choc cookie crunch on choc peanut butter (yeah I’m an avowed chocoholic), and I’m allover it. I really like the Philly style the best!!
I grew up in central Ohio and there they were called “jimmies.” My first thought when I hear the word “sprinkles” is the episode of THE OFFICE where Dwight killed Angela’s sick cat.
I call the rainbow ones sprinkles and the chocolate jimmies. From PA
I started life in Brooklyn, New York, and live on Long Island now, we call them rainbow sprinkles and chocolate sprinkles and I prefer the chocolate ones. As a matter of fact, I prefer chocolate anything! And I’ll take some Turkey Hill ice cream under it!
I know I didn’t have the sprinkles for the ice cream, but I certainly enjoyed a big dish of Cherry Ice Cream, and the cherries were to die for. Thanks for being so good!!!!!
jimmies are chocolate….colored ones are sprinkles….at least that is what we call them in Pittsburgh
Ice cream is our stable throughout the entire year but the smooth creamy texture of the basic vanilla and chocolate sure make summer servings special….ahhh, the “sweet life”!
The smooth texture of the basic Turkey Hill vanilla and chocolate sure make summer special; ahhh, the “sweet life”!
I’m from West Virginia and we always called them sprinkles. I had never heard them called jimmies until one evening when I was watching “Emeril Live” and that was how he referred to them.
I grew up in the Lake George area of New York State. We always called them sprinkles;both the chocolate and colorful toppings. I love them on my TH ice cream, whatever flavor I happen to be eating at the time! Enjoy your summer, and your TH ice cream!
I don’t think I heard them called “jimmies” until I moved north of the Mason-Dixon line. In California, Louisiana, Florida, and West Virginia, I never got funny looks for calling them “sprinkles.”
I’m glad it’s now “official” to eat ice cream! But as far as I’m concerned, eatin’ ice cream is a year-round season!
Here’s a scoop of Cookies and Cream to toast — cheers!
I love all kinds of sprinkles. They taste their best on a big bowl of Turkey Hill Ice Cream. MM MM Good!
I’m from Massachusetts, 30 mins. South of Boston and we call them Jimmies.
Betty Crocker calls them Decorating Decors. Got an open bottle in my cupboard waiting to sprinkle my evening treat of TH peanut butter ripple. Can’t wait.
Around the Washington DC area they are called sprinkles. It would be interesting to know where and how the word “jimmies” began. The debate may go on forever but I’ll just go to the freezer and have some Turkey Hill with sprinkles on top.
I am from New York, near Buffalo, and we always called them sprinkles. Either rainbow sprinkles or chocolate sprinkles and it was always a special treat to get sprinkles on our ice cream. I will take Turkey Hill with or without sprinkles any time!
all kids of all ages love the sprinklies on cone’s and dishes of turkey hillice cream, it sure brought back lot menories.
sprinkles are cool and tasty.
I am from western PA and we have always called them sprinkles, I think the only time I ever heard them called jimmies was on the food network channel by various chefs…………..whatever you call them, we love them…..
I’m from NY and sprikles are what we’ve always called them. When I first heard of jimmies I didn’t have any clue what they were talking about. Now either will do. My kids can eat sprinkles without ice cream but not me. I’m all for Turkey Hill with or without the toppings.
When I grew up in Staten Island, My favorite was chocolate ice cream with plenty of JIMMIES!! Thats what we called them and still do! They are the best on ice cream.
I call them sprinkles, but am very familiar with the term jimmies too. This picture sure makes me want some!
I finally have a granddaughter to spoil with Turkey Hill Ice Cream on a cone with (YES) Jimmies! She loves it and it’s SO great to have yummy ice cream from a local company! It makes Summer especially wonderful!
Jimmies!!!!!
Jimmes,O’My they bring back my childhood memories.Chocolate Turkey Hill ice cream with chocolate jimmies.Yum Yum!
Yeah, summer and ice cream…brings me back to the days when my parents loaded all of us in the station wagon and drove to the ice cream parlor. What I was thinking then was a hurrah ice cream! But now I have come to treasure those moments. How much fun we had, how we laughed and enjoyed the time together. I have since created those wonderful memories with my own children and can’t wait til the day I can share them with my grandchildren. For me
Summer,Ice cream and family memories will always go hand in hand.
In my house we call them rainbow sprinkles. I grew up in Bergen County, NJ. My husband is worse than a kid. He love his sprinkles and won’t eat a cookie, cupcake, and most of all his favorite ice cream,Turkey Hill, without them on. His eyes widen when he sees his dish or cone approaching with his T.H. icecream covered with a “rainbow”.
from PA , grew up in the Western part an now living in the Northeast. I call them jimmies and my kids do too. But I think my husband from Boston calls them sprinkles
Bowl? We always have fun cones on hand, such as wafer (my favorite), sugar and when I can find them, little tiny wafer kids’ cones for our 2 yr. old’s little hands. We take our Turkey Hill Ice Cream eatin’ time very seriously. We don’t mess around.
We call them “Jimmies” here in Philly, also. When my nephew Jimmy and his sister Julia were small kids and would order a cone, he’d ask for rainbow Jimmies and she wanted rainbow “Julia’s”.
They’re “Jimmies” here in South Jersey as well. And we like the option of choosing between the all chocolate ones or the rainbow ones (rainbow are my favorites – reminds me of my summer days at a local Church carnival – jimmies and ice cream dripping down the cone and down over your hand as well!)
So nice to see summer is back!
In upstate NY Ive heard both but at home we call them sprinkles
We call them sprinkles, or shots, never heard of jimmies.
Who doesn’t love “Turkey Hill” ice cream with or without sprinkles in the summer, or, all year long for that matter. Every night, and I do mean every night, my husband has to have a cup of “Turkey Hill” vanilla and chocolate before going to bed. Sometimes during the night he’ll get up and get another one. The calories do not show on him at all so I love the fat free frozen yogurt. It is the best. I sure would like to see an all strawberry carton of fat free frozen yogert. Gotta love it for sure.
Turkey Hill Ice cream is the best!
My 8-year-old son Bennett loves sprinkles, and he isn’t choosey about which flavor he “sprinkles” the sprinkles over, either! Personally, I prefer digging out the peanut butter ball in the chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream (before my hubby beats me to it!) and enjoy that with some of the delicious chocolate ice cream. Yummmmmmm! God Bless!
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jimmies, freddies, stevies whatever I’ll take them!!
There is NO Turkey Hill flavor that isn’t scrumptious!
The Graham Slam is absolutely awesome! Everyone at our house loves it and there’s nothing else even close. What a great taste sensation, whoever thought of it is a genious. We’ll enjoy it all summer long.
My husband and I make special trip to the store wondering what flavor we are going to choose today because all of them are our favorite flavors and we
always have more than 3 flavors in the
refrigerator to enjoy with our friends.
My family and I enjoyed soft Turkey Hill ice cream at Citizens Bank Park (Home of the Philadelphia Phillies) but haven’t been there in years. Does anyone else serve soft Turkey Hill Ice Cream?