June is National Dairy Month. Like National Ice Cream Month (July), which gives you the freedom to eat as much ice cream as you want and call it “celebrating,” National Dairy Month means you get to indulge in all your favorite dairy products without worrying about what people might think. The good news is, that includes ice cream, which really means you get to eat lots of ice cream in June AND July!
To celebrate National Dairy Month, the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association built a giant ice cream sundae on the steps of Pennsylvania’s Capitol yesterday. Like last year, the Dairy Association asked Turkey Hill to donate the 90 gallons of vanilla ice cream that was used to make the sundae and we happily obliged.
Below are a few photos of the action. Enjoy!
The Turkey Hill Giant Cow was on hand to help draw some attention. She’s good at that.
Members of the sundae-making team built the giant sundae from 30 three-gallon containers of Turkey Hill ice cream. It wasn’t easy to get that ice cream out in one piece. Good thing it was a hot day! (Actually, is that a good thing for a giant ice cream sundae?)
A giant ball of cherries was created to adorn the top of the sundae.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff and the Pennsylvania Dairy Princesses placed the cherries on the sundae before it was topped with all sorts of other goodies.
Secretary Wolff and the team give the sundae its finishing touches. The sundae was topped with 10 gallons of chocolate fudge, 10 gallons of strawberries and 30 pounds of chopped pecans. Afterwards, the crowd lined up for a taste. Each person got a nice-sized bowl of ice cream and there was still plenty left over for seconds!
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Didn’t see this advertised in our local paper, Lancaster New Era. I would have been there, close from Elizabethtown. I wll still eat Turkey Hill in my own sundaes. Love it.
It looks like the sundae we make for our students at the end of the year. What a wonderful mess!
Didn’t look too much like a Sundae, I must be watching too much Food Network!!!
Where’s the whip cream???
Sorry I missed that!! The kiddie pool beats the old “Kitchen sink” ice cream dish that we used to order at Jahn’s in Paramus NJ – which is gone for a long time – but the memories live on!!
That is one giant sundae, now did it make it in the Guiness Book of World Records?
I would have loved a bowl of that sundae. Turkey Hill ice cream is the best, and I was very delighted when visiting my brother in Georgia and finding it in the store freezer. YeeHaa
Looks like a fun time building and then eating that mega-sundae!
Looks yummy!
I produce running races here in CT and would love to “build a sundae- this Sunday!” after a race. The runners would love it! How can I get Turkey Hill involved???
There ought to be Turkey Hill sponsored events in each state each year. Not all of us are fortunate enough to be in PA, but most of us are happy to indulge in Turkey Hill’s fabulous ice cream.
I wish something like this was held here in Philadelphia.
I think the pool sundae is a great idea for a summer office party. The sundae could be set up in a tented area at the end of the main food table.
Just get me a straw to suck up all the melted “goop” at the bottom, that would be the ultimate milkshake!
When I was pregnant with my oldest son, ice cream was about all that I could eat because of morning (more like 24 hour) sickness. Any flavor was good. ha. Well, our family dentist advised us that Dale has the hardest enamel in his teeth that he has ever seen. So the ice cream sure tasted good and was good for my son, too.
I wish that I lived close to that massive sundae- yum!
If only it was calorie free!
Turkey Hill Ice Cream is the best, I wish I were there for the event. Stand away, here I come.
On June 13, Turkey Hill was on hand at the annual Soap Box Derby in Fredericksburg, VA, handing out free cups of ice-cream. I’m sure many feel as I do – that was a very nice gesture and very much appreciated!
Add happiness to your day. Eat Turkey Hill Ice Cream.
These are amazing and fun events: Why not come to my location (Wilkes-barre/Scranton, PA) about 2 hours from Lancster, PA? We could use the spirit and lift in this area. Fat free/light are my favorites (usually Vanilla).
[...] curious to see what a giant ice cream sundae on the Capitol steps looks like, check out our entry from last year’s event or just take a gander at the picture at the top of this entry. As always, Turkey Hill is proud to [...]
[...] curious to see what a giant ice cream sundae on the Capitol steps looks like, check out our entry from last year’s event or just take a gander at the picture at the top of this entry. As always, Turkey Hill is proud to [...]
Just think of all the softened ice cream with the melted goodies at the bottom. I can just taste it now! It reminds me of when I get home from the grocery store on a hot day & I just have to taste the TH before I put it away in the garage freezer. Sometimes I taste more than I had planned on.
[...] curious to see what a giant ice cream sundae on the Capitol steps looks like, check out our entry from last year’s event or just take a gander at the picture at the top of this entry. As always, Turkey Hill is proud to [...]