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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I could eat that whole Sundae in one day—-errrrr—-I mean one year
That is pretty impressive. I especially like the ball of cherries that’s reminiscent of the ball drop at Times Square.
oh my! ice cream overload-and heaven! wish I was there…….10 gallons of chocolate fudge…. oh my!
I think that’s the coolest, very creative the folks down there sure know how to have fun….mmmm
Ten gallons of Turky hill only. I could eat that all by my self, in a week or two, and have room for seconds.
What a terrible thing to have to suffer thru-eating ice cream. Yeah right-yummy. Any excuse to eat any flavor of Turkey Hill ice cream.
What an amazing looking sundae, wish I could have been there. I think right now I will have to go a make myself a sundae. You people at TH are the greatest. Linda
Now that’s a sundae! Think I’ll incorporate it into my next novel!
All the best,
Jacqueline Seewald
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That certainly would suit me!
Wow! Yummmmmmmmy! Sounds delectable. Wish I could have been there for at least a bite.
I loved the ball of cherries, looked good, no great!!! Only live an hour from Harrisburg, wish I had been there and of course you can not miss the Turkey Hill Cow.
Now you are really talking Turkey (Hill). That is something the elected officials dig into and work together on instead of party politics. That is a win-win party for both parties. It reminds me of my teen years going to Jahn’s in Queens NY for their “Kitchen sink” Sundae where eight of us teens would dig in and rarely be able to finish.
What a sight!!!
Wish I lived closer because that had to be really something to see and then to be able to eat it….wow, those lucky people.
You gave me an idea for out next birthday party. Not quite as big but I think the kids would love to make a giant sundae, Turkey Hill ice cream of course. Thanks for a wonderful idea.
“Life is just a ball of cherries!” or
Let’s see that baby come down on New Year’s Eve in Times Square!
90 gallons of ice cream….
90 gallons of Turkey Hill Ice Cream….
90 gallons of Turkey Hill Ice Cream with 10 gallons of hot fudge……
90 gallons of Turkey Hill Ice Cream with 10 gallons of hot fudge AND 10 gallons of strawberries…..
90 gallons of Turkey Hill Ice Cream with 10 gallons of hot fudge AND 10 gallons of strawberries and 30 pounds of chopped pecans and the ball of cherries
Can anyone sing along Heaven, I’m in heaven….
There’s tons of fun no matter where the Turkey Hill cow shows up. Every year we love to see the cow (and her helpers) at the College of New Jersey for the Special Olympics. We will be there this weekend looking for those fantastic samples. We work a booth every year and during breaks visit the cow! Great fun.
YUM!
Oh, I wish I had been there for the giant sundae!
Finally – a sundae that is my ideal portion size – none of this “half cup serving size” for me!!!
At last,something of value getting done at our state capitol.
I wish I could have been there as a ‘quality control agent!! Barbara
Wish I had known about this! I sure would have come out to get me a taste of the giant ice cream sundae!
Ah well… I will content myself to celebrate with my own portion-sized sundae with TH Vanilla Bean. 
Come to Maryland next time!!Yummy!
I live near Latrobe, PA which is the banana split capital of the world. Just had pics in the paper of the banana split being built over the weekend. I know it was made with Turkey Hill !!!!!!
when are you coming to orwigsburg ?
now that is my idea of good eating
Super-dilly-disious! If there is such a word.
Reminds me of when I had a youth group. One team building activity we would do (on a smaller scale, of course) was to build or sculpt something out of ice cream. It was always hilarious and always delicious.
Hi Turkey Hill Fans, Yes when did this take place and I wish I knew before hand, so I could have gone to DC to get some of the very best ice cream. All of theat ice cream look soooooo good. I’a going to buy some Turkey Hill ice cream today.
thats some sundae
Maybe next year they can have this event in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. At least it would be closer to my home. I wouldn’t mind attending and helping to finish up the Turkey Hill sundae.
Now that’s the way I’d like to build my sundaes…in a kiddee pool!!!
i guess that would just about fill me up, ha ha! i am celebrating dairy and ice cream months and of course FLAG Day (my mothers birthday ) with an ice cream sundae cake, my mother will be 83 on Flag day and she sure enjoys TURKEY HILL ice cream. this will be a real surprise for her.
SURE LOOKS YUMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYY. DID IT COME WITH A LADDER AND SNOW SHOVEL TO REACH IT & EAT IT? I GUESS YOU WOULD NEED SOME PEP TOE TABS ALSO.
Sure would be nice if the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association traveled further south next year. The sundae looks mmmmmmmm good. Most of us wish we lived closer to Harrisburg, PA.
Would have loved to have been there. We used to make Sundaes in (clean) rain gutters lined with plastic. They were long but not high and lots of people could eat at one time! Oh the fun of being a -that was a long time ago
Looks like it was great fun! Wish I could have been there!
I like giant cows.
Looks delicious!!! I should have been there!!
LOVE the new Peanut Butter Brownie!!
Ha! There wouldn’t have been any left-overs if I had been there!!
well, next year you can build it on my front door steps. With my ice cream loving family, it wouldn’t last very long.
As Rachel Ray would say, “YUM-O.”
WOW!! Now that is a sundae. Get closer to where I live and I’m sure to attend.
this is a very wonderful moment. I hope everyone who had a spoonful of this sundae enjoyed it for me too
Think I’ll try a slightly smaller version in my back yard at our next picnic/bar-b-que!
What a terrible time to read this article when right now I am on a diet to lose 25 pounds for a lung operation. I will have to make up for it after I get those new lungs. I love Turkey Hill Ice Cream and their Iced Tea too.
That sundae looks yummy. Wish I had been there but I’ll have a Turkey Hill ice cream cake on Father’s Day for my husband and dad to enjoy.
You can never have too much Turkey Hill ice cream!
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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 [...]
[...] 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 [...]