Ample Hills Creamery

Good ice cream. Delish, had the butter gooey cake ice cream with cookie cone.
Will come back to try others.
Love the roof top, to enjoy the view while eating ice cream.

Best ice cream in brooklyn and there are many awesome flavors to choose from. What I love to do is purchase 2 pints and add 2 flavors to each pint so that I can enjoy 4 flavors. When you go into ample hills you are dealing with an awesome staff of friendly people who will take care of your every ice cream need. Going to ample hills creamery is always a special treat and I will remain a loyal customer until the end. Also be sure to purchase the ooey gooey butter cake and the salted crack cookie on the side… so awesome!

The Ooey Gooey Butter cake. That. Is. All. The vanilla ice cream base is so delicious and not too sweet, and the butter cake… is crack. A wonderful friend who lives in Carroll Gardens lugged two pints of Ample Hill ice cream to Midtown East for me, the butter cake being one of them (her absolute favorite). This flavor can be summed as: «Welcome to the dark side, we have… ice cream laced with ooey gooey butter cake crack.» Yes, because once you taste it, you can never untaste it nor will you ever forget it.
Another amazing flavor is the Butter Pecan Brittle. Holay molay. The base is cinnamon ice cream (so subtle though) and the butter pecan brittle bit is heaven. And so addictive.
Notice a pattern here? I basically love butter is what it is.
Also, a shoutout to the wonderful staff who were so patient despite it being so busy. And who gave me all the generous samples I wanted!
Alsooo, I was too busy ogling the flavors and trying samples but apparently, you can get a kiddie size serving… if that’s your thang. The small is two large scoops so I personally wouldn’t have minded the kiddie size.

This Ice Cream place is amazing! I love this location because they consistently have my favorite flavor, which is Nonna D’s Oatmeal Lace: brown sugar cinnamon ice cream with Nonna’s homemade oatmeal lace cookies.
It is so amazing! Love Love love! Do not know how anyone can give this less than a 5 Star! Go now if you have not done so already you will not regret your decision!!!

oh ample hills!!! how i love you! this place was right across from the place i was working, and i’d always see it and want to go in but didn’t take the plunge until a few weeks ago. and BOY AM I GLAD I DID. The ice cream is amazing — really unique and strange. Definitely not your average ice cream. They seem to have rotating flavors. I had an «It Came from Gowanus» which was. i don’t even know what it was. It was salty dark chocolate base, orange flavor, and there was like white chocolate and hazlenut and maybe even cherry??? I don’t even know. It was great, though. And I (obviously) went back for more, and had a Peppermint Pattie which was equally delicious.
super cute space, great roof.

I’m a fan of Ample Hill. Sometimes the lines can be long but it’s all worth it. The ice cream is like no other! They have crazy combinations like the Munchies: potato chips, pretzels, Ritz crackers and M&Ms…Talk about a stoners delight! The snap-​mello is really good. It’s their take on a marshmallow treat. The oooey gooey is one of my favorites. It’s their oooey gooey cake mixed in to their delicious vanilla ice cream. The salty malty is also a fan favorite. Too many good flavors to choose from. I am a fan and my kids love it too! Be sure to check them out.

Baby Girl decided she wanted to walk home from my job (Brooklyn Heights to Canarsie). On our trek, we stumbled upon this creamery and decided to stop in.
Noah immediately greeted us and began asking if we wanted to taste any of their many flavors. After tasting about 3 flavors, I decided to go with vanilla bean (boring I know, but it’s never let me down). Nadia went with Snap Mallow Pop which was like vanilla mixed with rice crispy treats. Pretty good. Too sweet for me though.
Loved this place!

Ample Hills lived up to the hype. They have a lot of fun flavors! I tried several, and they were all really good. The ice cream tasted very fresh.
One of my favorite things about this location is the rooftop! If the weather is nice, I highly recommend going there to enjoy your ice cream. The view is pretty, and the decorations were very cute.

Amazing! The ice cream here is beyond delicious. Rich, thick and creative. I had the Ooey Gooey Butter cake and it was fantastic. It was sweet and filled with pieces of the Ooey gooey butter cake. The Raw Deal was delicious as well, it had what tastes like raw cookie dough pieces in it but so much better. They had such a big variety of different ice creams and the atmosphere was really cool. They give big sample tastes as well. Service was great with very helpful workers who can help you decide between different ice creams and give their advice and reviews of them.

Absolute perfection. Creamy unique ice cream flavors with fun service that hit the spot every time!

LOVED the ice cream here. I had the «It Came From Gowanus» ice cream cone and bought a pint of their Star Wars «The Light Side.» Both were amazing. The Gowanus flavor was a salter dark chocolate ice cream with chunks of orange flavored brownies in it. I could have eaten a gallon of it.
The Light Side was a marshmallow ice cream base with cocoa crispies. Also delicious. They had a bunch of cool cone options as well such as a pretzel cone. I can’t wait to try all of their flavors.

I think this is the best ice cream I have ever had. I got a scoop each of the St Louis Butter Cake and the Salted Crack Caramel and both were outstanding but the Salted Caramel was really off the charts. Plus, the scooper guy was nice and made sure I tasted it before I got a scoop because it’s pretty intense (he was also easy on the eyes). I forget how much it was, maybe $ 6 or something but I would be happy to pay double or crawl across broken glass or sell my first born or watch an Adam Sandler movie or do any other terrible thing just to get more of that delicious ice cream.

Yes I’m addicted both to the service and the ice cream in the same time.
Yes the salted crack caramel is worth the hype! And so are a lot of there flavors like the mellow pop, the sweet as honey, the cotton candy…
Its so funny that sometimes on a cold day, I’ll start craving some ample hills ice cream… instead of a hot beverage…
And the servers are so so cool, and amazing, each one of them, they are always happy, and helpful and fun.

I’ve read a lot of blogs and news about Ample Hills Creamery, so decided to give it a shot with my friends and boyfriend after dinner at Dinosaur BBQ — since we were already in the area.
We went in Mid-​December, so we were unable to sit on the rooftop since it was freezing. We came on a Saturday evening and it was quite busy. The décor is interesting, very artsy at Ample Hills. There’s a decent amount of seating and booths for you to sit at. Lines moved quick and staff are very friendly here.
Sweet Honey & No Sleep Til Pumpkin — These were the two flavors I got. I definitely wasn’t a fan of the sweet honey. I’ve had honey flavored items before, but this way way way too sweet for my taste buds. The No Sleep Til Pumpkin ice cream was okay, not the best pumpkin flavored ice cream I have had.
I wasn’t very happy with the flavors I got, but maybe their other flavors will convince me otherwise. I definitely would like to come back here during the warmer season and enjoy ice cream on the rooftop.

I walked in here with my camera ready to take pictures, and the staff was ready along with me. They were hilarious, and very helpful in helping me choose from so many good choices! I ended up having a kids size salted crack caramel on a chocolate chip cone, which was definitely enough for me! I was debating between this and ooey gooey butter cake, which my friend got, but my #1 right now is the salted crack caramel (which is surprising considering I normally do not like caramel). I liked the old school set-​up, and the music they played, so I would definitely come back to this location sometime in the summer (if I can contain my cravings)!

I’m not a huge ice cream lover so this has never been one of my go to spots but now I’m not sure I can’t make this the occasional sometimes… okay always, frequent spot.
I ordered a brownie sundae and they were nice enough to add chopped bananas for me since they didn’t have banana spilt plates, which is what I originally wanted. That was a beautiful mishap because this was everything I needed that night.
You get 3 scoops of ice cream and your choice of fudge or caramel. I went with chocolate milk and cookies, salted caramel crack, and butter pecan brittle. All delicious and of course topped it with the fudge. Those brittle pieces were great and the chocolate milk and cookies were way better than I ever expected.
There’s really no turning back now.

Oh, Ample Hills. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. My love affair with Ample Hills began this summer, while I was wondering around Gowanus on bicycle. I had heard about the mystical, magical Ample Hills Creamery, and on this hot New York afternoon, I decided to park and sample their legendary desserts.
Ample Hills is like the Ben & Jerry’s of New York ice cream — but wickedly more brilliant. There are so many delicious and creative flavors, but so little time to sample them all! During my first visit, I got the Salted Crack Caramel and the Peppermint Pattie on a chocolate-​chip cookie cone. It was divine: the salted crack caramel was salty-​sweet goodness, and the Peppermint Pattie was so fresh yet rich due to the dark chocolate flecks throughout. The only downside was that the cookie cone was a bit too heavy for me. My second time, I got the Raw Deal (cookie-​dough lovers, rejoice!) and the Peppermint Pattie again on a sugar cone. So good!
At Ample Hills, the portions are huge; a small will get you 2 sizable scoops! Inside, the shop is clean, fun, and welcoming, the service is great, and there is no better place to be in the world than the rooftop patio of Ample Hills, watching the sunset over Gowanus and the Manhattan skyline on a hot summer’s evening.

I’ve got to update my review. I’ve since been back to Ample Hills over a period of a few months, and I’ve gotten more and more impressed by the service (and not to mention the ice cream!). I regard it as the finest ice cream produced in New York City (full disclosure: I worked for a competitor ice cream shop in Brooklyn in 2014).
I highly recommend the ‘It came from Gowanus.’ I never order chocolate, opting usually for a sweet cream or cotton candy type flavor, I chose it for the name. I buy into the local and New York shtick. It worked on me. It was delicious though. Creamy dark chocolate with hazelnut cookie pieces and brownies made it extremely delectable even in the cold weather. If you have to eat one ice cream in Brooklyn, eat Ample Hills.

ICE CREAM!!! Gahhhhhh love this place. They have wonder flavors such as Ooey gooey and honey comb and they let you try as many flavors as your heart/​tongue desires. Mmm!!!
And for those of you who are lactose intolerant (a-​hem…) they sell lactaid pills! YAY!!!
The music! Hip/​hop R&B from the 2000’s. Good stuff. I had fun seat-​dancing with my ice cream.

Hello Ice Cream Heaven
Soooo many options, soooo many flavors, soooo much creativity. What to do? What to select? Can I have one of each?
A lot of questions but the answer came in a form of 4 ice cream choices, between me and the young lady. We had the chocolate, pistachio, sweet as honey, and of the crack options. Yes ice cream crack… not the real stuff. I’ve been saying no to drugs since D.A.R.E., thank you very much.
Anyways, all of the ice creams were very tasty but I thought the honey was exceptional. They use real honeycomb in the ice cream. Cool, creative, and yummy.

The only way Ample Hills could be any more satisfying is if there were a dance floor.
Ooey Gooey Butter Cake or death!

Their ice cream isn’t overpriced and you can definitely taste the quality in their ice cream. Go with their popular flavors. I tried the cotton candy cause it looked so blue and delicious but I wasn’t a fan. It tasted nothing like cotton candy. However their other flavors are great.

Everybody likes ice cream; this is a fact. But if you love ice cream then this is where you’ll find your soulmate. You may even want to get married here (not sure Brian & Jackie, the founders of this house of worship) allow that though. Heck, even if you are anti-​ice cream (an ice-​creamist) you’d be converted.
Ample Hills ice creams are the highest quality and most amazing, unique flavored ice cream that you will find anywhere in the US. I even challenge you to put up a genuine Italian gelato to their «standard» flavors and you’d be hard pressed to not give the win to Ample Hills.
You can literally taste the care and love that they put into the ice cream (it’s fat-​free care & love). My personal favorite is The Munchies — it has that delectable sweet and salty combination that true sweet toothes have with crazy stuff in it like Ritz crackers, pretzels, mini m&ms and potato chips. Yeah. sounds nuts but just get it… at least a sample. Following that salty/​sweet love is also Salted Crack Caramel. This is not for the casual ice cream liker, and they warn you appropriately. Worthy of a try again to determine which side of the creamers you sit on.
Each location also has their own unique signature flavor too. Their «HQ» (this location) has a flavor called «it came from the Gowanus» — the only thing you’d actually be able to ingest from its infamous canal without getting sick.
Do yourself a favor and make Ample Hills a destination in Brooklyn and try to act like you didn’t know what you were in for.

My friends and I stopped into Ample Hills on the way to a pie shop. Heh. We decided to share a scoop, so NEXT time I will be ordering my own, thank you!
We shared the Salted Crack Caramel, a bitter sweet caramel base with «crack» cookies, which have caramelized saltines and chocolate. Super good, not very sweet, and so rich.
That line is slowww, though. I mean I guess you need all that time to make up your mind. Maybe they can have someone grabbing samples for everyone while you wait? We were there on a cold Saturday, I bet it gets insane in the summer.
The bros in front of us walked out the same time we did, and were very disappointed as they thought they could have a tour of the place. Even grown men love ice cream!

They have a variety of flavor to choose from. I got the create your own sundae. It was super sweet since I got salted caramel with caramel and brownie. I can’t wait to go back to try their strawberry ice cream.

THE SNAP, MALLOW POP IS MADE OF HAPPINESS Y’ALL. Seriously, it is one of the best custom, flavored ice creams I’ve had in awhile. I brought a pint, and let me tell you I enjoyed every spoonful of that delicious delight. It was worth every penny, I would buy it again. Let me say, if you hate sweet things, you will not like this flavor. It’s more for those who have sweet tooths, or love sweets in general. I personally love it.

Move over San Francisco’s beloved Bi-​Rite, Smitten, and Swensen’s… because I just had the best ice cream at Ample Hills. No kidding until I find another worthy competitor.
I have had the hardest time picking flavors for myself because there are so many unique flavor combinations! Thankfully, the guy here let me try all the flavors to my heart’s content.
My favorite was the Strawberries and Cream flavor. So creammyyy and flavorful. Hands down the best strawberry flavored ice cream I have tried! Other flavors were so rich and creamy as well.
The cold weather will not stop me from getting a scoop of ice cream here… I will be back to try more flavors! Only thing that’s preventing me from coming here frequently is that I don’t live within walking distance.

Ample Hills receives 5 Stars***** ! This place does get packed quickly so don’t be surprised if you see a line wrapping around the counter in winter. There are so many flavors to try (free) so don’t be shy and ask! It’s quite difficult to choose between 20+ flavors but all of the ones that I’ve tried so far were GREAT! The pistachio squared is my favorite.
Pistachio Squared $ 4.75 (Small) — Packed with flavor, real pistachios, in a rich, creamy, soft ice cream. A small is about the size of 2 ice cream scoops. Days have gone by and I still think of it’s rich texture. I can’t wait to go back again!
How about that rooftop deck?! It’s perfect for bringing a couple of friends out to enjoy ice cream on a summer night.
So sweet, so good, worth the wait! Glad it’s in local because it’s hands down the best ice cream in BK.

I will just start this review by confirming that yes, you should visit Ample Hills.
_​The location is cute, and has plenty of seating indoors and out (roof deck!).
_​The flavors are unique, rich, innovative, and worth trying.
_​Speaking of trying, feel free to sample. The staff is super helpful!
_​They provide water so you can cleanse your palette between tastes — it’s the little things. :)
_​This ice cream checks both boxes: satisfying/​comforting AND unique/​interesting.
_You’re guaranteed to find something you like. Into simple done well? They’ve got that. Into deep, dark flavors? They’ve got that. Into super sweet childhood favorites? Yup. Adult and booze-​infused? You’re good there, too.
My personal favorites were the rice-​krispie themed (marshmallow something) and the oatmeal lace, but the cracker jack, butter cake, and — let’s face it — everything I tried, were good, too! Real talk: I seriously contemplated going back up for a second cup for about 15m after finishing my first.

I was staying dangerously close to this Ice-​CreamERY during my recent stay in Brooklyn. Luckily for my waist-​line, I discovered that fact towards the end of my stay… Ample Hills Creamery is inviting with a large space, including upstairs, downstairs and balcony seating. They have an abundance of flavors, including some «basic flavors» but also very some imaginative and loaded flavors. But best of all, they have non-​dairy and vegan ice cream here, and it’s delicious. Ample Hills has at least three sorbet flavors at any given time and I sampled them all!
The Caught in the Rain (piña colada with a splash of rum) and Coconut fudge sorbet were my favorite. A kiddie size portion with both scoops (they let you mix your scoops in all sizes!) was the perfect size to feel satisfied but not guilty. With winning staff, winning ice cream, options for all AND tiny pour-​your-​own water cups post-​ice cream enjoyment, Ample Hills Creamery is the place to visit when ice cream is on your mind.

Before flying to NY, I literally googled «the best ice cream in NY» and Ample Hills Creamery popped up multiple times. On a Friday night around 8PM, there were maybe 8 people ahead of me. The line went quickly though. They had about 5 workers.
I sampled the Salted Crack Caramel, The Raw Deal and Coffee Toffee before settling for the Salted Crack Caramel. I really wanted to sample more, but the line was long and didn’t want to hold it up.
My order went a little like this:
Me: I’ll have the salted crack
Worker: Are you a cop?
Me: Yes sir. I’m going to have to confiscate all your ice cream.
He handed my my cone and holy moly it was a huge scoop. I was even debating between a single and a double. Thank god I didn’t get a double. Maybe it depends on who serves you too, but the lady behind me asked what size I got and seemed disappointed by her portion.
Anyways, as I was going to pay, I noticed that they had a peanut butter based ice cream! I LOVE peanut butter! But I didn’t know until it was too late. So not everything is on their menu. Make sure you look at the actually tubs and see what they have out. I want to try EVERYTHING they have!
That being said, before flying back to Atlanta, I knew I had to stop by one more time. I couldn’t help myself. Came in and saw the same guy who served me the first time.
Me: I’d like to try The Dude
Worker: You gotta ask me out on a date first
I love this guy. So I was able to sample two more flavors. I sampled the peanut butter flavor I missed last time, which is called the Twisted Krispie Trip, The Dude and the Ooey Gooey Butter Cake.
I couldn’t decide so I ended up getting a single scoop of the Twisted Krispie Trip and Ooey Gooey Butter Cake. They were both amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!
Ample has officially become my go ice cream in New York. Bring Ample to Atlanta PLEEEEEASE! Ample will be my normal stop every time I’m back in NY. I’ll be back to try all the other flavors.

Addicted to this place! Solid 4.5.
I keep coming back for Snap-​crackle-​pop! It’s a Rice Krispy + caramel flavor. Highly recommended. This is the one I always get. Kinna on the too-​sweet side, but I always like to get it because it’s kind of addictive.
Tip! With a small cup you can choose two flavors. The strawberry & cream is a less sweet pairing.
Other stuff I’ve had:
It came from the Gowanus–
#bestnameever
Too sweet & too much stuff, in my opinion, but it’s still very great. Has a whole bunch of chocolate candies and stuff in it. Looks kinna cray ’cause it is!
Vegan chocolate:
It’s not called this, but basically it is that. I love it. Not too sweet, very chocolatey and right for me. I believe the base of milk is coconut.
Pretty much everything is hella good. It’s definitely on the sweeter side. I prefer ice cream that’s less sweet, but this place is definitely highly recommended!
The Filipina foodie,
Renee Rises

Very delicious ice cream, but supperrrr sweet. If you’re not into extremely sweet things (like me) then you should be more conservative.
It’s expensive for ice cream but quality ice cream so can’t complain here. I sampled the ooey gooey and the sweet as honey. The sweet as honey was way too sweet for me so I stuck it out with the ooey gooey.
The ooey gooey ice cream base was very delicious and creamy. I wasn’t crazy for the ooey gooey cake pieces; it was chewy and sweet and this affirms to me that I do not have a sweet tooth for cake.
However, 4 stars for service and their cute roof deck. I also noticed lactaid pills for sale on the counter, what a thoughtful touch ;)

I love ice cream.
I love homemade ice cream.
And I love Ample Hill’s Salted Crack caramel and their It Came From Gowanus Chocolate.
Apparently so do other Brooklynites. B/​c this place is packed whether you are here on a weekday afternoon or Saturday night.
Their Salted crack caramel has this depth of flavors such as rich milk fat from the butter and a sweet smokiness coming from their caramel and those crack cookies! They taste like heath bars with a sprinkle of salt.
It Came From Gowanus chocolate has chunks of orange brownie in it!
Made from Guitard Chocolate, sprinkled with white chocolate and Grand Marnier orange brownies and mixed with hazelnut paste.
This flavor is a nod to the Gowanus canal. The tiny dots of white chocolate represent the oysters being reintroduced to the canal.
I know ORANGE Brownie sounds gross but is a great unique soft chewy brownie with each rich chocolatey bite.
Not all their flavors are a home run.
The raw deal was not memorable.
And their strawberries and cream was decent but nothing to write home about.
And having two scoops of any of their ice cream flavors is overwhelming sweet.
I went back twice in one day and within our group, four people couldn’t finish their second scoop of ice cream.
But for their well publicized flavors, Ample Hills is a perfect treat pre or post Shuffleboarding (I think that’s not a word).