When news broke a few weeks back that the geniuses behind Ample Hills — and most importantly, the geniuses behind Ooey Gooey Butter Cake — were bringing their talents to a new location in Brooklyn, the internet promptly panicked. A gigantic factory? Filled with ice cream!?
Fast forward and there's now a 15,000-square-foot monster of a museum (yes, it's a museum, too!) nestled into Red Hook. The space is not only a museum and a factory, though. It's also a gigantic scoop shop where those who came for the interactive ice cream playroom and exhibits can stay for DIY sundae-making and flights of ice cream.
When all is up in running (as it's expected to be in the next few weeks), the Red Hook facility will churn out 500,000 gallons of ice cream every year. For comparison's sake, Ample Hills's next-largest outpost in Gowanus makes about 50,000 gallons per year. The factory will do it with about 15 less employees than Gowanus's store too — that's partially because they're able to pasteurize their own milk on the premises.
Also special at the factory will be a broader range of Ample Hills merch, as well as squares of their famous cakes for purchase. Caramel brittle, fudge brownie, and other candy mix-ins will be available too.
All of this is to say ... NO SLEEP TIL (THIS PARTICULAR STOP IN) BROOKLYN.
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