One of the best things to do as a family in Lancaster County is to go to The Turkey Hill Experience to experience the famous ice cream and iced tea/lemonade brand that started out as a family operation in the area. Tickets aren't crazy expensive. It was just over $16 for my adult ticket. It gave me access to the museum, which is really the second floor. In one small space is a museum about Turkey Hill's history, how ice cream is made, etc. It's very interactive with an area to make your own ice cream flavor, commercial, and more. The ice cream sampling area is great. They give you healthy scoops. There's also an area to try their iced tea and lemonade and learn how it's made. The bottom level is a giant gift shop with toys, clothes, and more. There's a large parking lot out front. read more

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I was gonna take my daughter to North Museum of Nature and Science...but the tickets were sold out on Easter morning. Then I found Turkey Hill Ice cream Experience only 30min away from Lancaster, and decided to visit. We bought the double scoop experience (comes with ice cream test lab) and obviously that was the highlight of the place! The test lab is about 45min experience and the whole thing with self-guided tour takes about 1hr 30min to 2 hours depending how crowded it is. The visit was fun and of course my 5-year-old daughter had a great time eating tons of ice cream! read more

Very clean, lots of helpful staff. The upstairs is a self guided tour and mini museum, also samples of their drinks and of course the ice-cream! The only problem we had was we were there on a Tuesday morning at 10 thinking we might have the place to ourselves, WRONG! The place was PACKED! It made it kind of tricky for our 6 year old grand daughter to do everything she would have liked to do. read more

Visted on the 4th of July, perfect tourist attraction for locals and all ages. Even being solo for the experience, with families and kids was relaxing, and pleasent. Admission prices are reasonable, and who doesnt love unlimited samples of iced tea, and lemonade, icecream on a hot day. Vistors have a choice between one scoop, two scoop, or three scoop attraction. I choose one scoop; hilights of my visit- learning history of Turkey Hill, process of icecream being made, creating a virtual icecream flavor, watching the production , live from interactive camera in one of the exhibits. Be sure to take the few moments, to watch the introduction video. My favorite ice cream sample flavors were Graham Slam & Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake. An attraction must, well visiting Lancaster, PA. My recommendation would be too sell a few more flavors that you offer , with unlimited tastings. My favorite was orange icedtea. read more

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Turkey Hill, a local convenience store staple in Central Pennsylvania, brought life back to a vacant historic building built in 1889 as a silk mill in 2011 as the Turkey Hill Experience. The experience is a separate entity from the convenience stores. The fun experience is not just about learning the history of Turkey Hill, founded in 1967 by Charles and Emerson Frey, but also about having an interactive opportunity to taste the products manufactured by Turkey Hill, mainly the creamy ice cream flavors and an extensive selection of iced tea. You can purchase your admission tickets online ahead of time. There is plenty of parking, and seniors are offered discounts. The Turkey Hill Experience is a great day out for summer campers, visiting grandchildren, or on a family day trip during the summer. Adults will enjoy it, too. Lots of staff around to answer questions and direct you. read more

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I did the one scoop experience and that was perfect for my young kids! We had a blast just bouncing around the self guided tour, taking samples of the tea and ice cream, and playing all the games. Love that it was self guided and everything was so kid oriented. I have been on many food tours and usually it's just informational and you can't touch or do much. This was so hands on, paced however you make it, and as much ice cream and tea as you can handle. If my kids were a little older, I'm sure I would have done the 2 or 3 scoop option in which you make your own teas and ice creams. I highly recommend checking this out. read more

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This is great! I would definitely return. Parking was perfect. We had no issue with parking. The cost of the tickets was very responsible especially since you can sample beverages and ice cream. When you walk in it's pretty easy to navigate. It was all things Turkey Hill, and the gift shop had so many things to check out and purchase. The ice cream sampling was a nice treat. They had so many flavors to choose from. There were also many different areas for both children and adults to explore. It was never super crowded while walking around inside. My family opted to participate in the tea discovery tasting. The tea discovery tasting experience was my favorite. They really did a great job putting that together and having it prepared. Overall this is a pretty cool place to visit. I highly encourage you to visit. A perfect rainy day activity. read more

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Cute little place! I love that they give you free tasting of ice cream with the admission price. My kids loved learning about the process of making ice cream and going back to try the different flavors. They got fun little trinkets from the gift shop on the way out too! read more

The Turkey Hill Experience - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Columbia, Pennsylvania

This seems pretty overrated to me. Maybe for kids but the portion of make it yourself ice cream is just way too much. It was very crowded and you wait in line even when youre already there. The tea is just super sweet. If someone was just a huge gan of Turkey Hill then yes, you'd be in Heaven. read more

Saw this place all over TikTok and knew that I had to stop in for the experience and unlimited tea and ice cream sampling. The experience is very much geared towards children, which was a bit disappointing, but the tastings were great. The pomegranate lemonade stole the show in the tea section, which has about 8 self-serve beverages you can try over and over again. The ice cream sampling was insane, with 10 or so flavors to choose from, receiving one scoop at a time. My only downside to this is it just seemed so wasteful, as I'd rather have received less each time than feeling guilty throwing out ice cream so I could go and taste another flavor, only to repeat again. If you're an adult, unless you plan on spending hours trying and digesting ice cream, I don't recommend it but if you have children, definitely stop in! read more

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Well we thought this would be a good place to take our kids and spend at least an hour at the place. But this experience left us with a lot to be desired. It took us about and hour and half from suburbs of Philadelphia. We did stop half way to get a bite to eat. We got there and took the one scope pass thinking there might be a lot to do in a 17k sq feet facility. They have two main features one is where you can taste some of their ice teas and lemonades and the other all you eat ice cream which is being served by the most unenthusiastic employees! Something seemed off as this was a weekend and not much seems to be going on within the facility. It was not empty but lacked a vibe. The store on the first floor was filled with odd things that represented Turkey Hill brand. The idea seemed good but the execution on the whole experience left bad taste! Anyway I would skip this attraction until something changes drastically. read more

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This place is great for ice cream lovers with children. The building is a little cramped when you enter. You will enter straight into the gift shop area where you can also purchase tickets to the classrooms where you will be able to create your own ice cream. This by far was the best experience of the whole trip. You will enter a room full of flavors, topping and so much more. My only advice is don't swing for the double or triple scoop of ice cream unless you have a major sweet tooth. If you are traveling with kids they will most likely end you throwing it away after overloading it with toppings. Not to worry because in the upstairs museum style area, there is more free samples of a majority of their flavors. My favorite happened to be the monster cookie. There's also an area where the kids can play and there is a slide available as well as the area for photos. The souvenirs are pretty expensive so be cautious. One really cool feature is that you can build your own ice cream on their computer with the ticket you purchased and you have a chance to order it online with the barcode and they will ship it to your. Overall, this is a great place to visit if it's on your bucket list or you just happen to be in the area. read more

The Turkey Hill Experience - Make your own ice cream! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Columbia, Pennsylvania

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Always wanted to come here. Very educational, my son just wanted some ice cream and to play. Cute gift shop and actually had my son's name on a plaque for once, seriously most places never do. We had fun and it was a nice thing to do on vacation in the area. read more

This was a really fun experience! For $14, my friends and I were each able to explore the Turkey Hill creation process and learn about what goes into making their superb products. We got unlimited free samples of teas and lemonades, and iced cream. The tea flavors were peach, orange (my personal favorite), diet, diet mango green, and sweet regular. The lemonade flavors were pomegranate, kiwi strawberry, and diet. These samples made our trip here well worth it - I really enjoyed the teas and lemonades! The iced cream flavors were limited and the samples were so large that we were too full to try multiple flavors. I was disappointed that we could not try more than the limited 12 flavors that they had available. Employees were friendly and helpful. Super cool environment with a film. We got to make our own turkey hill commercial as well! Lastly, there were fun photo ops that made fun memories. read more

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Loved every minute of this experience...please don't skip on the ice cream experience...well worth the money and time...there is no rush to do this your so take your time and let the kids run off that sugar energy. Come on a hot day and leave refreshed...something for the entire family. Plenty of parking and photo ops. Experience is set up very similar to other tours whereby a gift shop is always present upon entry. Multiple levels, plenty of stroller parking, and knowledgeable and friendly staff. If you are touring Hershey Park, coming to Turkey Hill is indeed a next step. read more

As with almost any museum, you can hurry your way through and "be done" in a matter of minutes, or take your time to enjoy each section, and spend hours! My family and I loved this place. We opted for the Taste Lab add-on, and were definitely glad we did. However, without the TasteLab, this would also be a great value and fun way to spend the day. There are a lot of interactive exhibits, things to see, games to play, and videos to watch. There is also unlimited (free/included) iced tea and ice cream! You can go up to the ice cream counter for a scoop or two of the many flavors available, eat it, then go back for more -- as many times as you'd like! There are also iced tea dispensers with varieties of iced tea and lemonade with stacks of small cups which are also freely available to visitors. You can also create some digital mementos which are accessible via the internet. I am very glad we visited this cool place. We had a lot of fun, and learned a LOT about Turkey Hill as well as ice cream and iced tea in general. read more

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Kids loved this place so much for them to do and see. They even had an Ice cream shop where they could pick whatever flavors they wanted. Also, all the tea flavors they could ask for it was awesome! Staff is so friendly and a cute place! read more

The Turkey Hill Experience - Picture of my niece inside a carton of Ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Columbia, Pennsylvania

What a fantastic time at Turkey Hill experience! We had so much fun! Everybody there was wonderful very nice. We laughed a lot. Everybody in the family had a good time! It's definitely worth the trip! We had so much ice cream it was coming out of our ears a fun place with the whole family! read more

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We had an absolute blast at the Turkey Hill experience. The place is really great for adult and kids alike. The free samples are awesome, and they had a great variety of iced teas, lemonades, and ice creams available. The exhibits were really fun and we enjoyed creating our own ice cream, designing our container, and filming our own commercials! We also did the make your own ice cream in the lab and that was a fun experience. Parking was easy and we would def recommend! read more

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While in staying in York, PA I booked tickets for my family to visit The Turkey Hill Experience. We opted to add on the CYO ice cream. My kids are 5 & 3, and they LOVED this place, they could have stayed there all day - between the arcade game, the slide, all the interactive exhibits and of course the endless ice cream samples - they were in heaven. They were probably a bit young to do the CYO experience, as they needed alot of help with the bending and adding ingredients. I think this place is great for adults too - who doesn't love ice cream? There is plenty of history around the experience and interesting facts about ice cream and ice tea. Worth a visit & totally something I could see us doing again. read more

Such a fun time! We did all three experiences. Love Turkey Hill ice cream and their tea. We are seniors and loved it. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. read more

My family and I adored this place and had such a blast! When I initially read other reviews, I didn't expect much and was actually not too excited to go, but after walking out of this place, I was so happy that we went! This place is super cute, family & kid friendly, and very fun. They have plenty of photo ops, different style interactive games (some arcade, some more hands on), small areas that are more like a museum with history and videos about Turkey Hill, UNLIMITED tea tasting area, AND UNLIMITED ice cream samples!! I am in my mid-thirties, and I had fun walking around, reading, and playing the games. What made this place truly unique (and quite clever) is that you can virtually make your own flavor ice cream, packaging, and commercial! You can later download your commercial. I didn't care too much about the tea, but man, did I take advantage of the unlimited ice cream! When I went, they were offering 16 samples AND floats (for Halloween)!! I tried 7 different flavors, with lemon blueberry pound cake being my favorite. The samples are generous. They don't give you a tiny sample on a spoon; they actually give you a baby size scoop and place it in a small cup. You can try two samples at a time, and when you finish, they are happy to give you more samples. (: I did listen to other people and did not purchase the "make your own ice cream." We only paid for the "single scoop experience" and I thought it was plenty! The tickets are $15, so it may not be worth it if you bring a large family, even with the unlimited tea and ice cream because it could be really expensive. However, I do believe this place is a great stop for small families with little kids or an afternoon date. I am from Texas where Blue Bell is King, but it was fun learning about Turkey Hill and trying this brand of ice cream! read more

Turkey Hill isn't a recognizable ice cream and tea brand where I live, but I thought it'd be neat to check this place out while I was in Lancaster visiting. Thinking it was an ice cream factory tour of some sort, I went to check it out and learned it was a super kiddie experience. It's honestly best for families with kids. In the ice cream tasting room you can get unlimited amount of ice cream scoops to try. I didn't know because the guy who scooped my ice cream gave me a huge portion of the one flavor I asked. Then I saw others repeatedly going back up to the counter to get multiple small scoops to sample. I ended up only trying their mint chip. The tea samplers is self-served and you can get as much as you'd like. The classic lemonade is probably the best one. The overall general experience is quite short as the place isn't huge. read more

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I went solo as soon as they opened. I recommend this EARLY as a solo traveler because the families with the little kids showed up around 1030/11 and it became enough for me to leave. This is something I would do once if you have ever eaten a turkey hill product.. you can read some history, drink a bunch of lemonade or tea, and also eat cups and cups of icecream. The lemon blueberry icecream was phenomenal. Nothing better than unlimited icecream read more

The Turkey Hill Experience - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Columbia, Pennsylvania

Such a cool place to spend the day with family. We went right after Christmas and enjoyed the different Christmas trees that were creatively decorated all over the place. Our kids of ages ranging from 6 to 24 all enjoyed it. We chose to purchase the Taste Lab and each made our own flavor icecream. Honestly, it was more than enough Icecream for one person, but the historical explanation and hands on experience made it more fun. They also offer sample icecream which would've been more than enough for me in my opinion. So much to do and see and would encourage families to check it out. read more

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Visited on a Saturday afternoon and booked the taste lab experience also. Fun place to spend a few hours, delicious samples of teas and interactive exhibits. Cons, a lot of the electronic items didn't seem to be working well. I think the history and upstairs could have more. I also think it was entirely too expensive for what it is. During the experience, a full pint of ice cream for 1 person is a lot and they're very strict on every person needing a ticket and the spacing inside. It felt very rushed, 2 min to add flavors, 2 min for mixins - if you're trying to do yours and assist someone else. read more

The Turkey Hill Experience - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Columbia, Pennsylvania

This is in the same tier of children's experience as indoor playgrounds or science centers on rainy weekends. Imagine a place where your children have unfettered access to all you can eat ice cream and iced tea. Now imagine that place about half as large as you first envisioned it. Double the noise. Now you're getting closer to the Turkey Hill Experience. On the good side, the ice cream and tea are delicious, and being able to sample flavors without committing to a purchase is a nice benefit of your admission. There's also a make your own ice cream session that is fun to try, though you need to be committed to waiting for your time slot. On the bad side, the place is a sugared-up fever dream where kids and adults act equally. I watched a 6 foot tall grown man, who had definitely sampled a healthy amount of ice cream in his lifetime, squeeze himself into a slide that was unequivocally designed for children under 10. I watched people spilling tea like it was a high school locker room. I watched HUNDREDS of children running from exhibit to exhibit like a pack of termites at a sawdust factory. In the end, I think you can have a great time here in the middle of the week or during school season. But no mistake about it, you'll be in Turkey Hell if you try to make this a fun summer break at midday. read more

Calling all families and ice cream lovers! The turkey hill experience is one of the best interactive museums I've visit in a long time. Not only do you learn some pretty cool facts about ice cream, you get to create and eat it too. My son and I came during his spring break and we had an amazing time. You can easily spend about two hours here and not get bored. The ice tea tasting was interesting and the unlimited ice cream tasting was exciting. read more

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Overpriced! On a random Wednesday in June this place was very overcrowded. Three of us paid $42 for the experience. And that was WITHOUT the make-your-own flavor experience which would have been a significant upcharge. If you want to do that bit be sure to call ahead as it only runs a few times through the day and you'd need to schedule accordingly. The exhibits were meh, so unless you plan to eat your actual weight in ice cream samples (and they deter this by giving you those frustrating little wooden paddles instead of spoons & not providing seating or even really anyplace to lean or get out of the way while you eat) I think your money is better spent at a different museum & just stopping for an ice cream cone later. There were some interactive exhibits so younger kids may enjoy it more on a slow day, but this is not worthwhile with older kids/teens. read more

I loved the Turkey Hill Experience! We were engaged from the time we walked in to the time we left. The experience included the history of Turkey Hill, create your own flavor/packaging, along with Turkey Hill tea and ice cream samples. Turkey Hill represents the history of the family business within the wall displays, interactive sensory items and furniture. It was nice to see photo props throughout. We definitely took a number of pictures with the provided props. I had a number of favorite parts during the experience. 1) The tea and lemonade samples (the peach tea is hitting). 2) Everyone receives a paper Turkey Hill hat. 3) Ice cream sampling 4) Picture props All of the staff members that I encountered were friendly and had a sense of humor. I especially enjoyed that! The older gentleman in the ice cream sampling section was so helpful and even grabbed extra chairs for my friend and I to sit together. He is a rockstar! read more

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When passing through Pennsylvania, you need to make time for The Turkey Hill Experience! Admission is pretty reasonable and there's fun for the whole family. We didn't pay for the extra lab experiences because we didn't have enough time (arrived maybe an hour before closing). General admission gives you access to everything minus the labs that you pay extra for. We enjoyed the interactive things to do (though some were cheesy). My son enjoyed "making" ice cream by bringing empty gallon tubs labeled with pictures of the different ingredients on the conveyor belt. The best part was seeing it digitally transform into a mixture of fun flavors (or ridiculous ones)! There were also some interactive photo opportunities like a giant ice cream tub or cutouts where you can stick your head in. If you aren't into ice cream, they also have a tea station where you can sample all of their iced teas. Some were good, some not so good. There was some fun mixing flavors in their little cones to try too lol For the ice cream samples, they change the flavors once a month. I wasn't too impressed by the flavors when we went. The employees giving the samples were overly generous with the samples. By the end we were asking for SMALL samples, but somehow the flavors my son wanted were LARGER samples ;) On your way out (or when you arrive) they have a little freezer cookie dough sundaes. As if you weren't stuffed enough LOL The gift shop had some cute stuff too. My son was too cool for a souvenir t-shirt or ice cream themed PJ bottoms though. We got some cute souvenirs and the prices were somewhat reasonable! Hope you enjoy the experience if you are in the area. read more

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The best place to go in the area. Free samples of ice cream and iced tea. All kinds of interactive things to do with your children. Can't beat the price- I paid 10 dollars for my daughter and me and my partner were free since we are both Army Veterans. The one time we went, we paid a little extra money and built our own ice cream, which was really fun. We got to choose a base, then a flavor and got to pick through a bunch of toppings. We were already in the area going Hershey and this was a must to visit. Fyi the parking lot gets packed and you might have to park in the Burger King nearby- like we did. read more

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This is definitely one of those "family-friendly" places that you go to once with the kids to say you did it and then you move along. It definitely has those "tourist trap" vibes. The name almost makes you think you're going to see some ice cream being made or something along those lines. As others have also expressed, it's a little misleading or not entirely clear. This is somewhat of a curated children's play place/ hands on museum. Don't get me wrong, we had our fun, but we didn't waste time and got out of there as soon as our tasting experience was over. The tasting experience was cute. We learned a few things. We got to mix our own flavors into a chocolate or vanilla ice cream and eat it. That was fun. Would I do it again? Probably not. read more

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Wow! What an ever-so-nifty "experience" for families and kids of ALL ages! Well-priced. Educational and recreational - from cow and milking lessons to ice cream and local history information. Free samples of great ice cream flavors. Nifty gifty shop. Free parking. Just lots of fun and fun and fun. read more

This was the second time visiting the turkey hill experience and its still amazing. There's a lot of interactive experiences like smelling the different teas, virtually making your own huge batch of ice cream and designing the label and container, trying 8 different teas, and unlimited ice cream samples. My family thinks of it as an ice cream buffet. The make your own ice cream is an experience that can't be missed. It's adding 20 different flavor extracts, toppings, mix ins to vanilla ice cream. I recall them taking the ice creams back and putting them in the freezer for maybe 5 minutes after mixing them before but didn't happen this time. I had a delicious milkshake by the end of it. For about $20 each, this was a great family experience. read more

We stopped here on our way back from Hershey Park and on the way to Lancaster. It was a great pit stop. Our girls (2 and 4) loved it. They had a little ice cream shop area where they played forever!! My husband and I loved all the ice cream samples which were very nice sized portions and also the turkey hill drink samples. We were able to spend 1 to 2 hours there and we enjoyed it. We did the basic package and did not take any of their classes b/c we felt like our girls were a little young to sit for them. read more

As of 4/29/23 they stopped the tea tasting for an additional $5 fee due to lack of staff. Unlimited tea sampling & ice cream is included in price of admission. Honestly, I had no idea that Turkey Hill ice cream was in PA. Haha, now I know. The Turkey Hill Experience was a lot more fun for me in person than it looked in pics. This isn't an actual factory, hence the name. We purchased tickets online, because we wanted to ensure we had seats in the taste lab, as it's a popular activity for an additional fee. Everything is primarily upstairs. There is a ticket counter downstairs, but also upstairs as well. On the first floor upon entering is the gift shop, restrooms and Taste Lab A & B. PA has a way of executing learning experiences in a captivating & effective way that caters to those of all ages. One gets to check out a vintage TH delivery truck, learn how tea was disseminated throughout the world, the history of Turkey Hill, the ice cream making process, along with proper storage & quality control. It's active learning at its best without actually making ice cream! I had way more fun than I probably should have! There were so many highlights for me, from wearing a TH hat, playing Bacteria Galaga to eradicate the bad bacteria, virtually creating my own ice cream flavor then virtually designing my own ice cream carton, to starring in my own ice cream commercial. Which I learned I definitely do not have a TV personality. The photo ops are great too! Not to forget the unlimited ice cream & tea! Don't forget to check out more ice samples in the far back on the second floor! They have various flavors of scooped ice cream back there! I think the packaged freezer ice cream varies. At the time the birthday sundaes were available in the freezers. Where as other pics I've seen cookie ice cream sandwiches etc available. The taste lab was an ok experience for me. Most likely because there were A LOT of people (both kids & adults) ,probably 70-80 people, not kidding. Not only that, my flavor tasted like trash, but the onus is on me. Don't go rogue with the flavors & inclusions & don't excessively stir. (which they warn you about)That was my mistake. You choose either vanilla or chocolate as your base & choose variegates & put 5 drops of it, & then pick up to 3 inclusions. You get to eat your own creation after. However they don't have lids for your pint of ice cream, so you're walking around with ice cream in an open pint container or you chuck the rest of it. So plan accordingly. Either book the lab first thing so you can finish your pint or book near the end of your day, so you can leave with your ice cream. Just make sure you leave room for the unlimited ice cream already included. Parking is free, although it's not a huge parking lot. They're also only open for 5 hours or so. If it's your birthday, ask for a birthday button at one of the counters if you want one. read more

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This was really fun for my five year old. Lots to do and the ice cream was delicious. There was a slide and other things to play with before you head into the part where you make ice cream. read more

We purchased the Double Scoop experience, which is the exhibit and the Turkey Hill Lab Experience $18.95 for adults, $8.95 for kids under 3 years old (unless they sit on your lap, and that's $0) and I think $18.45 for kids 3-12. The Lab Experience is an add-on for $8.95 so if you just do the "Single Scoop" without the lab experience, it's $10.95 adults, $10.45 big kids and $0 kids under 3. I would definitely recommend the Double Scoop so you can make your own pint of ice cream from the vanilla base ice cream. Logan, our "teacher" was also very nice and funny. They don't have any freezers for you to store your pint so I would suggest doing the lab experience towards the end your visit and maybe even bringing a freezer bag if you'd like to bring the ice cream home. The Single Scoop experience seems a bit boring, just touring the second floor that has a walkthrough self-guided ~45min tour and iced tea and ice cream sampling. The ice cream samples are legit full scoops though - very generous! read more

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Ice cream shop located outside of Lancaster. We do not require much excuse to visit. Recommend both service and ice cream. read more