Turkey Hill's Bad Idea

[New for 2026] I don't know why, but Turkey Hill is getting in to the soft dessert game... well, I guess I do know why, money, it's always about money.

I just don't get it. Did they see the Blue Bunny Soft lineup and think "yeah, we can do that too!". That lineup just doesn't strike me as a big seller, so why copy it?

I guess I'm still just mad that they shrunk the all natural lineup and that it's hard to find.

What do you think of this food science inspired news?

Turkey Hill Late Night Ultimate Cookie Overload

[New for July 2024] You know what's funny? For whatever reason, I've been thinking about Turkey Hill's Late Night lineup these last few weeks, and the plan was to hit a convenience store soon to start trying them. Well, in a fun surprise, my local Walmart finally has a few new treats on the shelf including all seven late night flavors.

Turkey Hill Late Night Ultimate Cookie Overload Ice Cream

Cookie dough flavored ice cream with cookie dough pieces, choco flakes, and cookie crumb swirl

Turkey Hill Barbie "Ice Cream"

[New for August 2024] Have you seen the new "Late Night" (faux) pints from Turkey Hill yet? I haven't, but I was surprised to find these two hiding in the freezer end cap. You all know I'm not a fan of frozen dairy dessert, but since these are probably limited edition, maybe I should bring one home...

Frosted Cupcake: cupcake swirled with pink icing

Strawberry Marshmallow: strawberry swirled with marshmallow

Turkey Hill Graham Slam Returns...

[Returning for 2023] Turkey Hill Graham Slam returns... as a frozen dairy dessert. That sentence makes me both happy and sad at the same time. In my 2015 review, I said they needed to get this one in Massachusetts, and here it is finally.... sort of...

Turkey Hill Graham Slam Frozen Dairy Dessert

artificially flavored graham [frozen dairy dessert]

with marshmallow filled with choco cups and a graham cracker swirl

Blue Sundae Cup Showdown

The regulars here know that I'm a sucker for catchy packaging. Granted, what catches my eye may not be what catches your eye, but I do like to give props when something stands out on the shelf. In particular, I'm talking about the cool blue packaging of this Friendly's sundae cup, and to make things interesting, why don't we go ahead and pit it against the Turkey Hill version?

Friendly's Celebration Ice Cream Cake Sundae Cup

vs

Turkey Hill's Party Cake Layered Sundae

Turkey Hill Strawberry Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

[New for 2022] As always, I try to keep at least one kind of ice cream cookie sandwich in the basement freezer, especially during the summer mows when I need a mid-mowing snack. You might even remember that I tried two of these last year and wound up preferring the vanilla version over the chocolate version. Well, let's see where this strawberry version ranks.

Turkey Hill Strawberry & Double Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

strawberry ice cream between double chocolate chip cookies

Turkey Hill Simply Natural Strawberries & Cream

--- At the end, we'll talk about the "Simply Natural" rebranding ---

[New for 2020 or 2021] So I went to Market Basket for the first time in a very long time a few months ago. I had only been there once or twice during the pandemic, and that was to grab an item or two, not stare at the ice cream aisle. Well, I finally made it back and spied something I had never seen before. You know I love this lineup, so let's dig in to.....

Turkey Hill Simply Natural Strawberries & Cream Ice Cream

strawberry ice cream with sliced strawberries

Turkey Hill Dipped Duos

[New for 2022] I know I give Turkey Hill a lot of flack for their stuff not being as good as it use too, and this next product doesn't sound terribly fancy, but guess what? It's good!

Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean & Chocolate Dipped Duos

2 flavors of premium ice cream swirled together

and covered in rich milk chocolate

Turkey Hill Cookie Butter Ice Cream

[New for 2022] Do I have any faith left in Turkey Hill's mainstream lineup? Honestly? Like, super honest? No, not really (which is ironic considering that I love their all natural line up). I do still buy their cookie dough for my wife, but that's pretty much it (and even that isn't nearly as good as it used to be). Sure I could use new content for the blog, but if I have no urge to finish the container, what's the point? That said, I decided to cut them a little slack and try...

Turkey Hill Cookie Butter Ice Cream

cookie butter flavored ice cream

Turkey Hill Snickerdoodle

[Limited edition for Fall 2021] Yeah, I gave in and bought a frozen dairy dessert. 

Turkey Hill Snickerdoodle Frozen Dairy Dessert

cinnamon with snickerdoodle cookie pieces

Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean & Double Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich

[New for 2021] What's in the freezer right now? Not much in the way of treats, but I have a hopeful suspicion that I will like these more than the chocolate/chocolate version. 

Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean & Double Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich

vanilla bean ice cream between chocolate chocolate chip cookies

Turkey Hill Chocolate Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich

[New for 2021] Now that we've sampled something from the other Turkey Hill treat offerings, let's finally dive in to their new ice cream cookie sandwiches.

Turkey Hill Chocolate Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

chocolate ice cream between two soft & chewy double chocolate chip cookies

Turkey Hill Strawberry Fruit & Cream Bar

[New for 2021] So Turkey Hill is rocking a bunch of new treats this year and I'm going to cover this one first because I bought it first (I'll cover their new sandwiches next time)

Turkey Hill Strawberry Fruit & Cream Bar

Turkey Hill Strawberry Marshmallow Swirl

[New for 2021] Ooops I did it again. I went and tried a new flavor last month and didn't post it. Sorry about that. Maybe I was bitter that it's only a frozen dairy dessert?

Turkey Hill Strawberry Marshmallow Swirl Frozen Dairy Dessert

strawberry frozen dairy dessert with a swirl of whipped marshmallow

Turkey Hill S'mores Trio'politan Ice Cream

[New for 2021] So it's been 3 years since the Trio'politan line debuted, but for whatever reason, they didn't release any new Trio flavors last year and this is the only new one for this year. Hey, we'll take a new Trio flavor though right? Especially if it's S'mores flavored.

Turkey Hill S'mores Trio'politan Ice Cream

graham-flavored ice cream with graham crack swirl,

chocolate ice cream, and toasted marshmallow-flavored ice cream

Turkey Hill Cookie Dough Delight Layered Sundae

[New for 2021] Not to be outdone, by Talenti's 5 layer treats, Turkey Hill is jumping in the single serve sundae game. Our old pal @junkbanter was at a virtual taste testing of these, but I actually already found half of them at Stop & Shop! Let's dig in to...

Turkey Hill Cookie Dough Delight Layered Sundae

vanilla cookie dough ice cream and chocolate cookie dough ice cream

with cookie dough pieces, fudge, and chocolate chip cookies

Happy Halloween!

Happy (Snowy!) Halloween everybody! Things are pretty quiet around here which is why I gave in and picked this up (so few options in the freezer aisle right now!)

Turkey Hill Pumpkin Pie Frozen Dairy Dessert

pumpkin frozen dairy dessert with a cinnamon graham cracker swirl

I think this is the first time that I've had this flavor since it's been converted to a frozen dairy dessert. Yes, I still hate the spongy nature of frozen dairy dessert (that will never change). I feel like the swirl might be a little less crazy than the original version (reviewed here), but it's still doing a good job of keeping this flavor amusing. 

I won't be buying a half dozen of these, but it's probably best that I spiced things up... get it, spiced! ('cause the cinnamon) ..Ha.. I had actually planned on doing an early morning ice cream restock run to Wegman's this morning, but even ice cream isn't worth braving icy roads for.

Happy Halloween everyone, be safe out there!

 

Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Cookie Swirl Ice Cream

[New for 2020, discontinued] It's been a pretty quite year for turkey hill, but they do have two new all natural flavors (and that limited bourbon vanilla flavor that caught some people's eye).

Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Cookie Swirl Ice Cream

mint flavored milk chocolate ice cream with a chocolate cookie swirl

Turkey Hill All Natural Cookie Dough Ice Cream

[New for 2020] That bad news is that I have two tubs of all natural Turkey Hill ice cream that need to go back to price chopper because they let them melt and go bad. The good news is that I found a replacement for their spot in the freezer.

Turkey Hill All Natural Cookie Dough Ice Cream

All natural brown sugar and molasses flavored ice cream
with chewy chocolate chip cookie dough pieces and chocolate chips

Turkey Hill Triple Vanilla Trio'politan Ice Cream

[New for 2019] Unfortunately Turkey Hill hasn't served up a whole lot of newness for us this year. In fact, it seems like the whole mainstream ice cream scene is not doing so well this year (try to think of something truly new from Breyers, Edys, Turkey Hill, etc). That said, I do love ending my days with a nice cup of vanilla ice cream, so let's see if this will do.

Turkey Hill Triple Vanilla Trio'politan Ice Cream

vanilla bean ice cream, brown sugar bourbon vanilla-flavored ice cream
with vanilla cookie crumb swirl, and homemade vanilla ice cream