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Ample Hills Creamery is raising the ice cream stakes.
Starting today, the Brooklyn-born ice cream shop is teaming up with Williamsburg hot sauce specialist Heatonist (the retailer behind the fiery sauces featured on Hot Ones) for a trio of limited-edition frozen treats that range from pleasantly peppery to genuinely intimidating. The collaboration brings three new flavors across all four Ample Hills locations, including one ice cream so spicy that customers will have to sign a waiver before taking a bite.
The lineup starts gently with Hot Mango, a vegan mango sorbet dusted with Tajín and cayenne pepper for a sweet-tangy kick. Next comes Devil's Food, which folds cayenne into rich chocolate ice cream loaded with fudgy brownie pieces, proving that chocolate and chile remain one of dessert's most underrated pairings.
Then there's Sweet Regret, a name that doubles as a warning. The ice cream is made with Carolina Reaper peppers (widely considered among the hottest peppers in the world), which measure roughly 1.5 to 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units. Designed for serious spice fans only, Sweet Regret blends strawberry-forward ice cream with sweet cream, strawberries, strawberry purée and red beet before delivering an intense blast of Carolina Reaper heat. It's served exclusively in a miniature "Little Dipper" cup, accompanied by a carton of milk, and every customer has to sign a waiver before digging in.
If that sounds like your idea of a good time, you'll also have the chance to try it outside the scoop shop. Beginning tomorrow, Ample Hills' ice cream cart will pop up outside Heatonist's Williamsburg storefront at 121 Wythe Avenue every Saturday and Sunday through July 26, from noon to 8pm. Sweet Regret will be available there alongside a rotating selection of Ample Hills favorites, though the Hot Mango and Devil's Food flavors will remain exclusive to Ample Hills' brick-and-mortar locations.
Whether you're chasing a refreshing scoop or looking to test your pain tolerance, this might be New York City's hottest dessert of the summer—literally. Just don't say you weren't warned.