After tasting Hello Sweet Cream’s scrumptious ice cream, it’s not surprising to learn that co-owner Ryan VanderGiesen grew up eating America’s favorite dessert for breakfast in Dodge City, Kansas. “My grandma would let me eat ice cream for breakfast whenever I visited her,” he says. “My dad owned a pharmacy with a soda fountain with red-topped stools, where I also got to eat ice cream. I just love ice cream. I believe in the magic of ice cream.”
Welcome Hello Sweet Cream!
You will, too! Discover Hello Sweet Cream’s small-batch artisan ice cream. Marvel at their range of sublime, handcrafted flavors. We loved Basil Berry Cheesecake Crumble, Gooey Butter Cake, Key Lime Pie and Praline Pecan with Caramel.
What started as a small ice cream parlor that opened in Eldorado in April 2024 has expanded into a second location in Santa Fe’s CHOMP Food Hall that opened one year later. Both spots scoop six flavors, including a non-dairy option such as Moody Coconut, into waffle cones and dishes. Grab and go pints also are available.
Changing Flavors for the Seasons
Many of Hello Sweet Cream’s flavors are seasonal and right now would be a good time to try Apple Green Chile Crumble, a uniquely New Mexico combo dreamed up by VanderGiesen and his husband Ryan Craig, who’s a co-founder and co-owner of Hello Sweet Cream.
“We were talking about a fall flavor and we thought green chile and then, what about apple?” VanderGiesen says. Tinkering with ingredients, they came up with a hit, composed of Hatch green chile, green apples, cinnamon and a crumble made of oats, a medley of nuts, and brown butter. “We use a vintage hand crank peeler to peel the green apples,” says VanderGiesen, proving that Hello Sweet Cream is devoted to nostalgia as much as innovation.
To date, Hello Sweet Cream has crafted 20 flavors, each hand-churned and scooped when fresh. To watch the magic happen, head to the original location. “Eldorado is where we make all the ice cream,” VanderGiesen says.
In homage to VanderGiesen’s grandmother, he and Craig created the Ice Cream for Breakfast flavor. “We took cornflakes and infused them into our sweet cream base and added Frosted Flakes,” he says. When he visited his grandmother back home, he took some of Hello Sweet Cream’s Praline Pecan with Caramel for her to try. “She loved it,” he says, beaming.
Story by Lynn Cline
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