Matlock’s Ice Cream

Small-Batch · El Dorado Hills Opening Soon

Slow-churned ice cream with a richer scoop.

Matlock’s is building a small-batch ice cream shop in El Dorado Hills around dense, smooth texture and clean, deliberate flavor. Join the opening list for first churns — and a free scoop on opening day.

A freshly scooped serving of Matlock's vanilla ice cream
What We’re Building

Ice cream worth the wait.

Small-Batch Production

Made a few dozen quarts at a time, never by the tanker — each batch numbered and logged.

Dense, Smooth Texture

Churned slowly for a scoop that lands heavier — dense and smooth, never fluffy.

Clean, Deliberate Flavor

Short ingredient lists and real fruit, chocolate, and vanilla — nothing to hide behind.

Tested and Refined

Every flavor earns its place through real tastings and revisions before it reaches the case.

From Test Batch to Scoop Case

No flavor ships on the first churn.

Every Matlock’s flavor is developed the same way — in the open, one small batch at a time.

  1. Create the batch

    A small run leaves the kitchen with a batch number and a hypothesis.

  2. Taste it locally

    Neighbors, friends, and family taste it — and tell us the truth.

  3. Study the feedback

    Every rating and note lands in the batch log, next to the recipe.

  4. Refine the formula

    The recipe is adjusted, re-churned, and put back on the spoon.

  5. Release the finished flavor

    Only a batch that has earned it reaches the scoop case.

Reserve Batch Lab

Design a batch that exists once.

For weddings, birthdays, and company events: a private reserve batch built to your recipe — your base, your mix-ins, your name piped in gold across every pint lid. Crafted once, then retired.

  • 18 Hand-Packed Pints
  • From $299
  • Ready in 48 Hours
Design Your Reserve Batch
The Opening List

Reserve your first scoop.

A hello now, one heads-up when we open — and a free scoop on opening day for everyone on the list.