San Francisco's Museum of Ice Cream has a sprinkle pool and a Pop Rocks cave here's what it's li
San Francisco is holding onto summer at the new Museum of Ice Cream, a colorful Instagram paradise where visitors eat ice cream and snap selfies amidst shrines to the frozen treat.
The wildly popular pop-up exhibit sparked a social-media mania during its temporary runs in Los Angeles and New York earlier this year. San Francisco is the largest of the three exhibits and features a sprinkle pool, Pop Rocks cave, and a psychedelic rainbow room.
After selling out the first batch of tickets in 18 minutes, Museum of Ice Cream extended its run through February 2018 — but good luck getting tickets. Those also sold out lightning-fast. Scalpers on Craigslist are selling tickets, originally priced at $38, for as much as $135 a pop.
We got the chance to visit Museum of Ice Cream before opening. Take a look inside.
The new Museum of Ice Cream is located inside an iconic old bank on Grant Avenue.
The team gave it a candy-coated makeover from the ground up.
Seriously, it's a lot of pink.
The experience kicks off with a photo opportunity. This machine takes a quick video of you against a bubblegum-colored backdrop and sends it to your email address.
We played a brief — and unsuccessful — game of whipped-cream can ring toss.
Follow your nose into a sweet-smelling, old-fashioned soda fountain shop.
We indulged in miniature sundaes, made with ginger snap ice cream, savory sweet ginger crumble, and strawberry-basil sauce — provided by San Francisco's Bi-Rite Creamery.
Each month, a different ice cream shop creates original flavors for the Museum of Ice Cream.
In the next room, refrigerator magnets let you write a message or an ode to ice cream.
We were treated to bite-sized treats from My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream. Beware of brain freeze!
An opportunity for a new profile picture presented itself around every corner.
Here's another one.
You can nibble on freshly-swirled, cherry-flavored cotton candy sprinkled with edible glitter.
We half-expected the Lollipop Guild to pop out from behind these oversized candies.
The pink AstroTurf looked torn from the backyard of the Barbie Dreamhouse.
Photography might be allowed in this museum, but touching is not. We saw a museum employee politely ask a young woman to demount the unicorn in the rainbow room.
You can, however, treat yourself to a soft-serve cone dipped in sugary "unicorn milk."
By the time we arrived in the Pop Rocks cave, our sugar high was stratospheric.
A hit at the New York and Los Angeles locations, the sprinkle pool returns in San Francisco.
There are 100 million colored sprinkles made from plastic.
The cherry on top, so to speak, is a trio of photo booths with colorful backdrops.
Those are bubblegum-colored bananas hanging from the ceiling.
If your sweet tooth still wants more, you can buy a scoop of ice cream for $4. We found room for the Piñata flavor, made with frosted Circus Animal Cookies. It was delicious.
Museum of Ice Cream is a Willy Wonka factory come to life that you won't want to leave.
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