Hello, kitties!

The cats at Fat Cat Creamery pride ourselves on offering you the most delicious ice cream made with local and the highest quality ingredients. We still make everything from scratch in our tiny kitchen in the back of our parlour, and we still use Mill-King Creamery dairy (in McGregor, TX) and eggs from Ole Dad Farms (in Weimer, TX). 

While our commitment to local suppliers, sustainability, and creating our own ice cream from scratch takes time and effort, we know it’s what makes our ice cream so delicious and keeps our wonderful kitty fans (like you!) coming back.

For the first time in 3.5 years, we’ve slightly increased our prices in the ice cream shop. We know you kitties love supporting the local guys, and we do, too. We’ve absorbed supplier price increases for as long as we can, and the new prices will make sure we can keep supporting local and continue to make the very best ice cream for you. 

We’ve “meowed” a lot of numbers and “scratched” through a lot of ice cream research, and our prices are still below industry standards. We feel great about what we do and how we do it, and we know you do, too.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. 

We look forward to hearing from you, and we can’t wait to see your kitty faces in the ice cream parlour soon!

Meow,

the cats

Fat Cat Creamery Listed in Houston Dessert Guide by Wear+Where+Well 

The cats are meowy excited and thankful to be on local blog Wear+Where+Well's list of go-to desserts in the Houston area, by Kelli Colbert. 

We're in very good company on the list, and though we definitely have an ice cream bias, any sweet tooth can be satisfied by hitting up one of these prime spots. 

Check out the full list here. (pic via Wear+Where+Well)

- the cats

Fat Cat Creamery to join Houston's Sweet Week to benefit No Kid Hungry

Sweet Week is upon us, and the cats are excited to join forces with Fluff Bake Bar and Michael's Cookie Jar, along with more than 30 of Houston's dessert shops and bakeries.

Each shop will pick a special item, and a percentage of that item's sales for the week (from November 6-13th) will be donated to No Kid Hungry.

Fat Cat Creamery has chosen Almond Cloud as the signature treat: A vanilla based ice cream with our yummy Salted Almond Brittle Dust topping mixed throughout. Salted Almond Brittle Dust is always available at the shop, so if you're unable to come out for Sweet Week (though you should definitely do it!) just order Cat's Meow Mexican Vanilla with Salted Almond Brittle on top, to get a feel for Almond Cloud.

Pick up a flyer, and mark off how many sweet shops you can hit up.

Hope to see you for Sweet Week at the shop!

- the cats

Fat Cat Creamery Joins Amberfest Line-up for Texas Center for the Missing Benefit 

The cats will join Amberfest for their first year, along with other vendors like ur pals Yeti Sunshine and Wokker TX Ranger, to raise funds for Houston's Amber Alert system. It was created by the Texas Center for the Missing, an organization which helps find missing people in Houston, TX. 

A percentage of all food and drink sales from vendors will be donated. 

For more info, visit @txcenterforthemissing on Instagram. 

- the cats

Fat Cat Creamery in Restaurant Line-up at Taste of the Nation: No Kid Hungry Benefit 

The cats joined more than 50 Houston local chefs, bartenders, and pitmasters for the Taste of the Nation for No Kid Hungry benefit, held at The Corinthian, downtown. Ticket sales went towards benefitting kids who struggle with hunger. 

This year, we served samples of our Signature Cat's Meow Mexican Vanilla and new fan favorite Honey Toffee ice cream - a vanilla based ice cream with honeycomb candy made in-house (swirled throughout), and got cleaned out! 

Rebecca Mason of Fluff Bake Bar, who provides Fat Cat Creamery with Unicorn Bait Cookies, served as part of the Culinary Council. The cats are always more than happy to join forces with our culinary friends to benefit a great cause. 

Fat Cat Creamery can't wait to join the line-up next year. 

Find more info on No Kid Hungry and Taste the Nation here. 

- the cats

Fat Cat Creamery hit 5K followers on Instagram! 

The cats are meowy, meowy grateful for all the ice-cream loving kitties out there who love to receive updates on what we believe to be the best dessert in the world. 

Thanks for the local love, 

xo, the cats

Fat Cat Creamery featured in Food & Wine Magazine's August 2016 Issue

The cats can't even cat right meow.

Fat Cat Creamery has been listed in Food & Wine Magazine's August 2016 Issue, in the editorial spread 'United States of Ice Cream,‘ with our very own bosscat and owner Sarah Johnston, as the main picture chosen for the entire spread. She represents the shop with a double scoop on a brown butter brown sugar waffle cone, in front of the cat wall in the shop.

The feature, by Julia Heffelfinger and Christine Quinlan, is a tally of 'the best ice creams and favorite parlours across the country' with votes submitted by followers of the magazine's Facebook page.

Fat Cat Creamery has been included in the Southwest portion of the list (the only one chosen in Houston), along with a couple of neighbors in Austin to round out the Texas picks.

Fat Cat Creamery's write-up includes a shout out to The Barry Farm, who provides local seasonal produce to the shop for fruit sorbets, and mentions Milk Chocolate Stout as a top recommended scoop.

Us cats are forever grateful and thankful to the people of Houston, TX., and ice cream fans and lovers from near and far, that have visited and voted for us on this list.

If you're in the Houston area, come visit Fat Cat Creamery in the Heights for some local small batch ice cream, made from scratch.

We love you kitties,

the cats

PS: Check out F&W’s ‘Best Ice Cream’ slideshow here 

Fat Cat Creamery Joins the 2016 Line-up for Great Taste of the Heights

The cats will be at the Great Taste of the Heights 2016, on Saturday, May 21 from 5-10pm, along with other local restaurants handing out sweet and savory tastings and bites, included in the ticket price.

There will also be drink booths and live music performances onsite. The VIP tastings will begin at 5pm, with general admission tastings to start at 6pm.

Pre-sale tickets are available now, and tickets will also be sold at the door the day of the event.

For more event deets, go to www.greattasteoftheheights.com

Come by and say 'meow!'

the cats

Small Business Sundae at Fat Cat Creamery with Tom's of Maine

The cats will be handing out one free scoop for the first 200 people on Sunday, May 1, starting at 11am when the shop opens for the day. Additional scoops are $1 per scoop, with housebaked goods and other frozen treats at regular cost.

We're happy to partner up with Tom's of Maine's for their nationwide ice cream tour to launch the new Rapid Relief Sensitive Toothpaste, and each customer will also get a free sample at the shop.

Meow for now, the cats

Fat Cat Creamery on Buzzfeed!

The cats are feelin' pretty fly.

Fat Cat Creamery has been listed on everyone's favorite listicle site Buzzfeed, on  'What's the Best Thing to Eat in Houston for Less than $10?,' by Marie Telling. 

We’re thankful for the local love. We're in good company, too, with other local Space City faves.

Check the list here.

(Instagram pic via @hannahhmillerr)

Meow! the cats

Fat Cat Creamery to join lineup at Flock’s 7th Annual Beastly Brunch at the Houston Zoo

The cats are excited to be part of the Houston Zoo Flock's 7th Annual Beastly Brunch, to be held on zoo grounds, on Sunday, February 28 from 11am-2pm. We'll be handing out samples in a few different flavors, including Cat's Meow Mexican Vanilla, Hardcore Chocolate, and others.

We'll plan to be in good company with other local area food vendors and a DJ, and from what the cats understand, there will be animals onsite, too. It's free for Flock members, and tickets start at $35.

Check the Facebook event page for more deets here.

Hope to see you cats there!

Meow,

the cats

Paul Wall and Baby Bash Visit Fat Cat Creamery for the People’s Champ Sundae

The cats were beside ourselves when local rapper Paul Wall came by the shop to enjoy The People's Champ Sundae: House baked 'Paul Wall-nut cake', two scoops of Cat's Meow Mexican Vanilla ice cream, peach crush soda syrup, trunk poppin' popcorn, and purple-stuff whipped cream, topped with a house candied cherry.

Rapper Baby Bash enjoyed a root beer float - made with Cat's Meow Mexican Vanilla ice cream and root beer by local brewery, Saint Arnold.

Us cats hope they come by and visit us again soon!

Meow! the cats

Fat Cat Creamery to throw 2nd Year Anniversary Bash

Where can one go to enjoy live music while indulging in ice cream, tacos, beer, coffee and cats, win prizes and donate to a good cause all in one place? (Also, is that the best dream ever, or what?) ^..^

Fat Cat Creamery’s 2nd Year Anniversary Bash, that’s where!

It’s all going down on Sunday, December 13 from 2-5 pm in front of the parlour. The cats are hosting a raffle draw, with 100% of the proceeds to benefit Friends for Life, a no-kill animal adoption center in the Heights, with raffle tickets at $1/each. 

Prizes are leaked on the Fat Cat Creamery’s Instagram, as well as updates leading up to the bash.

For more on Friends for Life, visit www.adoptfriends4life.org

Hope to see you there! MEOW!

xo the cats

PI Pizza Truck - Free Pizza for LIFE 2015

Us cats are all about pies for the holidays: Pi Pizza Truck’s Free Pizza for Life 2015 is happening, and the cats are in on the action. We’ve got tattoo lotto tickets in the parlour for your chance to win pizza for LIFE.

The whole shebang is on November 22 with tons of fun stuff, from noon - 11 pm at Johnny’s Gold Brick off Yale in the Heights. There will be free pizza there, along with a charity raffle to benefit Hatch, music, drink specials, and more fun stuff.

So come in the shop, enjoy a piece of pie, and get your lotto ticket for Pi Pizza, because what could be better than 2 different types of pie?

More deets on the fb event link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/968577719879412/

- the cats

Sweet site!

Have you heard the mews? Our site fatcatcreamery.com got a sweet redesign from our kitty friends over at Spindletop Design, and we couldn’t be meowier! Ok, enough of the meowing. Just paws a moment and go over to the site and meow around already, will ya?

Meow! the cats

Fat Cat Creamery brings in 2nd place at Spiked by the Scoop Throwdown

The cats are super proud to have tied 2nd place with the folks from B&B Butcher at the Spiked by the Scoop Throwdown, hosted by Yellow Rose Distilling (which, if you didn’t know, is Houston’s first legal whiskey distillery) this past Thursday with proceeds benefitting the Small Steps Nurturing Center.

Here’s what the cats submitted:

A Whiskey by the Campfire: Texas pecan bar topped with a brown butter, brown sugar, Outlaw Bourbon ice cream, which was topped with Straight Rye smoked fig preserves with Blended Whiskey, whipped cream and a waffle cone chip garnish

The heat and humidity didn’t stop our very own Garrett and Dylan from mixing and scooping it up at the boozy benefit, alongside sixteen other cat-contenders. Props to Peska Seafood Culture for their first place concoction!

More deets on chron.com and check out Yellow Rose Distilling here

Images via chron.com; photo: Greg Morago

xo the cats

Fat Cat Creamery Shares Secrets in HoustoniaMag.com 

Psst...Come here...closer...

HoustoniaMag.com is sharing a handful of local chef's secrets in "Mastering the Art of Houston Cooking," and us cats are humbled to be in such amazing chef company!

Get cooking with the cats and try your hand at making some Sweet Cream Ice Cream this summer (or anytime you want!) at home.

Using just five ingredients and an ice cream maker attachment for your Kitchen Aid mixer, follow along with cat 1.

Post your creation on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to show the cats how you did!

Fat Cat Creamery and more chefs secrets here!

- the cats

(image via Todd Spoth for houstoniamag.com)