2026 Froyo Wish List

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo New Year!

A new year means a fresh froyo wish list. But before I reveal my new froyo wishes, let’s check in on how last year’s hopes turned out.

Recap of 2025 Wishes 

Wish #1: Yo-Chi is thriving in Australia and has no international presence. I’d love to see them in Los Angeles.

Update: Well, Yo-Chi did expand outside of Australia in 2025, but they entered the market in Singapore, not the US. However, Australian-inspired froyo is making inroads outside of Australia at places like Mimi’s in NYC and Haydn’s in Toronto, Canada.

Wish #2: Whole Foods adds froyo to coffee bars. Many years ago, some Whole Foods locations did offer froyo, as did other grocery stores (e.g., Ralph’s, Safeway). It’s time for more froyo at upscale grocery stores. I want quality froyo.

Update: Whole Foods has not added froyo to its coffee bar, but I’m still hopeful for froyo at nice grocery bodegas.

Wish #3: Flat rate pricing for smaller cups at counter-serve shops. Froyo cups are too big, and prices keep going up. I’d like a small cup of froyo.

Update: No noticeable change. A special shout-out to Yoga-urt for always offering mini-sized froyo cups.

Wish #4: Pinkberry pops in the US. Why have these pops never been available in the US? They’ve been offered in many countries.

Update: Still no Pinkberry pops in the US. And it's hard to find good froyo pops in general. Yasso bars are fine, but don't taste like froyo.

Wish #5: Matcha froyo affogatos. I don’t usually order affogatos because I’m not sure that the espresso would complement the froyo, but I would order a matcha froyo affogato. It would also be easy to make at home.

Update: You could get these at the Montauk General Store pop-up, but they weren't widely available 

2026 Froyo Wishes

Wish #1: International froyo invasion. It's asking a lot, but I would love to see some new international chains in the US, including Pick, Sour Sally, and Yo-Chi.

Wish #2: Return of froyo to airports. The number of airport froyo shops have dwindled. It's time for a comeback.

Wish #3: Froyo at fancy grocery bodegas in Los Angeles. It would be a way for a bodega to stand out. I could totally see froyo at Cookbook Market because they made their own froyo, served in prepacks, in the past. Sua Superette and The Canal Market already serve coffee. Froyo is way better than Swedish candy or Dubai chocolate strawberry cups. Erewhon's soft serve is too sweet. They should replace it with a good tart froyo.

Wish #4: A new era of soy/tofu froyo. I love soy/tofu anything. Tofu gelato has gone viral in Singapore and is reaching other countries in Asia.

Keeping my fingers crossed for an amazing new year of froyo!

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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My Best Swirl of 2025

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve reviewed every single photo of every cup of self-serve froyo that I consumed in 2025 to answer the question, what was my best-looking self-serve swirl of the year? Of the 62 cups of self-serve froyo, I narrowed it down to two from Menchie’s in Valley Village.

The 2025 Winner

My best self-serve swirl was my first self-serve swirl of the year. It happened at Menchie’s in Valley Village. I selected original tart froyo and added Special Dark chocolate chips, mini Hershey’s Kisses, strawberries, & a chocolate-dipped waffle chip.

Most Viewed Cup

My most viewed cup of froyo consumed in 2025 was from Pinkberry in Los Feliz. The pin received 283 impressions and 7 pin clicks in the last 30 days. It was a raspberry white chocolate froyo with raspberries, chocolate chips, and a matcha macaron.

First Froyo of 2025

My first froyo in 2025 was a cone of Peanut Butter Prana vegan froyo from Yoga-urt in Glendale, CA.

2025 Stats

Out of the 161 cups and cones of froyo that I enjoyed this year, here’s how the stats broke down in 2025 vs. 2024.

• Format: 38% self-serve, 32% pre-packed, 29% counter-serve in 2025; 52% self-serve, 21% pre-packed, and 26% counter-serve in 2024
• Type: 84% dairy, 16% non-dairy in 2025; 88% dairy, 12% non-dairy in 2024
• Number of flavors per cup: 88% one flavor, 12% multiple flavors in 2025; 89% one flavor, 11% multiple flavors in 2024

And yes, I did consume more froyo in 2025 than 2024. 

You can see every cup of froyo that I consumed on my Pinterest board.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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Yumi Yogurt Returns to Redwood City

Fro-yo girl here. After closing in September 2019, Yumi Yogurt made its triumphant return to Redwood City. It reopened on November 28.

Yumi Yogurt RWC was the first Yumi that I visited and the one that I went to the most often. I visited the new location in the same shopping center as the original. The original building was demolished.

The new Yumi Yogurt features 8 soft serve flavors a day, hard scoop ice cream, Flavor Burst, and shakes. It’s counter-serve, the way it used to be. During my visit, the following flavors were available:

• Vanilla custard
• Italian chocolate
• Chocolate peanut butter Carbolite
• Graham cracker cheesecake Carbolite
• Pistachio cream Carbolite
• Oreo matcha WowCow
• Georgia Peach WowCow
• Cold Brew Coffee WowCow

Carbolite is low sugar, low carb, and low calorie. WowCow is low lactose and low sugar. Ask for samples. I prefer regular yogurt to Carbolite and WowCow, so it’s disappointing to see so many Carbolite and WowCow flavors and so few regular yogurt flavors.

Froyo prices: Small ($7.20), Medium ($8.30), Large ($9.75), Quart ($16.50). Keeping with Yumi’s tradition, portions are very generous.

Décor was simple but pleasant. The logo on the wall says Yumi Yogurt was established in 1985.

* YUMI YOGURT, 1019 El Camino Real, Unit B9, Redwood City, CA 94063

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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2025 Christmas Froyo Shop Spirit Winner

 

Fro-yo girl here. I love seeing all the froyo Christmas spirit during the holiday season. It makes it hard to choose the shop with the most Christmas spirit!

This year, the winner of the Christmas Froyo Shop Spirit Award is…Yogurtland for the second year in a row.

Yogurtland brought by the 12 Days of Froyo promotion, with a mystery reward every day for Real Rewards members. They introduced a new flavor, Peppermint Mocha froyo, and a festive topping, mini gingerbread man cookies. There was a new festive spoon with a red candy cane design and holiday cups. The gift cards also featured holiday designs.

Last year, Yogurtland introduced a new flavor, Peppermint Fudge Brownie, and brought back a seasonal flavor, Cranberry Orange Tart. They also had a new holiday cup design, new holiday spoons (gingerbread man, giant hunter green), a new holiday topping (mini gingerbread men cookies), an online exclusive festive Gingerbread Wonderland froyo creation, and, to top it all off, a 12 Days of Froyo promotion for Real Rewards members.

Previous winners of the Christmas Spirit Froyo Shop Award

• 2024: Yogurtland
• 2023: Llaollao
• 2022: Yogurtland
• 2021: 16 Handles

My Christmas-y froyo images Pinterest board has nearly 1,900 images. 

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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Painful Froyo Shop Closures of 2025

Frog

Fro-yo girl here. It’s always sad when a froyo shop closes, but some closures are more painful than others. These are the shops that I’ll miss most in alphabetical order. I’ve visited all the shops on this list.

Active Culture, 6240 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 170, Long Beach, opened at the attractive 2nd & PCH shopping center in 2022. Active Culture is a natural foods health café that started in Orange County. The Long Beach branch was their first and only branch in Los Angeles County. While the original location in Laguna Beach has self-serve froyo, the one in Long Beach had counter-serve froyo. The grain bowls and nachos were very tasty. 

Cantaloop, 7095 Hollywood Blvd, Ste 106, Los Angeles, was one of the older froyo shops in Los Angeles. This was the first location; it opened in April 2007 and was similar to Pinkberry (i.e., counter-serve, tart froyo specialist). In 2008, the owners decided to add coffee, oatmeal, and waffles and convert to self-serve. The menu continued to expand over the years. Additions included shaved ice, smoothies, slushies, ice blended drinks, and boba drinks. In 2022, Cantaloop began offering Ethiopian food, first out of a mobile van parked in the parking lot and later in the actual storefront. Ownership changed a few times. I wasn’t a fan, but it reminded me of the early days of froyo, and it managed to survive for 18 years.

Frog Frozen Yogurt Bar, 1550 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, opened in 2012. The self-serve froyo shop had a nightclub feel with original artwork from Plasticgod and rainbow-colored lights. It was open late. The froyo had great texture. The shop is shown in The Kominsky Method, Season 2, Episodes 4 and 6. 

Toppings Frozen Yogurt, 872 Via De La Paz, Pacific Palisades, and The Yogurt Shoppe, 873 N Swarthmore Ave, Pacific Palisades, were both lost in the Palisades Fire in January 2025. They had the same ownership. The Yogurt Shoppe first opened in 2011. Toppings Frozen Yogurt opened in 2012. The owners are hoping to rebuild.

Farewell, old friends. You are missed.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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California Froyo Shop Openings and Closings in 2025

Pinkberry, Santa Clarita

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been tracking froyo shop openings and closings all year. This year, I found 32 new businesses serving froyo in California, including seven new Nick the Greek branches, four new Menchie's branches, four new Golden Spoon branches, and three new Pinkberry branches. 

This was slightly more than 2024, when I found 30 new businesses that serve froyo. 

I found fifteen froyo shop closings in 2025 (vs. 14 in 2024). Two froyo shops were lost in the LA wildfires. The two shops had the same ownership, and they also closed another location primarily due to the strain from losing two shops.

My goal is to track any new venue that serves froyo in soft serve form, including restaurants, convenience stores, pop-ups, froyo trucks, froyo trailers, vending machines, amusement parks, stadiums, etc. It's easier to track openings, since they're usually announced, but many places close quietly.

With 25 new froyo businesses set to open in 2026, that's considerably more than the eight we found at the end of 2024. Notably, Yogurtland plans to open 13 locations in California in 2026.

Businesses are listed in alphabetical order with the location noted.

Openings

• The Farmacy, San Francisco
• Gelato Sweet Spot, Poway
• Go Greek, Newport Beach
• Golden Scoop, Rancho Palos Verdes
• Golden Spoon, Fountain Valley
• Golden Spoon, Laguna Beach
• Golden Spoon, San Marcos
• Golden Spoon Rancho Santa Margarita
• Menchie’s, Cameron Park
• Menchie’s, Clovis
• Menchie’s, Madera
• Menchie’s, Manteca
• Myka, San Diego
• Neptune’s Frozen Treats, Palos Verdes Estates
• Nick the Greek, Ceres
• Nick the Greek, Laguna Niguel
• Nick the Greek, Mira Mesa, San Diego
• Nick the Greek, Modesto
• Nick the Greek, North Hollywood
• Nick the Greek, Palo Alto
• Nick the Greek, Stockton
• NuYo Frozen Yogurt, Solana Beach
• Pinkberry, Citrus Heights
• Pinkberry, Roseville
• Pinkberry Santa Clarita
• San Froyo, Daly City
• Sunnyside Swirlz, Fresno
• SweetFrog, Clovis
• Sweets & Swirls, Los Angeles (cart)
• Swrlies (trailer), Los Angeles
• Yumi Yogurt, Redwood City
• Yummy Spoon, Chula Vista

Of the 32 new businesses serving froyo in 2025, two were mobile units (6%) and eight (25%) were eateries (and not primarily froyo shops). A surprising 49% are counter-serve.

Closings

• Active Culture, Long Beach
• Amazon Go, Woodland Hills
• Bon Bon Berry, Los Angeles – might be turning into a bakery
• Cantaloop, Los Angeles
• Frog Frozen Yogurt, Hollywood (April liquidation)
• Jayna Gyro, Roseville
• Sprinkles on Top, Elk Grove
• SweetFrog, Lancaster
• Sweet Spot, Escalon 
• Toppings Frozen Yogurt, Pacific Palisades (fire)
• Urban Desserts, Gold River
• Valley Swirl, Los Angeles (mostly an ice cream shop but they do have mix-in froyo)
• Yogofina on Lakeshore, Oakland
• The Yogurt Shoppe, Pacific Palisades (fire)
• The Yogurt Shoppe, Santa Monica (couldn’t keep open after the fire)

Of the 15 closures, several shops were over a decade old, including Bon Bon Berry (2014), Cantaloop (2007), Frog Frozen Yogurt (2012), SweetFrog (2014), Toppings (2012), Yogofina (2010), and The Yogurt Shoppe Pacific Palisades (2011). The owners of The Yogurt Shoppe and Toppings plan to rebuild the shops.

New Ownership

• Jus Chillin’, Palm Springs
• Simon’s Frozen Yogurt & Dole Whip, Murrieta
• Simon’s Frozen Yogurt & Dole Whip, Temecula
• Tutti Frutti, Canyon Country, Santa Clarita
• Tutti Frutti, Palm Springs

Coming Soon

• Cuppa Yo, Danville
• Froyo and Fido, Simi Valley
• Go Greek, Brentwood, Los Angeles
• Go Greek, Larchmont, Los Angeles
• Go Greek, San Diego
• Golden Spoon, Santa Clarita
• Golden Spoon, Aliso Viejo
• Lillie Yogurt, Beverly Hills
• SLO Froyo & Italian Ice, San Luis Obispo
• Swirlicious, Newbury Park
• Toppings Frozen Yogurt, Pacific Palisades
• Yogurtland, Carlsbad
• Yogurtland, El Monte
• Yogurtland, Gilroy
• Yogurtland, Oceanside
• Yogurtland, Ontario
• Yogurtland, Pleasanton
• Yogurtland, Rancho San Bernardo
• Yogurtland, Redwood City
• Yogurtland, San Diego (2)
• Yogurtland, San Leandro
• Yogurtland, San Mateo
• Yogurtland, Sunnyvale
• The Yogurt Shoppe, Pacific Palisades

It looks like 2026 is going to be a good year for froyo. 

Did I miss any froyo shop openings or closures in California? Let me know.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry. 

Favorite New Froyo Flavors of 2025

Fro-yo girl here. I think I tried about 25 new froyo flavors this year, so that’s a good number. There weren’t many new tart froyo flavors from which to choose.

These were my favorites.

Best Tart Froyo (Dairy-Based): Blueberry Lavender from Pinkberry. I tend not to like the flavor of lavender (too floral) but I do love blueberry tart froyo. Blueberry Lavender froyo was smooth and tangy. The blueberry flavor was much stronger than the lavender flavor. 

Best Sweet Froyo (Dairy-Based): Peppermint Mocha from Yogurtland. I wasn’t in the mood for a strong mint froyo, but Yogurtland surprised me with a flavor that tasted much more like mocha than peppermint.

Best Vegan Froyo: Masala Chai from Yoga-urt. This was my favorite new flavor of 2025, thanks to the complex yet scrumptious blending of spices and the clean finish. I’ve always loved chai, especially with cardamom, and Masala Chai brought the cardamom and more. It’s based on Roma B’s family recipe for masala chai.

For a list of the new froyo flavors introduced in 2025, see:

https://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/new-froyo-flavors-flavor-trends-of-2025/

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.