Yogurtland Kung Fu Panda 3 Party at Yogurtland Pasadena

Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland Pasadena had its Kung Fu Panda 3 release party today. They gave out Kung Fu Panda 3 balloons earlier during the day. I didn’t notice the raffle but maybe it was over by the time I visited. They had a buy one, get one ½ off offer and Kung Fu Panda 3 cereal and a giant spoon with a $20 purchase. They also gave out giant spoons with a $15 purchase. 

I finally got my Kung Fu Panda 3 Yogurtland temporary tattoos.

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

* YOGURTLAND: 415 S Lake Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

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Yogurtland Fremont on a Downward Trajectory

Fro-yo girl here. I hate to criticize a frozen yogurt shop but there’s something amiss at the Yogurtland Fremont location. I hope that they recognize that there’s a problem and correct it before it’s too late. It’s clear that the standards have slipped.

Several months ago I encountered fruit that didn’t look very fresh. I noted it and didn’t say anything.

My recent visit was so disappointing that I had to speak up. The matcha green tea flavor is a flavor that I sometimes have a difficult time finding. Yogurtland Fremont had it so I decided to get a cup and when I pulled the handle, it came out super soft. That’s not uncommon for the first part that comes out to be soft but it kept coming out too soft. I showed my cup to the manager who said they’ve been having problems with that machine. I suggested that they fix the problems with the machine rather than let people continue to experience runny frozen yogurt but he said that people have been eating the yogurt from the machine. That may be true but the runny yogurt texture is disappointing. He knew there was a problem but didn’t care to fix it.

I added some mochi balls and these were stale and dried out, of course. They had NO strawberries. Oh and the complimentary water is gone too but that's probably because of the drought.

The price has also increased to 45 cents an ounce. The combination of lower quality and higher price is unacceptable. This location used to be better but lately things have gone south.

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

* YOGURTLAND: 4069 Mowry Ave., Fremont, CA 94538

Update: I received an apology from the manager who said the green tea texture and mochi issue had been fixed. I'll return to try them in the future.

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Jeni’s American Licks Opening Reception, 1/27/16

Fro-yo girl here. Jeni’s has a new ice cream collection called American Licks – Ice Cream as a Living Artifact, inspired by an art museum. The new flavors are classic, historic flavors improved by Jeni’s. For example, Cherries Jubilee c. 1897 a combination of vanilla ice cream and flambéed cherries was invented for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebration.

The opening reception took place at the Los Feliz Jeni’s Scoop Shop on Jan. 27 from 8 PM – 11 PM. Jeni was at the reception and the first 50 people in line received a swag box with American Licks pencils, Jeni’s signature orange chenille patch and two limited edition enamel ice cream pins. Plus they received a coupon for a free scoop (yes, you can choose frozen yogurt).

They were secretive about announcing the new flavors. The new flavors are: Orange Sherbet, Black & White Cookies, Candied Ginger, Green Mint Chip, Luxardo Cherries Jubilee and Pralines & Cream. I tried the Candied Ginger, a ginger ice cream with bits of candied ginger – very gingery and fresh plus it’s the prettiest peach color. Green Mint Chip has smooth peppermint ice cream with chopped chocolate and spirulina for natural green color. Black & White cookies has white chocolate – the improved version of cookies & cream.

By the way I tried the limited edition blackcurrant frozen yogurt which isn’t as tart as some of Jeni’s other frozen yogurt flavors but it’s delicious and flavorful with mellow blackcurrant flavor (reminds me of grapes and berries).

American Licks exhibition runs from Jan. 29 – Mar. 31, 2016. Check out the cute American Licks merchandise too: t-shirts, enamel pins, and pencils. There’s even an audio tour hosted by Jeni; call 866-314-7781 and learn about the history and inspiration behind the collection and its flavors.

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

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Future Froyo Shop Pictures: Yogurtland Hayward

Fro-yo girl here. Good news froyo fans – there’s a new Yogurtland coming to Hayward, their first one in Hayward. It’s in the shopping center anchored by Target. The location is on the Hayward/Union City border at the former City Bistro spot next to Panda Express.

The frame for the froyo wall is up and there will be 6 machines, or 12 flavors a day. It’s a smaller location.

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

* YOGURTLAND: 30162 Industrial Pkwy SW, Hayward, CA 94544

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Menchie’s Tahitian Vanilla Coconut Milk Flavor Review

Fro-yo girl here. Menchie’s has introduced its first dairy-free coconut flavor, Tahitian Vanilla. None of my local Menchie’s locations carries the new flavor but I finally found it at the Fremont, CA location. 

* Dairy-free Tahitian Vanilla made with coconut milk: It’s lowfat, kosher, gluten free and made with real Indonesian coconut milk and Tahitian vanilla. The coconut milk soft serve had many visible vanilla bean specks, so I was expecting a lot of vanilla bean flavor. 

Unfortunately, I did not find the vanilla flavor or much coconut flavor for that matter. The flavor was thick, icy and pretty sweet but ultimately very bland. I’m not sure why it was so devoid of flavor.

Recommended toppings: Coconut, Cap'n Crunch, Oreos, cheesecake

The coconut milk flavor does not have live and active cultures.

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

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Afternoon Tea & Other New Treats at Pinkberry Koreatown

Fro-yo girl here. I swung by Pinkberry Koreatown recently and noticed they added quite a few new things.

They now serve Nespresso coffee made with coffee pods, mini sweet treats (5 flavors of mini macarons, $1.50 each), mini cake, mini cheesecake, toasted flavored marshmallows (torched to order), and afternoon tea for two. I saw pretty luster teapots.

The afternoon tea for two is $24.99 and includes fresh fruit, dip, tea sandwiches, petite pastries, soft serve and your choice of coffee or tea. No reservations are required. While some tea shops offer frozen yogurt (e.g., The Tea Shoppe in Howell, NJ, Blu Café in NYC) and a few frozen yogurt shops offer afternoon tea (e.g., Britans Yogurt Mill, Sugarkissed, Frurt in Manchester, UK), finding a place that offers afternoon tea with frozen yogurt is almost impossible.

Yoghurt Barn in the Netherlands has the best looking high tea spread, with froyo for dessert.

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

* PINKBERRY KOREATOWN: 3300 W 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90020

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New Yogurtland Kung Fu Panda 3 Spoons: Bao

Fro-yo girl here. New collectible Kung Fu Panda 3 spoons have arrived at Yogurtland. The third of five new froyo spoon designs, Bao, features Bao’s face on a yellow spoon. The back of the spoon says Kung Fu Panda 3.

Two more spoons will be released: Tigress’ orange spoon (February 1) and Master Shifu’s green spoon (February 15). 

My froyo spoon collection is happy.

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

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Pinkberry Coconut Milk Swirl, Redesigned Menu, New Toppings

Fro-yo girl here. It was just last year when Pinkberry introduced its first dairy-free offering, Tropical Mango. Now they have Coconut Milk Swirl, soft serve that’s made with coconut milk. It’s dairy-free, gluten-free, and doesn’t have live and active cultures (so there’s no tang). It hasn’t been easy to find a Pinkberry location that carries their Coconut Milk Swirl but I tracked it down and found it at the Union Square location in San Francisco.

I tried the Coconut Milk Swirl in Coconut. I’m not a big fan of coconut but I liked their Coconut Milk Swirl. First, the texture was very pleasing: smooth, dense, creamy, thick. It tasted like coconut of course and it was mellow and not super sweet. Hopefully I’ll find the two other Coconut Milk Swirl flavors, dark chocolate and salted caramel, soon. I imagine it would be tasty in fruit flavors like lime.

Coconut Milk Swirl is better than CocoWhip, the Australian vegan, biofermented, frozen yogurt made with coconut water, organic bio-fermented coconut powder & vegetable sourced stabilizers. CocoWhip is light and airy but very, very bland.

I've tried a coconut milk soft serve at another froyo shop and that was gritty, dense and icy. 

The San Francisco Pinkberry location has a new redesigned menu which has design your own smoothies on one side and the soft serve menu on the right. The smoothies can be made with any of their soft serves and you can add fruit, toppings and Superfood boosts.

The soft serve has three categories: frozen yogurt, coconut milk and just fruit. The Union Square location had one coconut milk swirl flavor, coconut.

I also noticed new toppings: handcrafted toasted marshmallows (toasted to order) and cubes of fresh honeycomb. 

It looks like you can order Coconut Milk Swirl in Coconut and Dark Chocolate from the 7288 W. Sunset Blvd. location in Los Angeles from Postmates. Order it online from Postmates: https://postmates.com/la/pinkberry-los-angeles

After my visit Pinkberry emailed a list of locations with Coconut Milk Swirl: http://www.pinkberry.com/dairyfreestores/

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

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Yogurtland’s Flavor PANDAmonium Continues with New Flavor, Cherry Tart

Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland’s Kung Fu Panda 3 Flavor PANDAmonium promotion continues with the introduction of a NEW flavor, Bao’s Cherry Tart. The flavor is scheduled to come out on January 18 but some locations already carry it. I managed to find the flavor though not the new yellow Bao froyo spoons.

* Bao’s Cherry Tart: “Bao will be rushing out of the Panda Hideout to get a taste of this playfully light and tart flavor made with real cherry.” The flavor is non-fat and vitamin fortified. Cherry tart was creamy, smooth and mildly tart. Cherries aren’t tart and they also don’t seem to have a strong flavor so Cherry Tart had a hint of cherry flavor. It was a bit bland for me and lacked the tartness I like.

Recommended toppings: Popping boba, mochi, lychees

The next date to remember is February 1st when they release Tigress’ Big Pop Sorbet with Tigress’ orange spoon.

Flavor PANDAmonium runs from January 4 – February 28, 2016. Kung Fu Panda 3 arrives in theaters on January 29.

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

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LOHAS Fresh Mart Has Froyo

Fro-yo girl here. LOHAS Fresh Mart is the new healthy, organic Asian market that opened recently in downtown Alhambra. 

There’s a deli in the front with juices, smoothies, salads and some prepared organic meals (Hainan chicken, curry, pork belly). Some of the meals were $5.98. They make their own juices and soy milk. For breakfast they have rice rolls, egg crepes and you tiao/Chinese donuts. 

I spotted a soft serve machine by the juice machine. There wasn’t any sign for the frozen yogurt but they do have it – just one flavor at a time. I didn’t see a sign or prices but I think it comes in one size, $4.99 for a cup (it's not self-serve). It’s a big cup (wish they had a smaller option). I was told that the frozen yogurt is organic. There are no toppings.

The frozen yogurt had a nice, thick, dense, smooth and creamy texture. It was a sweet yogurt but not super sweet. The strawberries didn’t taste fresh/natural though. It tasted more like strawberry ice cream than strawberry frozen yogurt. There was no tang. 

I asked whether they would carry other flavors but no one seemed to know.

3.5 out of 5 stars

* LOHAS FRESH MART, 300 W Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801

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

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Light Up Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt Spoons

Fro-yo girl here. New froyo spoons arrived at the Tutti Frutti in La Crescenta, CA a few weeks ago: THE SPOONS LIGHT UP. I’ve never seen light up spoons before. The new froyo spoons are amazing. They were available in four colors: Red, green, blue, and yellow. By the time I found out about the spoons there were only a few left. I bought the last ones. They aren’t sure if they’ll be getting any more.

Each spoon has a battery. Twist the top to activate the light. The spoons are extra long and transparent. They’re topped with a round flat disc with the Tutti Frutti logo.

The spoons were 50 cents each or free with a $10 purchase.

On a sad note, the soy bean froyo they used to carry is gone...apparently it wasn't popular. Both Mr. Froyo and I enjoyed it. We love the taste of soy.

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

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Yogurt Pops: A Comparison of Popbar, Enjoyer & Stick Station

Fro-yo girl here. Several new popsicle places have opened recently, including popbar’s new location at Westfield Santa Anita which opened this week and Enjoyer, a kiosk that opened at the Glendale Galleria last month. The two are similar – choose a popsicle (gelato pop, sorbet pop or yogurt pop) and choose dips and toppings. I don’t know who started this trend of dipped popsicles with toppings but popbar is the first place that I heard of with this concept.

It reminds me of frozen yogurt: choose your flavor, choose your toppings and sauces. 

I like a nice popsicle – it’s small, portable and convenient. You’d think that it would be easy to make a good popsicle but for some reason this isn’t true. I’ve had some terrible icy, bland popsicles. 

So popbar finally opened…I’d heard so much about it that I expected to be impressed. It’s a cute shop with giant popsicle sculptures. The gelato, sorbetto and yogurt is “artisanal” and all-natural. The pops are made fresh on site every day. The YogurtPop is $3.99, plus 50 cents for unlimited dippings and another 50 cents for unlimited poppings. They had four kinds of dip: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate and caramel. You can specify full dip, half dip or drizzle. The poppings are toppings and there aren’t many of them: almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, waffle cones, chocolate sprinkles and coconut. For some reason I was expecting more toppings (spoiled by froyo?)

I tried the Strawberry YogurtPop with white chocolate, hazelnuts and pistachios. The pop was thin and soft. It tasted like sour strawberry sorbet. I couldn’t detect yogurt (maybe they gave me a strawberry sorbetto pop instead?). The white chocolate shell with nuts was tasty and thick but the pop itself was disappointing. For that price I’d much rather have a nice cup of froyo with better toppings and better flavor. They don't even have samples.

Enjoyer is a new popsicle kiosk that opened in the Glendale Galleria (lower level, center) last month. They have about 20 kinds of popsicles, mostly gelato/ice cream pops, but also a few sorbet and yogurt pops (strawberry yogurt, mango yogurt). You can get a plain/pure popsicle for $4 or one with toppings. The toppings include dried fruit, chocolate, nuts, etc. The popsicles already have toppings, so you can’t have them create one with your choice of toppings on the spot. This is disappointing.

The handcrafted popsicles are organic with lots of real fruit. They have samples of the popsicles. Flavors include green tea, pistachio, Nutella, dark chocolate, kiwi, pina colada, mango, coffee, etc. The popsicles are 3 ozs each (they’re more expensive than the typical cup of frozen yogurt).

The Strawberry yogurt pure popsicle ($4) was a good size popsicle. The texture is firm, creamy and dense. It tasted quite tart, more tart than tangy. It had bits of strawberry and seemed to have more juice than yogurt. Though I could taste the yogurt, the strawberry juice flavor was stronger. I’d like to have more yogurt flavor. However, it was a good popsicle.

Stick Station opened in Old Town Pasadena in 2014. They have scoopable gelato and handmade popsicles with toppings and drizzles. The popsicles are made out of gelato, sorbet or yogurt. They have more toppings and drizzles than popbar, including Oreos, almonds, pistachio, choco beads, pretzel crumbs, coconut, chocolate drizzle, caramel drizzle, white chocolate drizzle, etc.

Their Whole Yogurt w/ Blueberry Yogurt Popsicle ($4.20) is basically a sweetened plain yogurt pop with a few whole blueberries thrown in to the bottom. The frozen yogurt was firm and mildly tangy. They didn’t do much to the yogurt or to the blueberries.

Frozen yogurt popsicles are more expensive than frozen yogurt and they aren’t as good. If I want a froyo pop that’s dipped, I’d rather have a Yasso peanut butter cup bar.

The popsicle was expensive – more so than a cup of frozen yogurt – and it wasn’t as tasty as frozen yogurt.

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

* POPBAR: 400 S Baldwin Ave., Shop A14, Arcadia, CA 91007
* ENJOYER: 100 W Broadway, Glendale, CA 91210
* STICK STATION: 62 W Union St., Pasadena, CA 91103

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Fro-yo Girl's 2016 Froyo Wish List

Fro-yo girl here. It’s the eighth edition of my annual froyo wish list. Let’s see how my 2015 wishes fared. Last year I wished for:

* Yogorino (or something similar to Yogorino): A new Yogorino did open in the US but it’s in Princeton, NJ. We went to NYC in October and Mr. Froyo had his beloved Yogorino.

* More froyo HQ visits: I visited quite a few froyo HQ this year, including Pinkberry, GoGreek, Menchie’s, Tutti Frutti, and Yogurtland, plus I went on a tour of Flavormine’s froyo manufacturing plant.

* Making frozen yogurt the official state food of California: I gave this a try and wrote to my state senator but I didn’t receive a response.

* A Food Network show dedicated to frozen yogurt or a froyo truck on the Great Food Truck Race: This didn’t happen but I have seen froyo being made on Chopped and Culture: An American Yogurt Company was featured on Unique Sweets.

A few unexpected surprises also happened to me in 2015: 

• I reached the unlimited cup at Yogurtland for the first time. I hadn’t really planned to reach the unlimited cup but then at some point it seemed like an achievable goal. 
• I was customer of the month at my local Yogurtland (thanks Yogurtland Pasadena – Lake). 
• I won one of the prizes during the Red Mango for life sweepstakes. 
• I picked up a few froyo toys. 
• I found Yogurtland at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) and visited many froyo shops on the East Coast and a few in Canada.
• I picked up a few unexpected froyo spoons from Froyo World in Boston and Fruyo in Hong Kong

For 2016, my froyo wishes are: hmm, it’s hard to think of anything new since I have boxes full of froyo t-shirts and spoons. 

* Going to more countries to try their froyo (e.g., Llaollao, Frozen by a Thousand Blessings, Sour Sally, Berry Culture, The Local Frozen Yogurt, Pick Yo) 

* I'm still looking for good tart froyo at the supermarket (or popsicles). I spotted a new kind at the Korean market that I'm going to try very soon.

* Collecting froyo spoons from other countries, including the Hello Kitty spoon from Yogen Fruz Mexico, the Hello Kitty spoon from Yoppi Yogurt Taiwan, Moyo spoons, Sour Sally hand spoons, etc. I still need Joji spoons from Florida.

Maybe this is the year a froyo robot will finally serve my froyo?

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

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New Yogurtland Kung Fu Panda 3 Spoons

Fro-yo girl here. The first new collectible spoons of 2016 have arrived, thanks to Yogurtland’s new Kung Fu Panda 3 promotion, Flavor PANDAmonium. The first two of five new spoon designs was released today, Po’s black spoon and Mei Mei’s red spoon. The new spoons feature the faces of characters from the Kung Fu Panda 3 movie. They’re available for a limited time only. The spoons say Yogurtland 10th anniversary on them and they’re biodegradable.

Look for future spoon releases:

• January 18: Bao’s yellow spoon
• February 1: Tigress’ orange spoon
• February 15: Master Shifu’s green spoon

Yogurtland’s Flavor PANDAmonium runs from January 4 – February 28, 2016. Kung Fu Panda 3 arrives in theaters on January 29.

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

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Launch of Yogurtland’s Kung Fu Panda 3 Flavor PANDAmonium

Fro-yo girl here. It’s Day One of Yogurtland’s new promotion, Flavor PANDAmonium. Flavor PANDAmonium features five awesome flavors inspired by the new movie, Kung Fu Panda 3. There are also five new limited edition collectible froyo spoons to accompany the five flavors. 

The featured flavors, spoons and release dates are:

• Po’s Cookies & Cream (January 4) with Po’s black spoon
• Mei Mei’s Dragon Warrior Passion Tart (January 4) with Mei Mei’s red spoon
• Bao’s Cherry Tart (January 18) with Bao’s yellow spoon
• Tigress’ Big Pop Sorbet (February 1) with Tigress’ orange spoon
• Master Shifu’s Honey Graham (February 15) with Master Shifu’s green spoon

It was a pleasant surprise to receive an email from Yogurtland Real Rewards this morning announcing the promotion and offering Real Reward members three free ounces. My Yogurtland location is giving out Kung Fu Panda 3 fortune cookies while supplies last.

The new topping, Po’s Power Crunch Cereal looks like and tastes like Cocoa Puffs with panda and orange star marshmallow shapes.

The new cups have pictures of the Kung Fu Panda 3 characters. You can buy Kung Fu Panda 3 Yogurtland character keychains. There are five designs and the keychain is $2.99.

Yogurtland team members are wearing Kung Fu Panda 3 green t-shirts and visors.

Select Yogurtland locations will have Kung Fu Panda 3 launch parties. Flavor PANDAmonium runs from January 4 – February 28, 2016. Kung Fu Panda 3 arrives in theaters on January 29.

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

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Menchie’s New January Flavors: Classic Chocolate Malt, Rich ‘n’ Nutty Pistachio, Dairy-free Tahitian Vanilla made with Coconut Milk

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo New Year and may your year be filled with froyo! It’s also time for new froyo flavors. I haven’t seen the press release yet but these new flavors have arrived (or are about to arrive) at participating Menchie's locations:

* Classic chocolate malt made with Whoppers: This was rich and creamy but I didn’t taste the malt much even though it’s made with Whoppers. It tastes like milk chocolate fudgsicle. Recommended toppings: Andes mints, Whoppers, Hershey’s Kisses, Magic shell, brownies

* Rich ‘n’ nutty pistachio: This lowfat flavor is made with real pistachios. I had a cup of it and it was icy and sweet, with noticeable pistachio flavor. The iciness surprised me. Recommended toppings: almonds, Magic Shell, Nilla Wafers, Crunch ‘n Munch

* Dairy-free Tahitian Vanilla made with coconut milk

Tahitian Vanilla is the first coconut milk flavor introduced by Menchie’s. My Menchie’s location didn’t have it yet, so I’ll have to try it later.

There’s a new Hershey’s Experience Sweepstakes where the winners win a family vacation to Hershey’s Chocolate World and Hersheypark attractions.

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

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