2024 Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award Winner Announced

 

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo Halloween! It’s that time of year when I eagerly look for signs of Halloween spirit in my neighborhood and at froyo shops around the world. I’m always amazed to see Halloween celebrated in so many countries.

The Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award can go to a froyo shop in any country. I consider the shop décor, special flavors, costume parties and events, special Halloween toppings, and more.

This year’s winner was clear. They won in 2014 and now again in 2024. Congratulations, 16 Handles. They just introduced Squid Ink Black Matcha frozen yogurt, inspired by Squid Game: Season 2. Like Squid Game, they also have a variety of contests like the Black Tongue Challenge, Dalgona Cookie Challenge, and the Tug of War Showdown. Prizes include $250 Visa gift cards.

The winner of the 2023 Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award is…SWEESH Fro-Yo in Indonesia. They created a new Halloween flavor, Butterfly Pea froyo, that they call Mud Blood.

Here are the previous winners:

• 2023: SWEESH Fro-Yo, Indonesia
• 2022: Funky Frozen Yogurt, Norway
• 2021: Menchie’s, US
• 2020: Pinkberry, Japan
• 2019: Menchie’s, US
• 2018: Smile Yogurt, Hong Kong
• 2017: Yogurty’s, Canada
• 2016: Menchie’s, US
• 2015: Wakaberry, South Africa
• 2014: 16 Handles, US
• 2013: Menchie’s, US

Find the most comprehensive list of froyo shop Halloween specials and events at https://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/happy-froyo-halloween/

For over 2,800 Halloween froyo images, visit IFYA’s Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/

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2022 Halloween Froyo Spirit Shop Award Winner Announced

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Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo Halloween! Every Halloween, I keep my eyes open for froyo shops with Halloween spirit. I’ve been choosing the one with the most spirit since 2014. The winner could be a shop of any size in any countries. I consider the shop décor, special flavors, costume parties and events, special Halloween toppings, and more. 

I have to say that I saw less Halloween froyo shop spirit this year. A couple of froyo shops that I visited recently didn’t have Halloween decorations or any acknowledgement of Halloween. Most froyo shops that are celebrating seem to be doing so with costume contests and other types of contests. 

This year’s winner of the Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award is… Funky Frozen Yogurt of Norway. They created a new froyo flavor, Orange & Chili, for Halloween and they had a week long generous Halloween promo. Guests in costume get 50% off from 10/24 – 10/31. I noticed they had Halloween decorations at their shops too.

Last year, Menchie’s won for the fourth time. In 2021, Menchie’s had a new Halloween Spooktacular froyo spoon (Menchie dressed as Dracula), an Addams Family 2 contest and collab for 20% off your first Menchie’s DoorDash order, and they brought back Harvest Pumpkin froyo. This year they brought back Harvest Pumpkin froyo but that was the only nod to Halloween that I noticed. 

Here’s the list of previous Halloween Froyo Spirit winners

2021: Menchie’s

2020: Pinkberry (Japan)

2019: Menchie’s

2018: Smile Yogurt (Hong Kong)

2017: Yogurty’s (Canada)

2016: Menchie’s

2015: Wakaberry (South Africa)

2014: 16 Handles

2013: Menchie’s

You can find the most comprehensive list of froyo shop Halloween specials and events at https://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/halloween-2022-froyo-specials/

For over 2,300 Halloween froyo images, visit IFYA’s Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/

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

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Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award 2020 Winner Revealed

Source: Pinkberry Japan

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo Halloween! Halloween’s going to be a lot different this year, but I heard people are putting more effort into decorating to compensate for the absence of trick or treating? Anyway, froyo shops with Halloween spirit have been busy celebrating with special flavors (black froyo is particularly popular this time of year), costume contests, Halloween toppings, Halloween froyo cakes, and more. You can find a list of froyo shop Halloween specials and events at https://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/halloween-2020-froyo-specials-&-events 

Each year, I like to recognize one froyo shop (or chain) for showing the most Halloween spirit. The tradition started in 2013.

After careful consideration, the 2020 award for the most Halloween spirit goes to…Pinkberry Japan. Every year, Pinkberry Japan creates a special Halloween froyo creation. This year, they chose monsters as a theme and started offered two Monster Swirls in mid-September. Each Monster Swirl comes with a monster eye and mouth. I like how they announced the Monster Swirls so early!

The previous Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award winners were:

2013: Menchie’s

2014: 16 Handles

2015: Wakaberry

2016: Menchie’s

2017: Yogurty’s

2018: Smile Yogurt

2019: Menchie’s

Menchie’s won the award in 2019. They had a new Halloween froyo spoon (Menchie dressed as a vampire), sponsored a Halloween spoon froyo contest, made Monster froyo cakes and had spooky Halloween inspired froyo flavors and flavor signs (Haunted Harvest Pumpkin and Sugar Cookie Spell).

For over 1,800 Halloween froyo images, visit IFYA’s Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/

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

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Halloween 2019 Froyo Shop Spirit Winner Announced

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo Halloween! I love seeing Halloween spirit at froyo shops and there’s a lot of it out there, all over the world. For example, Myfroyoland in India is having a pumpkin carving party and has flavors like Count Chocula, Spookberry, Witch’s Brew Sorbet, and Boo-tterscotch.

Each year, I like to recognize one froyo shop (or chain) for showing the most Halloween spirit. After careful consideration, the award for the most Halloween spirit goes to…Menchie’s.

Menchie’s, a multi-year Halloween spirit winner, came out with a new Halloween froyo spoon (Menchie dressed as a vampire), sponsored a Halloween spoon froyo contest, made Monster froyo cakes and had spooky Halloween inspired froyo flavors and flavor signs (Haunted Harvest Pumpkin and Sugar Cookie Spell). Sugar Cookie Spell is a new froyo flavor.

The previous winners were:

2013: Menchie’s

2014: 16 Handles

2015: Wakaberry

2016: Menchie’s

2017: Yogurty’s

2018: Smile Yogurt

Last year’s winner, Smile Yogurt in Hong Kong, creates elaborate froyo parfaits for Halloween and other holidays.

For a list of shops with Halloween specials, check out IFYA’s list: http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/2019-halloween-froyo-shop-specials/

For over 1,500 Halloween froyo images, visit IFYA’s Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/

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

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And the 2018 Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit Award Goes to…

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo Halloween! Halloween is my favorite holiday and during Halloween season, I’m always on the lookout for Halloween spirit at froyo shops. I’ve seen lots of Halloween froyo spirit across the world. Each year I’ll pick out a froyo shop (or froyo chain) for showing the most Halloween spirit.

This year’s winner is…Smile Yogurt in Hong Kong. While they aren’t the only froyo shop with a special Halloween froyo parfait (Yole, Freeze Frozen Yogurt, Yo Mama, and Pinkberry Japan), they’ve been creating a different Halloween froyo parfait since Halloween 2015. And they have custom toppings just for Halloween, like the Jack O'Lantern cookie. They also have special froyo parfaits for Easter and Christmas.

The previous winners were:

• 2013: Menchie’s 
• 2014: 16 Handles 
• 2015: Wakaberry 
• 2016: Menchie’s 
• 2017: Yogurty’s 

Last year’s winner, Yogurty’s, introduced three Halloween inspired NEW offerings: Dark Froyo with activated charcoal, Dark Waffle Bowl with activated charcoal, and an Orange Chocolate Drizzle that was orange colored. Very impressive.

For a list of shops with Halloween specials, check out IFYA’s list: http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/2018-halloween-froyo-shop-specials/

For over 1,000 Halloween froyo images, visit IFYA’s Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/

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

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Where to Buy Halloween Froyo Cups and Spoons

Fro-yo girl here. Halloween is definitely my favorite holiday. To me, it’s not just one day but it’s a whole season, when the excitement of Halloween builds until the most wonderful day arrives. The season starts in late September. I hope to see froyo shops put up Halloween decorations, have Halloween events, offer Halloween flavors and toppings, and switch to Halloween cups and spoons.

Not many froyo shops offer Halloween cups and spoons. You could order custom Halloween cups and spoons but that’s extremely rare. But, there are Halloween cups and spoons that aren’t custom but will still stand out.

FrozenDessertSupplies.com has spooky cups and spoons, including color changing spoons: https://www.frozendessertsupplies.com/c-94-halloween.aspx

Frozen Solutions also has Halloween cups and spoons: https://frozen-solutions.com/halloween/

Other packaging vendors like Carryoutsupplies.com, Webrestaurantstore.com, and Myyogurtsupplies.com do not offer Halloween cups and spoons. Etsy sells frozen yogurt cups and spoons but doesn’t have Halloween specific designs.

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

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2016 Froyo Shop Halloween Spirit Award Winner Announced

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Froyo Halloween! Halloween is my favorite holiday and during Halloween season, I’m always on the lookout for Halloween spirit at froyo shops. Each year I’ll pick out a froyo shop (or froyo chain) for showing the most Halloween spirit.

The previous winners were:

2013: Menchie’s

2014: 16 Handles

2015: Wakaberry

Last year’s winner, Wakaberry, had a Halloween promotion with the new movie, Hotel Transylvania 2. They had Halloween cups, flavors, toppings, and a contest with Halloween prizes.

This year, 16 Handles has a limited time Midnight Tahitian Vanilla flavor that’s black as the night. So fun! But the 2016 Froyo Shop Halloween Spirit Award goes to… Menchie’s. Menchie’s has always shown Halloween spirit and this year they had Halloween spoons (Chip and Mookie in costume). You can also get Halloween froyo cakes and waffles with Halloween designs at select locations. Of course they brought back their pumpkin froyo, Harvest Pumpkin. I’ve also seen some Menchie’s locations with Halloween decorations, including Menchie's in Japan.

You can get free froyo at the Menchie’s in El Monte, CA on Halloween between 5 – 7 PM if you come in costume. Other Menchie’s locations have Halloween promos too. Be sure to share your ghoulish Menchie’s creations with the hashtag, #MenchiesMonsterMix.

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

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2015 Froyo Shop Halloween Spirit Award Winner Announced

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Halloween froyo ghouls! I’m always on the lookout for Halloween spirit at froyo shops. Menchie's brought back the color changing spoons with a Halloween theme (Menchie as a rock star, wizard and astronaut).

Each year I’ll pick out a froyo shop (or froyo chain) for showing the most Halloween spirit. Last year’s winner was 16 Handles – their shops were decorated, they sponsored a Fall Festival with pumpkin carving, they made Halloween froyo cakes and they had a Halloween photo contest, #TrickYoTreat.

This year’s winner wasn’t easy to choose because of the level of spirit shown by Llao Llao and Wakaberry. Llao Llao locations are offering free face painting on October 31, 2015 from 5:30 PM- 9:30 PM, with a free petitllao with a topping for the first 100 people who come for face painting. They’re also sponsoring a Halloween froyo contest with 50 winners.

Wakaberry partnered with the new movie Hotel Transylvania 2. The limited edition cups feature a Hotel Transylvania design. They’ve come up with Halloween froyo flavors and Halloween toppings and the #DracIsBack Halloween spooky froyo creation photo contest with “Fang-tastic” Halloween prizes.

And the winner of the 2015 Froyo Shop Halloween Spirit Award is…Wakaberry!

Happy Halloween!

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

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2014 Fro-yo Shop Halloween Spirit Award Winner

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been looking for fro-yo shop Halloween spirit and I haven’t seen Halloween decorations at that many froyo shops (sadly) but at least most of them offer pumpkin/pumpkin froyo. TCBY had cute Halloween/AngryBirds inspired flavor signs this year, including Hal’s Ghoulish Graham Cracker, Piggies’ Pumpkin, and Matilda’s Yummy Mummy Marshmallow. Menchie’s came out with Halloween color changing froyo cups and a new Pumpkin Harvest flavor. SweetXO had many kinds of Halloween toppings, including gummi candy corn, candy corn, pumpkin pretzels, pumpkin spice almonds, gummi body parts, candy bones and more. 

The winner of the 2014 Fro-yo Shop Halloween Spirit Award is...16 Handles. They have a Halloween photo contest called #TrickorTreat, their shops are decorated, had a Fall Festival featuring pumpkin carving, and they make Halloween froyo cakes. I’ve been admiring all the 16 Handles Halloween pictures.

Be sure to check out my Pinterest board, Halloween Froyo & Froyo Shop Decorations: http://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/

Happy Halloween!

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

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Halloween Spirit Report 2013

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Halloween! It’s close enough to Halloween that I’ve been busy looking for signs of Halloween spirit at froyo shops. I haven’t seen much in the decorations department. My local Halloween spirit award goes to Menchie’s which had Halloween signs and Spooky Trivia on some of the tables. 

Thanks to Twitter, Instagram and other websites, I can find evidence of Halloween spirit remotely. Some shops are giving discounts to people in costume, having costume parties, etc.

To put you in the mood for Halloween, I created a new Pinterest board called Halloween Froyo & Froyo Shop Decorations where you can find pictures of Halloween inspired cups of froyo, toppings, Halloween decorations inside froyo shops, froyo costumes, pumpkins with froyo carvings, froyo cakes, froyo pies, and more.

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.