Fro-yo girl here. I’m so thrilled that I stumbled into Cookbook Market earlier this year. Cookbook describes itself as a “neighborhood green grocer specializing in responsibly grown, super tasty meat + fish, cheese, bread, fruit, vegetables, coffee, chocolate, freshly prepared foods, & more.” Their housemade sandwiches are fantastic and they carry bread and pastries from the best bakeries in LA, like Clark St., Bub & Grandma’s, Gjusta, and Friends & Family. They also make some of their own condiments, broth, baked goods, granola, broth, pot pies, mac & cheese, hand pies, pasta, veggie burgers, etc.
Very recently, they launched a new line of housemade ice cream and frozen yogurt. The housemade pints are $12.50 each. There were only a handful of flavors (the shop is small, so the selection of everything is limited) and only was frozen yogurt.
Frozen lime yogurt: The froyo on top was firm and icy but not watery. The lime flavor was very tangy and pronounced – much tangier than most tart froyo that you find in froyo shops. The graham cracker crumbs were sparse. However, digging under the top layer, I encountered a softer, creamier core with an abundance of buttery, crispy graham cracker crumbs and lime rind. This core was sweeter as well. The bottom of the pint was firm and super tart again, like the top layer. Very interesting and super flavorful. I think I’m a fan but the uneven distribution of ingredients was unusual. I’d definitely like to try more flavors in the future.
Cookbook has two locations. I saw the froyo at the Highland Park location (not sure if the Echo Park one carries froyo).
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* COOKBOOK MARKET: 5611 N Figueroa St., Los Angeles (Highland Park), CA 90042
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Fro-yo girl here. SWRLIES just started their froyo pop-up this month in Los Angeles. They’ve popped up in Eagle Rock and Highland Park so far. They set up a trailer with a freezer filled with frozen fruit and frozen yogurt bars, a hand-churned machine that blends them together, and some toppings and sauces.
They call their frozen yogurt Jalisco style. It’s all-natural frozen yogurt (they made their own yogurt base and formed it into blocks; I was told the yogurt was not sweetened) blended to order with your choice of fruit. Choose your size (Small, $4.25 or Large, $5.00), your fruit (you can pick more than one kind), and your toppings and sauces. They use organic frozen fruit. If you’d like a sweeter treat, they can add sugar or Splenda before blending or you can choose a sweet sauce. The price includes toppings and sauces.
* Frozen yogurt blended with strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry topped with mixed nuts and granola ($4.25): The frozen fruit made the yogurt icy but it also gave it a thicker texture (seeds, skins) and flavor. Since it was freshly churned, the texture was softer. It’s a simple treat that tastes natural and healthy. However, I’ve made better froyo at home. If they used a higher fat yogurt, maybe the texture would be creamier? It’s less creamy than Yogen Fruz, Loving Cup and the other mix-in froyo places that I’ve tried.
I was curious about Jalisco style frozen yogurt. I looked at places serving frozen yogurt in Guadalajara, the largest city in Jalisco, Mexico. There were shops that serve soft serve frozen yogurt dispensed from soft serve machines (some were self-serve, some weren’t) and the mix-in style frozen yogurt. Interestingly, there were multiple Yogen Fruz locations in the area.
You can find Swrlies by following them on Instagram, @swrlies.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* SWRLIES FROYO: 4956 York Blvd, Los Angeles (Highland Park), CA 90042
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.
