Menchie’s Free Froyo Candy Cane Lane Event & New Holiday Cup

 

Fro-yo girl here. Thank you, Candy Cane Lane, for sponsoring Menchie’s froyo giveaway on Friday, December 8. The first 50 guests at participating Menchie’s received 5 oz of free froyo.

Candy Cane Lane is a new holiday movie starring Eddie Murphy and Tracee Ellis Ross that’s now streaming on Prime Video. Eddie Murphy plays Chris, a man on a mission to win the neighborhood’s annual Christmas decorating contest.

I also picked up the new Menchie’s holiday cups. The cups are red and feature Menchie, Chip, Mookie, and Sprinkle. It says Happy Holidays on one side and on the other, there’s a holiday to-do list. The to-do list doesn’t mention froyo. There are no new Menchie’s holiday spoons this year.

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

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Menchie’s November Feature Flavors, Gift Card Special, Holiday Spoon, Holiday Cup & Contest

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Holidays! It feels like Christmas season starts the day after Halloween? Anyway, it’s the time of year for holiday froyo flavors. This November is a busy one at Menchie’s. There are two new holiday flavors, Frosted Cupcake froyo and Mrs. Smith’s Famous Apple Pie froyo. They also have a new limited edition holiday cup, a holiday spoon with two Sweet Friends on one spoon (one side with Kiwi, one side with Mellow), a new holiday spoon photo contest and a gift card special. The spoons weren’t available during my visit. If you take a selfie with the Menchie’s Snow One Like You spoon in your Menchie’s mix, post it on Instagram, tag @MyMenchies and use the hashtag #MenchiesSnowman, and make sure your account is public, you’ll be entered into the photo contest. The prize is a $25 Menchie’s gift card. One winner will be chosen every week in November and December

* Frosted Cupcake froyo: It tasted different than vanilla froyo…I guess it tasted more like vanilla cake with frosting. It was thick and creamy. Recommended toppings: Nilla wafers, white chocolate chips, and sprinkles.

* Mrs. Smith’s Famous Apple Pie froyo: I’ve never had apple pie or any pie from Mrs. Smith’s. I was surprised to taste apple first and then cinnamon. The yogurt muted the pie flavor so it wasn’t cloyingly sweet. I liked it better than the Frosted Cupcake froyo. Recommended toppings: pretzels and cheesecake bites.

There’s one new Holiday cup design featuring Menchie’s and his friends, Cup, Sprinkle, Kiwi, Chip, Mellow, Mookie, and Barry looking festive.

And the holiday gift card offer is back. When you buy $25 in gift cars, you’ll get a free $5 bonus card. 

Don't forget about the Veterans Day offer on November 11. Active and retired military get 6 oz of froyo free with military ID.

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

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Menchie’s November Feature Flavors, Holiday Cups, Gift Card Special

Fro-yo girl here. Happy November! The day after Halloween is always a very sad one, but thankfully, Menchie’s has new feature froyo flavors to look forward to – and more than the usual two per month. Their holiday promotion has begun and the flavor schedule is as follows:

• November 1: Homemade snickerdoodle cookie, La crème brulee 
• November 16: Double espresso tiramisu, Spiced gingerbread cookie 

I think I’ve had all four flavors in the past, but I had to go Menchie’s to get the new holiday cup (see the picture). It’s a cute cup, with Menchie and his friends decorating a festive giant cup of Menchie’s froyo.

The holiday gift card promotion is back. During November and December, you’ll get a $5 bonus card when you buy $25 worth of Menchie’s gift cards.

* Homemade Snickerdoodle Cookie: I quite enjoyed this flavor because it tasted like cinnamon. I’m also pumpkin spiced out, so cinnamon is a nice change but still a warm fall flavor. The texture was smooth and creamy. Recommended toppings: Chocolate shell, Heath, almonds, Nilla wafers.

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

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Menchie’s 2017 Holiday Flavors and Holiday Promotions

Fro-yo girl here. The day after Halloween, Menchie’s announced its holiday promotion, featuring the following festive frozen yogurt flavors:

• Chocolate mint (new) made with York peppermint patties: It’s rich, creamy and tastes like York peppermint patties. Recommended toppings: Andes mints, mochi, almonds
• Dark chocolate cherry brownie made with real cherries: I tasted the cherry first, and liked how it made the chocolate flavor taste more interesting. Recommended toppings: almonds, brownies and Cool Whip
• Espresso brownie (new)
• Holiday eggnog

The first two flavors are available now. The next two will be released later this month on November 16. There’s a new limited edition holiday cup design. The blue cup says It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year on it. I wonder if they’ll have a holiday spoon again?

The holiday gift card promotion is back, too. Get a free bonus $5 gift card for every $25 in gift cards purchased.

P.S. Don’t forget that veterans get 6 oz of free froyo this Veterans Day at Menchie’s.

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

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Menchie’s Holiday Celebration Brings New & Returning Flavors

Fro-yo girl here. Remember last year’s Menchie’s Holiday Dessert Fair? This year the holiday promotion is called Holiday Celebration. There will be four holiday flavors swirling at Menchie’s in November and four more flavors coming out in December. The November flavors are:

• Double Espresso Tiramisu
• Dark Chocolate Cherry Brownie: This lowfat flavor was introduced during 2015’s Holiday Dessert Fair. It’s a rich dark chocolate flavored with real cherries. You can really taste the cherries though the chocolate flavor is stronger. 
• Spiced Gingerbread Cookie
• Dark Chocolate Mousse made from almond milk

They also have a limited time holiday promotion on gift cards, buy $25 of gift cards and get a $5 gift card. I spotted some festive holiday cups with Menchie and friends in their holiday garb. There will be a limited edition holiday spoon too – coming out later this month.

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

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New Holiday Dessert Fair Flavor at Menchie’s: Fresh Baked Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Fro-yo girl here. The last of the new “Holiday Dessert Fair” flavors, Fresh Baked Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, was scheduled to launch in stores yesterday but I had some difficulty finding it (they planned to put it in that evening).

I confess that I despise raisins, so I was afraid of the new flavor. However, I do like oatmeal and oatmeal cookies so I was also curious. Fresh Baked Oatmeal Raisin Cookie froyo is made with real cinnamon, oats and raisins. One thing I don’t like about raisins is that the flavor is intense and concentrated. Because the raisins are in teeny bits in the froyo, there wasn’t a huge burst of raisin flavor (a good thing). I could taste raisins but also other flavors, raisins were just one component. The flavor was creamy and comforting. It did taste like it was supposed to. If you have a sweet tooth, I bet the Cinnabon icing would complement the flavor, because I remember how oatmeal raisin cookies were often iced.

Recommended toppings: White chocolate chips, Nilla wafers, cheesecake pieces, Cinnabon icing

For some reason the South Pasadena Menchie’s is still out of Alvin spoons. Both the Menchie’s in Monrovia and Alhambra have Alvin spoons.

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

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New Menchie's Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll Froyo & Holiday Sneak Peek

Fro-yo girl here. I finally tried Menchie’s flavor of the month: Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll, featuring Cinnabon Makara cinnamon blended with their signature cream cheese frosting. Menchie’s also offers two new toppings to complement their new flavor:

* Cinnabon morsels: Cookie dough bites mixed with yogurt chips and cinnamon

* Sweet cream cheese icing

While I do enjoy cinnamon, I don’t eat cinnamon rolls with icing because they’re far too sweet. I can’t imagine liking sweet cream cheese icing. Even the Cinnabon morsels sounded too sweet. I do miss the cinnamon streusel topping. As for the Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll froyo, it was, as I imagined, far too sweet. Also the cinnamon flavor was super strong, overpoweringly so. Try it if you love very sweet froyo and cinnamon.

Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll froyo is available this month or while supplies last.

While I was at Menchie’s I spotted the new Christmas design cups. They arrived early and they’re going to be joined to holiday Menchie’s spoons in December!

Menchie’s also has a gift card promotion: Buy a $25 gift card and get a $5 bonus card.

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

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Menchie’s Limited Edition Holiday Spoon & Cup

Fro-yo girl here. Nothing gets me in the holiday spirit more than holiday froyo cups and spoons. Menchie’s just came out with a new striped green holiday cup design. On one side Menchie says Merry Mixing and on the other, Chip says Joy to the Yumm. The limited edition red holiday spoon features Menchie in a Santa hat holding a candy cane and it says Merry Mixing! on it. Very festive.

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

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