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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Winner of the 1st Easter Froyo Shop Spirit Award

Fro-yo girl here. Every Halloween, I select the froyo shop with the most Halloween spirit. This year I decided to expand that concept to cover Easter, by selecting the froyo shop with the most Easter spirit. 

I’ve seen quite a bit of Easter spirit out there, including special Easter froyo creations, Easter toppings (e.g., jelly beans, Cadbury eggs, PEEPS), Easter basket giveaway contests, Easter designs on froyo cups, and Easter froyo cakes.

Smile Yogurt, Pinkberry Japan, and the Yog Bar UK are offering Easter parfaits and sundaes. The Yog Bar created Luxury Egg Yog Sundaes – filling giant chocolate eggs with froyo and toppings. Yo-Chi Frozen Yogurt in Australia teamed up with Tub O’Dough for a special Easter topping, Easter flavor cookie dough.

The winner of the first annual Easter froyo shop spirit is…The Yog Bar. The Yog Bar has Luxury Egg Yog Sundaes this year: The Monster Mini Egg Yog Sundae, The Crème Egg Yog Sundae, and The Galaxy Golden Egg Sundae. Each sundae is packed with Easter goodness. For example, the Monster Mini Egg Yog Sundae is filled with mini egg cookie dough, froyo, white chocolate sauce, and crushed mini eggs. The Golden Egg Sundae has caramel sauce, salted caramel cookie dough, froyo (your choice of flavor)/ Galaxy Golden Eggs, and Cadbury’s caramel sauce served in half a chocolate Easter egg. And the Crème Egg Yog Sundae features white chocolate sauce, chocolate chip cookie dough, choice of froyo, half a Crème Egg, and chocolate fudge sauce drizzle, served in half a Cadbury’s chocolate egg.

The Yog Bar also partnered with a restaurant, Wolf + Lamb, for an Easter contest. The prize was a free visit to The Yog Bar for up to 4 people and a free visit to Wolf + Lamb. Naturally, they offer special Easter toppings as well.

For more Easter froyo pics, check out the Pinterest board, Easter Froyo Pics. There are over 300 Easter froyo images.

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.