2025 Froyo Wish List

Happy Froyo New Year! It’s also time for my new froyo wish list. First, let’s see which of my 2024 froyo wishes came true.

Recap of 2024 Froyo Wishes

Wish #1: Smaller portion sizes at counter-serve shops. I haven’t noticed any change. Some places only offer one size that’s far too large.

Wish #2: Lower sugar options: I haven’t noticed any change.

Wish #3: I wanted to try Australian froyo but there still isn’t any in the US, as far as I know.

My 2024 froyo wishes didn’t come true and neither did my 2023 froyo wishes (i.e., Yoga-urt at Erewhon, Llaollao in California, Souvla in Los Angeles). Perhaps my wishes need to be more realistic? 

There were some good things about this year: I attended several froyo shop grand openings, there were more new collectible froyo spoons than in 2023, and I visited three cities to try their froyo shops (Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver). I found some excellent supermarket froyo from TruJoy Yogurt (coming to California this year), Souvla started offering Greek froyo pints, and Souvla and Bi-Rite Creamery collaborated to create Walnut Baklava Cherry Swirl yogurt ice cream.

2025 New Froyo Wishes

Wish #1: Yo-Chi is thriving in Australia and has no international presence. I’d love to see them in Los Angeles. Australian coffee is having a moment (e.g., Bluestone Lane, Tectonic Coffee), so it’s time for some Australian froyo.

Wish #2: Whole Foods adds froyo to coffee bars. Many years ago, some Whole Foods locations did offer froyo, as did other grocery stores (e.g., Ralph’s, Safeway). Erewhon added plant-based soft serve to their coffee bars. It’s time for more froyo at upscale grocery stores. I want quality froyo. I don’t want to see froyo at a gas station mini mart.

Wish #3: Flat rate pricing for smaller cups. Froyo cups are too big and prices keep going up. I’d like a small cup of froyo and I don’t care if it’s self-serve or not. 

Wish #4: Pinkberry pops in the US. Why have these pops never been available in the US? They’ve been offered in many countries.

Wish #5: Matcha froyo affogatos. I don’t usually order affogatos because I’m not sure that the espresso would complement the froyo, but I would order a matcha froyo affogato. It would also be easy to make at home.

Keeping my fingers crossed for an amazing new year of froyo. May you also have lots of wonderful froyo.

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.

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Froyo Christmas Gifts

Fro-yo girl here. Thank you Santa for adding to my froyo collection.

* Cookie cutters: Chloe’s Kitchen’s set of five cookie cutters are actually cupcake cookie cutters but they look like cups of froyo.

* Shopkins, Season 1, Frozen Edition: Shopkins are tiny collectible figurines inspired by grocery store items. You can view all the Shopkins toys (148) on the Shopkins website. If you create an account, you can track the ones you have and want online. There are two froyo toys called Yo-Chi. Yo-Chi's favorite hobby is swirling around the dance floor and she's known to be well cultured.

#131-1 Yo-Chi features a pink cup, pink spoon, berries

#123-1 Yo-Chi features an orange cup, orange spoon, berries

* Yogurtland gift cards: I visit at least once a week so I could really use these.

Did you receive froyo gifts this Christmas?

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.