Bacio di Latte Opens in Pasadena and Makes Yogurt Gelato

Fro-yo girl here. Bacio di Latte opened on December 23, 2024, in the old 21 Choices Frozen Yogurt space. 21 Choices moved to another location nearby and then a plant and beauty store occupied the space. 

Bacio di Latte was founded by two brothers in Milan, Italy, in 2011. The gelato is made daily in-store with organic milk so that it’s fresh. They also use the best raw materials like Italian pistachios, Italian hazelnuts, Italian lemons, chocolate from Belgium and Italy, etc.

There are 24 flavors to choose from, including a few sorbets and Greek yogurt gelato. Most of the flavors will stay the same but they will change the seasonal flavors. The yellow signs indicate the top-selling flavors. Ask for samples.

Pistachio lovers, they have two pistachio gelato flavors and the option to add pistachio cream and pistachios to coat your cup or cone. A small piccolo cup with up to 2 flavors is $7.45, a regular is $8.95, and a grande, $10.75. They also sell pints.

Yogurt Bianco yogurt gelato is made with Greek yogurt. It has the rich, thick, soft, smooth, sticky texture of gelato. It tasted fresh and slightly tangy (but not sour). It’s good! But not my favorite texture.

They also have a rewards program. Limited indoor seating.

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

* BACIO DI LATTE, 85 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105

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New Flavors of Noosa Frozen Yoghurt Gelato, Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar (& Others)

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been looking for the new Noosa frozen yoghurt gelato flavors ever since I first heard about them in March of this year. While Target carries Noosa frozen yoghurt gelato, I haven’t seen the new flavors there. Well, I finally spotted the new flavors at Gelson’s in La Canada Flintridge, CA, for $5.99 each. One container is 14 oz.

The new frozen yoghurt gelato flavors announced in March 2023 were:

• Amaze-mint Chocolatey Chunk
• Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar
• Cookies & Oh-So-Creamy

The few reviews that I found online of Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar were all very positive. Noosa describes the flavor as “is a smooth, creamy sensation. Extra creamy, oh-so-dreamy smooth lemon flavored frozen yoghurt gelato filled with lemon bar pieces and luscious swirls of icing. A one-of-a-kind find.” People Magazine named Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar frozen yoghurt gelato as the Best Frozen Yogurt in 2023, based on their taste tests.

Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar: If you like sweet lemon desserts, you’ll like this frozen yoghurt gelato. It tastes like lemon cake. There is no tang or sourness. It does not taste like yogurt or Noosa lemon yogurt. It’s definitely sweet (too sweet for me) but pleasant, creamy, rich, and dense. It’s very scoopable. The lemon bar pieces were chewy like bits of pie crust. The icing swirls weren’t too overwhelming. The icing is a little sweeter than the gelato, which is already very sweet. If you like tangy lemon and the taste of yogurt, Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar won’t be your dream lemon flavor.

Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar has live and active cultures. One serving (2/3 cup) is 310 calories, 17g total fat, 35g total carbs, 32g of sugar, and 4g of protein. The main ingredient is cream. It also contains whole milk yoghurt.

Want to know what I thought of some of the other Noosa frozen yoghurt gelato flavors? See my earlier review.

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

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Gelatys Gelato Bites Review

Fro-yo girl here. While I was at Pavilions in South Pasadena looking for Gelatys gelato on a stick pops, I spotted another Gelatys product, Gelato Bites. Surprisingly, I found them in the bakery area near the ice cream cakes and not in the area with the ice cream and frozen novelties.

One box was $10.99 and 8.11 oz. Each box contains 12 bites and each bite is dipped in chocolate. The bites are not individually wrapped. One bite has a circumference of slightly under 2 inches. Pavilions had three different flavors. 

Yogurt Blueberry Gelato Bites: The plain yogurt was thick and tangy. It wasn’t as creamy as the Gelatys yogurt blueberry pop for some reason. And there was barely any blueberry sauce. I was expecting much more sauce based on the photo of the product on the box. The white chocolate shell was thin and sweet but didn’t really add much (other than making it easier and less messy to eat the yogurt). One bite was 50 calories, 3.5g total fat, 4g total carbs, 3g total sugars, and 1g protein.

The gelato bites are made with all-natural ingredients. The bars are better!

Flavors: Blueberry Yogurt, Super Dulce de Leche, Mint Chip, Pistachio Chocotella, White Chocotella, Passion Mango, Chocolate Volcano, Cookies & Cream

You can also use the Product Finder on their website to look for Gelatys near you.

4 out of 5 stars.

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

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Gelatys, Italian Gelato on a Stick Review

Fro-yo girl here. I recently walked into Pavilions in South Pasadena, CA, and spotted two freezers near the entrance. One freezer had macaron ice cream sandwiches and the other, Gelatys gelato on a stick. Remember when gelato pop places were popular? Popbar, Stick Station, and Enjoyer were gelato pop places in the Los Angeles area back in the mid-2010s. All three of them offered a froyo pop.

Anyway, Gelatys reminds me of those gelato pop shops only it’s a freezer in a supermarket. The gelato pops are $4.99 each and they come in different shapes, like a cat-shaped pop and a paw-shaped pop. One bar is 2.6 oz. Flavors include Passion Mango, Very Berry, Pistachio Chocotella, etc. There’s only one froyo pop, Yogurt Blueberry.

The pops are made in Miami and are all-natural and gluten-free. Gelatys claims to have created “the first gelato pop in the US.” Their recipe is creamy and doesn’t melt as fast as other pops.

Yogurt Blueberry gelato pop: The pop looked as nice as the picture on the packaging. The blueberry sauce is in the center and drizzled lightly on the front of the pop. It’s not blended into the yogurt gelato. The pop mostly tastes like yogurt gelato but it’s really good yogurt gelato in terms of texture (thick and creamy) and flavor (tangy). It didn’t melt quickly. The blueberry sauce added a bit of tang and flavor. It was better than the yogurt gelato pops that I’ve had in the past from Popbar, Stick Station, and Enjoyer. The pop was 3.5 inches x 2 inches x 1 inch.

One pop is 130 calories, 6g total fat, 17g total sugars, 2g protein, and 19g total carbs. It’s made with whole milk, yogurt, and heavy cream.

You can also use the Product Finder on their website to look for Gelatys near you. They're available at most Pavilions locations.

I hope they come out with more yogurt gelato pop flavors!

5 out of 5 stars.

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

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Uli’s Gelato: Yogurt with Cherry Jam Gelato Review

Fro-yo girl here. So, I knew about Gelateria Uli and I’ve visited their shop inside the Spring St. Arcade in downtown Los Angeles. I didn’t get anything because they didn’t have froyo. During the pandemic, they rebranded, closed their shops, and started selling to grocery stores and restaurants. Online ordering and nationwide delivery are available.

On a recent visit to Cookbook Market in Highland Park, I spotted Uli’s Gelato in the freezer. They had two flavors: Bee pollen gelato and Yogurt with cherry jam gelato. Yogurt gelato! The pints were $14 and the 5 oz. minis, $7. The website lists another yogurt gelato flavor, lavender.

Yogurt with cherry jam gelato: It’s made with yogurt and live and active cultures. The yogurt gelato smelled good (it smelled like yogurt) and fortunately, it also tasted like yogurt with cherries. There were bits of cherry throughout. The texture was dense and smooth with an icy edge. While it tasted like yogurt, it was so sweet that there was almost no tang or sourness. But the aftertaste was clean and it tasted natural. However, there was way too much sugar. One container is 220 calories, 6g total fat, 37g total carbohydrates, 34g sugars, and 3g protein.

Uli’s, voted best ice cream/gelato in Los Angeles, was founded by Uli, an immigrant from Azerbaijan. She opened her first gelateria at 541 S. Spring St. in downtown LA in 2014. The best, seasonal ingredients are used.

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

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Gelato Festival: Apricot Frozen Yogurt Review

Fro-yo girl here. I heard about the Gelato Festival before the pandemic, when it was an in-person festival where gelato artisans duked it out for the title of best gelato in the world. The Gelato Festival started in Florence, Italy in 2010 and the festival moved to various locations, including the US in 2017. They had a stop in LA, so I think that’s how I heard about it initially.

Gelato Festival currently has two brick & mortar locations in Los Angeles, an online gelato store, and distribution in local stores. And yes, sometimes they make froyo. They ship nationwide. The flavors are the best ones from their festival competitions.

I spotted the pints at Cookbook Market in Highland Park (Los Angeles). They only had one flavor and luckily, it was Apricot Yogurt. The pints are $13 each.

Apricot Yogurt: The apricot puree is not blended into the froyo but is swirled in. The froyo part (not the puree) tasted like plain froyo and it was very flavorful and very tart. It was more flavorful than most plain tart froyos. The yogurt texture was thick, dense, and creamy, like high quality ice cream. The apricot puree was thick and sweet like jam or a gelee. The apricot flavor wasn’t evenly distributed because they just added the puree to the plain froyo. Loving the plain tart froyo – it didn’t need the apricot puree.

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

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Dr. Robbin Bistro’s 5 “No” Yogurt Gelato

Fro-yo girl here. One day I was walking down Colorado Blvd. and I happened to look inside the new Dr. Robbin Bistro. I couldn’t believe what I saw: a giant frozen yogurt cup on the wall of the dining room. I went inside for a closer look and learned that they make their own yogurt. Their housemade yogurt is added to smoothies and to a few of their gelato flavors. The 5 “No” gelato is made fresh every three days. It’s called 5 “No” because it has no added sugar, nonfat milk, no artificial colors, no stabilizers, and no preservatives. During my visit, they had three yogurt gelato flavors: Mango, Strawberry, and Blueberry.

The Blueberry Yogurt Gelato was the tartest. It was almost sour and certainly tasted low in sugar. But because they used Stevia, the gelato tasted bitter and the sweetness was more of an aftertaste. Stevia might be natural but it tastes like saccharin to me. I don’t like it at all. I could taste the blueberries, strawberries and the mangoes but the Stevia definitely added a bitter note. The gelato was creamy but extremely hard. I think this is because they make it with nonfat milk. It definitely tasted like diet gelato.

Gelato prices: Single ($2.75)/ Regular ($4.99)/ Family ($6.99)

I first spotted Dr. Robbin while driving around Koreatown in Los Angeles, but I didn’t realize it was a restaurant. Who names a restaurant after a doctor? I thought it was a weight loss clinic. It’s actually a healthy restaurant that does not add sugar, butter, MSG, or artificial flavoring. The food is low calorie, low carb, and nothing is fried. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, pizzas, pastas, Asian fusion dishes, beverages, and gelato.

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

* DR. ROBBIN BISTRO: 624 E Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

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Pazzo Gelato Greek Yogurt Gelato

Fro-yo girl here. I don’t have gelato that often. First, I’d much rather have froyo. Second, I prefer ice cream to gelato. However, when a gelato shop offers yogurt gelato, it gets my attention. Pazzo Gelato posts flavor updates on Twitter and a recent update listed Greek Yogurt. Yes.

Pazzo makes its own gelato with top quality ingredients and local produce. They also serve smoothies, shakes, pastries, coffee and tea.

* Greek yogurt gelato with honey: This was indulgent, rich, velvety, extremely dense and smooth. I liked how it had a slight tang from the yogurt and the honey flavor was prominent and delicious. This was the smoothest, densest yogurt gelato that I’ve had (I’ve tried yogurt gelato at several gelato shops).

I also had a scoop of strawberry buttermilk gelato. The texture wasn’t as smooth as the Greek yogurt but it was thick and creamy. It wasn’t tangy but it did taste like fresh strawberries with cream.

Apparently Pazzo Gelato had a European yogurt gelato in the past but I haven’t seen it offered lately. If they ever offer green tea yogurt again, I have to get some.

Pazzo Gelato has two locations: one in downtown LA and the other in Silverlake.

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

* PAZZO GELATO: 3827 W Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026



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Vancouver Fro-yo Report

Fro-yo girl here. While I wasn’t able to go to every fro-yo shop in the greater Vancouver area, I think I covered the downtown and West End area. This is what I found:

* Saporito, 1703 Robson St. (West End): Gelato place that replaced Blueberry. Blueberry served fro-yo and Saporito has one fro-yo machine and one fro-yo flavor, original tart. I wanted to try it but it was closed for the week.
* Footo Delights, 820 Homer St. (Downtown/Yaletown): Tiny Asian owned bakery cafe that replaced Froyo Swirl. They have one flavor of fro-yo, original tart, and some interesting toppings (but no mochi).

* Yogen Fruz, 1286 Robson St. (West End): I was surprised to only find one Yogen Fruz, looked like a typical YF, on the small side
* Qoola, 1116 Denman St. (West End): Their original location, with 4 fro-yo flavors, it just closed (for good). I managed to try it (just in time). They have 4 other locations.
* The Milkman, 1689 Johnston St. (Granville Island): Has sweet soft serve fro-yo (chocolate and vanilla) and Canadian style mix in yogurt (yogurt base mixed with frozen fruit in a machine).

I did get lost on the way to Pinkberry’s Vancouver location (its first in Canada). Why can’t it be closer to downtown? I hopped on a bus to take me across the bridge into West Vancouver.


Overall, I was surprised by the lack of fro-yo, the lack of tart fro-yo flavors and the lack of self-serve fro-yo. There’s only one fro-yo shop in the downtown area. The West End has the highest concentration of fro-yo shops which isn’t surprising considering that’s also where most of the Korean restaurants are. There are more gelato shops than fro-yo shops and some of these had yogurt gelato.

Maybe people are too busy eating $1.56 slices of pizza? I was expecting a more vibrant fro-yo scene in Vancouver.

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

Gelato vs. Fro-yo, Score One Gelato: Bar Gelato by Naia

Fro-yo girl here. I read about Bar Gelato (gelato popsicles) by Naia recently and was intrigued by their popsicle form and convenience (available at Whole Foods in Northern California). When comparing fro-yo to gelato, my main issues with scoopable gelato are (1) I don't like that sticky, soft texture and (2) it's expensive but not better than top quality fro-yo (or ice cream).

Bar Gelato ($1.99 each, sold individually) far exceeded my expectations. It's not sticky but it's firm and icier than ice cream but not as icy as fruit juice popsicles (Bar Gelato has milk). The price is right, the size is perfect (about 140 calories) and the flavors are phenomenal.


Bar Gelato features artisanal gelato made from local ingredients, like Numi Tea, Blue Bottle Coffee, St. George Single Malt, and TCHO chocolate. It's currently available in 9 flavors. Yogurt isn't one of the flavors though Naia does have a yogurt gelato.

My current favorite is Numi Jasmine which tastes like milk tea. You can really taste the tea and the milk. The best seller appeared to be Blue Bottle Coffee (they were almost all out of that flavor).

Now I know why the checker said all the Whole Foods employees are obsessed with Bar Gelato. These are perfect summer treats.

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

Fro-yo Made a Different Way at Ice Pan

Fro-yo girl here. Ice Pan caught my eye because of its innovative process of making the ice cream (or fro-yo) in front of you. They claim to be the "world's first ice cream store where you actually see your ice cream being made from scratch." The ingredients are all natural. IcePan has Fructooligosaccharide which helps accelerate bowel movements, so it's good for constipation.

Step 1: Pick a size: small, medium or large ($3.95, $4.95, $5.95)
Step 2: Choose one flavor, they have a dozen, including chocolate, green tea, banana, strawberry, watermelon, peanut butter, pistachio, and yogurt
Step 3: Choose a base: soy milk, regular milk, nonfat milk, low fat milk
Step 4: Choose toppings (cereal, mochi, fruit, peanuts, chocolate chips) and decide whether to have them on top or mixed in.

Each serving is made from scratch at an Ice Pan station. They spread the liquid mixture thinly on a silver pan – it hardens and looks like an omelette or crepe at first, then scrambled eggs, and finally ice cream. The person making your dessert scrapes, chops and throws the mixture and finally scoops it up (and adds dessert sauce and/or toppings if desired). It’s interesting to watch though it reminds me of Benihana.

* Frozen yogurt with nonfat milk, mochi mixed in ($3.95 for small, 75 cents for mochi topping): The fro-yo was very sticky, like gelato, and the flavor was decent - like your plain/original tart fro-yo but with a different texture and mild flavor.

Yogurt gelato, yogurt ice cream and Ice Pan yogurt just isn't as good as a good soft-serve style fro-yo. A good soft-serve fro-yo is creamy with some iciness, and is smooth and silky without being sticky.

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

* ICE PAN: 7100 Santa Monica Blvd. #135, West Hollywood, CA

Pavel’s Yogurt Gelato Review

Fro-yo girl here. During a recent shopping trip to Whole Foods in San Ramon, I spotted Pavel’s Yogurt Gelato at the Gelateria Naia kiosk. This is Naia’s answer to tart fro-yo. While it wasn’t in soft serve form, I was still intrigued since their yogurt gelato is made with local ingredients. The other yogurt gelatos I’ve tried have been made with Straus yogurt.

I purchased a mini ($2.49). It wasn’t as good as Straus yogurt gelato because the flavor wasn’t as intense and it wasn’t tangy. I found it too mild. The texture was also quite firm and more like ice cream than gelato. It wasn’t as smooth as your typical gelato.

Pavel’s Original Russian Yogurt began manufacturing Russian style yogurt in the 1970s using Pavel’s family recipe, the same yogurt Pavel Malcoff learned to make while growing up on the family farm in Siberia. You can buy Pavel’s yogurt (the non-frozen kind) at Whole Foods and Nob Hill Foods.

3.5 stars (out of 5).

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