Yogen Früz launches 3 mouth-watering NÜ mixes

Available today...three brand new fro-yo flavor mixes from Yogen Früz: Piña Colada, Key Lime Pie and Chocolate Almond frozen yogurt.

P.S. They also have pumpkin pie fro-yo till Thanksgiving.

Check out the new flavors, froyoholics.

Halloween Fro-yo Treats

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve compiled a list of Bay Area fro-yo shops that are celebrating my favorite holiday, Halloween.

HARMONY FROZEN YOGURT: Come in costume on Halloween and get 50% off your fro-yo and toppings. Good at all Harmony locations. They’re even closing early to celebrate Halloween. San Mateo closes at 6 PM, San Carlos and Burlingame closes at 7 PM.

BLUSH ORGANIC FROZEN YOGURT: Free fro-yo for kids 10 and under who come in costume from 5 – 9 PM on Halloween. Everyone else should say trick or treat. Dublin location only.

TUTTIMELON WEST PORTAL: With a $5 minimum purchase on Halloween, get a free bag of treats!

TUTTIMELON POLK & ALAMEDA: Something’s brewing at these locations on Halloween. It involves a raffle and other surprises.

If anyone dresses up as a big bowl of fro-yo, send me a picture (please).

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

* BLUSH ORGANIC FROZEN YOGURT: 4640-A Tassajara Road, Dublin, CA
* TUTTIMELON: 44 West Portal Ave., San Francisco, CA
* TUTTIMELON: 2125 Polk St., San Francisco, CA
* TUTTIMELON ALAMEDA: 2402 Central Ave, Alameda, CA

Ideal Number of Toppings and What People Like Best about Self-Serve Fro-yo

Fro-yo girl here. I recently posed the question: How many toppings would you want on your perfect cup of fro-yo? Readers favor simplicity. More people would rather have no toppings (13%) than five or more toppings (11%).

Two or three toppings clearly the winner with 58% of the vote. My perfect cup of fro-yo would include two toppings: one type of fruit and mochi (two toppings). The only time I’m seriously tempted to get more than two toppings is when the shop has more than one flavor of mochi or they offer a deal for three toppings (but not two toppings). My perfect bowl of fro-yo would also be eaten in a cute cup with a cute spoon (my smurf blue fro-yo cup fits the bill).

I also asked readers what they liked best about self-serve fro-yo? The results surprised me; I thought that price and having more sweet flavors would be more popular. The overwhelming majority chose the ability to combine more flavors and toppings as the attribute they liked best (61%). The next most popular attribute was the ability to adjust the fro-yo to toppings ratio (15%).

Are the results contradictory? Or could it be that most respondents think of full serve fro-yo when they think of the perfect cup of fro-yo? I’m hopeful that this is the case. Yes, full serve fro-yo shops usually have fewer flavors and toppings but the good ones focus more on quality than quantity (whereas the self-serve fro-yo tends to be about quantity rather than quality).

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

Snowee: New Fro-yo Shop in San Mateo

Fro-yo girl here. Snowee isn’t open yet, but I chatted with the owners last week to get the inside scoop (swirl?) . They’re focused on providing a cheerful, kid-friendly spot (wait till you see the upstairs) which can be rented out for parties and events. The walls are green and yellow and they’ve added artificial grass (it looks cute) to create a garden feel.

The fro-yo is self-serve and 39 cents an ounce. One flavor will be organic (Straus!), one will be sugar free and the rest will be a mix of sweet and tart flavors. The initial flavor line-up includes pumpkin, pistachio, chocolate, etc. They’ll have about 20 dry toppings, 12 wet toppings and many, many syrups. These syrups can also be added to their special snow ice (Snowee) dessert. Snowee is pre-flavored and soft and fluffy (like cotton candy). I asked if you could put fro-yo on Snowee but I was advised that it would be better to put Snowee on fro-yo (because the fro-yo is denser).

The menu will also include healthy, hot air-cooked snacks like air fries, air sweet potato fries, chicken strips and Kettle Corn.

The soft opening is planned for early this week. During the soft opening, they want to try out the fro-yo flavors to see which ones their customers like. Please let them know; they really want your feedback. Fro-yo will be 30% off. The menu will also be limited for the first few weeks (no Snowee, no fries).

During the grand opening weekend, fro-yo will be 50% off and they’ll hand out free samples of their snacks and Snowee.

The shop should be a nice place to hang out. It looks like the only place to get dessert on the street. They’ll have free wi-fi, gift cards, and frequent buyer stamp cards.

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

* SNOWEE: 168 25th St., San Mateo, CA

Tuttimelon Irving Grand Opening Coverage

Fro-yo girl here. It finally happened, and while I feel sad to see the original Tuttimelon become Tea Way, they’re still providing tuttilicious fro-yo to the masses on Irving St., only it’s self-serve now. Today’s grand opening was very, very crowded. The line just kept growing.

Since we were with Tuttimelon Bear, we were able to go inside and watch the Tuttimelon team get ready for the event. Tracy, Danny and I helped with the fro-yo flavor signs.

Carmen Chu (SF Supervisor) presented Tuttimelon with a certificate and then swirled some pomegranate fro-yo into her cup. Roy (Mr. Tuttimelon) said something to the crowd but I couldn’t hear what was said since I was inside the store.

I finally got a ride in the Tuttimobile!!! It doesn’t smell like fro-yo. Patrick’s aunt and grandmother sat in the back of the car eating Tuttimelon fro-yo. So cute. I met his mom later. I hope he didn't make her wait on the curb so that I could get a ride in the Tuttimobile?



They had a fun spin the wheel game set up which determined which prize you’d win (for the first 50 people). Prizes included free gelato, a free fro-yo parfait, Tuttimelon gift card, Tuttimelon visors (in pink and black), Tuttimelon umbrellas (in pink and green) and a giant “Sumo” cup of fro-yo. I love my Tuttimelon umbrella! Thank you for the umbrella, Roy, and also for swirling my fro-yo for me (I still hate doing it myself).

The free fro-yo lasted till 2 PM. Close to 2 PM, raffle tickets were handed out to the people waiting in line and then I left…but I heard later that my friend Patra won the grand prize, the Wii (congrats Patra!)



Tuttimelon’s first SF self-serve location has 8 flavors a day (35 cents an ounce). I tried almond tart for the first time. It’s different and really good!

Flavors of the day:
* Almond tart
* Coconut tart
* Strawberry tart
* Taro tart
* Dark chocolate
* Pomegranate tart
* Original tart
* Mango tart



Joe Cool and Matt G. (fro-yo boy) shared a cup of taro fro-yo and then almond and coconut fro-yo. The Sumo Bowl is a 32 oz. cup - you can fill it up as much as you want for $9.45 (the perfect size for Matt G?). Tracy thinks they should have a fro-yo challenge - finish the Sumo Bowl and you don't have to pay :-).

I heard that their downtown SF/New Montgomery St. location will open very soon!

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

* TUTTIMELON IRVING: 2045 Irving St. San Francisco, CA

Warning: Cuteness Overload

New limited edition Tokidoki Yogurtland cups and spoons have arrived at Yogurtland. I’m in love!

49ers/Blush SF Event This Sunday, 10/25, from 10 - 2 PM

Fro-yo girl here. Here's a very good reason to treat yourself to Blush's premium, delicious, organic frozen yogurt this Sunday (mmm, try the pumpkin flavor) during their 49ers game day extravaganza (from 10 AM - 2 PM). You'll get to meet 49ers cheerleader and Blush fan, Cassandra. She'll be there for photos and to autograph the 2010 49ers cheerleader calendar. Blush will donate $1 to the Susan G Komen Cancer Foundation for every calendar sold.

Watch the Niners take on the Texans on Blush's giant 65 inch flatscreen TVs, while eating fro-yo (so much better than beer).

Purchase fro-yo on Sunday from 10 AM - 2 PM and get a raffle ticket. One lucky winner will win a pair of tickets to the Niners vs Titans game.

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

* BLUSH SAN FRANCISCO: 219 King St., San Francisco, CA