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Fro-yo girl here. Tillamook’s Yum Yogurt Tour started yesterday in San Francisco. The tour brings their new line of dessert yogurt to the people, starting in San Francisco and ending in Seattle. Tillamook dessert yogurt features three rich, indulgent flavors of full fat all natural yogurt with live and active cultures. The flavors are: Honey Cinnamon Creme Brulee, Marionberry Cobbler, and Peach Raspberry à la Mode.
I sampled all three flavors today and picked up a cute paper bow tie on a stick. They were dispensed into small sample cups kept on ice. They are definitely rich, thick, creamy and sweeter than usual. I could taste the honey (local honey from Oregon) and cinnamon but not the creme brulee. The fruit flavors have real fruit, not in big pieces but you can see bits of fruit. The marionberry cobbler tasted like blackberries to me. I didn’t taste the cobbler. The peach raspberry tasted like sweet fruit, mostly peach but I’m not sure how the à la Mode fits in. I missed the tangy yogurt flavor I expect to find in yogurt.
The dessert yogurt only comes in one size, family size, 24 ounces. Their plan is to introduce additional dessert flavors in a single serving sizes early next year. My local Safeway was selling the yogurt for $4.29 regular price, currently on sale for $2.79-$3.29.
There are additional stops in the Bay Area over the next two weeks. Check the Tillamook website for locations, dates and times.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Even Caplico comes in a yogurt flavor now. I spotted it at Nijiya Market in San Mateo for $1.99 each. They only had one left.
For those of you not familiar with Caplico, it’s a Japanese baked wheat snack by Glico that looks like an ice cream cone. It’s supposed to taste like an ice cream cone too. A airy chocolate center is surrounded by an airy yogurt flavor exterior. The texture is very much reminiscent of Aero chocolate bars. It’s firm but not super firm because there are tiny holes throughout. The yogurt part tastes a bit like Yakult, sweet and creamy and it has tiny bits of lemon cookie for a bit of crunch. The chocolate part tastes better. The cone is crunchy and light. One cone is 210 calories with 13g of fat.
I love yogurt but I think other flavors of Giant Caplico taste better.
3 out of 5 stars
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* NIJIYA MARKET: 1956 El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403
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.
Fro-yo girl here. New Yoplait Greek features strained yogurt blended with real fruit pieces. Yoplait Greek is not Yoplait’s first Greek yogurt, but it is the first they’ve made with the traditional straining method for which Greek yogurt is known.
While there are many brands of Greek yogurt out there, the new Yoplait Greek tastes different than the usual Greek yogurt because it is much sweeter. Yoplait Greek reminds me of the regular Yoplait yogurt only with a thicker, creamier texture. Those of you who like a sweeter yogurt might like Yoplait Greek. The texture is soft, smooth and creamy, with almost a slightly whipped texture..
I tried the vanilla flavor which features a mild vanilla flavor. The flavor was pleasant but I found it quite a bit sweeter than what I personally prefer. It is an improvement from their earlier Greek yogurt.
Yoplait Greek with live and active cultures is fat free, gluten free, gelatin free, 5.3 ounces a cup, under 150 calories and has 100% more protein than regular yogurt. It comes in six flavors: Vanilla, Tangerine, Coconut, Strawberry Raspberry, Pineapple, Blueberry
The suggested retail price is $1.29 per cup.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Everyone knows that I love frozen yogurt spoons. Years ago, I went to Berry Chill in Chicago and was amazed by their green color changing frozen yogurt spoons. I couldn’t throw the spoon away and it made a wonderful, practical, cute, and memorable souvenir. Berry Chill is no longer around but the color changing spoons live on thanks to Frozen Solutions.
FrozenSolutions.com has color changing spoons, cups, straws, bracelets, pens and pencils. The spoons change colors in response to cold. Some of their other items change colors based on body temperature, heat, sunlight.
The color changing spoons come in six colors. I think people of all ages like the color changing spoons. It’s an unexpected, fun and whimsical twist to the typical frozen yogurt spoon.
- Orange turns Red
- Green turns Blue
- Pink turns Purple
- Yellow turns Green
- White turns Blue
- Blue turns Purple
You can watch the color changing magic take place in my Vine video.
The color changing spoons are BPA free, FDA certified and food safe. Customization options are available, including imprinting names and logos to custom molds for cups, spoons and straws. For additional information, visit the Frozensolutions.com website.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland just introduced two new freshly baked frozen yogurt flavors for the fall:
* White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie: This rich, sweet, creamy frozen yogurt is made with real macadamia nut cookies and double roasted Australian macadamia nuts. Both the white chocolate and macadamia flavors are very pronounced. There isn’t much yogurt flavor (that tarty, tangy yogurt flavor).
* Banana Nut Bread: The banana flavor is very strong (but this is coming from someone who despises banana) and it’s made with real banana bread, pecans and cinnamon. It does have a bready flavor. It's creamy, sweet and probably really good if you like bananas.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland’s new Real Rewards mobile app version 2.0 has just launched. Like the old app it has a flavor finder feature, store locator and social sharing tools to share your pics on the app, Facebook or Twitter.You can register your gift card, view the balance, reload and use your phone to pay. The most exciting feature is the new loyalty program. You get one point for every ounce you purchase and you earn your way to a higher reward level. There are three reward levels:
- Green: 3 ounces free for signing up (registering), 3 ounces free on your birthday
- Raspberry: 3 ounces free for every 36 ounces purchased, 5 ounces free on your birthday
- Platinum: 4 ounces free for every 36 ounces purchased, 16 ounces free on your birthday
The ultimate goal is to reach 520 ounces which entitles you to an unlimited cup (anything that fits into the 16 ounce cup).
YL Real Rewards was launched and tested first in Colorado, Louisiana and select Nevada locations. The app is free and can be found in the Apple App store and Google Play app store.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. I received a request to reveal my frozen yogurt spoon collection. I didn’t include all the plain Yogurtland pink and green spoons I have and I misplaced my Berry Chill spoons (I know I didn’t lose them). I'm so happy I saved my sno:la wooden spoon.
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.
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