Fro-yo girl here. Proudly handmade in Columbus, Ohio, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams are made with Snowville milk and cream from grassfed cows in Ohio. Their frozen yogurt uses biodynamic organic yogurt and has live and active yogurt cultures. It’s pretty spectacular.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams can be found at Safeway, Berkeley Bowl, Mollie Stone’s and other markets in the Bay Area. I’ve found that many locations only carry 1 or 2 of Jeni’s frozen yogurt flavors.
I was impressed with the Jeni’s frozen yogurt selection at Andronico’s on Irving St. in San Francisco. During my visit they had the following flavors:
- Grapefruit
- Lemon
- Lime Cardamom
- Mango Lassi
- Red Raspberry
A pint is $11.99. You can also order ice cream and fro-yo pints from Jeni’s website. The website lists the stores that carry Jeni’s.
5 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
http://www.jenis.com/where-to-buy/
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* ANDRONICO’S: 1200 Irving St., San Francisco, CA 94122
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. Where can you find the best frozen yogurt in Chicago? While I certainly wasn’t able to visit every shop, I would be surprised if some place has better frozen yogurt than Jeni’s, even though Jeni's only has the scoopable kind.
I knew that I had to try Jeni's new cultured key lime pie frozen yogurt flavor with salty graham cracker gravel mixed right in. It’s described as “ultra-thick, ultra-creamy and ultra-tart.” Cultured key lime pie frozen yogurt is made with cultured buttermilk, biodynamic organic yogurt (from Ohio), and key lime juice. The actual frozen yogurt lives up to the description. It’s incredibly flavorful and you can taste the tart yogurt flavor, the key lime juice, the buttermilk and the extra salty graham cracker gravel. The graham cracker gravel adds a crunchy texture and sophisticated salty flavor. The texture is dense, thick and super creamy.
The lemon frozen yogurt was also superb and bursting with tangy flavor but the graham cracker gravel really puts the cultured key lime pie flavor over the top.
If you make it to a Jeni’s scoop shop, I recommend trying the gravel - which you can buy by the bag. The Chicago location is very close to the Southport station (Brown Line).
Jeni’s recently released a follow-up to her first cookbook, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. The new book, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream Desserts has over 100 new recipes and they’re not just for ice cream. Her book tour kicks off this summer and will include demonstrations and book signings. Dates and locations are listed on Jeni’s website.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* JENI’S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS: 3404 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, IL 60657
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. The Forever Yogurt robot spoons were at the NRA Show at the Forever Yogurt booth! I found out that all the Froid (boy robot) spoons were supposed to be orange and all the pink spoons were supposed to be Frida (girl robot) but because of a mix up at the factory, some pink spoons feature Froid and some orange spoons feature Frida. I’m happy to have orange and pink Froid spoons and orange & pink Frida spoons.
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 finally made it to Pinkberry to try their new Mint Chocolate Cookie flavor (May’s new flavor), which features tiny bits of Thin Mint Cookies blended in. I wish I had gone earlier because the flavor is really good. It’s lighter than ice cream (lighter texture) but full of mint chocolate cookie flavor. Also the mint flavor is nice - it doesn’t taste like toothpaste like some mint flavored frozen yogurt flavors can. They also had a new topping: mint chocolate cookies.
A new flavor should be coming soon (in June) and it might be lemonade. I also heard about some other summer flavors.
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. Since the frozen yogurt industry doesn’t have a large scale tradeshow devoted to frozen yogurt, the National Restaurant Association (NRA Show) is the best place to learn about new trends, new technologies and new products in frozen yogurt (and the foodservice industry in general). This year was my first time attending the NRA Show, the nation’s largest foodservice show, and I went with several goals in mind: (1) to serve as an expert judge for Revel Systems’ inaugural Swirl of Excellence Frozen Yogurt taste competition, (2) to meet others in the frozen yogurt industry and learn about new trends, products, and technologies, (3) to sample frozen yogurt, (4) to have fun and see a few chefs that I admire.
Because there’s so much to report, I’m planning multiple posts that cover the NRA Show. These posts will be on the IFYA blog (internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news):
- Swirl of Excellence Frozen Yogurt Competition Sponsored by Revel Systems
- New Frozen Yogurt Trends, Products & Technology: Frozen Yogurt Mixes
- New Frozen Yogurt Trends, Products & Technology: Frozen Yogurt Machines, Packaging, POS, Franchises
General NRA Show Observations and Tips
If you do attend the NRA Show, don’t bother to make lunch plans. There’s so much free food being handed out and you’ll be so tired that you won’t have room or energy to get lunch elsewhere. They had pizza, flatbread, burgers, Chicago dogs, seafood, mini tacos, hummus, gyros, bagels, pastries, noodles, and of course desserts – frozen yogurt, ice cream, gelato and cookies. You can also buy food at the pizza place, Starbucks and Mc Donald’s but why bother when you’re surrounded by free food?
Wear comfortable shoes and grab a map/download the NRA app so that you can find your way around. You’re going to be doing a lot of walking – or you can rent a motorized wheelchair.
I attended several chef demonstrations (Art Smith, Ming Tsai, Marc Forgione – none of them made froyo) and those are worth going to. You can watch the chef in action and hear personal stories. Few people in the audience want to ask questions, so if you’re a fan of a chef, do attend and ask a question. You can also meet them one on one at the book signings.
Tomorrow’s post on Revel Systems’ Swirl of Excellence Frozen Yogurt Competition will appear on the IFYA blog.
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. It’s Day 2 in Chicago and I’ve collected my favorite souvenirs: collectible froyo spoons. I picked up some Forever Yogurt robot spoons (Froid is the boy robot. Frida, the girl robot, has a bow.). They come in two colors: orange and pink. These were introduced about a month ago. Get yours at Forever Yogurt.
I also picked up the Put Your Best Cup Forward cup design winner and the robot 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. The YoCrunch Company launched the Yopa! line of Greek yogurt nationally in early 2013. Recently I noticed a new flavor that sounded promising: Lemon shortbread.
* Lemon shortbread: The shortbread cookie crumbles are kept in a separate compartment. The nonfat Greek plain yogurt had a lemon sauce on the bottom. You stir the yogurt and the cookies. I’m not a fan of the fruit on the bottom style but Yopa Lemon Shortbread was quite tasty. I liked the crunchy shortbread cookie bits and the tart, thick, lemony, creamy yogurt (glad it wasn’t very sweet). The cookie bits stayed crunchy. The 150g cup was 190 calories, 12g of protein and 4.5g of fat. I liked it so much that I've purchased several more cups. 4 out of 5 stars.
* Vanilla with toasted almonds: The vanilla flavor was mild, as in, not much vanilla flavor. The thick and creamy texture was pleasing. The chopped almonds from Blue Diamond were nice but boring. I liked how it wasn’t that sweet. 3 out of 5 stars.
Yopa! has live and active yogurt cultures. I found Yopa! on sale at Von’s for $1 each.
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.
