Fro-yo girl here. Halloween’s over, so that means it’s time for the Christmas/winter frozen yogurt season. Yogurtland launched two limited-time festive flavors:
Holiday Baking Championship Peppermint Brownie Bliss froyo (a tie in with the Food Network show): it was a rich and creamy milk chocolate froyo with a crisp peppermint flavor. The peppermint wasn’t too strong. It’s definitely very chocolate-forward. Recommended toppings: almonds, chocolate chips.
Cookie Butter Made with Biscoff Cookies froyo: Yogurtland had Cookie Butter froyo before, but this flavor was labeled as “new”, so they must have tweaked it. I thought Cookie Butter froyo used to have a stronger cookie butter flavor before. The new version is milder. It’s sweet and creamy with a caramelized cookie flavor. The cookie butter flavor isn’t very prominent. Recommended toppings: Biscoff cookies, whipped cream.
The flavors are available now through the end of the year.
Yogurtland also has festive new toppings that pair with the new froyo flavors. The new toppings are Biscoff cookies (yum) and thick, crunchy gingerbread man cookies. The gingerbread flavor isn’t that strong.
They’ve also come out with new holiday cups, holiday spoons (a red gingerbread baker), and holiday stickers that promote the Holiday Baking Championships (watch Mondays at 8/7C on the Food Network). My Yogurtland didn’t have the new cups and spoons yet, but they did have the stickers.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Menchie’s is featuring two new flavors this month, Smooth Butterscotch froyo and Vegan Almond Bark made with chocolate almond milk.
Smooth Butterscotch froyo: this was a mild, creamy, sweet, buttery flavor that would pair well with many other flavors. It’s made with real butter and contains no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial colors, and no artificial flavors. Recommended toppings: almonds, white chocolate chips, and Nilla wafers.
Vegan Almond Bark made with chocolate almond milk: It was as creamy as a dairy flavor and seemed less sweet. I could taste the chocolate and the almond. It’s made with no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavors, and no artificial colors. Recommended toppings: chocolate shell, Special Dark chocolate chips, almonds.
I liked both flavors.
The Veterans Day Menchie’s promotion is back as well. Veterans enjoy the first 6 oz free on November 11.
And the holiday gift card special has also returned. Get a free $5 bonus card when you buy $25 or more in Menchie’s gift cards.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Xinjiang is a province in Northwest China that’s known for its yogurt cheese. They’ve been making yogurt cheese for thousands of years. Scientists have found Xinjiang cheese that’s over 3,600 years old.
While I was at DuoDuo Snacks in Temple City, I spotted Xinjiang Freeze-Dried Yogurt Cheese. The product is imported from Xinjiang and made with fresh cow’s milk cheese that is freeze-dried without preservatives. The ingredients are simple – milk, cultures, and sugar. One 100g box was $7.49.
The box contains individual pouches. One pouch has about 4 small cubes of freeze-dried cheese. One serving (the entire box) is 530 calories, 28g total fat, 56g total carbs, 13g protein, and 23g total sugars.
Freeze-dried yogurt cheese: The cube is crispy but it becomes creamy as it melts in your mouth. It tastes like rich milk with a cheesy flavor. It is sweet yet tangy. The milky flavor lingers. It’s good. I wish it had less sugar though.
The yogurt cheese is supposed to be good as a calcium supplement or as a healthy snack.
3.5 out of 5
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. It is officially time to crown this year’s Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit winner!
While I spotted plenty of fun promotions this season—from free toppings offers to free fro-yo treats for kids—no single shop or chain immediately jumped out as the runaway favorite. But after looking at all the spooky contenders, I’ve made my pick.
This year’s Halloween Froyo Shop Spirit winner is... Pinkberry in the United States.
Thanks to a promotional tie-in with the movie Practical Magic 2, Pinkberry conjured up a brand-new flavor called Midnight Margarita, served in exclusive Practical Magic 2 themed cups and topped with wonderfully witchy additions like black salt and purple sugar. To top it all off, they rolled out a Practical Magic 2 sweepstakes giving fans a chance to win an amazing private movie screening, exclusive merchandise, and a Pinkberry gift card.
Here are the previous winners:
2025: Llaollao
2024: 16 Handles
2023: SWEESH Fro-Yo, Indonesia
2022: Funky Frozen Yogurt, Norway
2021: Menchie’s, US
2020: Pinkberry, Japan
2019: Menchie’s, US
2018: Smile Yogurt, Hong Kong
2017: Yogurty’s, Canada
2016: Menchie’s, US
2015: Wakaberry, South Africa
2014: 16 Handles, US
2013: Menchie’s, US
Find the most comprehensive list of froyo shop Halloween specials and events at https://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/news/halloween-celebrations-and-promotions-at-froyo-shops
For over 3,200 Halloween froyo images, visit IFYA’s Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/froyogirl/halloween-froyo-froyo-shop-decorations/
Wishing you a spooktacular Froyo Halloween, everyone!
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I found Ddoddomam Strawberry Yogurt Pop snacks in the children’s snack section of H Mart in Arcadia for $2.49/bag. The snacks are made with corn grits, sugar, yogurt powder, and strawberry powder. One bag is 25g.
Strawberry Yogurt Pop: The snacks melt in your mouth. They are super light and look like popcorn, but are lighter than popcorn. I like that they’re not very sweet, but the strawberry flavor is very light. It tastes mostly like corn.
Yogurt Pops are imported from Korea and are halal. One bag is 140 calories. One serving (25g) has 2g sugar, 7.8g fat, 0g cholesterol, and 1g protein. It’s trans-fat free and all natural.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. It feels a little early for this, but Pinkberry just dropped a new festive flavor, Gingerbread Chai frozen yogurt. The recommended toppings are cinnamon powder, whipped cream, and a gingerbread cookie.
Gingerbread Chai froyo: This was icy and seemed very sweet. It was light and smooth (and not tart). There was definitely a strong spice flavor. I didn’t like it…maybe it would be better if it weren’t so icy. I spotted the gingerbread men cookies.
Pinkberry introduced a Gingerbread froyo flavor back in 2012. That’s so long ago that I don’t remember it too well.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I just received a promotional email from Pressed Juicery about a Pressed Freeze happy hour. It’s been a long time (a year?) since I had Pressed Freeze, even though I used to get them regularly. I had a Pressed Membership, did a few juice cleanses, and enjoyed the juices on a regular basis.
A few months ago, I noticed that the Pressed Juicery at the Shops at Santa Anita closed and was replaced by Bacio di Latte. I didn’t realize that they had closed in Pasadena, Glendale, Studio City, downtown LA, etc. I think the closest one now is at The Grove – and that’s not close. They also closed stores in Austin, Seattle, Sacramento, Dallas Fort Worth, Washington DC, etc.
I read that they planned to close most of their retail locations and focus on ghost kitchens and wholesale. If that’s true, I wonder if Freeze is going to phased out. I did enjoy the Vanilla Freeze and Pumpkin Freeze. The best topping was the almond butter. I liked how Freeze was made with a few simple ingredients and no refined sugar. It had a clean flavor.
They kept trying to change the Vanilla Freeze flavor to make it creamier, but many people preferred the original formulation. They just changed Vanilla Freeze again.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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