Summit Swirl
Poppy's
Fro-yo girl here. The Lake Tahoe Basin has a population of approximately 60,000 residents, with 70% living in California and 30% in Nevada. The largest city in the area is South Lake Tahoe, which has roughly 21,300 residents and no dedicated froyo shops. The area has many small towns including Tahoe City, Incline Village, Olympic Valley, and Kings Beach. Truckee is technically not in the Lake Tahoe Basin rim but is about 15 - 20 miles away.
The area receives 2 to 3 million unique visitors a year. The busiest season is the summer, followed by the winter. The area includes 11 ski resorts.
The froyo options are few and far between, but the existing shops have survived for years. Also, all these shops are independently owned and not part of a franchise. I found six places to get froyo and two closed froyo shops. The oldest was Susie Scoops in Incline Village. The newest shop was Rainbow Sprinkles, which opened in 2017 and closed in 2018.
Current Places to Get Froyo
- Euro Sweets, 3001 N Village Dr, Truckee, CA, may have opened in 2012. It offers self-serve froyo, gelato, and candy.
- Euro Sweets, 1850 Village South Rd, Olympic Valley, CA, opened in 2015 at The Village at Palisades Tahoe.
- Poppy’s, 521 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA, opened in 2011 and serves froyo, ice cream, and espresso drinks. It is a window with outdoor seating only and two froyo flavors a day.
- Summit Swirl, 11325 Deerfield Dr, Truckee, CA, opened in 2015. It is self-serve, with eight flavors a day. Summit Swirl seems to be the best froyo option in the area.
- Susie Scoops, 899 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV, offers ice cream, soft serve froyo, smoothies, and more. Susie Scoops opened in Incline Village in 2008.
- Sweet Tahoe Time, 8636 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA, opened in 2016. It is primarily a hard scoop ice cream shop, but does offer chocolate and vanilla soft serve froyo.
Closed Froyo Shops
- Rainbow Sprinkles Donuts and Frozen Yogurt, 1036 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA, opened in 2017 and closed in 2018. It offered donuts and self-serve froyo.
- Sno Frozen Yogurt Café, 4125 Lake Tahoe Blvd, Ste I, South Lake Tahoe, CA, opened in 2015. The self-serve froyo shop offered 12 flavors of froyo, over 50 toppings, and coffee, hot chocolate, and tea. It closed in 2016.
Did I miss any froyo shops in Lake Tahoe? If so, let me know.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland announced plans to open a branch in Gilroy, CA, so the froyo scene is finally going to get a major upgrade. There are currently three self-serve froyo shops in Gilroy: Top A Lot, Yogofino, and Yotealicious. Four froyo shops have closed, although one was just renamed and one was a Greek café that happened to serve Greek froyo. Fro-yo Delite became Fro-Yo Fever, which closed in 2018. Fro-yo Delite was the first froyo shop to open in Gilroy in 2010. Yogofino and Yotealicious (formerly known as YoghArt) were established in 2013 and 2012.
Gilroy, known as the Garlic Capital of the World, has a population of 59,000 and is located in southern Santa Clara County. The median household income was $133,107 in 2024, higher than the national average. Gilroy is known for the Gilroy Garlic Festival and Gilroy Premium Outlets.
Places to Get Froyo
- Top A Lot, 8155 Arroyo Cir 8003 Suite #3, is a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2024 at the Gilroy Premium Outlets. The original Top A Lot opened in Santa Cruz, CA, in 2008.
- Yogofino, 745 1st St, is a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2013. The logo looks like Yogofina’s, but it’s spelled differently.
- Yotealicious, 1230 1st St, Suite #105, is a self-serve froyo shop with bubble tea, smoothies, and snacks. It took over the YoghArt space.
Closed Places to Get Froyo
- Fro-Yo Fever, 6955 Camino Arroyo Ste 40, replaced Fro-yo Delite and closed in 2018
- Fro-yo Delite, 6955 Camino Arroyo Ste 40, was a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2010. The name was changed to Fro-Yo Fever, possibly in 2015.
- Nick the Greek, 739 1st St, was a fast casual Greek restaurant that served Greek froyo. The Gilroy branch opened in 2021 and closed in 2024.
- YoghArt, 1230 1st St, Suite #105, was a self-serve shop that opened in 2012. The ownership changed in March 2013. The name was changed to Yotealicious in 2018.
Not Closed, No Longer Serves Froyo
- Costco, 7251 Camino Arroyo Dr, used to offer soft serve froyo but switched to soft serve ice cream.
Did I miss any froyo shops or businesses serving froyo in Gilroy? Let me know.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I spotted Skittles Yogurt Fruit Animal Gummies at World Market. One pouch is 50g and was priced at $5.29. The gummies are imported from China. They’re made with real juice. The pouch is resealable. One pouch is 180 calories.
Each pouch comes with five different shapes and flavors. I think they’re all supposed to be animal-shaped, but I can’t tell what the round green shape is supposed to be. The gummies are very soft. I was hoping for something chewier.
- Strawberry (cat-face): mild berry and yogurt flavor, sweet, soft texture; the strawberry flavor was faint
- Original (paw-shaped) a little firmer, moist like a peelable gummy, sweet Yakult flavor
- Peach (pig-shaped): probably the best tasting, like sweet peaches mixed with Yakult, soft, moist
- Mango (fish-shaped) tastes like mango, very soft, little chew, moist, sweet
- Lemon (smiley-face) tastes medicinal and unpleasant, like a lemon cleaning product
The texture just didn’t do it for me. I also did not enjoy the flavors. The lemon was the worst.
These gummies taste nothing like Skittles. The different colors and flavors fit with the taste the rainbow Skittles slogan though.
2 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Congrats to Yoga-urt on eleven years. I can vouch for the fact that Yoga-urt is just as good as it was on day one, only now there are many more flavors to choose from. In fact, today marked the launch of the newest flavor, Almond Joy. Almond Joy is a chocolate coconut almond flavor that is plant-based, organic, hand-crafted, all-natural and full of goodness (including live and active cultures).
Chocolate Bliss is Yoga-urt’s most popular flavor, and I’m sure that Almond Joy will delight chocolate froyo fans. I’m not a chocolate froyo fan, but I could taste the quality of ingredients, including the chocolate and coconut. It was rich, creamy, and thick. Recommended toppings: almonds and magic shell.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* YOGA-URT, 1407 W Kenneth Rd, Glendale, CA 91201
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Fro-yo girl here. Happy National Ice Cream Day! Ice Cream Alley is back at Smorgasburg Los Angeles on Sundays from now through September 6. The lineup of vendors changes every year, though it’s definitely smaller than it used to be.
This year’s line-up:
- Moom Maam: Artisanal Thai gelato, including mango sticky rice
- Sad Girl Creamery: Latin-inspired ice cream sundaes, ice cream tacos, ice cream scoops
- Bernie’s: shaved granita ice with toasted meringue
- Boutcha: tea-infused gelato
- Swrlies: real fruit ice cream and froyo, blended to order. YES, froyo is back at Smorgasburg.
- Sweet Lady Jane: I thought it was just cupcakes, but they have a new gelato
Smorgasburg is celebrating National Ice Cream Day with The Great Ice Cream Fair on July 19.
The event is free. Parking is also free. Smorgasburg LA is open from 10 AM – 4 PM.
SMORGSABURG LA: ROW DTLA, 777 Alameda St., Los Angeles
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Thanks to Disney+, Descendants: Wicked Wonderalnd, and Menchie’s for today’s free froyo event. I went to Menchie’s in Burbank, CA, for the event, because I know that they’re always organized. One employee handed out 50 slips of paper to the first fifty guests. It was a hot day, and people were lined up well before 3 PM. The first five ounces were free.
They had the new red and blue Menchie’s spoons too.
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland is now streaming. It’s a teen fantasy series.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. While China first popularized ice bars in cute shapes, the trend spread to South Korea. Ice Factory launched a line of fruit-shaped ice bars that claim to be
the first disposable mold packaged ice cream). The bars are individually wrapped. I spotted watermelon, peach, mango, blue lemonade, and strawberry sorbet bars at H Mart in Arcadia. The bars are $3.99 each.
Strawberry sorbet bar: The bar is 67 ml or 2.27 fl. oz. It comes in a plastic mold. You remove the bar and put together the paper holder. It’s made with strawberries and contains strawberry seeds. One bar is 74 calories, 1g total fat, 16g total sugars, and 0g protein. The bar was hard (like a block of ice). I liked the flavor – it tasted like strawberry lemonade. It was tart and sweet. Once it started melting, it did get messy. It’s not as good as the bars you can get at TJ’s because it’s too hard, but it is cuter.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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