Fro-yo girl here. Salt & Straw’s new Concord Grape Nut Crumble frozen yogurt is part of the new Cereal-sly Delicious series for March. This marks the third new froyo flavor they’ve introduced this year (that’s one a month).
Salt & Straw describes Concord Grape Nut Crumble as, “Straight out of New England, we kick things off with Concord grape juice frozen yogurt. Churned with a little salt, cinnamon, and vanilla to amp up those roasty-toasty cereal notes, we fold in streaks of Grape Nut pudding (think creamy baked cereal meets cookie butter) for a rich and custardy swirl. Finally, a textured, nutty bite of housemade Grape Nut crumble, made with buttery toasted pecans, enters the mix. It’s all the crunchy, malty goodness you know and love—just a little easier on the teeth.”
Concord Grape Nut Crumble: Grape Grape Nuts froyo sounded interesting. The light purple color certainly was pretty. The froyo is packed with texture from the Grape Nuts and is thick and creamy. The Grape Nuts softened but still have some crunch. There is some tang as well, coming from either the yogurt or the grape juice, or both. It wasn’t sour. It didn’t taste like grape juice, so the grape juice seems to be mostly for the visual effect (or the tangy sweetness). I couldn’t even smell the grapes. Since I like Grape Nuts, I still enjoyed the scoop, but it needs more yogurt and grape flavor.
The Cereal-sly Delicious flavors are:
- Pots of Gold and Rainbows
- Snap N' Crackle Marshmallow Treats
- Peanut Butter Brownie Cereal Puffs
- Concord Grape Nut Crumble
- Captain's Berried Treasure (v)
And they’re available for a limited time in March, while supplies last.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Froyo spoon collectors, the first new collectible Yogurtland froyo spoon drop is March 16, and it’s a special spoon. Yogurtland is releasing the exclusive raspberry 20th anniversary giant spoon.
The spoon is free with every $15 minimum in-store purchase with a maximum of 2 spoons per transaction. While supplies last. The minimum used to be four spoons per transaction.
I’m still waiting for the first new Yogurtland flavor of the year. They’ve never waited this long to introduce a new flavor before.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Menchie’s just introduced the first new spoon of the year, a pink Sprinkle spoon. Sprinkle is holding a cup of Menchie’s froyo with extra sprinkles. You can even see Menchie’s head on the cup. The spoon says swirl.smile.repeat. The back of the spoon features the back of Sprinkle. These are nice big spoons. Get them before they run out.
Menchie’s featured flavors for March are Vegan Mint Chocolate Chip made with Almond Milk and the new HI-CHEW Grapefruit froyo.
HI-CHEW Grapefruit is a new froyo flavor inspired by HI-CHEW Grapefruit candy. It did taste like grapefruit but sweet like candy. Something about it tasted medicinal though. The texture was very icy, like a sorbet. The nonfat flavor is made with no artificial colors and no high fructose corn syrup. You can find HI-CHEW Grapefruit in the HI-CHEW Sweet & Sour Mix.
Vegan Mint Chocolate Chip made with Almond Milk is back for March. It’s made with no artificial flavors, artificial colors, and no high fructose corn syrup. It was creamy and thick. The mint flavor wasn’t strong.
These flavors will be available in March, while supplies last.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Barranco’s Fruit (IG @barrancosfruit) is a new vendor at Smorgasburg LA. The sign says it’s LA’s first Oaxacan-inspired yogurt pop-up. They make the yogurt from a family recipe and then add fruit and nuts to create a yogurt parfait. The yogurt tubs are $6 each and contain fruit and/or nuts and wheat. The yogurt is made with pasteurized whole milk, I believe. They only use natural ingredients.
Available flavors: pineapple coconut, blueberry strawberry, pecan, mixed, passion fruit, mango, strawberry, pecan-almond, apple, peach.
Strawberry yogurt: The yogurt with diced fresh strawberries was thick and creamy, though not as thick as skyr. I’m not sure if it is strained. I appreciated that the yogurt wasn’t sweetened. It’s naturally sweet. The strawberries weren’t sweet.
The yogurt comes with a cup of honey and a cup of crunchy toppings (pecans, puffed amaranth, puffed wheat). You can sweeten it to your liking. It's more yogurt-forward than bionico.
The yogurt parfait was a nice treat. It’s something that I could easily replicate at home though. They do make the yogurt, so that’s a plus.
Barranco’s Fruit has pop-ups at farmers markets, Smorgasburg, night markets, and swap meets.
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. During our visit to NYC, we also walked by the future Mimi’s in Greenwich Village. Located at 84 University Pl, it’s near NYU. The shop opened on March 2. Greenwich/West Village seems to be the place to be for froyo.
Go Greek, which first opened in Beverly Hills, CA, is also coming to NYC soon. The new storefront will be at Great Jones St. & Broadway in NOHO. Mythos Greek Frozen Yogurt also has plans to open in NYC and Myka has signs up at 159 7th Ave South near Waverly Pl.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. It’s been hard to find Asian yogurt drinks that I like since Yakult is so popular there, and I don’t like Yakult. The drinks are often high in sugar. Luckily, I was able to sample Probiotics Will, a Korean yogurt drink, at HMART. Probiotics Will is imported from Korea.
Hy Probiotics Will is the No. 1 brand in Korea (highest sales, according to the sign inside the store and the text on the packaging). The sign features a Korean soccer star, Son Heung-min, holding a bottle of the drink. It has been available in South Korea for 20 years.
The drinks are sold in packs of four for $5.99 each. Available varieties: Plain No Sugar Added, Strawberry, Lowfat, Original. Each bottle contains billions of live and active probiotics.
Probiotics Will Plain – The drink is 5.07 fl oz. The main ingredient is milk. I really liked the drink. It’s like a plain yogurt smoothie. It was creamy, tangy, and sweet but not too sweet. It tasted like yogurt but did not taste like Yakult. One serving contains 117 calories, 3g total fat, 19g total carbohydrates, 2g of sugar, and 6g of protein. Will claims to contain a strain of probiotics that targets the helicobacter pylori bacteria that sometimes can lead to discomfort, gastritis, and stomach pain.
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 officially turned 20 today and to celebrate, they had a froyo giveaway, of course.
Yogurtland customers received a free 8oz prepacked cup of Birthday Cupcake Batter froyo in a 20th anniversary cup with an in-store purchase today. I heard that the each store prepared 200 prepacked cups of froyo. I also picked up some 20th anniversary and Yogurtland Hoppers sticker sheets.
Happy birthday, Yogurtland, and thank you for 20 years of yumminess!
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.
