Fro-yo girl here. It’s the new year and time to share my wish list for 2014. These are the things I hope to experience in 2014.
- Froyo pie or cake. I want one! It seems like you can’t get just one slice unfortunately.
- Expanded distribution for Yolato frozen yogurt gelato bars. My fingers are crossed that I’ll see them in California
- Froyo made out of Icelandic yogurt (aka skyr). I love skyr (Siggi’s and Smari)...would love to see it used to make froyo.
- Froyo spoons. I can never get enough of cute froyo spoons.
Last year my wish list was:
- Collect more new froyo spoons (accomplished)
- Try Yolato frozen yogurt gelato bars and Pinkberry Greek (accomplished)
- Be served by Frobot rather than a human being (didn't happen)
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. The Fan Choice Awards promotion began today with the announcement of two fan favorite winners: Best All Around winner, Birthday Cupcake Batter and Best Newcomer, Carrot Cake. Congratulations to Birthday Cupcake Batter, which will be available at participating Yogurtland shops throughout the promotion (Jan. 6 - March 2), and Carrot Cake (which is in stores now and will remain while supplies last). Each week one new winning flavor will be revealed and featured at Yogurtland locations.
The new signs are up and they look quite glamorous. Each flavor comes with an acceptance speech (cute).
A message from Birthday Cupcake Batter: “You like me, you really like me! I’d like to thank all the fan for helping me keep the celebration alive with my sweet, buttery-smooth, yellow-cupcake-batter flavor! For all the real flavors out there, culinary dreams do come true.”
A message from Carrot Cake: “It’s not easy being new. Thank you all so much for recognizing my fresh-from-the-bakery deliciousness. I couldn’t have done it without real carrots, hand-selected spices, and real cream cheese frosting.” I don’t like carrot cake but I do like carrot cake froyo, it’s indulgent and spicy, but not as heavy as the real thing.
I’ve included official press release with additional details below.
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.
And the Winner Is…Yogurtland’s Fan Choice Awards Celebrate Yogurt Yumminess
(IRVINE, CA) Jan. 6, 2014 – Tens of thousands of frozen yogurt fans across the country have voted with their taste buds and the results are in. Today, Yogurtland is pleased to announce the winning flavors of its inaugural Fan Choice Awards that celebrate the best in frozen yogurt yumminess.
“Our fans are passionate about their favorite flavors, and they couldn’t wait to tell us what they liked best. Now we are excited to bring these flavors back for a ‘raspberry’ carpet celebration of flavor,” said Charlotte Lucich, Yogurtland director of marketing.
Yogurtland fans selected their favorite flavors in nine categories, and the winning flavors will be revealed, one per week, in stores each week beginning January 6 with the final winning flavor announced on February 24. The Best All-Around winning frozen yogurt flavor, Birthday Cupcake Batter, will be served at all participating stores throughout the promotion. The award for Best Newcomer flavor goes to Carrot Cake, which will be available beginning January 6, while supplies last.
The other categories include:
Best Tart– to be announced January 13
Most Exotic – to be announced January 20
Best Bakery – to be announced January 27
Best “Bring It Back Flavor”– to be announced February 3
Best Chocolate – to be announced February 10, just in time for Valentine’s Day
Best Sorbet – to be announced February 17
Most Refreshing – to be announced February 24
“Yogurtland’s hand-crafted flavors, passionately made with real ingredients, are the center of our fan experience,” added Lucich. “We travel the world to find just the perfect real ingredients, and our fans can taste the difference. The Fan Choice Awards gave them a chance to share their opinion, and share they did!”
The Yogurtland Difference
Separating Yogurtland from competitors is the company’s team of flavorologists, who develop the proprietary recipes for the brand’s more than 80 different and customized flavors. Whether traditional or exotic, each flavor uses real ingredients sourced from their original locations. By controlling the entire frozen yogurt making process, Yogurtland has raised the standards for flavors and quality to new heights and much to the delight of millions of fans.
Naturally occurring calcium makes Yogurtland yogurt a healthful, refreshing treat. All of Yogurtland’s frozen yogurt flavors meet the National Yogurt Association Criteria for “live and active culture frozen yogurt” and are produced in a kosher-certified facility.Yogurtland features non- and low-fat yogurt flavors as well as non-dairy and no sugar added choices.
Presently there 265 locations across the U.S., Australia, Guam, Mexico and Venezuela with more than 50 additional locations scheduled to open over the next six months. For more information, visit http://www.yogurt-land.com or http://www.facebook.com/yogurtland.
Fro-yo girl here. Here’s my last swirl of 2013: pumpkin froyo with cinnamon streusel, almonds and graham cracker crumbs with two spoons...shared with my better half...from Menchie’s. Thanks to my Pinterest board, I know that I consumed exactly 138 cups of froyo in 2013.
Fro-yo girl here. Goodbye 2013...it’s that time to look back at the year that was in the Bay Area.
Bay Area closings: Yogorino (both locations in SF), YoCup (both SF locations), Yogurt Circle, Yoppi Yogurt Palo Alto, Yogen Fruz Novato, U Love Yogurt, Tuttimelon Burlingame, Tutti Frutti Berkeley, Tutti Frutti Oakland Chinatown, Sweet Sundays, Harmony Frozen Yogurt, Blush SF
Yogorino is no longer available in the Bay Area...or on the West Coast. Very sad. Harmony Frozen Yogurt was one of the first tart froyo shops in the Bay Area. YoCup was also an early Bay Area tart froyo shop but the quality was significantly worse after it was sold to new owners. Fortunately, Blush still has other locations.
Tutti Frutti Berkeley and Yoppi Yogurt Palo Alto's locations weren't open long. Tutti Frutti was replaced by Honeyberry which has the worst froyo.
Bay Area openings: Yogurtland Fremont, Yogurtland Pinole, Yumi Yogurt Hillsdale Mall, Tutti Frutti Montclair Village, Swifty Sweets, Red Mango Palo Alto, Pizza Bello, Pinkberry Walnut Creek, Menchie’s Berkeley, Menchie’s Fremont, Mega Walgreens SF, La Luna Cupcakes, Coffee Cultures, Almaden Yogurt Factory
Scoop Microcreamery in Palo Alto opened this year and offered froyo made with liquid nitrogen for about a month but they stopped offering froyo. Back in October, Tuttimelon Burlingame changed from selling froyo to selling liquid nitrogen ice cream as Cryo Cream (the ownership is the same...Tuttimelon has been selling liquid nitrogen ice cream in Hong Kong for months), Honeyberry keeps opening new locations - some have froyo and some don’t. Swifty Sweets launched in April and is the Bay Area’s only froyo truck.
I had some memorable cups of froyo outside the Bay Area in 2013. If you're in NYC, be sure to check out Culture: An American Yogurt Company which has locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They make their fresh and frozen yogurt in house. Go Greek Yogurt in Beverly Hills flies in super thick authentic Greek yogurt from Greece. They offer fresh and frozen yogurt. I had my first froyo taco at A Tea Yogurt in downtown Alhambra, CA.
Check out IFYA's post on key events in the froyo industry in 2013.
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’ve examined all the pictures of fro-yo that I took this year and picked out my best looking froyo swirls. I had a good year of swirling. Years of practice have done wonders for my swirling skills.
My best swirl of 2013 was actually my first swirl of 2013. It’s a cup of plain tart froyo with neatly arranged toppings (chopped almonds, strawberries, granola, watermelon, blueberries) and two spoons. I swirled it at Yogurtland Alhambra. I remember the frozen yogurt texture was exceptional that night: firm, creamy, thick and smooth.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* YOGURTLAND: 1 E Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801
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. Last year’s froyo flavor of the year was Nutella/Chocolate Hazelnut. It seemed like Nutella was showing up everywhere - in and outside of froyo shops.
This year many new froyo flavors were introduced. Greek froyo flavors continued to be popular, riding the wave of Greek yogurt popularity. Cookie and dessert flavors were popular as well. Froyo flavors are becoming more complex, for example, Menchie’s maple nut fudge and strawberry shortcake delight, Yogurtland’s black sesame vanilla and Honey Hill Farms Moon Pie.
The froyo flavor of 2013 is...any flavor with cream cheese (e.g., Carrot cake, Menchie’s Cinnayumm bun, Cinnamon roll, Honey Hill Farms key lime bar). Who can forget Bugs Bunny's carrot cake froyo flavor at Yogurtland?
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 Christmas Eve and I hope you’re going to have a nice big cup of gingerbread, egg nog, cocoa minty holiday cookie or peppermint froyo today. Use your Menchie’s holiday spoon and top it with peppermint bark, red & green M&Ms, candy canes, gingerbread cookies, Christmas sprinkles, pfeffernusse, chocolate nonpareils, white chocolate, cranberries, toasted pecans, etc.
Here’s a festive picture I took at one of my favorite places: Blush Burlingame. I also made an ornament out of a froyo cup while I was there (they had an ornament making station) enjoying the gingerbread froyo and added it to their Christmas tree.
Hope you wake up and find fro-yo gift cards in your stocking. Happy holidays to all fro-yo fans!
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.
