New Online Exclusive Yogurtland Cup and a New Topping

new brown sugar mini mochi

Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland just introduced a new online exclusive cup, Mochi Mochi Tea, made with Boba Milk Tea froyo and topped with plain mochi and brown sugar mini mochi. You can order it online from the Yogurtland website or on the Yogurtland mobile app.

And yes, the brown sugar mini mochi are a new topping. They’re smaller than the regular mochi (glutinous rice cakes) and they taste like brown sugar. They’re chewy and firm.

You can also create the Mochi Mochi Tea cup at Yogurtland this month.

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New Froyo Flavors at Menchie’s and More Menchie’s News

Fro-yo girl here. Menchie’s has two NEW froyo flavors this month, Whipped Lemonade and Dark Chocolate Candy made with Dove Chocolate.

Whipped lemonade froyo is the first TikTok-inspired froyo flavor that I know of. Back when whipped Dalgona coffee was a thing, recipes for whipped lemonade went viral on TikTok. Menchie’s Whipped Lemonade froyo is made with lemon juice, cream, and condensed milk, just like the TikTok whipped lemonade recipe. Whipped Lemonade is an iced, blended drink is supposed to be thick and like a smoothie.

I’ve never had whipped lemonade but I did try Menchie’s Whipped Lemonade froyo. It’s good but it wasn’t tangy like a good lemonade. It’s sweeter, like lemon pie or lemon cake. I personally prefer tangy lemon froyo. The texture wasn’t as thick as I expected. Recommended toppings: Cool Whip, fresh strawberries, sour gummy candy.

Whipped Lemonade froyo is gluten-free, lowfat, and contains no artificial flavors, artificial colors, or high fructose corn syrup.

Dark Chocolate Candy froyo is made with DOVE® Chocolate. The new flavor was inspired by moms and Mother’s Day. I tried it when it was a test flavor at Menchie’s Encino and didn’t think the dark chocolate flavor was strong enough. Recommended toppings: Hershey’s Mini Kisses, Special Dark chocolate chips, and Oreos.

Dark Chocolate Candy froyo is gluten-free and lowfat. It’s made with no artificial flavors or artificial colors and contains no high fructose corn syrup.

Menchie’s featured flavors are available for a limited time, while supplies last.

Also, there are TWO Double Smiles Days this month. Be sure to scan the Menchie’s app on Tuesday, 5/23 and Wednesday, 5/24 for double smiles. Once you reach 50 smiles, Menchie’s will add a $5 reward to your account.

And a new spring spoon is coming! I’ll show it to you once I get one.

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New Yogurtland Spoon: Mint Green

Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland has new spoons! The first new spoons of 2023 are…their logo spoons in a new color, mint green. I asked the Yogurtland employee if the spoons were part of a promotion but she didn’t know. Anyway, the color is pretty…reminds me of their Lucky Irish Mint froyo flavor. I imagine we’re due for a new Yogurtland flavor in May. Could it be green?

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Yu Cake Yogurt Box Cakes

Fro-yo girl here. Last year I raved about Yu Cake’s yogurt cake rolls, declaring them the best yogurt cakes ever. I had a slice for my birthday too. They have other types of yogurt cake though. This time, I tried the yogurt box cake, which comes in three flavors: berry and blueberry. Each cake is $6.95.

Yogurt box cakes have similar components as the yogurt cake rolls (i.e., yogurt cream, sponge cake) but in different proportions. With the yogurt box cake, the plain yogurt cream is on the bottom of the clear box container, topped with chunky blueberry preserves, then topped with a layer of light sponge cake, and finally finished with a layer of blueberry yogurt cream and fresh blueberries. With the cake roll, the cake surrounds two layers of yogurt cream.

Blueberry yogurt box cake: The yogurt cream is smoothy, rich, and tangy. The cake was light but didn’t have much flavor. The blueberry preserves weren’t too sweet.

I still prefer the yogurt cake roll – maybe because of the buttercream on top? It’s also prettier than the yogurt box cake.

YU CAKE: 301 W Valley Blvd, Ste 111, San Gabriel, CA 91776

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Yu Cake Adds Yogurt Daifuku and Creamy Mochi

Fro-yo girl here. Yu Cake, my favorite cake and Asian dessert shop, just added daifuku to the menu. Twelve flavors are available, including three yogurt ones: strawberry yogurt, blueberry yogurt, and blackgrape yogurt. They weren’t on display, so you have to ask for them (they’re in the back). When I ordered it, I was told it would take 10 minutes. They’re not making them to order, so they must be defrosting them to order. I think the price was $6.50. The daifuku are large.

I didn’t eat the strawberry yogurt daifuku right away and by the time I made it home, it was an hour later.

Strawberry yogurt daifuku: The rice cake shell (glutinous rice/mochi) was very soft, thin, and chewy. Though it was blue, I don’t think the rice cake shell was flavored. The center was still frozen and seemed like tangy frozen strawberry juice. The strawberry center was surrounded by a thick layer of yogurt cream. The yogurt cream was creamy and rich. It also tasted like coconut cream. Yu Cake’s daifuku is heavier and bigger than your typical fresh strawberry daifuku. While I appreciated the fact that the yogurt cream was tangy and tasted like yogurt, the frozen center threw me. I prefer the traditional strawberry daifuku with a fresh strawberry center. Maybe if they blended the strawberries into the yogurt cream and put something not frozen in the center like fresh fruit or jelly, I would like it more. I think yogurt daifuku is worth trying but I’ll stick with their yogurt cakes.

They also added Creamy Mochi with nine flavors of mochi. None of the new Creamy Mochi flavors are yogurt.

Cream filled and even yogurt cream daifuku seem to be popular. There are several videos on YouTube that show you how to make them.

Daifuku and creamy mochi are currently only available at the Yu Cake in San Gabriel.

YU CAKE: 301 W Valley Blvd, Ste 111, San Gabriel, CA 91776

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The Yogurt Shoppe Opens in Santa Monica, CA

 

Fro-yo girl here. The Menchie’s in Santa Monica at 2091 Ocean Park Blvd. was listed for sale for over a year. It was closed for a long time during the pandemic (I thought it had closed for good) but it finally reopened with a new owner. And now The Yogurt Shoppe has moved in. This is the third location for The Yogurt Shoppe; the first opened in Pacific Palisades and the second in Brentwood.

I was surprised to see that the place not only still looked like Menchie’s but still served mostly Menchie’s froyo. The Yogurt Shoppe just opened yesterday and still has Menchie's machines, cups, spoons, froyo, toppings, signs, etc. They will remodel/renovate but it hasn't happened yet.

It's self-serve and $0.79/oz. There are 14 flavors a day, sauces, and toppings (e.g., fruit, popping boba, candy, nuts, marshmallows, sprinkles, cookies, cheesecake, etc.). I imagine they'll offer prepacks in the freezer that they have on site. I found sample cups by the froyo machines. They had some of their own flavors including a creative one, Gatorade.

I think things will get even better once they bring in more of their own flavors and give the place a makeover.

Menchie’s Ocean Park first opened in 2011. Menchie’s still has a location in Santa Monica at 732 Montana Ave, though it's been for sale for months. 

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Froyo Prices Continue to Rise, Pinkberry Monrovia No Longer Part of Rewards Program

Fro-yo girl here. It seems like every year, froyo prices go up (at least once). Menchie’s Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) has increased the price from $0.59/oz to $0.64/oz. It’s still cheaper than Yogurtland Eagle Rock, which charges $0.67/oz. Menchie’s Eagle Rock was the cheapest self-serve place in the area. They charged $0.59/oz all of 2022.

Meanwhile, Pinkberry in Monrovia, CA is charging a $7 for a small froyo with toppings. Ouch. But Pinkberry Northridge and Studio City are even more expensive. Three years ago, a small without toppings was under $4, with $1.50 for unlimited toppings. The unlimited toppings became up to 4 toppings about two years ago, with an extra charge for the pizzelle cookie. The pizzelle cookie wasn’t extra before.

Also, Pinkberry Monrovia no longer participates in the PinkCard rewards program. Sad. They didn’t tell me about it when I mentioned wanting points.

Even the Pinkberry vending machine at The Shops at Santa Anita increased the price of a cup of froyo from $5 to $6 recently.

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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.