Frozen Yogurt is the New Cupcake

It’s bad. It’s the new trend. And I’m totally on the bandwagon.

My new frozen yogurt obsession started with an innocuous trip to the MamboBerry trailer on South Congress, where they serve yogurt that is frozen.

Absurd delicious. The whole fam, including the Cali Aunt and Uncle, loved it. Tart and sour with nuts and berries was perfect after dinner at Somnio’s. There are two flavors, plain and green tea, and just around 6 toppings offerings–keep up with their twitter for toppings deals.

So then I took that boy to YummyYo in the 360 building downtown one night, and we were both hooked. I questioned if the yogurt is really yogurt that is frozen as opposed to frozen yogurt, but it says there are live cultures and bacteria in it, so it must be good, right? And they list the nutrition info above the self-serve soft-serve machine. They had the tart flavors like the trailer, but also sweeter flavors like pistachio, vanilla, chocolate, and peanut butter. These rotate. Plus, they have blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, kiwi, cherries, lychee, mango, and tons of candy and nut toppings. And Reese’s peanut butter sauce.

This is the typical trendy yogurt shop: self-serve frozen yogurt and self-sere toppings, you pay by the ounce, and the interiors are fairly spartan. All concrete floors and tiny tiles on the walls.

Anyway, after deciding that frozen yogurt is the new cupcake, I had to make sure I wasn’t missing out on an even better yogurt experience, so my bro, the jane, and I went to Yogurt Planet in the Triangle. A few more flavors, similar toppings. I declared it better than YummyYo (a declaration I have since vacillated over).

THEN, my bro and the jane went to The Yogurt Spot on Guadalupe & 28th without me, and THEY said it was the best, so I had to try it myself. So that boy and I went to check it out, and I have to agree–it’s the best. Which is fortunate, because it’s coming to 5th & Lamar too, in the old Ben & Jerry’s spot. They have 16 flavors, the most of any of the spots, and the usual suspects on the toppings. But the decision-maker for me was the flavors: the Pecan flavor at Yogurt Spot is divine. Rich and light and buttery and sweet but not too sweet … it’s excellent. The green tea and blueberry are new faves too. I’m sitting there right now (yep, visit #2 in as many days), and I’m hearing people all around talk about the deliciousness that is the Pecan. Ahhhh.

That boy maintains that YummyYo is better than Yogurt Spot. I say I’ll take either one any day!