Get to Know Yo Fro Yo in Eagle Rock and Beyond

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Author: Sarah Mofford

There is something about Oxy and frozen yogurt. Maybe it’s the creamy goodness, or maybe it’s just because we like saying, “Hey man, wanna go grab some fro-yo?” but with so many frozen yogurt shops to choose from, like Yogurt Haven, Pinkberry, Squeeze and Scoop and 21 choices, what’s a hungry student to do? I decided this delicious dilemma needed an answer.

I started my quest with the fashionable Pinkberry. I could never understand the Pinkberry craze, but for the sake of finding the ultimate fro-yo, I ventured in and had my first full serving of Pinkberry. Pinkberry customers are able to get as many toppings as they like, or that their cup can hold. The flavors are original (which is a plain tart flavor), coconut, passion fruit and a seasonal pomegranate for fall.

Pinkberry has a fair number of toppings as well, including fruits like strawberries, kiwis, raspberries, blueberries and pineapples. Fruit not your thing? They also have toppings like brownies, chocolate chips (dark and white) and weird melted Nestle bites that look like they’d taste good. But alas, there is a catch. A small yogurt without toppings is $2.50, a medium is $3.50 and a large is $5.50. With toppings, the prices jump to $3.95, $4.95 and $6.95, respectively.

If that doesn’t discourage you, then I say have at it, and maybe try Pinkberry’s $4.50 smoothies and their fruit parfaits with seasonal fruit plus honey almond granola and frozen yogurt. The small $3.95 fro-yo seemed a bit too pricey for the taste and four toppings I was able to get with it, so I ventured over to 21 Choices to see how they do frozen delights.

At 21 Choices, the toppings, which are mostly candy, line the wall and counter and are too many to count. Like Pinkberry, they have a few different flavors (21 to be exact) including Rasberry Guava, Mayan Chocolate, Vanilla Bean, Midnight Milkway and Swiss Almond. They also have a few low-fat, nonfat and 98 percent fat-free flavors. Personally that’s not really my thing. However, cones are.

They have waffle and cake cones for an extra $4.00 and $2.50, respectively. Here, a small is $3.25, a medium is $4.25 and a large is $5.25 (all without toppings), making its frozen yogurt even more expensive than Pinkberry!

To make matters worse, toppings are 95 cents each! Up side? Behind the counter they chop up the toppings and mix them into the frozen yogurt, which makes almost every bite have a bit of topping. That makes 21 Choices automatically better in my book since I love toppings and Pinkberry never gives enough of them.

Also, 21 Choices has been known to give organizations on Oxy’s campus coupons for free treats, and it is one of the only fro-yo places I know that offers catering for parties.

I put Squeeze and Scoop and Yogurt Haven together because they have a few things in common that I love. For one, they are both cheap. They both charge you for how much your frozen yogurt weighs, which means the options for toppings and types of frozen yogurts are endless, and are all cheap. Squeeze and Scoop is 38 cents per ounce, with flavors such as strawberry banana, cheesecake, raspberry sorbet, chocolate and more. All of the flavors are nonfat and you can mix in as many toppings as you want, including bananas, peaches, kiwis, cookie dough, gummy bears and craisins.

But if that’s too far for you, Yogurt Haven is closer and costs 35 cents per ounce. They even offer crêpes for $3.99, with the same sort of selection of frozen yogurt and toppings. Squeeze and Scoop does have a better atmosphere, but Yogurt Haven gives 15 percent of their profits to clubs during fundraisers. Organizations like Delta Omicron Tau and Rebirth club have already taken advantage of this.

The selections and prices make Squeeze and Scoop and Yogurt Haven stand far above Pinkberry and 21 Chocies. Personally, I like Squeeze and Scoops flavors better, but Yogurt Haven is closer and supports clubs. It’s a tough choice. I’ll probably just take the rest of November to officially decide – any reason to eat more frozen yogurt!

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