We’ve been tracking new flavor introductions all year and it’s time to share our round-up of new froyo and froyo alternative flavors introduced this year. We found 76 new flavors this year compared to last year’s 55. The new flavor introductions made a nice recovery but are still below pre-pandemic levels.
Menchie’s led the way with 18 new flavors, followed by 16 Handles, with 14 new flavors.
We’ve organized the list alphabetically by shop name and chronologically within each shop with the earliest introduction mentioned first.
16 Handles (US)
- Cookie Dough ice cream
- Pina Colada froyo
- Butter Pecan ice cream
- Cookies & Cream ice cream
- Oatly Vanilla dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- Oatly Iced Latte dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- Oatly Chocolate dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- Oatly Chai Tea dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- Banana Pudding froyo
- Oatly Mocha dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- All Nighter Cold Brew gelato
- Oatly Caramel Apple dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- Oatly Cinnamon Bun, dairy-free soft serve made with oat milk
- Butter Cookie ice cream
BLK 513 (Philippines)
- Chocolate froyo
FroYo Café (Kuwait)
- Salted Pistachio froyo
Marcel’s (South Africa)
- Hot Cross Bun froyo
- Chili Chocolate froyo
- Crepes Suzette froyo
- Rooibos & Raspberry froyo
Menchie’s (US)
- Vegan Salted Caramel soft serve made with almond milk
- Gourmet Chocolate Dipped Banana froyo made with Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
- Rich Dark Chocolate froyo made with Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate
- Chocolate Covered Cookie froyo made with OREO cookie pieces
- Vegan Strawberry Sorbet
- Blue Raspberry froyo made with SweeTarts
- Gourmet Tiramisu Gelato (with live and active cultures)
- Blood Orange Sorbet
- Vegan Mixed Berry soft serve made with Oat Milk
- Birthday Cake OREO Cookie froyo
- HI-CHEW Raspberry froyo
- Vegan Wild Cherry Sorbet
- Fruity Candy Sorbet made with Swedish Fish
- Peanut Butter Cracker froyo made with Ritz
- Vegan Blue Raspberry Ice Pop Sorbet
- Chocolate Hazelnut Pie froyo made with Hershey’s
- Cinnamon Graham Cracker froyo made with Honey Maid
- Peppermint Bark froyo made with OREO cookie pieces
Menchie’s (Canada)
- Salted Caramel Fudge Brownie froyo
- Caramel Sriracha froyo
- Oolong Tea Bubble Yo froyo
- Matcha Tea Bubble Yo froyo
- Honey Dew Bubble Yo froyo
- Taro Bubble Yo froyo
- Candy Cane Brownie froyo
Moggui Frozen Yogurt (Peru)
- Arroz Con Leche froyo
Orange Leaf (US)
- Banana Pudding froyo
- Cherry Lime Splash dairy-free
Pinkberry (US)
- Strawberry Lemonade froyo
- Island Mango froyo
- Tiramisu froyo
Pinkberry (Middle East)
- Lemon Meringue froyo
Pinkberry (Nigeria)
- Lite Chocolate froyo, no added sugar
- Popcorn froyo
Pinkberry (Philippines)
- Premium Dark ChocNut froyo
- Vegan Almond Biscuit soft serve
Red Mango (US)
- Guava Passion Fruit vegan soft serve
- Caramel Apple Fro-No vegan soft serve
Red Mango (El Salvador)
- Skinny Vanilla froyo
Smooy (Spain)
- Leche Merengada froyo
sweetFrog (US)
- Watermelon Dole Whip
TCBY (US)
- Vegan Limeade sorbet
Yoga-urt (US)
- Cafe de Olla, vegan froyo
- Pecan Praline, vegan froyo
Yogen Fruz (Dominican Republic)
- Mix Verde froyo, with pineapple, lemon, cucumber and mint
Yogurtland (US)
- Pineapple & Greens Smoothie Bowl, plant-based/vegan, NSA (announced in 2021)
- Super Tart froyo
- Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookie, plant-based made with oat milk (first oat milk based flavor)
- Cookie Dough froyo
- Passion Orange Guava Tart froyo
- Milk ‘N Fruity Cereal froyo
- Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew light ice cream
- Milk Tea froyo
- Sugar Plum Berry Tart froyo
Yogurtys (Canada)
- Red Velvet Cupcake soft serve
- Blueberry Pie ice cream
Froyo vs. Froyo Alternatives
This year, new froyo flavors accounted for 58% of the new flavors, compared to 50% in 2020. Of the non-froyo alternatives, non-dairy alternatives made with milk alternatives were the most popular, accounting for 20% of the new flavors. Oat milk was the most popular milk alternative. 16 Handles partnered with Oatly and was the first froyo chain to offer oat milk soft serve last year. This year, Menchie’s and Yogurtland introduced their first oat milk based soft serve flavors.
Specific Flavor Trends
In terms of specific flavors, fruit flavors led the way again this year; fruit flavors were found in 34% of the new flavors (vs. 38% in 2020). The pastry/dessert flavors were found in 20% of new flavors, cookies tied with chocolate for third place, these flavors represented 15% of new flavor. Coffee and tea flavors accounted for 11% of new flavors.
Milk tea and boba flavors, cookie dough, buns, green vegetables, and spicy flavors were popular this year.
Are we missing any flavors that you’d like to see added? Let us know at info@internationalfrozenyogurt.com and we’ll add them to our list.
