You Say When

Walking through the mall today everyone around me was carrying blue cardboard cups filled with some sort of dessert.

After seeing person after person stroll by indulging in some frozen treat my curiosity began to rise and soon my wife and I were on a mission to find the origins of the blue cups.

We darted down each section of the mall and finally stumbled upon You Say When Yogurt Shoppe. What we found was something I have never seen before. Along the wall of the yogurt shoppe was a variety of frozen yogurt flavors including mint chocolate chip, angel food cake, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, mango and more. In addition to the frozen yogurt there was a display of yogurt toppings....chocolate, fresh fruit, nuts and even Fruit Loops.

Above the frozen yogurt machines was a sign that read, $.59 per ounce and on the counter near the cash register was a small scale. This is definitely a different type of Frozen Yogurt concept. You grab you're own cup and fill it up with as many flavors and toppings as you like and then weigh it at the end and pay for how many ounces you have.

I was interested enough to give it a try, however an imperative question was going through my head. How much is an ounce?

For $.59 an ounce, every single drop of frozen yogurt suddenly matters because it's all adding up to be the final cost of your dessert. In order to test things out first I asked the employee to show me how much an ounce of frozen yogurt actually was.

Satisfied with the amount I cautiously I took my blue cup and filled it every so slightly with strawberry frozen yogurt and then ran over to the scale to see how much I had. Realistically I figured I would spend about $4 so I was carefully trying to stay close to this boundary.

After my first measurement I wasn't quite to $4 yet so I went back over to the machines to add a little bit more. This time I mixed in Angel Food Cake to the strawberry and ran back over to the scale to measure it one more time......I still had some more room to play with so I went back to the strawberry yogurt and added just a tiny little dollop more.

Proudly I took my cup of Frozen Yogurt to the register and it rang in at 6.8 ounces total or $4.29 with tax. This did not include any extra toppings.

The Frozen Yogurt was simply delicious. The Angel Food Cake wasn't too sweet and complimented the authentic tasting strawberry flavor wonderfully. Not only did this little afternoon treat taste good, but in comparison to other ice creams or desserts it's not too bad for you either.

Frozen Yogurt is a national craze right now, "You Say When" Yogurt Shoppe is the first I have seen to make things different, interesting and exciting. My only advice before you go is to make sure you know how big an ounce is, otherwise you're bound to walk out with a $10 cup of Frozen Yogurt.

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