Review: Yogurt Story in Denton

by Dominique Beck of North Texas Daily , Jillian Daniels of North Texas Daily

With great power comes great responsibility - a lesson easily learned at Yogurt Story.

Yogurt Story gives you, the consumer, the power.

But with that great power comes great responsibility - a lesson easily learned at Yogurt Story.

Here's the breakdown: Upon entering, head straight for the stacked white bowls in the back. Then turn to your right and bask in the silver gleam of an entire wall of frozen yogurt machines: vanilla, chocolate, sugar-free raspberry and blueberry, cheesecake, pistachio, cookies and cream, peanut butter, peach and original tart. On your first visit, ask for sample cups to try out a few flavors before committing. Once the bowl is filled to your heart's content, continue over to the world of toppings. Fresh fruit options include kiwi, strawberry, banana, mango, mandarin oranges, etc. They also offer another group of toppings that can only be grouped as "everything else" - sprinkles, nuts, Oreos, crumbled candy bars, brownie bits, cereal and gummy bears, among confections.

It is in the midst of all these decisions when one (or twelve) false move can make or break one's Yogurt Story experience.

Jillian, the Yogurt Story veteran, chose to review the fruit options offered - she mixed chocolate and sugar-free raspberry yogurt and added strawberries and bananas.

Dominique, however, exemplified the classic case of Yogurt Story newness. She saw all of her favorite sweet treats and began piling everything in sight onto her strawberry and cheesecake yogurt blend - chocolate sprinkles, Reese's Pieces, M&M's Minis, Oreo cookies, Butterfinger, chocolate chunks and Sno-Caps.

Just as Dominique looked back at Jillian's in admiration and said, "Yours looks so healthy," Jillian accidentally dropped her masterpiece into the Butterfinger container - yogurt down.

Bam. Healthiness gone.

Jillian just decided to go with it, so she picked up her yogurt, apologized to the cashier who began to clean up the slight mess, and added a bit more Butterfinger in for good measure even though she didn't anticipate liking the combination of fruit and candy bar.

After the toppings station, the Snobs moved to the cashier to weigh the yogurt cups. The price is 35 cents per ounce. This way Yogurt Story can be as cheap or expensive as one wants. The fruit does tend to weigh more, so Jillian's came out to a bit over $4, and Dominique's came to $3.50.

Strawberries go with bananas, and chocolate goes with raspberry - therefore Jillian's original combination was a win-win, win-win situation. However, the accidental adventurous addition of Butterfinger was surprisingly delightful and added the perfect match of genuine sweetness. The yogurt had rich chocolate and raspberry flavor, and Jillian could not taste any evidence that the raspberry was sugar-free. Score.

Dominique's strawberry and cheesecake flavored yogurts both tasted exactly like the real thing, and not just a concentrated, condensed version. However, upon tasting her Yogurt Story concoction, she began to realize that maybe she shouldn't have combined all of the toppings together, as it took away from the flavor of the two yogurts. She learned that less is more.

We won't lie to you; the yogurt doesn't taste exactly like real ice cream. However, its differences are not necessarily to its disadvantage. The yogurt is missing the creaminess of ice cream but it does not lack in flavor.

And the true goodness lies in that each serving of yogurt is only 90 calories, and Yogurt Story graciously refrains from showing any examples of how much an actual "serving" is - this way we can all indulge in oblivion.

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