Always better in frozen form

Have you ever noticed that regular foods suddenly become delicious desserts when you freeze them? Yogurt, juice, fruit... even regular desserts like cookies and candy bars only get better!

Blue Bunny All Natural Frozen Yogurt - White Chocolate Raspberry

Where purchased: Super Walmart
Price: $2.50
Overall rating: 3/5

I'll admit - I'm a bit of an ice cream snob. So, naturally (no pun intended) I was a bit skeptical when I first had a friend tell me that the Blue Bunny All Natural Frozen Yogurt was "really good." I then had two other individuals on separate occasions tell me the same thing. So, when browsing the ice cream aisle on a recent grocery store trip (always on the lookout for new and delicious ice cream treats and flavors, of course) I decided that a white chocolate raspberry frozen yogurt might be worth a try. Though I generally steer clear of the frozen yogurt selections for fear of disappointment, this purchase didn't seem like much of a gamble given my childhood love for TCBY's White Chocolate Mousse and my general appreciation for the dark chocolate/raspberry flavor combination.

I think the flavor is quite good - I doesn't have any sort of aftertaste, which is always a major turn-off for me and one of the main reasons I sometimes avoid some of the "lighter" desserts. The carton was loaded with sweet raspberry swirls and plenty of chocolate chunks. But, to me, this product is still clearly inferior to ice cream. Even light ice cream has this creamy texture and rich taste that I think frozen yogurt lacks. I also don't like the "icey" feeling that frozen yogurt has... you know how soft serve ice cream gets when you try to put it in your regular freezer? (Like when I fool myself into thinking I really don't need to eat my entire blizzard and  put half of it in the freezer. And then get it back out 20 minutes later.) It's kinda like that.

So, all in all I am giving this a 3 out of 5 because I really did think it was a good for frozen yogurt and I did end up eventually eating the entire carton. I also think the price was fair and the packaging for this was well thought out by Blue Bunny - it comes in a slender plastic carton that eliminates that "cardboard" taste you sometimes get from the traditional ice cream cartons. But, given the plethora of delicious light ice creams out there, I just don't see much advantage in choosing the frozen yogurt given the sacrifice on taste. For example, if you thought this flavor sounded delicious, maybe I can convince you instead to try Breyers Very Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream for the same amount of fat and calories?