Summer is right around the corner and a sweet cold treat can brighten up any day. As a long-lost relative to ice cream, frozen yogurt comes with all the flavor and creaminess of ice cream, but less fat and sugar. Fro-yo spots are typically self-serve and allow customers to mix and match as many flavors as they want and toss on whatever toppings they please. Read on for a guide to frozen yogurt spots in North Jersey.
Creations Frozen Yogurt | 291 Main Street, Lodi
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Creations Frozen Yogurt in Lodi serves up 16 frozen yogurt flavors and 36 toppings. The flavors include Nutella, Vanilla, Pistachio, Coconut, and Dulce de Leche, all of which can be topped with fresh fruit, coconut flakes, peanut butter, gummy candy, or sprinkles. Creations Frozen Yogurt also serves acai bowls, pitaya bowls, bubble tea, smoothies, and shakes.
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Cups Frozen Yogurt | 852 Route 3 South #109, Clifton + Many More
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Cups Frozen Yogurt serves up numerous flavors of low-fat, nonfat, and no sugar added frozen yogurt. The low-fat options include Cake Batter, Red Velvet Cake, Sweet Coconut, Toffee, and Cinnamon Roll. The non-fat options include French Toast, Maple Bacon Donut, Orchard Cherry, Snickerdoodle, and Island Banana. The no sugar added options include Yellow Cake Batter, Cheesecake, Blueberry, Praline, Coffee, and Mint. Cups serves over 40 toppings to choose from like mochi, fresh fruit, nuts, jelly beans, and Oreos. The North Jersey locations include Clifton, Rockaway, and more.
Downtown Yogurt | 126 Newark Avenue, Jersey City
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Jersey City’s Downtown Yogurt serves up 50 toppings and several flavors to choose from like Creamy Chocolate, Cake Batter, Alpine Vanilla, Pistachio, and Strawberry Shortcake. The toppings include sprinkles, gummy candy, fresh fruit, marshmallows, and more. Downtown Yogurt is one of the few places in North Jersey serving up edible cookie dough. Here, featured flavors include things like Smores, Rocky Road, Peanut Butter Cookie, and Triple Chocolate. Visitors can also enjoy warm treats like brownies and blondies, and other items like floats, cakes, shakes, and sodas. Downtown Yogurt also has something for your furry friends: a three-pack of dog bones dipped in melted yogurt chips.
Let’s Yo | 31 Valley Road, Montclair
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Let’s Yo is a self-serve yogurt bar located in Montclair. The menu has flavors such as Cotton Candy, Dulce de Leche, Eggnog, Peanut Butter, Peppermint Stick, Pumpkin, Strawberry, and Sweet Coconut. Let’s Yo also serves non-fat, low-fat, and no-sugar-added frozen yogurt options in addition to gelato, custard, dairy-free sorbet, and ice cream Over in the toppings area, guests can choose from an assortment of options like rainbow sprinkles, fresh fruit, gummy candies, cereal, chocolate syrup, and more. Let’s Yo also serves up premade ice cream and frozen yogurt sandwiches, waffles, boba drinks, milkshakes, and cakes.
Sonny’s Frozen Desserts | 599 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove
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Sonny’s Frozen Desserts in Cedar Grove has been serving scoops for almost a decade. The frozen yogurt flavors include Cookies & Cream, Espresso, Minty Oreo, Peanut Butter Dreamin’, and more. Toppings here include the classics like sprinkles, chocolate chips, syrups, and whipped cream. Other options include cookie dough, chocolate-covered pretzels, gummy candy, Belgian lolly waffles, mochi, and granola. Sonny’s also serves gelato, Italian ice, milkshakes, acai bowls, pitaya bowls, and bubble tea. The bubble tea options include Almond, Coconut, Peach, Strawberry, and more.
Taro Frozen Yogurt | 41 South Street, Morristown
Morristowns’s Taro Frozen Yogurt serves up several flavors like Apple Pie, Graham Cracker, Georgia Peach, Hawaiian Pineapple, and Pistachio. Taro also has No Sugar Added Vanilla, Cake Batter, and Coffee. Guests will also find sorbet, gelato, and custard here. Toppings here include granola, gummy bears, wet walnuts, lychee jelly, mango boba, Nutella, and cereal. Taro also has over 20 flavors of Bubble Tea, milkshakes, smoothies, rolled ice cream, and Japanese crepes.
Red Mango | 725 River Road Suite 11, Edgewater + 55 Parsonage Road, Edison
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The first Red Mango opened in 2006 in California and since then, the business has expanded to over 50 locations and three countries. Two of these locations are in the North Jersey area: Edgewater + Edison. Flavors here include Coconut, Dark Chocolate, Vanilla Bean, Pistachio, Mango, and Lucky Taro which can be topped with coconut flakes, fresh fruit, gummy candy, sprinkles, and more. Red Mango also serves up acai bowls, smoothies, fresh juices, and boba tea.
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16 Handles | 1185 Maxwell Place, Hoboken, 4115 Town Center Way, Livingston, + Various More
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16 Handles is a frozen yogurt shop open seven days a week. Flavors here include Birthday Cake, Peanut Butter Perfection, Strawberry Fields, and more. 16 Handles also serves up vegan options like Oatly Chocolate Cake and Oatly Pumpkin Spice. Guests can either use a cup or upgrade to a waffle bowl. Toppings here include fresh fruit, cereal, chocolate candies, nuts, yogurt chips, honey, and more. 16 Handles also provides party and catering services. North Jersey locations include Elizabeth, Hoboken, Livingston, Paramus, and Teterboro.
