A Flavor for Everyone
Here at Yogurtini KC, we pride ourselves on having flavors for every single dietary preference, whether that is no sugar added, gluten free, egg free, etc. Whatever that is, we have that for you. For us, we've talked about this internally for years and really prided ourselves on that, that we have something that can serve every single person who wants to come into our shop.
So we really try to kick that up a notch as we listen to you all— the customers, the frozen yogurt lovers— to really get you guys every single thing that you have wanted. And we've noticed a couple of different things that we've been able to improve on: more non dairy options, more no sugar added options, and better no sugar added options.
Also, one of our most popular flavors is our cookies and cream. And so that one, if you're a cookies and cream lover, you know, it is our only flavor that has gluten in it. And so we actually have recently found a no sugar added flavor that is gluten free. So we're very excited about that.
Starting from the top: no sugar added. No sugar added is an incredibly important one. We've heard it for years, we've had one flavor for years, and we thought we were doing a good job when it came to this. But, once we started looking a little bit deeper and actually I started talking to my dad who is diabetic, and started talking to friends who were on the keto diet, we really started to get into those conversations. We found out that our no sugar added option is okay, but it isn't amazing…
I noticed my own dad when he would come with my family, he would get a little sample cup of the no sugar added, but he wouldn't get an entire cup. So, I started to dig into that and found that it's close, but it's not all the way there. Well, since introducing the brand new no sugar added options, we now have two of them instead of one. He's able to get a full cup of yogurt with some toppings. So we're super excited about that.
Now switching now to the non dairy options. Again, if you've been with us for a while, you know that we've always had a handful of options. We had probably two, the sorbets. We always had a fruity one and then we had a chocolate option, which was our chocolate fudge. And we were kind of hamstrung into keeping those two there at all times. Well, three or four years ago, we introduced our non dairy Dole Whips which have been incredibly amazing and popular. I know you guys love that one, specifically the pineapple flavor.
Since then, we have introduced raspberry, strawberry, lime, emon, and a couple other ones that we rotate in. But we know based off of your feedback we can never get rid of the pineapple. So that one's not going anywhere. We're going to keep that one in, but we're going to introduce the other one.
So that took us to another level. And then here in 2024, we actually introduced our non dairy almond milk options. So that has been truly amazing. It maximizes that list of non dairy options that we can have. So now we can have a few sorbets and we can have a few Dole Whips along with non-dairy almond milk options.
At our Overland Park location, we have five non dairy options. So we're really pride yourselves on that. And that's one of the things we're really, really happy about when it comes to the options that we offer. And again, now that we're transitioning our cookies and cream that has gluten out, and our cookies and cream that is gluten free in, now every single one of our flavors is gluten free!
That means a lot to us. So why? Why do we care? Why does this matter? All of those things. For us, at our core, if you know my wife and myself, we're community builders. We love people hard. We want to serve them. We are always asking on social media for your guys opinion and your thoughts on things. And what we hated is when someone would have a question for us, like “hey, do you have non dairy options?” and back in the day when we said one or two people responded with “okay, thank you” and they were going somewhere else. That didn't sit well with us. That didn't feel good when it came to the inclusive nature in which how we run a business.
So now, since we have really listened to you all, now we have all these options so we feel like no one will ever be turned away when it comes to coming in our doors and enjoying the flavors inside of our four walls. And not only in store, but we've also taken this to catering. We cater small events, birthday— 15, 20, 30 cups. All the way to a couple times this year where we've catered events all the way up to a thousand cups. And our partners like us because we take those same dietary restrictions and preferences into account. So we'll take a non dairy (at least one, a lot of times two), we'll take a no sugar added option there, and ensure that everyone can enjoy. Then we'll have our big hitters, as well, our chocolates, our vanillas, our, and our cake batters. So for us, it's all about serving every single person, no matter what the dietary preference is, to make sure they feel like they have a home here at Yogurtini KC.
So we talked in the past about our flavors being very inclusive with having all the things from the non dairy to the no sugar added to the gluten free, etv. And we actually have that same thing with our toppings, as well. So if you go to any of our locations in the metro, you're going to have anywhere from 60 topping options up to our 80 in our Shoal Creek and upwards of a hundred at our Plaza location. And we love this. We love to expand it based off of what the customer base wants in a specific area here in the Kansas City Metro. And these are also very inclusive flavors.
So the first thing you'll notice when you walk up to our topping bar is you're going to see some of our toppings are cupped and some of them are not. We actually discovered this on accident during the pandemic, whenever that happened, because everything had to be cupped for safety purposes. Well, as we were coming out of that, we realized that we kind of had to do this cupping thing— it’s a really good option. Let's keep the potential allergens cupped so there's no cross contamination.
We've done that and we'll continue to do that for the families that really need a separation of those potential allergens. So, some that you'll see that are cupped are all of our nuts and a coconut will be cupped as well. We love that option and you're gonna have such a wild variety from new toppings like our edible cookie dough (every location has five different options there) to the gummies (for the kids, but also the adults out there that like the gummies). So, like I said before— from nuts to our popping boba balls to our freshly cut fruits too just other random options like cereals, of course Oreos, M&M's, candies and whatnot, too.
So we love that we have the options so when you come in you get exactly what you want. A flavor for everyone.