Name: Kelly
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellymitten
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/134404370099548429/
What I Did: I had an open house for my Mary Kay business today and wanted to make “Pinterest style snacks”
I saw this one and thought it was a great healthy choice but when I went to the store they didn’t have strawberries so I used raspberries.
Right out of the freezer they looked funny but tasted good, a friend was a good sport and snacked on them with me. They tasted really good! But after about an hour the frozen yogurt melted into a gooey nasty looking mess. No more of that!!
Next time the guests get a store-bought snack tray!
My Result:
Next Time I Will: I have no idea. Maybe different yogurt?
I tried this with blueberries. Fail.
I’m not sure why you thought that the frozen yogurt wouldn’t melt? It seems obvious to me that these would have to be eaten straight out of the freezer. You wouldn’t leave ice cream out for an hour and not expect that to become gooey mess.
I can see the look on Gordon Ramsay’s face as we speak
I tried this twice with blueberries. The first time was an epic fail. The second time I used greek yogurt, instead of regular, and dipped them individually. It was a little time consuming, but the end result was so much better than the first attempt. In the end I really liked the treats it was a great snack for the hot summer.
I failed with the blueberries…they all stuck together and were a mess. I used dannon light n fit yogurt. I will have to try again. Thanks Tanya
I tried this with a bag of mixed berries and greek yogurt. it was a fail all together. the berries didnt stay evenly coated and than i froze them and they looked even more hideous. i still wanted to eat them but they were so cold and hurt my healthy teeth. they suck!
I tried the frozen strawberries and they were too frozen to eat straight out of the freezer. The yogurt looked disgusting as well once they were frozen.
This was obviously supposed to be made with the meltable yogurt found on the baking isle. How could anyone think it was frozen yogurt or yogurt from the dairy section?????
The trick is to freeze the fruit first, THEN dip it in thick yogurt, and pop them back in the freezer.
The dairy sticks to the frozen fruit immediately and creates a coating. We used to always eat frozen blueberries with milk as a kid, so when I saw this pin I just knew they had to be frozen first, then dipped in the yogurt. I tried it out to verify and voila, perfection!
Thick yogurt, pre-chilled, preferably being kept chilled while you work.
Naturally sweetened yogurt - artificial sweeteners cause the things they’re in, to not freeze normally so the coating separates into water, and the milk solids that sort of mimic slimy glue.
Ensuring the fruit you’re using is either frozen beforehand or if fresh, at least as dry as possible. Liquid coating on a wet surface won’t stick you’ll just get a blended goop.
People trying to mimic ‘yogurt coated raisins’ need to realize that’s usually white chocolate, baking chocolate, or candy melts with yogurt flavoring added which gives it a hard coating and doesn’t require being kept frozen solid.