Customize your cone, Menchies sets brick and mortar near school

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Photo Credit Claire Sheeren

Menchies: The great national chain finally comes to Grosse Pointe

It’s been open for a little over a month now and it’s the new place for frozen yogurt.

This is Menchies, a self-serve frozen yogurt store conveniently located across from South. With ten flavors that rotate fairly often and lots of topping options that range from sauces to fruits to candies, Menchie’s is bound to stay in Grosse Pointe for a long time.

The flavor selection is great. There is always a non-dairy option, a tart option, a no sugar added option and some version of chocolate and vanilla to satisfy everyone’s tastes. There is also a swirl option, which mixes each pair of two adjacent flavors together, and serves as a good feature as well.

The other five flavors have a large variety, and I’ve seen flavors as strange as iced coffee and mudslide pie. There are also some unusual flavors that are quite delicious such as oreo creme and nutella. My personal favorite flavor is oreo creme. It tastes similar to vanilla, but it has a creamy texture that sets it apart.

There are about three times as many toppings as there are flavors, which provides the perfect amount of choices to make everyone happy. I particularly like the more chocolatey toppings on my order, such as Andes mints and Heath bars. I also love the Hershey’s Shell topping to add a bit of crunch to my ice cream. When it’s fitting for a more fruity topping, my go-to is Sour Patch Kids.

Menchies is also great at accommodating allergies. Each flavor labels which allergens the flavor contains and which ones it is free of. The toppings also each have their own scoop and  a cover over them, which helps prevent cross-contamination.

Based off the weight of the desert, the prices are quite reasonable for self-serve frozen yogurt. Not including tax, it costs just 53 cents per ounce. You can fill up the entire cup and end up paying only five dollars!

As it is always busy, Menchie’s is almost guaranteed to give some competition to TCBY, Coldstone and other ice cream places in Grosse Pointe. I bet that as the weather warms up, lots of students will go to Menchie’s during lunch and after school. All in all, Menchie’s is a wonderful frozen yogurt place in a great location with a wide variety of flavors and toppings.