A large chocolate Frosty from Wendy's

The Frosty is a frozen dairy dessert of the American fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's. The Frosty was among the first five items introduced on the Wendy's menu.[1]

Wendy's founder Dave Thomas created the original "light chocolate" Frosty himself by combining chocolate and vanilla flavors, as he thought that a pure chocolate flavor would overwhelm the taste of the restaurant's hamburgers.[2] Thomas based the Frosty on the milkshakes he drank in Detroit as a youth, and created the Frosty to be thick enough to require a spoon to eat.[2] The consistency has been described as partway between that of a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream.[1]

Specialty flavors

Over the years Wendy's has occasionally introduced new flavor variations.[1] In August 2006, a vanilla flavor was introduced after repeated customer requests.[3] In the summer of 2022 and 2023, the vanilla Frosty was temporarily replaced with a strawberry Frosty.[4] In November 2022, Wendy's released the new peppermint Frosty for the holidays; this was the third new flavor released and temporarily replaced the vanilla Frosty. In September 2023, a pumpkin spice frosty was introduced. [5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 DiNuzzo, Emily (March 7, 2022). "8 Things You Never Knew About the Wendy's Frosty". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. 1 2 Griffin Llanas, Sheila (2014-08-15). Dave Thomas: Wendy's Founder. ABDO. ISBN 978-1-62968-605-9.
  3. "Wendy's Frosty Gives Up The Single Life". Wendy's International. July 5, 2006. Archived from the original on August 21, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  4. "Vanilla Frosty is on Vacay; Strawberry is Stepping in". Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  5. "Exclusive: Wendy's is selling its first-ever holiday Frosty". CNN. November 10, 2022.
  6. Schneider, Jeremy (16 November 2022). "I tried Wendy's new peppermint Frosty so you don't have to. Here's my review". nj.com. Advance Local Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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