My new delicious Yo-Chi frozen yogurt hack

I’ve been hooked on Yo-Chi frozen yogurt ever since the brand opened its second outlet in Karrinyup, Perth in 2023. Had I known there was an outlet in Victoria Park before this, I’d have gotten hooked earlier.

I love that every month or so there’s something new to try at any of their venues, now including my local in Leederville where I sampled for the first time, finger limes with my Yo-Chi. If you’ve not heard of these fascinating fruits, they are a zesty little treat grown in subtropical rainforest regions, in Australia’s case on the coastal borders of Queensland and New South Wales.

Finger limes and Yo-Chi frozen yogurt go very well together.

My father used to be a green grocer, so I’ve tried lime fingers before, but having them with frozen yogurt is an altogether delicious experience. Once you’ve sucked the zesty flesh out, you can use the ‘shell’ of the lime finger to scoop up more yogurt then suck and suck again. So delish. So decadent.

But here’s an even better new trick I’ve tried: Yo-Chi frozen yogurt with all your favourite toppings, melted and then re-frozen; it’s super-delicious!

It was a 36 degree day in Perth so I figured what better treat to go out and get than a Yo-Chi with all my favourite toppings. At my Leederville local, I grabbed a tub and filled it a third of the way with my favourite – Mango Yo-Chi – then proceeded to the toppings bar.

Go for more mango frozen yogurt if you like, but I went for a third of this so as there was more room for toppings.

I then topped my yogurt with my usual favourite toppings: pineappe pieces, strawberry mochi, lychee fruit pearls, actual lychee, mango fruit pearls and chocolate chunk cookie cake for added texture. Oh, and lashings of Pistachio Papi because I just can’t get enough of the stuff.

I chose to take away my concoction because I had a little experiment in mind. I figured that by the time I got home, on this hot, hot day, my yogurt and its aforementioned toppings would have melted dramatically. That was part of my plan.

My melted Yo-Chi mix: believe me it tastes a thousand times better than it looks.

Then, without swirling the contents, I put the tub in my home freezer and let it sit for a few hours. Come night-time I almost forgot I had the yogurt stored away so it was a nice surprise seeing it in the freezer after dinner when I went to get myself some ice cubes.

I left the tub on the counter to defrost a little – for about half and hour – then grabbed a huge spoon and dug in. Or should I say, chipped in, for the resulting frozen yogurt was now like a cold rock ice cream of sorts.

The various textures felt wonderful in my mouth. Rubbery tapioca balls one second, then fleshy lychee the next, followed by a bite of semi-gooey fudge. It was like a scene out of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I tell you. And it’s something I intend on doing every summer from here on.

Antonino Tati

For a Yo-Chi venue near you, vist their site yochi.com.au.