Our Year in 2019

by frozenfruitco / on January 1, 2020 / in Articles

“The way we spend our time defines who we are.” Jonathan Estrin

It is the end of another year. Goodbye 2019 and hello 2020. That means only one thing. It’s time for the Frozen Fruit Co annual review. That time of year when we look back on what 2019 meant to us and we list and share some of our favorite things from the last year. Enjoy.

Our Year in 2019

2019 was the year of “grocery pints” for us (we know, super exciting buzzword). It was the year that we launched our range of wholesale grocery pints into stores across Los Angeles. Now you may be thinking : “that is not very interesting“, but for us it is super exciting. That’s because when we started Frozen Fruit Co we never thought it would be possible to make what we do in the store and then sell it in grocery stores. Why? Well, because when we started Frozen Fruit Co we were a soft serve concept. We had only four flavors and two soft serve machines. Soft Serve, if you don’t know, does not really lend itself very well to grocery pint production. That and we only had four flavors. Fast forward 2 and a half years and we completely changed our operating model. Gone were the soft serve machines and in its placed we changed to becoming a “vegan plant based ice cream maker”. The main difference being the type of machinery we used to make our “ice cream” (for those interested, ice cream making requires batch freezing; soft serve requires continuous freezing – the two processes led to very different outcomes).

This one change completely opened up our “cooking” process. We could now develop new flavors (like coffee, salted chocolate, lemon creme, banana bread, mango lassi, matcha, and so on) all because we were not limited by what soft serve machines could or could not handle. It also meant we could now start filling grocery pints. Yay.

In March 2018, we launched into Erewhon with three flavors – Chocolate, Chocolate Mint and Passion Fruit (in case you are wondering why we didn’t launch with Salted Chocolate it was because we came up with that flavor after we got over 1,000 chocolate labels printed – hand smack!). In March, we launched into Erewhon and we haven’t looked back since. The thing we are most proud of is the fact that we list all of the ingredients that go into our “ice cream” on the front of the packaging. Something no-one else in the freezer aisles does because they contain so many ingredients, or their first ingredient is water (water is free people – it is there to make the product cheaper and lower quality).

Our goal for 2020 is to launch with three new flavors – Salted Chocolate, Lemon Creme and Coffee (yes, Coffee!). If you have any recommendations then be sure to message us: hello@frozenfruitco.com.

Our Favorite Things in 2019

Favorite Moment

Aside from having a baby (obviously), finally, selling both of our Soft Serve Machines in March 2019 (those things were heavy and took up a lot of room). Selling these also kind of officially moved us to being an “ice cream” maker.

Favorite Customer

Rotini the Pig. Yep, you read that right: Rotini the Pig. This not-so-little pink fellow stole our hearts at the Animals Rights March in August 2019. Our ice cream truck (“Truckie”) attended the event and Rotini not only got his own ice cream, but stole and ate two other people’s as well. Rotini, we salute you. If you want you can follow Rotini on Instagram (yep, he has his own Instagram) – https://www.instagram.com/myveganpig/

Favorite Flavor

This is so so hard, but if you have to pin us down we would say Lemon Creme, followed by Matcha and then Salted Chocolate.

Favorite Truck Event

The Guinea Pig Festival. All those little guys were just so cute.

Favorite Instagram Photo

Truckie and a Giant Dog

Least Favorite Truck Moment

Getting our Truck to pass SMOG. It took over a month to achieve and we had to replace many parts, but it now produces less emissions than a brand new gas car which is pretty amazing for a Truck made in 1991.

Favorite Riddle

“If you have me you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me” (can you guess the answer)

Favorite Song

DJ Kalid – “Better”

Craziest Truck Event

Rufus Du Sol Concert, literally for the sheer number of people and how much the truck vibrated from the music (we didn’t know music went that loud).

Favorite Topping

The giant vegan marshmallows because: (1) we don’t have them very often; and (2) they are giant!

What were your favorite moments in 2019. We want to know. Share in the comments below.

Big Love

Frozen Fruit Co

P.S. don’t forget to go and find some of our grocery pints at all Erewhon locations, Besties Vegan Paradise and Clark’s Nutrition.

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How To Make Vegan Dairy Free Eggnog

by frozenfruitco / on December 20, 2019 / in Recipes

“Can I refill your eggnog, drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?” – Clark Griswold, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

It’s the holiday season and whether you love spending time with your family or just turn up for the food, there is sure to be one thing…Eggnog.

Yes, Eggnog. That creamy, cinnamon, nutmeg concoction we allow ourselves to drink from the period of Thanks Giving to Christmas and never (and we absolutely mean never) any other time of the year.

In fact, we love it so much we decided to make Eggnog our Seasonal Special for the month of December. But, it’s not any ordinary Eggnog. Nope our Eggnog flavor is completely vegan, dairy free, gluten free, soy free, sweetened only with date and made using only 4 ingredients.

Best of all you can eat a lot of it!

That being said we know not everyone has a giant ice cream machine sitting around their kitchens ready to make anything into their plant based ice cream dreams.

That’s when we thought “hey, our eggnog recipe would work just as well as a drink as it would an ice cream”. What could make people’s holidays that little bit better than a simple vegan dairy free eggnog drink.

And so we are sharing our Eggnog Recipe.

But, first…

What is Eggnog?

Eggnog traditionally is a milk and eggs based drink which is. In fact, typically it is made with Milk, Cream, Sugar and Eggs with the addition of a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg.

The reality is you actally don’t need any milk, cream, sugar or eggs to make it. You just need Coconut Milk, Date, Cinnamon and Nutmeg. As we will show you below.

History of Eggnog

Do a Google search and you won’t really be able to find an “origin” for the drink. References date back to the 1800s, but a lot of people believe the drink developed from other similar drinks such as “Posset” (a spiced mixture of milk and ale that was heated until the milk curdled) or the “Egg flip” (eggs that where mixed with spirits, but with no dairy). Yes, neither of these drinks sound wonderful.

Why is it called Eggnog?

The name Eggnog probably came from the fact that any drink served with rum (which Eggnog traditionally was) was called “Grogg” (not “Geoff” as my auto-correct wanted to call it). And, Posset or Egg Flip were traditionally served in wooden cups called “noggins”.

Mix the two and you get Eggnog.

Okay, hurry up and give me the Recipe…

Wow, you read this far you just really want to know the recipe. Okay so here it is:

Coconut Milk – 425g
Date Syrup- 100g
Cinnamon – 1g
Nutmeg – 1g

You can scale the recipe up accordingly.

To make it simple pour everything into a blender. Coconut milk first then date and then the spices. Blend until smooth and fully mixed.

That’s it. A simple, delicious plant based vegan Eggnog everyone can enjoy.

Have you tried the recipe? We want to know. Leave a comment on what you think of our Eggnog flavor.

Big Eggnog Love

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