Wicked Spoon Yogurt

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It was pretty good. I didn’t get any toppings but I got a medium pomegranate raspberry fro yo. I like how the spoon is «wickedly» curved lol. The venue is small and combined with Atomic Wing. I think it can get a bit pricey adding specialty items like agave, which too me shouldn’t be an additional $ 3 but whatever. Good stuff.

The stop off here after lunch the other day was on a whim. I am glad I stopped in for a quick sweet treat, albeit, a low fat one. The place is half yogurt emporium and half Atomic wings. You can feel less guilty about getting dessert after indulging in the later.
I just got a small swirl of chocolate and cookies and cream. Pretty mundane given the veritable plethora of toppings on display for your choosing. But I have to say, that small yogurt with not a single topping was plenty.
The service was super nice and friendly as well. Great for a quick stop or a snack. You can get fancier on your yogurt with exciting toppings like mochi or a yogurt shake if you chose.

YUMMMYYY ! They have great frozen yogurt and a great selection of toppings. It was great to have after my spicy food from Atomic Wings. I love that they are co-​located with one another. Very random, yet creative ! I can’t wait to try more flavors !

So this place is attached to atomic wings which I do find kinda weird but at the same time smart… I found the staff to be really nice and helpful… Even though I don’t eat yogurt my gf found it to be very enjoyable.

Yeah I had a pleasureable experience here but my initial reasoning to go was for the FREE TENKA deal. However, even though the tenka site listed this as still active. This place told me they removed the button or option on the cash register to activate the free FRO-​YO. This did disappoint me, the yogurt was not the best in the world I ever tasted.
I did like it though, I got the medium yogurt peanut butter flavor with no toppings. It was $ 4.30 with tax. it is pricey to me when adding multiple toppings and stuff. The person in front of my ordered 3 large yogurt with about 3 topping or more each it was almost 22 dollars. Like Jeez, that is a lot just for some dessert, you know FRO-​YO.
So yeah I don’t really blame TENKA but it did still notify people on the site that the free option was still availble. Now that I think about it, my rating should really be *3.5* not 4 stars, but Unilocal does not have half stars.
Probability of returning to this business in 1 Year: 46%
_​Side note, the woman who took my order was really nice though. I give that to her. I explained my situation with TENKA and she explained my deal and all, so yeah she was just really nice. I think her name was Kelly.

From my previous review I mentioned that I noticed on their website they have chocolate covered crickets. So based on that, I decided I need to come back and because I’m so nice I dragged Hungry Boy along. So I was chatting with the girl behind the counter and she was very friendly. I guess everyone who works here are super friendly and helpful!
Upon returning, the flavor of the month is mango. How could I resist? I love mango! So mango yogurt topped with Jacques Torres chocolate covered cheerios, mango, shredded coconut pieces, chocolate covered crickets, drizzle of Carbernet berry sauce and sprinkle of ginger lemon rose sugar. I was nervous and excited at the same time because afterall it is my first bug, yet the irony because I truly hate bugs! I warned the girl who put my yogurt together that if she hears me scream not to be alarmed because all it means is that I saw a head or a leg of the cricket. I also found out that even though she works there, she would never try one haha. She said I’m brave for trying it.
Okay, so I got my yogurt. Waited for my Hungry Boy to eat his first and let me know how it was. Or in other words I was just stalling because I don’t think I was ready to take this. But popped that in my mouth and chewed through it. It was chocolatey and crunchy. There was an odd taste, but the chocolate overpowered the cricket, so I guess it was okay for me. Wow I can’t believe I actually ate a bug! Alright, it was 2 crickets! I am proud of me and you should too! Because I hate bugs with dear life, but I overcame that fear all because of curiosity and because I love food. Now don’t get me wrong, I will not be digging up bugs at Central Park or the next hiking trip and roasting them over fire or any nonsense like that. However, I am interested in trying out hopper tacos at this Mexican restaurant in the city.
By the way I did not scream. Also, each cricket comes with 2 nifty pins that says «I ate a bug club.» =)

About a week ago, I went hiking with a bunch of friends and in the middle of having a conversation surrounded by beautiful lush nature, a bug flew into my mouth and I nearly choked on it when it went down my throat. Wasn’t the way I had imagined my introduction to bug eating or entomophagy as it was also known as, was going to happen.
Despite that, I’ve had an interest in trying bugs for awhile (Stop making those faces) since a big portion of the world’s population eat them in one form or another. When a friend of mine told me that she found out that Wicked Spoon had a specialty topping of chocolate covered crickets, I jumped at the chance of giving entomophagy a second chance, but this time of my choosing.
Wicked Spoon is a frozen yogurt Station found in a store that shares a space with Atomic Wings, a franchise that sells buffalo wings. I’ve been here previous to this and found my experience here have always been very pleasant. The two staffs that I’ve encountered on both occasions were super friendly, talkative, and one of them was the most knowledgeable fro-​yo expert that I’ve ever encountered. I have never had such a deep conversation about fro-​yo with anyone before him. Hell, I never thought of ever having a deep conversation about froyo, period. Props to the hiring manager for finding employees like these.
The name of the place is derived from the unusual spoon that they provide. It’s strangely shaped with a curved handle and a rounded end for scooping. It’s more of a gimmick than anything and I found it to be a little awkward to use.
Froyo wise, the place carries 4 yogurts flavors at a time, changing out 1 specialty flavor per month. The toppings are mostly your basic selections found at most other such places except for a few specialty toppings such as pocky sticks and the aforementioned chocolate covered crickets, which costs more than the normal toppings. They are VERY generous with the toppings here and at times, the amount they give you will almost make the fro-​yo overflow. The fro-​yo itself is slightly on the overly soft side in my opinion but most of the flavors are good. Of the three flavors I’ve tried so far:
Red Velvet: Good but not great. Maybe I’m just not a red velvet fan but it’s the least favorite of the flavors that I’ve tried.
Mango: Very good smooth mango flavor.
Pomegranate: Nice tart flavor with a hint of said fruit.
Now for the fun part, the crickets. The chocolate covered crickets weren’t what I imagined it would be. I pictured in my mind that the crickets would be these little lumpy things dipped in chocolate but you could still tell that it was a bug. What it looks like instead is these little rectangle chocolate bars like half a Kit Kat. Not very intimidating. They place it whole on top of your fro-​yo and you just eat it as is. Each bar comes with this big button with a picture of a lizard popping a cricket into it’s mouth with the words «I just joined the bug eating club».
I was amused to watch my friend squirm a little bit while mentally preparing herself to take a bite. I had to applaud her for going through with it when she did because she have a slight phobia of bugs. So how it taste? Like a piece of milk chocolate. The cricket (there was only one in each bar) was so small that when I bit one in half to see how it was like in the inside, I only saw I speck of the bug, and could be mistaken for a big rice crispy. Eating it this way, you couldn’t even get the flavor or texture of the cricket which to me was slightly disappointing but for others like my friend, might be a great way to ease yourself into trying one.
Extra fun idea: While having a conversation with one of the employees, she told me some customers go there just to buy the chocolate covered crickets by itself for $ 3 each. They were told that the customers brings it to their work place and hand it out to their coworkers. Since it looks almost like a small normal chocolate bar, the coworkers eats them, then they are told what is in it. Gagging and giggling ensues.
3.5 stars

As I walked in, the girl behind the counter started introducing the flavors they had. I decided to go for the small double swirled plain & pomegranate. Scanning the toppings, I spotted pocky! Picked that and a few others. She was packing a lot of toppings.
The total was close to $ 6.00 and I was a little confused how did it become so pricey. I found out that the pocky was a specialty topping, which means you pay more for picking the «special» toppings. If only I knew, I’d skip it. And I didn’t get a wicked spoon. Instead I got a lousy boring white spoon. The yogurt was very good though.

Thank you Tenka, for introducing me to some wicked good fro yo!
I had the red velvet w/​the crunch chocolate glob topping… mindblowing! Paul, the awesome cashier, gave me samples of all these toppings (including the crunch glob + an awesome lemon crunch + very interesting mocha topping)… ahh they were all sooo good!
Can’t wait to go back.

Came here all loaded and ready to go with my Tenka coupon. I’m pretty lucky ’cause this place is close to my house, and Tenka offers usually cater more to Manhattanites.
Wicked Spoon offers the original and pomegranate flavors, as well as a monthly rotational flavor, which was red velvet cake. Unfortunately it ran out the day before I redeemed my froyo, which was a bummer because I really wanted to try it. The guy was very helpful and nice about the whole thing, and there are so many toppings here! I didn’t even have time to look through all of them.
I got the original froyo with a hazelnut crunch sauce, which was a thick kind of goopy chocolate syrup with crunchy hazelnut pieces in it. My froyo didn’t exactly look like a work of art, but who cares? You don’t use your eyes to eat anyway.
Their servings are pretty big. The frozen yogurt was icier than I prefer, but I didn’t mind because it was kind of warm that day and a creamier froyo would’ve melted much faster. It’s also more tart than sweet. This was decent until it started to get watery, and the mixture of that and the sauce tasted odd. The little green spoon that they give you is cute and adds a unique touch to Wicked Spoon when there are froyo places blossoming all over the city.
Hopefully I’ll be back to try the red velvet flavor. My mind’s completely fixated on it right now.

I tried their froyo for the first time the other night and was pleased with the sweet, tangy taste of their original flavor though I would’ve loved to try the Red Velvet that they sadly ran out of (and had nothing indicating so as I planned out my order while waiting on line for 10 minutes). There was one person working at night and the service super slow but it’s still early in the season so maybe they’ll step it up for the summer. +++ a zillion points for having GIRL SCOUT COOKIES (specifically Samoas) as a topping option.

Free Fro-​yo alert!
Okay, I don’t think this place has the best fro-​yo, but they more than made up for it with great service.
Alex was really patient and enthusiastic and wanted to give us a try of all of their weird/​unique toppings. I dig it. I would have said this place was a 3* place otherwise. They had a couple of dragonfruit here, and he even cut it fresh for me even though I was the last customer here. I’ve seen places that refuse to open a new ingredient for fear of wasting it.
He even sliced the rest up and offered it to the other two girls sitting there eating.
The lemon crunch was pretty interesting.
The pomegranate tart froyo seemed pretty standard.
I kinda like how they’re attached to Atomic Wings. No more excuses if someone in your party wants desserts and you don’t. I know the feeling. My idea of a dessert after a nice steak is more meat. :)

¼ Came here on a groupon w/​my hubs. I ordered crazy bananas combo and he the red lava.
The cashier proceeds to tell us they have NO fresh fruit?! and then for the red lava– which has red velvet as an ingredient– they had NO red velvet and that since it is a seasonal ingredient, they are not required to carry it. I understand an item being seasonal but then why oh why would you have it a part of your REGULAR menu? If its on the menu, you should carry it. This was absurd.
Since I had absolutely no intentions of coming back at this point, we just ordered a modified version of both aforementioned items size reg which came to $ 11.98, overpriced yes but it was fine b/​c the groupon was for $ 12.
oh and I had the banana flambé sauce that other Unilocalers seemed to go crazy for and wicked spoon charges extra for… not impressed. not impressed at all.
UPDATE 1÷5− I was contacted by the owner who was really concerned about my experience and requested another chance to correct the mistake. I really appreciate how rapidly he addressed the issues presented above. I look forward to giving this business another chance and sincerely hope they last.

This place is awesome and it’s my new addiction. Although they have 4 flavors of frozen yogurt daily — I go with the Original tart or Pomegranate. The chocolates are very sweet, so if you are looking for a BIG Sweetie– go with the chocolates. But the Original and The Pom — very refreshing and only 90 calories and NO FAT. They have MANY different sauces and toppings — I go with the fresh berries. But my son likes extreme sweet like Candy Corn. They also have a selection of gourmet toppings that are interesting and bizarre — like Wasabi peas. Aside from the fantabulous yogurt and crazy green twirly spoons (their trademark).
The place is very clean — and the people that work there are lovely.

I love wicked spoon! I went to their grand opening where I tried the red velvet with the chocolate covered graham crackers, and it was the best fro-​yo I’ve ever had! I went back at least twice a week until the red velvet with out :-(
Although I miss the red velvet, it is fun that they have a new flavor every month. Their toppings are also great (except chocolate covered insects, not for me). The only negative is that it’s very expensive, and certain toppings, including my chocolate covered graham crackers, are even more costly. But it’s worth a treat once in a while

ok. Holy geez! THEIR toppings are incredible. I highly recomend the bana flambé sauce! I mean, not just variety on toppings but quality too. The consistency of the yogurt is great, the price is good.
I wish it was close to me… or Id go all the time just for the banana sauce!
however. Lose the spoons.
I hate the spoons, i know it’s «wicked spoon» and everything but the spoons are so awkward to eat with and the handles are so short you get froyo on your hands…
Please wicked spoon, if you wont get rid of your spoons then at least provide us with a normal spoon option! Sigh.

I’m pretty much dead-​certain there’s no other frozen yogurt place in the city that offers chocolate-​covered cricket as a topping. That in and of itself made this a must-​experience stop for me. I have to admit, the cricket is pretty unremarkable, kinda tastes like chocolate-​covered ANYTHING, and the chocolate itself is a little on the low-​end side. Considering they charge an extra $ 3.50 for the experience, getting a pre-​wrapped cricket that you have to unpackage yourself seems a little steep. You do get a cool «I ate a bug!» button as a souvenir.
I also have issues with the yogurt itself, which is a little too watery and icy-​tasting. I’ve certainly had better.
I was also hoping with a name like Wickedspoon, the place would have some sort of New England witchy vibe, but again… no. It shares space with an Atomic Wings, so it has the ambiance of a really sterile, greasy sports bar. The hi-​def screens are pretty sweet, but I really wasn’t there for football.
I really wanted to like this place. I walked a half hour to get there after dinner, and it really didn’t pay off. I can, however, always say that I ate a cricket.

Beware the empty and small black hole of no-​froyo in your cup that you might encounter as you take a scoop. Felt a little sad and hollow (pun intended), but still a good place.

Fun neighborhood feel, funky décor and most importantly — excellent fro-​yo. I’m a fan of their original, a tart/​tangy concoction that goes down smooth and creamy with just a hint of bite.
Alex, the owner, specializes in unique toppings like Jacques Torres chocolate covered Cheerios, fresh sliced mangos and whole berries. Try the pomegranate flavor with blackberries and cabernet sauce, or the chocolate mudslide: chocolate yogurt, chocolate and caramel sauce and roasted nuts. My taste buds are tingling already!