Red Mango

The Saturday before Easter, I had Red Mango for the first time at the store in Chauncey Village.

I loved it.  If I could, I would go there every day.  But the closest Red Mango to my home is not especially close.  Admittedly Oak Brook Terrace is closer than West Lafayette, but not close enough to visit for a spur of the moment cup of deliciousness, and definitely not close enough when gasoline is over $4.00 per gallon.  : (    

I was hoping to stop at Red Mango two weeks after Easter, on the way home from the mini-marathon in Indianapolis, but it didn't work out.  I was pretty bummed.

Today I finally got my chance to return to Red Mango and it was as good as I remembered!

The first time around I had coconut frozen yogurt topped with mango (naturally!), strawberries, pineapple, and kiwi.  A large poster in the store said that dark chocolate was available for a limited time only, but there was no dark chocolate yogurt in any of the self-serve machines.  I was a little disappointed because I would have liked to have had a mixture of coconut and dark chocolate -- sort of like a cold, creamy version of a Mounds bar.

Fortunately I was able to have dark chocolate today, paired with Dulce de Leche.  Again I went with fresh fruit toppings -- mango, strawberries, and pineapple.  I really like the tang of the yogurt mixed with the tangy-sweetness of the fruit, especially mango.  I'm sure the other toppings are great, but fresh fruit is my favorite.

It's probably a good thing that I don't have a Red Mango right around the corner from my house.  Frozen yogurt is less fattening than ice cream, but it is by no means lo-cal and even healthy fruit can pack a sugar wallop.  If Red Mango were close by, I imagine I would give in far too often to the tasty temptation -- and that wouldn't be healthy for my wallet or my waistline.

Red Mango is a delicious excuse (not that I need one) to visit West Lafayette!