Frosty (frozen dairy dessert)
Frozen dessert sold by Wendy's
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- The Frosty is a frozen dairy dessert of the American fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's.
- Wendy's founder Dave Thomas created the original "light chocolate" Frosty according to a recipe from Fred Kappus by combining chocolate and vanilla flavors, as he thought that a pure chocolate flavor would overwhelm the taste of the restaurant's hamburgers.
- The consistency has been described as between that of a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream.
- In August 2006, a vanilla Frosty flavor was introduced after repeated customer requests.
- In November 2022, Wendy's released the new peppermint Frosty for the holidays; this was the third new Frosty flavor released and temporarily replaced the vanilla Frosty.
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WikipediaThe 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.
Wendy's founder Dave Thomas created the original "light chocolate" Frosty according to a recipe from Fred Kappus by combining chocolate and vanilla flavors, as he thought that a pure chocolate flavor would overwhelm the taste of the restaurant's hamburgers. 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. The consistency has been described as between that of a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream.
Over the years, Wendy's has occasionally introduced new Frosty flavor variations.
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