Stonyfield Honey OIKOS Organic Nonfat Greek Frozen Yogurt Review

[Discontinued] Oh, being a blogger is so tough some days... hehehe, just kidding, but there are times when I try a smidge too hard, as is the case with Oikos.

Wait, first, let me use my mastery of the obvious to state that 2012 will be the year of greek frozen yogurt. I mean, come on, greek yogurt is steadily gaining market share, in part due to the protein content, so there's no reason greek frozen yogurt won't take the same trend now that Ciao Bella is jumping in the ring. Heck, even Hannaford's has a housebrand of greek froyo (review will be up later this week).

Ok, I'm all over the place here, so let's introduce Oikos. Stonyfield is pretty proud of Oikos as it is the only "nationally available" organic greek yogurt. Now Stonyfield doesn't mess around a ton with ice cream and froyo, but you can find them in some stores. Seeing a chance to get ahead of everyone else, frozen Oikos came out at the end of the 2011 summer.

Here it is, Stonyfield OIKOS organic nonfat greek frozen yogurt, the honey variety. Some on you might be thinking "wow, a honey flavor, that's so unique!". Others might be going "Rodzilla loves the blueberry, why not start there?". Well, both of those statements played into it. I knew it should be good and it's a fairly new product, so I thought I would spice things up a little. I mean, come on, I've had vanilla honey granola froyo from Haagen-Daz, Turkey Hill, and Pierre's Yovation (and that's in order of decreasing honey flavor), so why not try this one.

Starting off with a plastic seal? Nice.

Wow, when they say honey swirl, they mean it.

It's literal puddles of gooey honey. Are you worried it might be too much honey?

Well, you would be right. I can tolerate alot of honey for the sake of this blog, but this one is too much. Even if you avoid the swirl, the honey flavor is ingrained in every molecule of this stuff. I can't even pretend to like it. I'm trying to focus on the texture so that at least I can judge that, but all I get is HONEY HONEY HONEY...

and then there's the HONEY when HONEY and HONEY while HONEY I HONEY the HONEY  HONEY tried HONEY stop HONEY HONEY HONEY please HONEY HONEY save HONEY taste HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY buds HONEY HONEY.

photo found here

You young whipper snappers may not remember this, but back in the 80s and early 90s, you use to be able to actually get real pure honey with your Chicken McNuggets. Oh I loved honey back then. I even remember this one hot day with my dad where we hadn't grabbed lunch yet. I was so hungry that I grabbed a warm honey packet that was sitting on the dashboard and... well, that idea didn't go over well. Suffice it to say that eating this frozen yogurt reminds me very much of that day.

Ok, enough painful reminiscing. I have no doubt that this is a quality product and I plan on trying one of their other flavors: chocolate, blueberry, or vanilla. Sure this one is a five dollar loss, but I'm not giving up yet.

Verdict?  too... much.... honey
Buy Again? OIKOS: yes, this flavor: no

The Final Scoop: I couldn't pawn this one off on my daughter or wife, so in the trash it went.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1/2 cup (85g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 110	from Fat 0
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g	0%
- Sat Fat 0g	0%
- Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol <5mg	1%
Sodium 60mg	3%
Total Carbohydrate 22g	7%
- Dietary Fiber  0g	0%
- Sugars 20g
Protein 6g
Vitamin A 0%	Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 15%	Iron 0%