The Frozen Frog
Samples – Salty Caramel, Birthday Cake Popcorn
Child Size Dole-Whip – Pineapple Vanilla Twist
Smores – White and Dark Chocolate, Marshmallow, Graham Cracker
Avalanche Bar – White Chocolate, Nougat, Peanut Butter, Puffed Rice
Cinnaroll and Cookies and Cream Popcorn Mix
A source of intrigue since it opened on Fort Apache, across the street from ACE Donuts as well as Sweet Addiction and in the same cluster as Panera, Frozen Frog finally beckoned on Saturday and although not particularly fond of Shave Ice the addition of Dole Whip, Popcorn and Handmade Confections offers a rather solid diversity of options for guests of all ages.
An oddly shaped space, perhaps a Fro-yo spot in a former life given its layout, Frozen Frog is a locally owned concept with friendly service and requisite IHeartRadio tunes playing a bit too loud given their target demographic and with samples of several items offered while a long list of choices warrants perusal the cost-per-item generally seems North of other similar spots speckled around the Valley, by no means ‘expensive,’ but better described as disproportionate to the quality.
Spending approximately ten noisy minutes in the store, no other patrons present and the young server smiley with plenty of advice, it was after a few samples of well crafted popcorn plus a smooth Dolewhip blend that I emerged $14.59 lighter and taking the rest elsewhere to enjoy with coffee the results were both hit and miss, both styles of popcorn as tasty as expected while the S’Mores unfortunately highlighted an overall waxiness to the chocolate that was undetectable when wrapped around the airy kernels, the Avalanche Bar admittedly interesting but a bit too large a portion as neither Peanut Butter nor Puffed Rice did much to balance out a sweetness level that hovered between “too” and “cloying.”
TWO AND A HALF STARS: Sort of a ‘jack of all trades, master of none’ place, Frozen Frog is probably fine for families looking for a fast, affordable treat, but with places like Popcorn Girl doing their craft with more quality as well as variety and plenty of places for better chocolates the only real driving factor here is the Dole Whip, one of those “nostalgia” items that seems to have great appeal to many in Sin City.
RECOMMENDED: Dole Whip, Birthday Cake Popcorn, Cookies and Cream Popcorn.
AVOID: S’mores.
TIP: Customer Loyalty Cards, Social Media Check-Ins and several daily specials are offered.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
http://thefrozenfroglv.com/
