# Whats your favorite yogurt flavor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425 "2012-09-21T19:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/41 "2012-09-22T12:51:00Z")
I voted none for me. I can’t stand yogurt. Let me explain what I mean by that: in 2005, after suffering a major gastrointestinal illness where I could have nothing by mouth for a week (IV’s provided fluids) and after that could only stand about 500-600 calories a day for about another 2 weeks my GI doc suggested yogurt as, needless to say, my gut flora were in disarray after all that. I got one bite down, then gagged on the taste of the next. It tasted _that vile_ to me. Sorry, it tastes like rotten dairy product to me, not a food substance. I figure that if I can’t bring myself to eat yogurt under starvation conditions I _really_ do not like yogurt. Fortunately, the GI guy was understanding and steered me towards some probiotics in capsule form. Oddly enough I can tolerate sauces and foods that contain yogurt as an ingredient, like tzatziki sauce, it’s the straight yogurt I just loathe. So… you yogurt lovers can have my share of the world’s yogurt. Me, I’m not eating it again. Ever. Unless very much mixed with something else. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/42 "2012-09-22T13:01:55Z")
Dannon fruit-on-the-bottom is tops (Stoneyfield will do, but it’s expensive!) with us. Vanilla, pina colada, and raspberry top three, honey is nice too. They used to sell boysenberry but haven’t seen that in years. If we’re making smoothies or using plain yogurt in something, it doesn’t matter what brand, Aldi’s sells big containers of their brand of plain and vanilla yogurt just for this purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/43 "2012-09-22T15:33:54Z")
Natural Flavoured Oikos Greek, and add my own berries and granola or museli. I think I ate that daily for about 5 months, but I am a bit sick of it now. Since school is back on we are buying fruit flavoured sweetened ones that my son likes, my preference is peach or black cherry. Not fruit on the bottom, i really don’t like the sweetness of it. I buy a container of plain or vanilla and mix it equal parts with the fruity stuff. I also like vanilla to add to baking. Pancakes, cake, brownies, anything with batter likes yogurt. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/44 "2012-09-22T16:38:13Z")
I usually only eat plain yogurt. (And by plain I mean just yogurt, not vanilla-flavoured.) Years ago I used to occasionally buy coffee-flavoured yogort, which was pretty good - but I haven’t seen it around for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/45 "2012-09-22T16:54:59Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Years ago I used to occasionally buy coffee-flavoured yogort, which was pretty good - but I haven’t seen it around for a while. Apparently, **SpoilerVirgin** is buying it all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/46 "2012-09-22T18:05:41Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Plain isn’t the same thing as vanilla. Those should have been separate. I mean, plain is plain, nothing added. This. That said, of the flavored 'gurts, I like vanilla the best but I prefer plain, Greek style. I like to add my own stuff, blueberries, huckleberries, granola, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/47 "2012-09-22T18:09:40Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I get plain and add my own fruit and (sometimes) honey. Agave sweetener is also very good for this instead of honey. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/48 "2012-09-22T18:33:06Z")
Plain _whole milk_ yogurt for me. And by plain, I _don’t_ mean vanilla. The whole milk is much more flavorful than all this reduced-fat stuff. I still consume fewer calories by avoiding all the added simple carbs that the flavored ones have. I add various fruit as takes my fancy. I don’t care for the pre-flavored yogurts. I throw in some bran buds to give it some body and crunch and fiber, and it’s halfway healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/49 "2012-09-22T18:38:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, might be a problem if you’re cooking and don’t realize “plain” and “vanilla” are two completely different things. Vanilla-flavored tzatziki…hork. Yeah, had someone I know make a lovely indian curry recipe, then added that damn vanilla yogurt to it instead of plain. It did not positively contribute to the flavor. :o ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/50 "2012-09-22T19:03:39Z")
I always wondered who bought plain yogurt. I wish I had the gene that liked it, but for the life of me I can’t stand it! I adore yogurt, but sweetened and preferably flavored, although they do tend to get too sweet for me _sometimes._ I’m not all that picky on flavor, pretty much anything will do, but I’m not crazy about mango. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/51 "2012-09-22T19:49:31Z")
I am imagining all your posts in Ned Flanders’ voice. What did he say? His favorite Popsicle flavor is “plain” ice or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/52 "2012-09-23T15:52:18Z")
Tough choice as I love most yogurts, but raspberry won by a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/53 "2012-09-23T17:00:54Z")
I choose Vanilla, not realizing it was multiple choice. /facepalm I’d have chosen raspberry as well. But it does depend on the maker/type of yogurt. For ‘normal’ yogurt, I loooooove vanilla because to me it tastes exactly like cheesecake. And I loooooove cheesecake 🙂 I’ve become enamoured of the Oikos greek yogurt though, and their vanilla is …yuck. To me, anyway. Same with honey; same with a LOT of their flavors. But their raspberry and straw/bana ones are very, very yummy. Of course my favorite doesn’t exist anymore: Mountain High used to make crunchy yogurt that I also really loooooved. But they either are out of business or…something. I should look it up. Yes, I could just add granola or somewhat to my own yogurt but it’s not the same 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/54 "2012-09-23T17:08:58Z")
I will explain the Mountain High thing a bit more, since google is failing me. In the 70s-80s, when yogurt was still sold for the most part at health food stores and the variety at normal markets wasn’t nearly as broad as it is today, you could buy these flat, round containers of yogurt…like an 8-oz sour cream size…and they had granola, grapenuts, SOMETHING in it that was just amazing. And the fruit bits…my memory senses say they were like dried cranberries or something. It was just really, really amazing, and I am sad to see Mountain High does not make it anymore. I can still taste it, over 20 years later, that’s all I’m sayin’. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/55 "2012-09-23T17:32:03Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I always wondered who bought plain yogurt. I wish I had the gene that liked it, but for the life of me I can’t stand it! Have you tried [Greek yogurt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strained_yoghurt)? I find it more creamy and tasty than the regular stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/56 "2012-09-23T19:26:23Z")
Don’t buy a lot of yogurt. Buy Yoplait Light (_suck it, purists!_ :p) when I do. My favorites being Apricot-Mango, Strawberry-Banana and Orange Cream. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/57 "2012-09-23T19:35:30Z")
I make smoothies often for breakfast. Some vanilla or honey Greek yogurt, juice, ice, and frozen fruit. I’ve found that frozen bananas are the key to a nice, thick consistency–just make sure you’re using a powerful blender. And other frozen fruits for flavor (peach, pineapple, or blueberry, usually). Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/58 "2012-09-24T00:47:15Z")
A three-way tie between Chobani apple cinnamon, Dannon Oikos black cherry, and Greek Gods reduced fat orange vanilla cinnamon. I also like taking vanilla or honey yogurt and mixing in my own cinnamon. There’s a theme here… ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/59 "2012-09-25T00:11:53Z")
Since I started making my own, I can’t stand the flavored yogurts anymore. So, full fat homemade plain with raspberries, a little agave nectar, raw oatmeal and pecans. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425/60 "2012-09-25T00:31:19Z")
> [@Ludy](#): > > There is a lemon Greek yogurt that is to die for. Yummy lemony goodness. You just be talking about Liberté lemon Greek-style yogurt. That stuff is awesome. I’ve always liked lemon yogurt, this is way better than any other lemon yogurt. Apparently, it’s really popular because that flavor always sells out first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-yogurt-flavor/635425.md?page=4)