Frosty (frozen dairy dessert)

For other uses, see Frosty.
A large chocolate Frosty from Wendy's

The 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.[1]

Wendy's founder Dave Thomas created the original "light chocolate" Frosty himself by combining chocolate and vanilla flavors, as he thought that a pure chocolate flavor would overwhelm the taste of the restaurant's hamburgers.[2] 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.[2] The consistency has been described as between that of a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream.[1]

  1. ^ a b DiNuzzo, Emily (March 7, 2022). "8 Things You Never Knew About the Wendy's Frosty". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ a b Griffin Llanas, Sheila (2014-08-15). Dave Thomas: Wendy's Founder. ABDO. ISBN 978-1-62968-605-9.