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After several trips to Orange Leaf, bland is the word the best sums up the experience.
As someone who is trying to maintain a 60 pound weight loss, the lure of a healthier dessert drew me in like the song of the mythical Siren. Plus, a number of my friends raving about their Orange Leaf experience, so over the past couple of weeks, I've given the Sun Prairie franchise several opportunities to wow me.
Well, I'm still waiting for the wow factor to hit and 'm afraid that it's just not goingto happen.
On the positive side, the Sun Prairie enclave of this froyo purveyor is brand spanking new so the facility is still pretty shiny and clean. And as the only current tenant in it's building, there's never a problem finding a good parking spot, despite a constant throng of customers getting their frozen yogurt fix. And the quality of the staff is pretty good - I always have been greeted as I walked in the door and the line moves along pretty fast. They will open a second register when things start to slow down.
I'm not a fan of the setting, nestled in a sterile strip mall by the new Target, Costco and Woodmans. It pretty much requires a car ride to get to the location, since there is no easy or safe way to get there by foot or by bike.
The biggest disappointment is the frozen yogurt. It just does not have a lot of taste. The coconut and white chocolate has a hint of flavor and the chocolate flavor was really flat. If you are looking for a party of flavor in your mouth, you'll find more action at a funeral.
The toppings are pretty standard fare (the same type of toppings found at Coldstone). Adding the toasted coconut did help round out the flavor of the coconut froyo. but it still does not provide the same level of flavor satisfaction that I get from a cone at the Chocolate Shoppe or at Babcock Hall.
Since the kids really seem to enjoy Orange Tree, I'll still make the occasional pilgrimage to the Sun Prairie location, but it won't be somewhere that I'll stop at on my own to satisfy my sweet tooth cravings.
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