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 the chocolate and vanilla flavor, 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 kid, and initially created the Frosty to be thick enough to require a spoon to eat.[2]
Although a signature consistency of the Wendy’s Frosty—a cross between a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream—, over the years Wendy's has occasionally introduced new flavor variations.[3] In August 2006, a vanilla flavor was introduced after repeated customer requests.[4] In the summer of 2022, the vanilla Frosty was temporarily replaced with a strawberry Frosty.[5] In November 2022, Wendy's released the new peppermint Frosty for the holidays; this is the third new flavor released and temporarily replaced the vanilla Frosty.[6][7]
