It might surprise fans, then, to know that a chocolate Frosty also contains vanilla.
That’s in part because of the vanilla flavor, which keeps the chocolate from becoming too overpowering.
When was the Frosty invented?
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Frostys have been around for more than 50 years.
The recipe for the Frosty was made with the intention of complimenting Wendy’s hamburgers.
(He was right.)
But what’s actually in this secret recipe?
It’s been kept about as air-tight as the recipe to the Krabby Patty.
And for good reason.
Why is there vanilla in the chocolate Frosty?
The secret ingredient in every Wendy’s Frostyboth Classic Chocolate and Vanillais vanilla.
At the time, vanilla wasn’t so secret.
After Kappus introduced Thomas to the racetrack’s ice cream style, Thomas knew they had something good.
So they added vanilla to the chocolate Frosty.
The rest is pretty much history.
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What else is in a Frosty?
But the “natural vanilla flavor” is the star of this ingredients list.
The Frosty truly is in a league of its own.
