Red Mango Introduces Artisan Hot Chocolate

Red Mango, the #1 Zagat-rated frozen yogurt and smoothies chain in America, is recreating fond winter memories with its first-ever hot beverage, new Artisan Hot Chocolate in four delicious flavors debuting at locations nationwide today.

"This time of the year always reminds me of the comfort of keeping warm during the first winter snow," says Dan Kim, founder and chief concept officer for Red Mango. "Watching snowflakes fall while being surrounded by the smell of hot cocoa was the feeling I wanted to capture with our Artisan Hot Chocolate."

Kim, who is committed to reproducing distinctive seasonal experiences into new all-natural holiday treats, suggests savoring the Artisan Hot Chocolate with a dollop of whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup. The "Artisan" in the name pays tribute to the company's expertise in flavor innovation. True to the company's mission for indulging the natural and healthy way, Artisan Hot Chocolate from Red Mango combines the best of ingredients to melt away the winter chill while elevating the hot chocolate drink to a new level.

Made with all-natural chocolate and nonfat milk, and infused with Ghirardelli® premium cocoa, the velvety Artisan Hot Chocolate is the company's newest winter offering with indulgent rich chocolate swirled with any of four luxurious flavors: Double Chocolate, Raspberry Chocolate Truffle, Irish Chocolate Creme, and Chocolate Amaretto.

The Artisan Hot Chocolate collection is available for a limited time at participating locations nationwide throughout the winter season.

About Red Mango:
Red Mango, one of the fastest growing retailers of all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt and fresh fruit smoothies, opened its first U.S. store in July 2007 in Los Angeles, and has since celebrated more than 140 store openings across the U.S. Red Mango was named the number one smoothie and frozen yogurt chain in America in Zagat's 2011 National Chain Restaurants Survey. Other awards have included the prestigious Nation's Restaurant News' "Hot Concepts!" award and the industry-recognized SupplySide's "Scientific Excellence Award," as well as best frozen yogurt honors in Los Angeles, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago, Utah and New York by highly-regarded independent publications. Headquartered in Dallas, Red Mango serves uniquely delicious frozen yogurt that is all-natural, nonfat and lowfat, gluten-free and packed with beneficial live and active probiotic cultures like GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086), which helps support a healthy immune and digestive system when consumed as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. Red Mango is the first frozen yogurt retailer to earn the National Yogurt Association's Live and Active Cultures seal for meeting the required criteria for healthy frozen yogurt. Red Mango recently expanded its menu to include satisfying meal options such as its all-natural made-to-order fruit and yogurt parfaits and fresh fruit smoothies, and also introduced the world's first all-natural probiotic iced teas that are hand-shaken to order.