Yo-Chi

Yo-Chi in Burleigh Heads is a self-serve frozen yoghurt and açaí venue built around making dessert your own. Rather than choosing a fixed combination, customers can create a personalised cup or bowl, using the yoghurt as a base and adding toppings to suit their taste. The brand describes this as a chance to handcraft something individual, which gives the experience a more interactive feel than a standard dessert stop.

The flavour range includes familiar choices such as Classic Vanilla, Signature Tart, Salted Butterscotch, Chocolate, Cookies & Cream, Coconut, Mango and Strawberry Cream, along with açaí. The site says the Chocolate and Coconut options are vegan, while the Coconut yoghurt is made with organic coconut cream. Its açaí is described as lower in sugar and made with sustainably sourced premium organic açaí berries. Freshly cut fruit is prepared on site each day, giving customers another way to build their dessert.

For those interested in the product itself, Yo-Chi says its yoghurt is made with real Australian milk and contains live and active cultures, with calcium and a 98 per cent fat-free claim also listed on the site. These details are part of the brand’s broader focus on providing a dessert experience with plenty of choice, rather than a narrowly defined menu. As the combinations are customer-created, the appeal is in exploring different flavours and toppings at your own pace.

The brand’s story began in Melbourne, where Yo-Chi opened its first venue in Balaclava in 2012 before expanding its self-serve concept around Australia. It remains a family-owned Australian business run by the Allis and Marro families. Yo-Chi says its venues are intended to feel welcoming to people of all ages, with creativity and positive energy central to the experience. That makes the Burleigh Heads location a natural option for families, groups or anyone after a relaxed, build-your-own dessert. The business also highlights relationships with local sports teams, university associations and charities, as well as an environmental programme focused on reducing single-use plastic. These commitments provide useful context for the venue beyond its frozen yoghurt offering, without taking away from the simple pleasure of putting together your own dessert.