Siouxland Families

For summer 2025, Scooter's Coffee took inspiration from of summer's best desserts: s'mores! They rolled out four drinks and one baked treat to celebrate this delicious fusion of marshmallow, chocolate, and graham. I tried a blender, an iced latte, and a cookie and based on that personal experience of trying the Scooter's Coffee s'mores menu, here's what I thought:  Scooter's Coffee Summer 2025 S'mores Blender The new summer 2025 s'mores blender from Scooter's includes an ice cream base (or your choice of milk) plus espresso, marshmallow and chocolate flavors, and ice, blended into a flavorful treat that's almost like a coffee milkshake. The s'mores blenders are topped with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and graham cracker crumbles.  This was definitely my favorite and if calories and money didn't exist, I would drink one of these s'mores blenders every single day all summer.  Scooter's Coffee Summer 2025 S'mor...

 I love Scooter's Coffee, and I love St. Patrick's Day, so when I heard that Scooter's came out with two new drink flavors to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2025, I couldn't resist trying them. So, I took my kids to Scooter's after school one day to check out the new Lucky Charm lattes and the Lil Leprechaun smoothies. Here's what we thought: Scooter's Lucky Charms drinks Scooter's new Lucky Charms flavored drinks include marshmallow and vanilla flavors and are topped with colorful Lucky Charms marshmallows. You can choose from a hot or iced latte, a blended drink, or a cold foam.  I tried the Lucky Charms Latte, but subbed in almond milk, and I thought it had good flavor and a good level of sweetness. I could definitely taste the marshmallow and vanilla flavors but also espresso. You can't see the marshmallows in the hot cup unless you take off the lid though, so if you mainly want the Lucky Charms drinks for the cute marshmallow themin...

I love Scooter's Coffee and people seemed to enjoy the full review of the full Scooter's Coffee kids' menu that  we posted earlier this year . So, when I heard they were doing a cute "Candyland" inspired holiday menu for Christmas 2024, I thought it might be fun to try them out and share our thoughts on that too! In case you're new here, I'm a mom of four kids from toddler to teen, and my kids and I love reviewing food and drinks together. We especially love a good kids' menu, so the Scooter's Coffee Kids' Combos and other kid-friendly treats are totally in our wheelhouse. So, without further ado, here's my review of the Scooter's Coffee 2024 holiday menu: What's on the 2024 Candyland Holiday Menu at Scooter's Coffee? Starting in November 2024, Scooter's Coffee is offering a limited menu of holiday treats inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Candyland. These drinks and desserts will be available through the app or for ...

The Spot Espresso Bar and Cafe is THE spot to go for a treat in Akron, Iowa. I got to stop by the Spot in September, and I'm excited to spread the word about it! Here's what you should know about the Spot next time you're going to or through Akron: Where is the Spot The Spot Espresso Bar and Cafe is located at 351 Highway 12 in Akron, Iowa. It is right across the street from the Akron City Park where community events like the Great Akron Scarecrow Festival is held ,and shares a building with Rise Fitness. There is a large lot with free parking for customers at Rise Fitness and the Spot. Drinks at the Spot Espresso Bar and Cafe As you might guess from the name, the Spot Espresso Bar and Cafe has an extensive menu of espresso-based drinks, but also other coffee and tea drinks, smoothies, and energy drinks. I had a mocha frappe and also tried a sample of their cold brew coffee with foam, and they were both well-made, but very d...

As a mom of four, I love a good kids meal, and I'm trying to review as many of them as I can! Once I get a few more done, I'm going to create a post to easily find them all and link from there. But today, I'm excited to kick off this brand-new post series by telling you all about the kids menu options at Scooter's Coffee. The fun kids menu at this coffee chain includes options like "smoothies" (which I'd call milkshakes), berry lemonade, cookies, and pretzel bites. And just for fun (and because I have four kids to split all this between,) we also tried the very-kid-friendly $1 donut bites. Here's my full review of the Scooter's Coffee Kids Menu as of August 2024: Scooter's Coffee is a drive through coffeehouse chain that started in Omaha and has since expanded to hundreds of locations across the US. Along with their adult menu of coffee, tea, and other delicious drinks and snacks, they also have a nice kids menu.  So my...

In Sauk Centre, Minnesota, I found a super coffee shop that checks a lot of boxes for things I love: delicious coffee and drinks, scratch made baked goods, a tie to literary history, and even a kids menu. I stopped by on my way home from a northwoods vacation to check it out (delicious research is my fave!), and did some additional research as well so I could share all about this spectacular coffee shop and cafe. Here's why Jitters Java Cafe needs to be on your central Minnesota bucket list. (PS: Looking for Jitters Donuts in downtown Sioux City, Iowa? Read my full guide to Sioux City's Jitters Donuts . Honestly, this is another reason I wanted to stop here--I thought it was funny that it has almost the same name as our beloved donut shop here in Sioux City!) Where is Jitters Java Cafe? Jitters Java Cafe is located at 403 Main Street South in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. This is the main street of Sinclair Lewis' iconic (and Nobel Prize winning) 1920 book...