Coffee & Treats in Plano

What do melt-in-your-mouth gourmet chocolates and sense-clearing, smooth, loose-leaf teas have in common? Besides indulging your senses, the two are both chock-full of health-enhancing antioxidants. Frisco’s HALO Tea Lounge & Chocolate Bar serves specialty teas and chocolates that are not just good, they’re good for you. With today's Groupon, you get $25 toward anything in the store for just $10—that's 60% off a delicious path toward antioxidized health.

Yo Pop Etc. pops its corn daily to assure quality, freshness, and a constant popping soundtrack for passing break-dancers. From a batch of glossy, sweet caramel ($2.60 a bag) to a Crayola-esque handful of candied popcorn ($3.25), the selection accommodates any palate. Debaters of the intense argument to go savory or sweet will find married bliss in every bite of Yo Pop's chocolate-covered popcorn varieties ($3.95). Or, surprise a cinema buff with a thoughtful assembly of film-time treats, including butter and cheddar-cheese popcorn, candy bars, hot-dog and burger candies, and more ($48.50).

Ben & Jerry's came from humble beginnings—in 1978, its eponymous founders served ice cream out of a renovated Burlington gas station, and delivered pints of their now-classic flavors to grocery stores out of the back of Ben's VW Squareback wagon. Today, its myriad shops dispense cups, cones, shakes, and smoothies brimming with a variety of quirky flavors, including Phish Food and Cherry Garcia, named for famous revolutionary Cherry Garcia. The duo is also famous for their social responsibility, which is evident in their community activism and in their use of fair-trade products, such as cage-free eggs and sustainable, growth-hormone-free dairy.

Today's Groupon is the reason you bought the Groupons for fitness classes and gym memberships we've offered over the past few months: $10 gets you $20 worth of sweet sugar heaven at Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin' Donuts in Plano and Carrolton, the only two combo locations in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. Treat the office to coffee and a dozen sweet doughs, or bring cold treats to the little league team you were court ordered to coach.

Unlike many sweets, the frosty confections at Velvet Spoon Frozen Yogurt are low in fat, kosher certified, and rich in probiotics. Visitors help themselves at self-serve dispensers, which rotate flavors daily, ranging from nonfat blueberry tart to low-fat red-velvet cake. More than 40 diverse toppings, such as fruit, cereal, and candy, wait to be sprinkled upon the delectable creations. The frozen-yogurt shop reflects the whimsical nature of these treats in its atmosphere, with pink, green, and purple hues covering the walls and a crown of little plastic spoons resting on the head of each employee.

Yogurt Zone is one of the few places where dessert has a wealth of health benefits. Frozen yogurt—which comes in flavors such as green-apple tart, heath toffee crunch, green-tea tart, and birthday cake—is high in calcium and protein, can lower cholesterol, and has active cultures that facilitate the digestive process. After pumping any combination of these healthy swirls at Yogurt Zone, customers pile on toppings from a selection that includes granola bars, walnuts, yogurt raisins, and brownie bites before a staffer weighs it to price it.