Donut King have released a range of ‘adult’ donuts. Flavours include Blueberry & White Chocolate, Banana Custard & Caramel, Apple & Rhubarb Crumble, and Strawberry & Cream. (Lots of anti-oxidants in this range). Enjoy the ad.
At the 2008 All Candy Expo All Candy Expo it appears the hot flavour for confectionary was… drumroll please… POMEGRANATE.
There were Pomegranate:
Tootsie Pops
Chewing Gum
Jelly Beans
Hershey®’s All Natural Extra Dark Chocolate with Pomegranate
Ice Breakers® Chewy Sours
Organic Candy Fruit Pinwheels
Barton’s Chocotini Pomegranate Milk Chocolate Squares
and
Pomegranate Exquisite Truffles
So you can keep up with the Joneses, Hank Friedman of soulhealing has a recipe for Sweet-Tart Pomegranate Chocolate Truffles here .
These are the trends that the National Confectioners Association, who host the All Candy Expo, will be satisfying our sweet tooths in 2008/09:
Authentic and Artisan, Helpful Helpings, Chocolate Evolution, Traditional Twists, Sensory Experiences, Play Time and Packaging Innovations.
You can read more here.
Over at TED.com, Malcolm Gladwell gives a talk all food marketers should have a wee listen to. Go on, spend 17mins of your life listening what he has to say. In this he talks about some lightbulb moments had by Norman Moskowitz of i-Novation Inc
