Fall is here! There are many changes that come with fall season: school is back in session, leaves change from green to yellow, orange and brown, the temperature begins to drop and days get shorter. All of these changes signify the year is nearing its end. But there is one aspect of fall that is a favorite change for many…FOOD! Fall brings some of the year’s favorite food and snacks.
Flavors have become a major trend in the food industry. Each season has its own set of flavors that people wait for all year. Autumn could be the time of year that brings us the most popular flavored items as it is the season that has the holiday that is most associated with food: Thanksgiving. Similarly to how the weather and scenery shifts, food product packaging starts to shift in color as well.
Flavors that are trending this fall:
Pumpkin Spice
Pumpkin Spice was something that people just used in their pies and cakes for Thanksgiving. Now, many of our favorite snacks come in a pumpkin spice flavor during the fall months. This flavor is a consumer favorite. So much so, that the pumpkin spice will be a trending Google topic for most of September. Companies like Starbucks take advantage of this every year. Pumpkin spice has become synonymous with the fall season.
Apple
Similarly to pumpkin spice, apples are a staple for fall foods and snacks. Apples are associated with fall, so it only makes sense that many of our favorite snacks and desserts include the flavor of this seasonal fruit. Some of the treats and desserts that are used with apples are apple pies, apple crisp, caramel apples and apple cinnamon bread, just to name a few.
We are all about trying new and interesting foods here at Catalyst! So, of course, we had to do a taste test of some of the popular fall flavors and snacks in 2017. Once everyone got through the major sugar rush from trying everything, we voted on our favorite snacks:
- Ghirardelli Pumpkin Spice Chocolate
- Apple Pie Oreos
- Pecan Pie M&M’s
Taking into consideration that many of us are not big fans of the pumpkin spice flavor, we only had one item in the top three that consisted of the pumpkin flavor. The Ghirardelli chocolate had the lightest pumpkin taste of all of the products and many of the other top votes had a different flavor or taste other than pumpkin. Stay tuned for our next taste test!
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