Trend worthy flavors for the holiday season are made even better with time and labor-saving ideas you can use.
Irresistible Flavor Combinations
Thinking outside the box helps you stand out from the crowd. Think more layered flavors and mash ups for success such as a banana cake with salted caramel frosting dipped in potato chips, or a vanilla cake topped with Buttered Popcorn frosting. For more surprising flavor combinations, here’s a good starting point for exploration.
Go Globally Inspired
Trending ethnic ideas include Chinese (Jianbing) breakfast crepes for folding in sweet or savory ingredients, Dosa (Indian crepes) and Dalgona (Korean candy) toppings for desserts, breads and coffees. Or, go crazy with one of the hottest trends created by food trucks, Korean Corn Dogs. These can be filled with cheeses and sweet or savory ingredients. Then breaded in a sweet flour and rolled in outlandish cereals or drizzled with chocolate and caramel, it’s your choice!
Mini Desserts
The BIG idea in mini desserts is that they are poppable, driveable, toppable, and drizzable (we know these are made-up words, but you might use them to describe these little flavor bombs). They can double as a snack and a dessert across multiple dayparts and are irresistible by consumers.
The Extra Measure
We all know the impact of takeout and delivery in the food industry. From packaging to portion control, bakeries, coffee shops, and pastry shops have new opportunities and challenges. Butterball® Farms’ Honey Butter portion control cups can save time while making a delicious impression.
For dine-in customers, shaped butters say you thought of everything. Give them a simple but unique experience, such as Butterball Farm’s Medallions, that automatically upscales your breads and baked goods.
By offering the extra measure of customer satisfaction, you can set yourself apart when it comes to takeout or delivery, or dine-in. Want a free sample?
Beyond the obvious holidays ahead, there are some industry-wide celebrations to show your menu with layered flavors or globally inspired ideas, such as:
National Dessert Day – October 14th
World Bread Day – October 16th
National Cake Day – November 26th
National Pastry Day – December 9th
For all Instagram and TikTok-worthy baked goods, Butterball Farms has a solution. One that will save time and labor is Quik-Creations® Butter Sauce Base pouches.
These frozen pouches save you refrigeration space, time and labor compared to making sauces in house. These speed-scratch sauces can lower your labor costs by simply adding ingredients to the base. Perfect for glazes on scones, sauces for desserts, and a lot more! Here’s a quick look at recipe ideas using Quik-Creations