This recipe for a breakfast pumpkin bar from the 'Oh My Veggies' blog puts a clever spin on the classic pumpkin pie.
While these Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Bars simply look like a baked pie that's been cut into rectangular pieces, the recipe actually calls for a range of breakfast ingredients like granola, green yogurt, maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice. Creating the dish is much like making a pie, since it involves both a crust and a topping, but the biggest difference in this recipe is that the squares are packed into a baking dish for cooking rather than a round pie pan.
Many holiday favorites like pumpkin pie are now being reinvented to be made suitable for eating at other times of the day, as well as other seasons entirely.
Pumpkin Breakfast Bars
This Pumpkin Breakfast Bar Turns Dessert into a Tasty Morning Treat
Trend Themes
1. Breakfast Reinvented - The trend of taking traditional desserts and turning them into breakfast foods presents an innovative opportunity for food companies to expand their product lines.
2. Granola-based Products - There is an opportunity for the granola industry to tap into the breakfast market by partnering with food companies to create granola-based products, like the Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Bars.
3. Seasonal Food Innovations - As demonstrated by the Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Bars, there is a trend towards innovating seasonal foods to make them available and popular year-round, creating opportunities for food companies to stay relevant and appeal to consumers' evolving tastes.
Industry Implications
1. Food Manufacturing - The food manufacturing industry can respond to the trend of breakfast reinvented by creating and marketing innovative products that cater to consumers' desire for non-traditional meals.
2. Granola Industry - The granola industry can pivot towards new partnerships and collaboration with other food companies to develop granola-based products that fit into the breakfast reinvented trend, such as the Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Bars.
3. Seasonal Food Retailing - As seasonal foods are constantly being reinvented to cater to consumers' tastes and preferences, the seasonal food retailing industry can take advantage of this trend by stocking and marketing seasonal-inspired products that are suitable for consumption all year-round.