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Chilled Charcoal

Charcoal desserts offer consumers a guilt-free indulgence

Implications - As consumers look to make balanced food and beverage choices, many are favoring the Instagram-friendly interpretations of charcoal in dessert form. Highlighting the fast proliferation of fad-like food experiences thanks to visual social media platforms, this progression suggests that consumers are open to adopting such flavors into their lifestyle, rather than being something they may try once.
Workshop Question - What lifestyle drivers can you leverage in order to connect with your target demographic on social media?
Trend Themes
1. Charcoal Desserts - Consumers are open to adopting visually pleasing charcoal desserts flavors into their lifestyle.
2. Innovative Ice Cream - Innovative ideas within the ice cream industry has quickly become a requirement.
3. Activated Charcoal - Activated charcoal has become a popular and trendy ingredient in the food and beauty industries.
Industry Implications
1. Frozen Treats - Innovative desserts and creative frozen treats have become a growing industry.
2. Beauty Industry - Activated charcoal has become a popular ingredient in beauty products and trends.
3. Social Media Platforms - Fad-like food experiences has quickly spread through social media Instagram, contributing to the success of these innovative concepts.
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Featured Examples

All-Black Ice Cream Cones
All-Black Ice Cream Cones
LA's Little Damage Serves Waffle Cones Made with Charcoal
Little Damage is an ice cream shop based in Los Angeles that is receiving many new visitors who are after its all-black ice cream cones. The so-called “goth” waffle cone gets its color... MORE
Hemp-Infused Sacred Chocolates
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The Amasuni Butsuda is a Cannabis Dessert Shaped Like Buddha
The Amasumi Butsuda chocolates by Cacao Magic in Japan offer an edible cannabis dessert shaped to creatively look like miniature Buddha heads. The sacred chocolate designs are unconventional in... MORE
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The Pop-Up Häagen-Dazs & Lounge Serves Treats in Cocktail Glasses
Tokyo, Japan, will soon be host to a new ice cream lounge from Häagen-Dazs that celebrates the release of its Crunchy Crunch Double Cookies & Cream Bar. The upscale lounge pop-up will be... MORE
Frozen Charcoal Yogurts
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Twisted Yoghurt is Now Offering an Activated Charcoal Flavor
Twisted Yoghurt is an Australian brand that serves frozen yogurt, and it recently released a new flavor that incorporates an increasingly popular beauty trend. As activated charcoal continues to... MORE
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Ken Lo and Paul Kim created this unique craft ice cream parlor titled Vice & Ice in New York City. The crafty dessert parlor offers gourmet-inspired frozen treats that are all handmade in small... MORE
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This black ice cream has a macabre look but a sweet taste. Available in New York City from Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream, their new coconut ash flavor has joined the menu as a special flavor.... MORE

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