Boar's Head recently added Dark Chocolate Dessert Hummus to its permanent product collection, offering a better-for-you way for consumers to indulge their cravings for something richly chocolate and decadent like brownie batter. With its cocoa flavor, the sweet hummus is said to pair well with everything from fruits and pretzels to crackers. The gluten-free, non-GMO chickpea-based product is made with organic sugar and vanilla for a fresh take on savory hummus dips and spreads.
On its website, Boar's Head shares a Southern Fatty recipe for cinnamon marshmallow-iced shortbread cookies, which may be used as a snack or dessert dipper for the Dark Chocolate Dessert Hummus.
From chocolate-covered whole chickpeas to chickpea-based cookie dough, brands are turning to garbanzo beans to provide consumers with protein-packed sweet snacks.
What's Driving This Trend
- Sweet Hummus
- The rise of sweeter and dessert-themed hummus provides opportunities for traditional savory hummus brands to innovate and expand their product offerings.
- Protein-packed Sweet Snacks
- Brands leveraging chickpeas as a base ingredient for sweet snacks, provides opportunities to innovate healthier snack options while still satisfying consumer cravings for indulgent treats.
- Chocolate-covered Beans
- The introduction of chocolate-covered garbanzo beans shows the potential to innovate sweet snack options while tapping into the demand for plant-based, protein-rich food products.
Who This Affects Most
- Food Manufacturing
- As the demand for healthier, low-sugar, plant-based snack options grows, traditional food manufacturers are presented with disruptive innovation opportunities to expand their product offerings.
- Health Food Retail
- With more consumers seeking healthier snack options, health food retailers are presented with the opportunity to stock and promote protein-rich, plant-based snacks like sweet hummus or chocolate-covered chickpeas.
- Plant-based Food Production
- Plant-based food production companies can tap into the emerging trend of sweet, protein-rich snacks by leveraging proteins found in chickpeas to create innovative, guilt-free snack products.
