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Fruity Dessert Empanadas

Taco Bell May Add Two New Dessert Options to Its Breakfast Value Menu

— April 13, 2016 — Lifestyle
Taco Bell is currently toying with the idea of adding dessert empanadas and French Toast Dippers to its $1 breakfast value menu. While the chain is largely know for its savory Mexican entrees, the brand may soon be expanding its dessert options to reach a wider range of consumers.

One of the new menu items being developed by Taco Bell is a strawberries and cream empanada called a 'Popanada.' The new dish would be similar to the chain's existing Caramel Apple Empanada, but it would be smaller and filled with a strawberries and cream-flavored mixture instead of apple. In addition to the dessert empanadas, the chain is also developing a dish called French Toast Dippers, which would come with a sweet sauce for dipping.

While there is no word on whether the empanadas and French Toast Dippers are currently being tested, the new dishes do indicate that the brand is looking to expand its existing dessert range.
Trend Themes
1. Dessert Empanadas - The development of dessert empanadas by Taco Bell opens up opportunities to innovate and create new flavors and variations of the popular handheld pastry.
2. Breakfast Value Menu - Taco Bell's exploration of adding dessert options to its breakfast value menu highlights the potential for disruptive innovation in the fast food industry to attract a wider range of consumers during morning hours.
3. Sweet Sauce Dipping - The introduction of sweet sauce for dipping with French Toast Dippers presents an opportunity for other food establishments to experiment with new flavor combinations and enhance the dipping experience in their offerings.
Industry Implications
1. Fast Food - The potential addition of dessert options to the breakfast value menu by Taco Bell could spark disruptive innovation in the fast food industry as other chains may follow suit and expand their dessert offerings during morning hours.
2. Bakery - The trend of dessert empanadas introduces opportunities for bakeries to create their own versions with unique fillings and flavors, catering to consumers' demand for handheld desserts.
3. Condiment/sauce - The development of a sweet sauce for dipping with French Toast Dippers creates disruptive innovation opportunities for condiment and sauce manufacturers to create new sweet dipping options for various food products.
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