Jeni's has announced that it will be adding its 'Everything Bagel Ice Cream' back to its product lineup in 2022. The ice cream was originally tested with a variety of other breakfast-flavored ice creams in early 2021, and the brand found that the everything bagel flavor sold out in less than nine days across all of its stores and retail partners.
The ice cream itself is made with most of the ingredients and toppings that are typical to an everything bagel. The recipe includes poppy seeds, sesame, garlic, onion, and cream cheese, on top of its ice cream base. This means the frozen treat tastes like a savory bagel while also tasting like a sweet cold snack.
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Breakfast-inspired Ice Creams
- Innovative ice cream flavors that combine savory breakfast flavors with a sweet base, providing a unique taste experience for customers.
- Creative Flavor Combinations
- The rise of ice cream brands experimenting with new and unconventional flavor combinations, driving a shift towards more adventurous consumer tastes.
- Nostalgic Food Remakes
- Revivals of classic or unconventional food pairings, such as bagel-flavored ice cream, tapping into consumers' desire for novelty and nostalgia.
Where This Applies
- Ice Cream Industry
- The rapid expansion of unique and unconventional ice cream flavors is driving the development of new niche markets and offering new brands opportunities to enter an already crowded field.
- Food and Beverage Industry
- The emergence and success of innovative flavor combinations such as bagel-flavored ice cream demonstrate consumers' openness to new tastes and experimental food experiences, posing disruptive innovation opportunities for food and beverage companies.
- Retail Industry
- The popularity of bagel-flavored ice cream, sell-out time, and sales across a wide range of retail partnerships suggests that other retailers should consider unique food and beverage offerings to differentiate themselves from competitors.
