At the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show, spicy snack company Hot Monkey Nuts introduced Monkey Bars as its latest product, and these fiery chocolate bars disrupt the comforting taste of chocolate with some of the spiciest kinds of peppers in the world. There are a trio of bars that are being introduced to start, including the Manic Monkey Bar, made with the hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper. This Monkey Bar blends dark chocolate, caramel, peanuts and espresso beans with ghost pepper and the famed (and feared) Carolina Reaper pepper.
To suit fans of spice, no matter their level of tolerance, the line also includes options for adventurous eaters like the Twisted Moneky Bar, made with a blend of milk chocolate, pretzels, peanut butter chips and habanero pepper.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Spicy Snacks
- Companies can innovate by incorporating spicy flavors into their product offerings.
- Flavor Blends
- Blending unexpected flavors can create a unique and disruptive taste experience.
- Alternative Ingredients
- Exploring new and unusual ingredients can make for creative and unexpected product offerings.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Food and Beverage
- Companies in this industry can explore new flavor combinations to entice customers, and create new product offerings that cater to spice lovers.
- Chocolate
- Chocolate companies can expand their offerings by adding unique and spicy flavors to their products.
- Snack Foods
- Snack companies can create a new segment of spicy snack foods to capture market share and appeal to adventurous eaters.
