Either I've become a hopeless curmudgeon, or novelty is being placed above everything else in marketing. So many of the new food trends strike me as really odd. So, what say you, do these sound good?
🔹️Wendy's Takis Fuego meal
🔹️Hot Honey Pepperoni pizza
🔹️Reese's PB & J cups
🔹️Burger King BBQ Brisket Whopper
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •I'm with you on all of those and fully agree that most of the new flavors coming out are odd at best.
I think it comes from the "we need something new and different to stay relevant" mentality and the fact that most things have already been done.
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in reply to Wulfric • • •@wulfric yeah. That sounds familiar.
The best was a collab with the EDM artist Marshmello. It was a good collectible limited edition flavor.
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •Depending on how the meat is, the BBQ sauce might be required LOL
It seems that we're always getting sugared products, like BBQ sauce, on these new items. Demographics must support that?
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •1. Wendy's - generally not a fan of processed snacks as a condiment
2. Pizza - don't generally want a lot of sweetness on my pizza
3. Reese's - I don't like the chocolate they use in the first place
4. Burger King - I haven't had a decent meal from BK in decades
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •And I just saw an ad for a Spam Taco.
This is just going to keep happening, isn't it?
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •Some are co-branding opportunities.
Wendy's is trying to emulate Taco Bell's Doritos ® pairing success.
Hot Honey is trending, so why not throw it on a boring food staple like pizza, even if it tastes gross.
Now, if Reese's was using Smucker's® jam, they might have something (note: the PBJ Reese's are not good).
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •This assumes past me who still bought fast food.
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •The rest of it sounds like sugar sprinkles in stupid places.
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in reply to Cat Herder 💔 🗽 🇺🇲 • • •@CatHerder right?
I was always taught by chefs that "less is more." There's an art to pairing elements for either contrast or complement without overdoing it.
That reminds me. I once told a guest that our Crème Anglaise perfectly
complemented the fresh seasonal berry medley. He then said he wanted "that complimentary" dessert, and I immediately deleted that word from my vocabulary and said "goes great with" from then on. The culinary world can be so pretentious.
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •Less is more except when making pickles or gumbo.
I don't make the rules.
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