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For the Love
of Chocolate
Chocolate is appearing nowadays in all sorts of unusual places,

Traditional retail bakeries can also produce their own unique

ranging from chocolate-ﬂavored pasta to chocolate-ﬂavored

chocolate-ﬂavored snacks. At Sweetie-licious Bakery Cafe in

toothpaste for kids.

DeWitt, MI, they make a creative bar cookie called Happy Hello
Dolly Bars with chocolate M&Ms.

As retail bakers, it’s time to be prepared with more chocolate
options to satisfy your customers’ love of all things chocolate.

Alon’s Market in Atlanta features more than a dozen smallbite cookie options, including double chocolate chunk bites or

Tartine Bakery in San Francisco specializes in ﬁne breads and

chocolate chunk pecan bites, each for $13.49 per pound.

pastries, including double pain au chocolat, chocolate-glazed
eclairs, and chocolate soufflé cake rounds (made with ﬂourless

New in the donut case

chocolate mousse cake on a thin layer of chocolate cake).

Other bakeries are ﬁnding new ways to incorporate chocolate
in donuts and more. For example, the new Cookies and KREME

Sarabeth’s in New York City, which recently opened its ﬁrst

Donut made with OREO and Cookies and KREME Cake Donut

international location in Tokyo, continues to dazzle the crowds

made with OREO are available through April 21 at participating

with innovative products like chocolate marmalade cookies,

Krispy Kreme locations in the US.

which are made with a combination of butter cookies and
fruity marmalade that are hand dipped in Belgian chocolate.

“This new, grown-up take on cookies and cream treats is sure

In addition to operating a bakery cafe in New York, Sarabeth’s

to bring out the inner kid, and smiles, in everyone,” says Ron

offers its baked treats online – a dozen chocolate marmalade

Rupocinski, Krispy Kreme’s corporate chef.

cookies sell for $25.
The Cookies and KREME Cake Donut, made with OREO CookChocolate also can add ﬂavor to your bakery’s all-important

ies, is a traditional chocolate cake donut infused with OREO

beverage lineup. Dunkin’ Donuts has a new line of dark choco-

cookie pieces, topped with white icing, OREO cookie pieces

late mocha beverages to keep chocolate lovers running on the

and a dollop of blended OREO ﬂavored KREME with OREO

go, including Dark Chocolate Mocha Coffee, Dark Chocolate

cookie pieces.

Mocha Latte, Dark Chocolate Mocha Frozen Coffee Coolatta
and Dark Hot Chocolate.

Pairing chocolate with cheese
For even more ideas, the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board of-

Chocolate as a snack food

fers a new guide to pairing chocolate and cheese into unique

One key consumer trend to watch is the rise of snacking

desserts and candies, among other food applications.

among more Americans, and chocolate plays perfectly into
this evolving trend.

Wisconsin Mascarpone and Nutella with Chocolate Brownies
feature creamy Wisconsin mascarpone with chocolate wafer

Two years ago, Sheila G’s Original Brownie Brittle was ﬁrst

cookies. Or step up the combo by layering it with chocolate

unveiled, as a result of bakery owner Sheila G. Mains’ personal

brownies and Nutella. A chocolate-covered coffee bean makes

love of the crispy edges of the brownie. Since the product’s

an amusing garnish.

introduction, the product has landed on thousands of stores
shelves in multiple countries, achieving multiple awards such

Wisconsin Aged Gouda with Dark Chocolate English Toffee is

as “The Best New Snack Product of 2012” from the National

another creative product idea. Rich, buttery and slightly sweet

Confectionery Sales Association.

aged gouda contrasts perfectly with the slight bitterness of
dark chocolate.

Brownie Brittle comes in chocolate chip, traditional walnut or
toffee crunch ﬂavors.

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