The week of the Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) Show has quickly become one of my favorite times of year. On May 5-7, Chicago's McCormick Place played host to the food industry and offered a glimpse of products soon to hit store shelves. Some of the more interesting are as follows.
M&Ms/Masterfoods' Cookies &. . . line, featuring varieties with Twix, Snickers, Milky Way and, of course, M&M's (the plain version). I've often heard questions asking when the candy-covered cookie idea would make it Stateside. It looks like those questions will finally cease. (Masterfoods was mum on the dulce de leche flavored M&M's. These were a big hit around the office and with everyone I know who had the chance to try them. When will these make their way to stores around the country?)