Dessert menus are synonymous with sweetness. Yet while there’s good reason to have plenty of chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream on hand for the 93% of consumers who have had a dessert in the past week, the appeal of things like savory ingredients and ethnic varieties will continue to grow for this eating occasion.
In its newest keynote report, “Dessert’s Sweet Spot,” Datassential found that some of the fastest- growing dessert terms and ingredients on American menus were salty or savory, including pretzels, olive oil, and bacon.