Product submissions were taste-tested by more than 20 retail experts representing nearly 85 percent of the U.S. buying power. Four weighted criteria were used to assess each item including taste, packaging, innovation and go-to market feasibility. From the nominated and winning products view, users can drill down to every submission in across all nine segments including: chocolate, non-chocolate, sweet, salty, savory, novelty, seasonal, gourmet/premium, and gum & mints.
Each product also includes an innovation statement written by the exhibitor on why their item can give retailers a competitive edge in the marketplace, setting this gallery apart from other platforms. We invite you to explore!
Best in Show | Gourmet/Premium | Gum & Mints | Chocolate | Non-Chocolate | Seasonal | Savory Snacks | Salty Snacks | Sweet Snacks | Novelty/Licensed | Small Businness Innovator
BEST IN SHOW
Ferrara
Trolli Sour Crunchy Crawlers
Trolli Crunchy Crawlers delivers a new, dual-textured product through a thin, crispy shell and chewy, fruity center. Each piece combines the two textures with two signature Trolli flavors for a unique sensorial experience!
Gourmet/Premium
Winner:
Tru Fru LLC
Whole Raspberries Freshly Frozen & Immersed in Premium White and Dark Chocolate
At only 90 calories a serving, Tru Fru Whole Raspberries are freshly frozen and double immersed in a premium white & then dark chocolate and uniquely hyper-chilled at -300 F to enhance flavor. Warning: Craving guaranteed!
Nominees:
Ferrero USA, Inc.
Ferrero Golden Gallery Signature
Rediscover the art of gifting & sharing with a new range of assorted premium chocolate boxes. Every chocolate is masterfully crafted for a delightful appearance and taste using high quality ingredients. 24 & 12 count boxes.
SoKusa
Lotus Root Crisps
SoKusa Lotus Root Crisps are the first of its kind on the market: uniquely crafted with a unique ingredient, Lotus Root. Experience the innovative new flavor!
Pear's Gourmet
Everything Bagel Flavored Cashews
Add the popular Everything Bagel seasoning to a cashew and what do you get? A savory, bold marriage of premium nuts, seeds and spices. Free from artificial preservatives, flavors, colors.
Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
Dove Chocolate Salted Caramel
Introducing a new line-up of silky smooth DOVE® Chocolate Bars in tantalizing flavor combinations inspired by the latest culinary trends. Offering distinct innovation, Salted Caramel Blonde Chocolate – A delicious blend of White and Milk DOVE® Chocolate fe
All Gourmet/Premium product submissions
Gum & Mints
Winner:
Ferrero USA, Inc.
Tic Tac X-Freeze
Tic Tac X-Freeze is fifty percent larger than the original Tic Tac and delivers intense and long-lasting refreshment with cooling crystals. Strong Mint and Wintergreen flavors will be available in 65- and 30-count packs.
Nominees:
Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
Extra Refreshers Spearmint
Extra® Refreshers: Extra® Gum, the No. 1 selling gum brand in the U.S., is launching Extra® Refreshers, the first-ever soft chew added to the brand's portfolio. Bursting with intense freshness, the new soft chew comes in three exciting flavors: Spearmint,
Perfetti Van Melle USA, Inc.
Chewy & Fresh
FRESHNESS IN A BITE: Mentos Chewy & Fresh Mints offer a unique burst of long-lasting chewy freshness, in a smaller yet powerful bite. 90-piece resealable bottles are aimed at on-the-go consumers.
The Hershey Company
Ice Breakers Duo Orange Mints
Refreshing Duo Orange Mints is the ideal blend of a fruit and cool taste in just one single mint. These sugar free mints have a fruity orange flavor with cooling crystals that enhances the one-of-a-kind duo blast sensation.
Ford Gum
Jelly Belly Sugar Free Gum - Very Cherry
Now the amazing flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans are available in a great-tasting, long-lasting, sugar free gum. The dual flavor system delivers a Jelly Belly flavor burst and ensures the flavor lasts and lasts.
All Gum & Mints product submissions
Chocolate
Winner:
The Hershey Company
Kit Kat Duos Mint + Dark Chocolate
Kit Kay Duos Mint + Dark Chocolate will feature a mashup of two iconic flavors. A mint crame on the top and dark chocolate on the bottom, all surrounding light and crispy wafers. Available nationwide December 2019
Nominees:
ChocXO Chocolatier
ChocXO PB & Ruby Cups
There's nothing better than PB&J, until now. The new PB & Ruby puts that youthful joy into a tasty cup, created with the newly innovated berry-fruitiness & luscious smoothness of the Ruby cacao bean. Your mom would approve!
The Hershey Company
Reese's Thins Milk Chocolate
Reese's Thins are 40% thinner, 100% delicious, and bring you another way to enjoy the same Reese's you know and love. Reese's Thins come wrapped individually for portability and are available in both milk and dark chocolate.
Ferrero USA, Inc.
Bueno
New Kinder Bueno has a taste experience that defies expectation. Beneath a blanket of smooth milk chocolate lies a thin, crispy wafer filled with a creamy hazelnut filling, all topped with a delicate, dark chocolate drizzle.
OCHO Candy
Organic PB&J Candy Bar
The OCHO PB&J candy bar relies on a manufacturing process using unprecedented technology that combines a tempered chocolate shell with a customized filling process, providing a unique organoleptic experience.
All Chocolate product submissions
Non-Chocolate
Winner:
Just Born, Inc
PEEPS Marshmallow, Strawberry, Lemon & Blueberry Flavored Jelly Beans
The PEEPS Brand is an essential part of Easter traditions. Now, the iconic PEEPS Marshmallow flavor is brought to life in the form of another basket essential, Jelly Beans. Available in three different flavor combinations.
Nominees:
Haribo of America, Inc.
HARIBO Watermelon 4.1oz
HARIBO's triple layer foam gummi delivers a unique shape & texture. Each Watermelon wedge includes gummi & two layers of foam gummi, giving the product a soft & sweet chew!
Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
Starburst Duos Fruit Chews
Starburst Duos: Duos delivers your favorite flavors in a unique two-in-one combination. Starburst Duos is sure to leave your taste buds bursting with a fruity flavor combination. Starburst Duos Fruit Chews are available
Bazooka Candy Brands, a Division of The Topps Company
Ring Pop Gummy Gems
New Ring Pop Gummy Gems have a sweet gummy outside with a drop of juicy sour gel on the inside.Ring Pop makes every hangout more fun, and now with NEW Ring Pop Gummy Gems, hangouts will be even more of a blast!
Justin's
Justin's Organic Almond Butter Covered Almonds & Justin's Organic Cashew Butter Covered Cashews
Justin's introduces the world's first organic nut butter covered nuts! For a sweet & salty, Non-GMO snacking experience like no other with 2g of plant-based protein. A portable on-the-go snack full of nutty goodness.
All Non-Chocolate product submissions
Seasonal
Winner:
Ferrara
Trolli Candy Corn
Trolli's signature dual-colors & flavors burst into candy corn's ubiquitous shape & texture. But, it wouldn't be Trolli without a sour-sanded finish. From the maker of Brach's, the leader in candy corn.
Nominees:
The Hershey Company
Reese's Milk Chocolate and Peanut Butter Lovers
Now you can choose more of the taste you love! Chocolate Lovers delivers a richer, darker milk chocolate in a thick chocolate shell. Peanut Butter Lovers carries the peanut butter taste you love with a distinctive outer layer
Bazooka Candy Brands, a Division of The Topps Company
Baby Bottle Pop Candy Canes
Bring maximum silliness to your holiday season with New Baby Bottle Pop Candy Canes! Each delicious candy cane comes with its own sweet powder perfect for dipping!
R.M. Palmer Company
Magical Easter Unicorn
What's more fun than finding a Magical Unicorn in your Easter basket? Unique, white birthday cake flavored hollow novelty. Box art includes website link to Create A Name printable certificate, and cut out Unicorn horn & ears.
Kopper's Chocolate
Sparkling Prosecco Cordials
Pop a shimmering bite of bubbly with these prosecco-flavored liquid center cordials
All Seasonal product submissions
Savory Snacks
Winner:
Mondelez International, Inc
Triscuit Wheatberry Clusters -- Pumpkin Seeds & Sweet Corn
TRISCUIT Wheatberry Clusters are non-GMO, no artificial colors or flavors, made with real ingredients like wheat berries, fruit, nuts & seeds. Tasty balance of flavor with plant based fuel and a bite sized crunch!
Nominees:
Alli & Rose
Shiitake Mushrooms
All natural, non GMO, no added MSG, excellent source of fibre, no artificial colours or flavours, and vegan. Taken from the markets of Asia to the mainstream, this is a vegetarian snack is for everyone.
Riffs Smokehouse
BACON-ON-THE-GO Thai Curry
FIRST real, fully cooked, smoked BACON protein meat snack on the market -9 months shelf stable! For hot off the smoker aroma and sweet, spiced bacon heat 5 seconds in the microwave. Can eat out of package, but why not sizzle!
Specialty Cheese Company, Inc.
Aged Cheddar Bars
We figured out a way to make a crunchy granola bar, only made of 100% cheese. We're high protein, low carb, sugar free, shelf stable, and the perfect healthy grab & go snack.
Sun Tropics, Inc.
Island Saba Banana Chips - Sweet Chili
Traditional green cooking bananas transformed into the latest alternative chip. Hand-harvested, hand-sliced and kettle-cooked in small batches over rice-fed fires. Slightly sweet, with Philippine Labuyo wild chili heat.
All Savory Snacks product submissions
Salty Snacks
Winner:
Kellogg Company
Snap'd
A thin, crispy snack with the 100% real cheese taste consumers crave inside and out. Available in two new bold, delicious flavors, new Cheez-It Snap is perfect for munching throughout the day and night!
Nominees:
Sahale Snacks LLC
Sahale Snacks Pineapple Rum Cashew Coconut Snack Mix
Sahale Snacks Coconut Snack Mix combines the delicious flavor and texture of crispy toasted coconut chips with dry roasted nuts, spices, and dried fruit. Carefully crafted to make everyday snacking a Beyond Ordinary occasion
Kellogg Company
Wavy
A ridged crisp in craveable flavors that deliver an awesome snacking experience in every iconic can; today's consumers seek unique snacking experiences, these crisps provide the enhanced crunch and bold flavors they want.
Sahale Snacks LLC
Sahale Snacks Cherry Cocoa Almond Coconut Snack Mix
Sahale Snacks Coconut Snack Mix combines the delicious flavor and texture of crispy toasted coconut chips with dry roasted nuts, spices, and dried fruit. Carefully crafted to make everyday snacking a Beyond Ordinary occasion
A'mond Snacks
Smokehouse, Honey Chipotle, Cheddar
Worlds first Almond based puff! Delicious almond & multi grain puff that contain your daily recommended amount of probiotics in every 1 ounce serving. Almond has the quality and taste of Northern California agriculture.
All Salty Snacks product submissions
Sweet Snacks
Winner:
Tru Fru LLC
Whole Raspberries Freshly Frozen & Immersed in Premium White and Milk Chocolate
At only 90 calories a serving, our All Natural-Antioxidant Rich-Gluten Free Whole Raspberries are Immersed in Premium White & Milk Chocolate & Hyper-Chilled at -300 F to deliver a unique FROZEN taste-bud-exploding experience.
Nominees:
Kellogg Company
Rice Krispies Treats Snap, Crackle Poppers
These bite-sized, dipped squares of the delicious marshmallow-y crunch your customers know and love are now unwrapped and ready to pop and share on the go. Made for munching in a stand-up, 5 oz., resealable bag.
Alli & Rose
Half Dipped Mango
This is the innovation the dried fruit category has been looking for. We cut our dried mango to precise single serve pieces, then dipped in Belgian recipe white chocolate and finally sprinkled with coconut.
SPI West Port Inc
Ginger Chews - Sesame Seed
Our ginger chews provide both chewiness and crunchiness, with a side of sweet and spice. This unique product is packed with superfood ingredients ginger and sesame seeds right in line with the better-for-you snacking trend.
Alli & Rose
Drizzled Trail Mix Crackers
The original Trail Mix Cracker has had a face lift. Our baked, not fried, cracker with mung beans, cashews & raisins has been drizzled with white and milk chocolate and caramel. A true sweet & savoury snack.
All Sweet Snacks product submissions
Novelty/Licensed
Winner:
Jel Sert Company
Sour Patch Kids Twin Tube Freezer Bars
Sour or sweet? Why not both! Presenting Fla-Vor-Ice SOUR PATCH KIDS flavored Freezer Bars with a SOUR THEN SWEET experience in each Bar that will provide your mouth with a flavor-filled frozen combination unlike any other.
Nominees:
Jel Sert Company
Hostess Dessert Kit - Ding Dongs
Elevating above and beyond your standard pudding in a bowl, the Hostess Dessert Kit Ding Dongs product has all the dessert inclusions a consumer will need to concoct unlimited fun and drool-worthy dessert creations!
Pez Candy, Inc.
PEZ LOL Surprise Mystery Packs
The all-new PEZ L.O.L. Surprise Collection features 9 different characters. For the first time ever dispensers will be packed in mystery blister or poly packs with Popular, Fancy, & Ultra-Rare characters to collect!
Bazooka Candy Brands, a Division of The Topps Company
Baby Bottle Pop Gummy Blast
Each Baby Bottle Gummy Blast tray includes 4 flavors of Baby Bottle-shaped 3D gummies & an individual pouch filled with popping candy powder! Dip the gummies, sprinkle the powder, or find your own silly way to have a blast!
CandyRific LLC
Marvel Avengers Fanimation
Brand new technology let's you have an animated LED light show right in your hand! Press the button to see a variety of different Avenger characters and icons move and morph through a sequence.
All Novelty/Licensed product submissions
Small Businness Innovator
Winner:
Newfangled Confections, LLC
Classic Peanut Frittle
Frittle, the innovative fudge-like brittle offers creative artisan authenticity in a convenient SUP with soft, clean, sophisticated looks. This nostalgic confection leads Newfangled's exciting new Frittle family of products.
Nominees:
Flamethrower Candy Company
Ghost Pepper Hard Candy
Delicious hard candies made with real Ghost Pepper for a spicy kick!
Pols Gida Dis Ticaret
Helvart / Tahini Halva with Grape Molasses
Against other ordinary tahini halvas, this halva is just produced with tahini and grape molasses. There is no additive sugar, additives or chemicals in its components. Thanks to these features, it is totally natural.
Praim Group
Almond Butter
What makes Keto Krisp bars different is our Krisp! We use compacted whey protein for ultimate krispiness, then combined with natural premium ingredients creating a delicious, better-for-you, keto-friendly, protein bar.
The Cookie Joint
Original Shortbread Cookie Fries
Our certified women-owned company created a one-of-a-kind shortbread cookie designed to look like crinkle-cut French fries and packaged in classic fry cartons. Available flavors: Original, Chocolate and Confetti.
