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The Sweets & Snacks Expo announced today a new brand for the world’s premier confectionery and snack trade show. Rolling out immediately to coincide with the show moving to a two-city rotation starting in 2024 with Indianapolis, attendees at this year’s Sweets & Snacks Expo caught a preview of the new brand – and it’s ‘big and bold.’

The 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo opened this morning, kicking off its 26th year as the premier showcase for innovation in the confectionery and snack industries. Over four days, attendees will have the opportunity to discover cutting-edge confectionery and snack innovation, gain actionable insights through education sessions led by the top minds in the industry, and make meaningful industry connections with the thousands of professionals in attendance. 

The Sweets & Snacks Expo – kicking off this week in Chicago – announced today the winners of its annual Most Innovative New Product Awards. The awards recognize the year’s most innovative confectionery and snack products and honor the companies that make them.

The Sweets & Snacks Expo has showcased the latest products and innovations in candy and snacks for more than 25 years, and these new products have paved the way for new flavor trends and consumer experiences in the industry and beyond. The National Confectioners Association, the host organization for the Sweets & Snacks Expo, announced today the top product and flavor trends that will be featured at the 2023 show in Chicago.

Attendees of the 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo (May 22-25 at McCormick Place) will have more opportunities than ever before to learn about key trends impacting confectionery and snack category performance, the retail environment and consumer attitudes and behaviors thanks to the show’s newly announced education programming.

WASHINGTON , D.C. – The Sweets & Snacks Expo announced that registration is now open for the 2023 show, taking place May 22 – 25 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Ill. The Sweets & Snacks Expo is…

Looking for an opportunity to share your expertise with the confectionery and snack worlds? You’re in luck: the Sweets & Snacks Expo is now accepting education curriculum proposals for the 2023 show. Sweets & Snacks is looking for industry experts and thought leaders who can provide unique insights, strategies and trends to the show’s attendees of retailers, manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and brokers in the confectionery and snack industries.

The 2022 Sweets & Snacks Expo opens this morning with a celebration of its 25-year history and the category innovation that continues to push the confectionery and snack industries into the future.

Barry Callebaut was named the winner of the 2022 Ruby Award for Supplier Innovation during the 2022 Sweets & Snacks Expo Awards Ceremony in recognition of its WholeFruit Chocolate, a new chocolate format made from 100% pure cacaofruit.

The annual Most Innovative New Product Awards have kicked off the 25th Sweets & Snacks Expo by recognizing this year’s most innovative confectionery and snack products and the companies that have created them. These products have been developed over the last year and are now available on store shelves or will be made available to shoppers in the coming months. 

The Sweets & Snacks Expo showcases the latest products and innovations in candy and snacks, and for the past 25 years, those products have made it onto store shelves and paved the way for groundbreaking flavor trends in the industry and beyond. Before these new products debut at the show in Chicago, we’ve narrowed down the top trends you’ll see at this year’s Sweets & Snacks Expo.