New York (AP) – Some flavor crazes fade with us. Others stay and stay at home.
It’s certainly too early to tell, but the movement of Dubai chocolate seems to have been rooted and spread into the active clip. The sweet flavors and thick textures that made Dubai Chocolate Bar are hit Other types of sweets Too much.
Let’s do a little backup. The original, current classic Dubai chocolate bar was created in 2021 by Fix Chocolatier of the United Arab Emirates and exploded on social media by 2023. Rich and luxurious, it features a rich milk chocolate shell packed with creamy pistachios (and often tahini) mixed with crunchy, fine, plant-like pastries, usually called kadayahu.
Global brands and small bakeries are riffing concepts in different flavors, translating concepts into croissants, milkshakes more. The filling ranges from peanut butter and jelly to smore and matcha.
“I’m not calling this a ‘trend’ anymore. It’s completely new,” says Nuts Factory, a family business, with around 150 US stores featuring nuts, dried fruits and candies.
He is powered by a Dubai Golden Chocolate Bar infused with 12 flavors of Dubai Chocolate Bar, a Dubai date covered in chocolate and pistachios, a Dubai coated roast nut, a layered Dubai chocolate strawberry parfait, and a Dubai Golden Chocolate Bar infused with edible 24 carat gold for $79.99 (sold a regular 6.5 Owness Bar for $18.99).
Flavors aren’t the only thing that makes Dubai chocolate different, says Aral, but the bar structure is also “huge, thick and has lots of stuffing.”
It is equipped with major retailers and restaurants
Trader Joe has a Dubai chocolate bar made by Patissrove. IHOP introduced a limited Dubai pancake stack in several locations in August. Baskin-Robbins has several Dubai-style ice cream products on its menu, and Costco sells a variety of Dubai chocolate candies, including Dubai chocolate cake. Walmart and QVC also sell Dubai chocolate.
Swiss chocolate giant Lind had a bar, which attracted the crowd Debuted a limited number of them In Europe last fall.
“For me, it’s a crunch,” said Erika Levkowitz, who recently bought Dubai chocolate in Dublin. “The chocolate is soft and melted, the filling is creamy and it’s a crunch from Kadayahu. It’s all about texture. Plus, it’s sugar.”
She was a bit annoyed by the higher price than your average chocolate bar. However, part of the appeal of Dubai Chocolate is its way at the same time feels generous and secular. Pistachios, roses, saffron and cardamom bring luxury, travel and exoticism to your chocolate party.
Despite the prices, “I’ve never sold such an item in my 50 years of retail,” said Stew Leonard Jr., CEO of Stew Leonard’s grocery store in the New York Metropolitan area. The chain introduced the Beemax Dubai Chocolate Bar in March, and after seeing it pop out of the door, it launched its own house brand version (created by Company Chocopologie).
They introduced Dubai Chocolate Gift Box on the holidays, including Teeny Dubai Ice Cream Cones, Dubai Pralines and two bars.
Several other widely distributed brands in the US are Moda, Magno and Leonessa. Other repetitions of Dubai Chocolate include small candies in chocolate robes and sugar-free chocolate coffee syrup in Matteo’s coffee syrup.
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Katie Workman writes regularly about diet for the Associated Press. She writes two cookbooks focusing on family-friendly cooking, “Dinner has been solved!” “The Mom 100 Cookbook.” She blogs on https://themom100.com/. She can be contacted (email protected).
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