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10 best (and weirdest) treats we tried at Sweets & Snacks Expo
These are not your grandma's little purse mints. Instead they're a flavor-changing experience transitioning from coconut to pineapple. The mints are small, hard, with an intense clean taste, and you can detect the moment when the creamy coconut changes to sweet yet tart pineapple. I've tasted other flavors in the series that were not nearly as successful as this surprising, tiny, mind-bending moment, said to be designed for millennials. (Louisa Chu/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
By Louisa Chu
Updated June 8, 2017Heat is the new sour and better-for-you were the trending takeaways from the Sweets & Snacks Expo late last month.
The annual trade show at McCormick Place for three days drew a whopping 200 new exhibitors among the more than 800 companies participating. That’s up 30 percent from 2015, according to organizers, the National Confectioners Association. What may be the world’s biggest wonderland brings together makers and buyers, plus a plushie Peppa the Pig, Twinkie the Kid and many more mute mascots.
I walked the whole 4 acres of the show, tasting countless samples, and talked to some of the throng of an estimated 17,000 attendees to find you the top 10 best and weirdest new sweets and snacks. Check them out in the photo gallery.
