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Laoban launches frozen bao buns

The cousin of the dumpling, bao buns are a Chinese specialty comprising fluffy dough filled with savory or sweet stuffing.




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Milk Bar x Momofuku launches cookie collab

The new release brings together the poppable texture of Milk Bar Super Crunchy Cookies and the heat of Momofuku’s products.




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Otis Spunkmeyer launches Birthday Cake Cookie

Otis Spunkmeyer has debuted an individually-wrapped Birthday Cake Cookie—a blend of vanilla flavor and candy confetti on top. 




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Insomnia Cookies, Marvel debut 'Agatha All Along' collab

Insomnia Cookies is conjuring up sweet treats inspired by Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along, now streaming on Disney+.




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Walker’s Shortbread debuts 2024 holiday product lineup

Walker’s Shortbread, the 125-year-old Scottish shortbread brand, is introducing its 2024 holiday lineup, touting its new tartan packaging.




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Fancypants releases Ginger Snap seasonal cookies

The limited-time product is made with real butter, bits of crystallized ginger, and upcycled oat flour.




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Chips Ahoy! unveils 'biggest' innovation in 60 years

Chips Ahoy! Big Cookies are available in Chocolate Chip, Chocolatey Brownie, and Chocolatey Caramel flavors.




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Last Crumb introduces ube cookie flavor

The new cookie, available starting October 1, features the sweet taste and vibrant purple flavor of the namesake sweet potato.




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Insomnia Cookies launches LTO fall collection

Insomnia Cookies is "fall-ing" into cozy and spooky season with the launch of its limited-edition fall collection.




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BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse drops seasonal menu

The brand is offering its Spooky Pizookie dessert, as well as its Big Twist Pretzel with beer cheese.




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Chip City cookie features Pop-Tarts Crunchy Poppers

The item features a vanilla sugar cookie filled with strawberry jam and topped with Pop-Tarts Crunchy Poppers.




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American Bakery to offer Madeleines at Sam’s Club stores

The scallop-shaped baked treats reportedly are made without artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.




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Portillo's, Milk Bar announce cookie collab

Available for a limited time, the Portillo’s Chocolate Cake Cookie gives cake fans the chance to savor it in a Milk Bar cookie, created in partnership with founder Christina Tosi.




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Supermarket Italy debuts baked goods and snack baskets

Supermarket Italy, an online destination for authentic gourmet imported products from Italy since 2009, has expanded its offerings to include snack and bakery baskets.




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Brownie Brittle shakes up its packaging

Brownie Brittle, the snack known for its thin treats, is debuting a new look.




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My Better Batch debuts non-GMO cookie mixes

Founded by mompreneur Lindsay Hancock, My Better Batch was created to simplify life for busy families.





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Walker’s Shortbread to launch Mini Scottie Dog Carton

The item consists of shortbread cookies shaped like Scottie dogs, housed in a specially decorated 3D carton, to be sold at Walmart.




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Chips Ahoy returns Hot Cocoa flavor to shelf after 8 years

Chips Ahoy! is bringing back a flavor for the first time in 8+ years: Chips Ahoy! Hot Cocoa.




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Oreo introduces LTO Festive Cookies

The embossments on the cookies include a candy cane, gingerbread man, penguin, snowman, and a red-nosed Rudolph.




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Ounce of Hope debuts Gingerbread Crème Pie Edibles

Shaped like classic gingerbread men, Ounce of Hope's baker makes each crème pie in-house.




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Pepperidge Farm to debut Thin & Crispy Peppermint Cocoa cookies

The product consists of a chocolate cookie dotted with crisp peppermint chips throughout.




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Subway debuts first holiday footlong cookie

The Double Chocolate Peppermint Footlong Cookie is the sequel to Subway's footlong cookie and is available nationwide on November 1.




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Nestlé Toll House launches Cookie Nachos

Nestlé Toll House is unveiling a mash-up of two consumer-favorite foods, inspired by a new partnership with Peyton Manning.




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Tate’s Bake Shop makes merry with holiday launches

The products include a mix of new and returning limited-time offerings.




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Baker debuts seasonal macaron box

The selection features eight flavors that capture the essence of autumn, per the brand.




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Love & Quiches Gourmet to enhance its products

The New York dessert and quiche maker plans to boost the nutritional content of its products and introduce new, cleaner labels.




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47th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest names finalists

One hundred home cooks will compete for more than $1.3 million in cash and prizes on Nov. 3 in Nashville, TN.




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Christie Cookie refreshes brand

The Tennessee-based gourmet cookie maker revamps its packaging, website and collateral material and updates its Nashville facility.




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Defining 'whole-grain foods'

Nearly 15 years ago, a definition for whole grains was developed, based on scientific information from the American Association of Cereal Chemists (now AACC International). 




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Angelic Bakehouse unveils new packaging design

The bold, new look is designed to help the Cudahy, WI, bakery's products stand out in retailers' natural foods aisles.




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Quality cookies, nutritious snacking

Quality trumps quantity in the cookie category, as bakers turn toward simple, natural ingredients in response to consumer demand for more nutritious snacking options.




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Beyond sugar

Ingredient suppliers are stepping up to offer bakers and snack manufacturers a variety of sweeteners to match consumer preferences, from traditional sugar to modern formulations.




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Transforming a basic brownie into a value-added product

Let’s take a look at how we can transform a basic brownie into a value-added product through the use of key functional ingredients and eye-catching inclusions.




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The redemption of fats and oils

Oils and fats manufacturers continue to develop ingredients that help bakers and snack producers create healthier versions of the products consumers love.




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Nonni’s Foods names new CEO

Effective immediately, Brian Hansberry is CEO of the specialty cookies and baked goods producer.




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Mondelez acquires Enjoy Life Foods

The acquisition expands Mondelez International’s portfolio into faster-growing, on-trend, better-for-you areas.




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Flowers Foods acquires Roman Meal trademark

Flowers Foods will use the trademark in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Bahamas.




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Lenny & Larry’s Snickerdoodle Complete Cookie

Lenny & Larry’s Snickerdoodle Complete Cookie is made with ground cinnamon and sugar, plus “a little twist.”




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Honey Bunches of Oats Breakfast Biscuits

Honey Bunches of Oats, a Post Foods brand, has launched an on-the-go breakfast option with the crunch and honey sweet taste of the classic breakfast cereal.




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Dietary sodium: The good, the bad, the ugly

February—American Heart Month—reminded us that heart disease remains one of the most fatal conditions plaguing Americans.




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Puratos takes top honor in ASB competition

Puratos Corp.’s Muesli Cookie concept wins first place in the American Society of Baking’s 2015 Product Development Competition.




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Lancaster Colony acquires Flatout Holdings

T. Marzetti Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corp., purchases the flatbread manufacturer for approximately $92 million.




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Tortillas and tortilla chips get real

Tortilla and tortilla chip manufacturers find themselves facing demands for new products that are versatile, flavorful, gluten-free and/or made with organic or non-GMO ingredients.




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'Better-for-you' is here to stay

Years back, the brilliant Howard Moskowitz wrote a book called “Selling Blue Elephants.” It’s an ideation exercise centered on Rule Developing Experimentation.




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The power of protein

From a young age, we’ve been told that eating protein will help us grow tall and strong.




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Diversifying the whole-grain scene

Ingredient manufacturers offer a diversity of whole grains to build nutritional appeal in today’s snack foods and baked goods.




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Bimbo Bakeries USA introduces new Healthfull bread line

The company will launch an integrated marketing campaign this month titled “Love, Your Bread” to reinforce the goodness of whole grains.




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Unbridled innovation-bar none

The snack and granola bars category continues to show gains, growing ever-crowded and diverse-but which bars will make the cut over the long term?




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California Walnut and Fig Energy Bars

I am truly blessed to be a chef in California. We are spoiled by having the best selection of ingredients literally in our backyards.




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Más Cubano at La Segunda Central Bakery

Over the past century, historic La Segunda Central Bakery has grown from serving the local Cuban community in Ybor City, FL, to distributing traditional Cuban bread from coast to coast.