PENNSAUKEN, N.J. -- J&J Snack Foods Corp. has announced a partnership with Mondelez International to introduce Oreo Churros. This new snack will be sold nationwide in the foodservice channel.
J&J Snack Foods is the leading manufacturer of churros, often referred to as a Spanish doughnut, under the Tio Pepe's Churros and California Churros brands.
With a crispy exterior, warm soft interior and real Oreo cookie pieces in every bite, new Oreo churros have a "just-baked" Oreo cookie taste, the companies said.
Available in traditional churro sticks, double-twisted churros and bite-size churros, these treats are ideal for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), convenience stores, sports and leisure venues and all segments within the foodservice industry. The churros can be served with Oreo cookie creme dip, supplied by J&J Snack Foods, rolled in sugar or topped with a favorite ice cream.
"As the leading churro manufacturer, we are excited about our new relationship with the world-famous Oreo cookie brand," said Jerry Law, J&J Snack Foods senior vice president. "Oreo cookie and churro fans alike will not be disappointed in the latest snacking mash up."
As one of Mondelez's billion-dollar brands, Oreo has more than $2 billion in global annual net revenues.
Deerfield, Ill.-based Mondelez is a global snacking company with 2013 revenue of $35 billion. It is a world leader in biscuits, chocolate, gum, candy, coffee and powdered beverages, with billion-dollar brands such as Oreo, LU and Nabisco biscuits; Cadbury, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Milka chocolate; Trident gum; Jacobs coffee and Tang powdered beverages.
Pennsauken, N.J.-based J&J Snack Foods is a leader in the snack food industry, providing nutritional and affordable branded niche snack foods and beverages to foodservice and retail outlets. Manufactured and distributed nationwide, its principal products include Superpretzel, Bavarian Bakery and other soft pretzels, ICEE and Slush Puppie frozen beverages, Luigi's, Minute Maid frozen juice bars and ices, Whole Fruit sorbet and frozen fruit bars, Mary B'S biscuits and dumplings, Daddy Ray's fig and fruit bars, California Churros and Tio Pepe's churros, Patio Burritos and other handheld sandwiches, The Funnel Cake Factory funnel cakes and several cookie brands within Country Home Bakers.
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