6 Cinnamon Treats Spotted at the Sweets & Snacks Expo

The Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago was bursting with trends. Among them, combining flavors in new ways, expanding well-known products into new territories, mixing sweet and salty and more. Within these trends, one flavor took the spotlight—cinnamon.

Cinnamon has claimed its place atop not only sweet snacks, but salty varieties, too.

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Kit Kat Churro is a limited-edition Kit Kat bar that features churro-flavored cream.

The candy from Hershey, Pennsylvania-based Hershey Co. will be available in June in standard, king and snack sizes.

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels Cinnamon Sugar flavor is a new addition to the Dot’s pretzel line. The pretzels are braided and dusted with cinnamon sugar.

The product was originally a limited-edition release, but it is now available all year round in 5- and 16-ounce bags.

Dot’s is a Hershey brand based in Velva, North Dakota.

This new, nut free flavor from Troy, Michigan-based Chunk Nibbles features freeze dried cinnamon apples and cinnamon crumbles. It comes in 4.25-ounce bags.

Apple Cinnamon Chunk Nibbles won best in show at the Most Innovative New Product Awards by NCA.

This product is available at convenience stores including 7-Eleven.

Old El Paso, the brand known for its full portfolio of Mexican meal solutions, expanded to snacks with the launch of Old El Paso Fiesta Twists.

These light and airy corn twists come in three flavors—Queso, Zesty Ranch and Cinnamon Churro.

The new snack from Minneapolis-based General Mills come in 2-ounce bags and have a suggested retail price of $2.19. They will be available nationwide in convenience stores June.

Mini Soft Baked Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies from Pillsbury feature a swirl of cinnamon dust. 

It is available in a 3-ounce bag for a suggested retail price of $2.39.

The sweet snack ships in a 54-count case or 6-count sleeve.

Pillsbury is a brand of Minneapolis-based General Mills.

General Mills Convenience, Minneapolis, is rolling out a new flavor of Dunkaroos at c-stores this summer—Cinnamon Toast Crunch Dunkaroos, which feature vanilla cookies and Cinnadust.

The product is individually packaged in 1.5-ounce trays and has a suggested retail price of $2.39.

Cinnamon Dunkaroos ship in 36-count cases and 12-count sleeves.

The new flavor joins two other varieties, Vanilla Cookies with Rainbow Chip Frosting and Triple Chocolate featuring Chocolate Cookies with Chocolate Frosting and Chocolate Chips. The dunk-able cookies come with frosting and are individually packaged in a convenient single-serve tray that is perfect to eat on-the-go.