Dessert‘Tis The Season To Delve Into

Everybody eats dessert during the holidays. It’s almost an unwritten rule that you can’t pass up pumpkin pie, cheesecake or a rich layer cake during the holidays. Or anything sweet for that matter.

There’s something about the holiday season that makes even the strictest calorie-counter say “yes” to that piece of creamy cheesecake or rich chocolate torte after a nice holiday meal. Or, while taking a coffee break from the shopping and chores.

Capitalize on your patrons’ seasonal sweet tooth by tempting them with these decadent new products from Sweet Street and Sara Lee, along with seasonal favorites that grow more popular each year.

Their holiday lineups work all of the latest dessert trends into new flavor combinations and old favorites as well – a winning combination that is sure to increase your profits.

There’s something for everyone, from the traditional apple pie purist to the health-conscious diner looking for a gluten-free treat or a touch of sweetness that you’ll find in a Sweet Street cupcake.

They’ll enjoy these desserts so much that they will want to take home a whole pie, cake or cheesecake to share with friends and family.

SO, YOU’D BETTER BE READY. PLAN AHEAD.

Source: Datassential MenuTrends 2013

Americans don’t tire of the all-time seasonal favorites. People seem to wait all year for pumpkin-flavored everything. It’s a featured attraction on the menu of one of five major chains, increasing its presence on America’s menus by 19 percent since last year.

Look for pumpkin, apple and pecan pies and cakes– always top picks in the fall and winter. Sweet Street’s Pumpkin Cranberry Stack is a festive and cheery limited-time-offer option that stacks a moist spiced pumpkin cake, pumpkin cheesecake and tart cranberries with walnut cream on a gingersnap shortbread crust.

Caramel is the icing, or the drizzle, on the cake in Sweet Street’s Pumpkin Spice Bundt, an individual bundt that is perfect for sharing. But your patrons may not want to share this moist pumpkin bundt soaked with a buttery orange glaze, filled with spiced cream and drizzled with caramel. It’s more likely they’ll want to take one home for the next day -- or two or three for the rest of the family.

SWEET STREET’S PUMPKIN CRANBERRY STACK

SWEET STREET’S PUMPKIN SPICE BUNDT

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Sara Lee’s rich and tasty pumpkin pie, with just the right touch of nutmeg and cinnamon, is a year-round favorite, but its demand heats up when the weather cools and thoughts turn to holiday menus. Satisfy your customers’ cravings for pumpkin pie – and other seasonal favorites apple and pecan. All are available in eight or 10 servings.

PUMPKIN PIE

Dessert‘Tis The Season To Delve Into

APPLE WITH SALTED CARAMEL PIE

The Apple with Salted Caramel starts with a flaky pie crust. A second layer of crust separates the cinnamon spiced apples from the layer of salted caramel; it’s topped off with crumbled streusel.

CHERRY WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE PIE

The Cherry with Chocolate Ganache pairs sweet-tart cherries and rich chocolate ganache, split by a layer of flaky pie crust and topped with whipped topping and dark chocolate flakes.

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE WITH CARAMEL PIE

Chocolate Mousse with Caramel also features a double crust and layers of chocolate mousse and smooth, buttery caramel topped with all-dairy whipped topping.

BLUEBERRY LEMON MERINGUE PIE

The fourth double-crusted gourmet offering pairs sweet, tender blueberries and a zesty lemon filling topped with a toasty meringue.

Sara Lee offers its outstanding line of pumpkin, apple and pecan pies and this year is introducing a line of gourmet pies that are double the pleasure – literally.

The “Chef Pierre Luxe Layers Premium Sliced Pies” feature some perfect flavor pairings separated by an extra layer of pie crust.

Apple with caramel, chocolate with cherry or caramel, and blueberry with lemon – winning combinations that Sara Lee Chef Jeremy Lycan says “reinvigorate the pie platform.”

Sara Lee provides serving recommendations including signature touches that can help make the desserts more memorable and increase pie sales.

“Chef Pierre is the perfect foundation for deceptively simple upscale presentations,” says Sara Lee Senior Executive Chef Chris Kline. “A drizzle of fruit sauce; a coating of chocolate, caramel and chopped roasted nuts; a dollop of whipped cream blended with fruit jam; a sprinkling of cinnamon, all are easy ways to add value and price points.”

The Luxe Layers pies are pre-sliced, cutting down on labor and waste.

Sara Lee’s New Gourmet Line

Ahhh, the beloved cheesecake. This versatile, creamy, decadent delicacy is a favorite in many forms – topped with fruit or caramel sauce, enhanced with pumpkin, blueberries, vanilla bean and even wine.

In All Its Glory

Source: Datassential MenuTrends 2013

Sweet Street takes the long-honored relationship between wine and cheese and infuses it into its Blackberry Cabernet Individual Cheesecake for a sophisticated dessert. Vine-ripened blackberries are crushed and blended with fruity, floral California Cabernet for this multi-layered sweetness with a hit of acidity.

Cheesecake has made its way onto nearly 40 percent of dessert menus and is the top dessert choice after cake and ice cream.

Another Sweet Street indulgence that is sure to be a hit with discerning diners is the Goat Cheese with Thyme, an individual cheesecake that starts with soft, ripened goat’s milk cheese. Blended with aromatic honey and thyme from Greece’s lush mountaintops and topped with toasted walnuts for a warm, earthy dessert that is just the right blend of piquant, sweet and nutty.

These unique offerings reflect a trend toward desserts that use savory ingredients and touches of alcohol.

Other Sweet Street cheesecake varieties include the Brown Cow Chocolate Pudding Cheesecake with dollops of rich, fudgy chocolate pudding set in the creamiest of cheesecakes, a takeoff on the return to comfort desserts and old favorites like pudding, red velvet, S’mores and brulees.

And the Brulee effect is featured in Sweet Street’s other cheesecakes: Vanilla Bean Brulee, Salted Caramel Brulee and Classic Blueberry Cheese Brulee.

Sweet Street’s other cheesecakes: Vanilla Bean Brulee, Salted Caramel Brulee and Classic Blueberry Cheese Brulee.BLACKBERRY CABERNET

INDIVIDUAL CHEESECAKEGOAT CHEESE WITH THYME HONEY INDIVIDUAL CHEESE

BROWN COW CHOCOLATE PUDDING CHEESECAKE

VANILLA BEAN BRULEE INDIVIDUAL CHEESE (GLUTEN FREE)

CLASSIC BLUEBERRY BRULEE

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Individual or personal-sized desserts are on the menus of a little more than 10 percent of restaurants and they’re certainly growing in popularity.

They’re the perfect finale to a great meal and the best answer for someone who is looking for something sweet but does not want to overindulge. Moderation is the key for these diners and it could also be the key for your increased to-go dessert sales.

Restaurant favorites include the ever-popular cupcakes, cookies and brownies and many of the current flavor trends represent the old, home-baked favorites like red velvet, caramel and peanut butter.

Let your patrons know that they can share that home-baked goodness with family and friends at holiday get-togethers with cupcakes to-go from Sweet Street in flavors like Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Vanilla Salted Caramel and Red Velvet.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUP

VANILLA SALTED CARAMEL

RED VELVET

Whether it’s the doctor’s orders or just a desire to eat a more healthy diet, one-third of adults want to reduce or eliminate gluten from their diets. That doesn’t mean passing up dessert and especially during the holidays.

Seven percent of restaurants now offer gluten-free menus; that’s up triple digits from 2009. Top gluten-free desserts include frozen treats followed by cakes and cookies.

Source: NPD Group 2013, Datassential MenuTrends 2013

Sweet Street offers several gluten-free desserts. The Flourless Chocolate Torte is simple, elegant and timeless, much like a little black dress. The Chocolate Nut Torta with Nutella is another gluten-free dessert that certainly doesn’t make you feel as though you are missing anything. The “flour” for this cake is roasted hazelnuts and almonds. Layers are sandwiched with creamy milk chocolate icing and finished with hand-slathered milk chocolate icing of Nutella®. Nutella® is a registered trademark of Ferrero USA, Inc.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE TORTE CHOCOLATE NUT TORTA MADE WITH NUTELLA®

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Source: Datassential MenuTrends 2013

It seems that everyone wants to serve fresh-baked desserts during the holidays yet fewer people have the time or inclination to fire up the oven.

Lifestyle trends show that 68 percent of consumers are entertaining more at home and 70 percent of consumers would purchase a dessert they could take home to their friends and family. And, 82 percent of Americans will purchase a dessert based on impulse purchases driven toward flavors.

That means there are many people out there who are willing to take home whole pies, cakes and boxes of other desserts this holiday season.

And, that translates into a dramatic increase in your profits.

Plan ahead. Be ready to sell whole pies and cakes and boxes of cupcakes and flourless cakes that appeal to all tastes.

Sources: Datassential 2012Restaurant Hospitality Food Management research study

Create a powerful new revenue stream with Desserts To Go, a turnkey program from Entegra that makes merchandising whole, take-home pies – in both eight-count and 10-count varieties – easy, effective and profitable.

This is a win-win program for you and your customers: You get a proven way to boost sales without a big boost to labor or operational costs; your customers and employees get a deliciously convenient way to take whole, top-quality desserts home to share with family and friends, or to the office or holiday party.

Entegra has done all the work for you, offering free support materials, and attractive dessert boxes and label stickers.

Sweet Street’s Luscious To Go program offers exquisite desserts that your customers can take home from the office. By using the Sweet Street products already in your freezer, you can capture additional revenue.

Visit sweetstreet.com to customize and order your free merchandising materials such as menus, posters, email templates and more. Sell whole pies and cakes you already stock so your customers can carry out and enjoy at home.

Display the Sweet Street easel with order cards. Your customers select the product they want, then process the order at your cashier.

To order your Luscious to Go Program kit, visit https://pos.sweetstreet.com/luscioustogo/

SARA LEE DESSERTS TO GO PROGRAM

SWEET STREET’S LUSCIOUS TO GO PROGRAM

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MFG Code Product Description Pack Size Sysco Code Gordon’s Code

MFG Code Product Description Pack Size Sysco Code Gordon’s Code

9376 Pumpkin Pie 6/43 oz pie 1074343 122912

9378 Apple with Salted Caramel Pie 6/42 oz pies 2318059 552800

9382 Cherry with Chocolate Ganache Pie 4/46 oz pies 2318063 553282

9383 Chocolate Mousse with Caramel Pie 4/42 oz pies 2318073 552790

9379 Blueberry Lemon Meringue Pie 4/46 oz pies 2318180 553270

1687 Blackberry Cabernet Individual Cheesecake 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 2261812 537160

1769 Goat Cheese with Thyme Honey Individual Cheese 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 2268389 537180

2055 Brown Cow Chocolate Pudding Cheesecake 2 units per case/16 portions per unit 2261986 549283

1596 Vanilla Bean Brulee Individual Cheese 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 2259820 548562

2052 Classic Blueberry Cheese Brulee 2 units per case/16 portions per unit 2240105 948477

2089 Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cupcake 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 7425851 940915

2601 Salted Caramel Cupcake 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 1319328 240960

2083 Red Velvet Cupcake 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 7425774 924029

2086 Individual Flourless Chocolate Cake 8 units per case/4 portions per unit 2262008 192451

2547 Chocolate Nut Torta made with Nutella® 2 units per case/14 portions per unit 0865958 253722

1768 Pumpkin Cranberry Stack 8 units per case/8 portions per unit 8110359 254462

2535 Pumpkin Spice Bundt 4 units per case/9 portions per unit 0799835 194161

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To order your pie boxes and labels, go to:http://www.reply4info.comentegrahomefortheholidays/or call 1-800-682-SARA (7272).

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Dessert‘Tis The Season To Delve Into