FSD Quarterly | Q3 2025

FOOD & BEVERAGE TRENDS

Recipe report: Spark up your summer menu with sweet- hot new trendsetters Brace yourself for these flavors! Sweetly spicy Calabrian chili honey butter slathered on biscuits, a savory waffle slider flight complete with smoked meats, tangy grilled mango kebobs and more.

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BY TARA FITZPATRICK

We’ve got your summer menu reset ready to rock. Quietly elegant? We don’t know her. Try bold, brash and spicy-sweet!

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CALABRIAN CHILI HONEY BUTTER BREAKFAST SLIDERS Sweet, spicy and so on-trend, these breakfast sliders from General Mills Foodservice could potentially perk up the dullest mornings. Get the recipe. GRILLED TERIYAKI MANGO SKEWERS It’s a big mistake, huge, to leave fruit off of your skewer lineup. These tangy mango skewers, created by Alex and Sonja Overhiser from A Couple Cooks for the National Mango Board, really prove that point. Get the recipe. GRILLED HAWAIIAN HAM SANDWICHES Everything to love about Hawaiian pizza, in sandwich form! This easy recipe from Jones Dairy Farm has us saying “aloha, ham.” Get the recipe. WAFFLE SLIDER FLIGHT Three recipes in one! Flights are fancy these days. Hop on the trend with this shareable, snacky trio of savory waffle slider recipes from Golden Waffles, which includes three can’t-go-wrong waffle sliders in succulent pulled pork, smoked brisket and buttermilk- brined chicken, all with their own unique toppings. Get the recipe. HONEY GOCHUJANG CORN COOKIE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES Trader Joe’s, for the second year in a row, has challenged its stores across the country to create a single recipe using no more than five TJ’s ingredients. The winner is TJ’s Store #426 in Houston (Alabama Theater), TX. Get the recipe.

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