Oh, honey

Flavour profile Salted Honey

With salted caramel starting to saturate menus, operators are launching salted honey as an alternative salted flavour.

For example, at the beginning of this year, BaskinRobbins rolled out its Salted Almond Honeycomb ice cream, featuring salted honey-flavoured ice cream with honeycomb pieces and an almondbutter ribbon. And Starbucks recently launched its Nitro Cold Brew, topped with salted honey cold foam and toasted honey.

38% of consumers say they find sweet and salty flavour combinations appealing

~Source: Technomics

With sweet and salty flavour combinations appealing to over a third of consumers, operators should continue to roll out even more diverse sweet-salty flavour pairings, such as salted maple or salted chocolate. Not only does this differentiate your brand from competitors, but it offers consumers a reason to visit your restaurant, especially while the pandemic continues.

SALTED HONEY BUTTER

A classic for morning biscuits Whip 1/4 lb of unsalted butter with 2 1/2 tbsp of raw honey until fluffy. Fold in 1 tbsp of coarse sea salt, a bit at a time until desired saltiness.

SALTED HONEY SAUCE

This quick sauce will add decadence to your dessert plates Mix 1/2 cup of honey, 1 cup of packed brown sugar, 1 cup of Half&Half, 4 tbsp of butter, 1/2 tsp of sea salt in a saucepan over medium heat for 5-7 minute, whisking gently. Add the vanilla and cook for another minute until it thickens. Allow to cool.