Coconut, coffee, and cashews were some of the cool-kid flavors and ingredients among the 2017 sofi sweets and snacks winners. Shredded coconut appeared in one-third of the award winning products, prevalent in all four awards in the sweet snack category, while coconut milk was the key flavor ingredient for the one winning confection in the vegan product category.
Coffee exhibited its versatility as a flavor by appearing in winning products in three of the seven award categories: chocolate candy, milk/white chocolate, and sweet snack categories. Cashew inclusions showed up in half of the sweet snacks category winners and in one winning dark chocolate bar.