Hmmmm! Smell that? It’s cherry blossom season here in Toronto. The trees in High Park are in full bloom and the sunshine and blue skies have made enjoying this fleeting segment of the year supremely enjoyable.
What is it about cherries that makes them so incredibly delicious fresh but - at least until recently – so cloying when used as a flavouring? And, even when they are fresh, cherries have traditionally been so outrageously expensive that it’s hard to enjoy them very often. The good news is that somehow flavourists have isolated the true flavour of cherry in a much purer, more enjoyable way than ever before and the result is a spate of new cherry flavoured products. Likewise, the recognition of cherries – especially sour cherries – as a super fruit has made them an increasingly popular fruit choice for companies that make fruity foods.
Here’s a sampling of just a few of the latest cherry and cherry flavoured products:
Drinks:
Food:
- RockHoppers Cherry Lozenges
- Cherry Raisinets
- Godiva Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries
- Kashi Dark Chocolate and Cherry Granola Bars
- Delmonte Very Cherry Fruit Twists
- Dorset Granola with Berries and Cherries
See anything appealing on these lists? If so, what product would you splurge on if you felt like indulging in a cherry flavoured treat? I’m intrigued by the granola and – probably in error – I’m tempted to try the rum. Could it really be delicious if it contains aloe vera and cherry?
