Thursday, January 12, 2023

Serving Up Red & Pink Valentine Treats

The fun colorful blend of red, white, and pink can evoke an atmosphere that is sure to bring out joy and excitement in your cafeteria! With February and Valentine’s Day quickly approaching have you filled your menus with special treats and quirky puns to bring customers to the breakfast & lunch line? Are you feeling yourself scrambling to pick the perfect pairings? No worries! Our food program's market basket has some FUN finds that are sure to leave your students and staff asking “Hey food, will you be my valentine?”

Ridiculously Red and Perfectly Pink Market Basket Discoveries

  • Diamond Crystal -- dry gelatin red assortment (also available in single flavors of strawberry, cherry, and raspberry
  • Conagra Brands -- Juicy Strawberry Snack Pack cup
  • Dole -- gelatin with strawberry & peaches cup, Juice Fruit Gels strawberry cup 
  • Yoplait -- cherry yogurt, light strawberry yogurt, light cherry yogurt, light raspberry yogurt, light strawberry banana yogurt 
  • Upstate Farms -- strawberry yogurt, strawberry banana yogurt, cherry vanilla yogurt
  • Dannon -- Strawberry Danimals, Strawberry Banana Crush Danimals, strawberry smoothie, strawberry banana smoothie
  • General Mills --  GoGurt strawberry, Trix Triple Cherry yogurt, Trix Raspberry Rainbow, Trix Strawberry Banana Bash, LF strawberry parfait Pro Yogurt
  • J&J Snack Foods (Luigi’s) -- raspberry sherbert cup, Redi-Bake RF WG sugar cookie dough
  • Kemps -- frozen strawberry yogurt cup, NF strawberry yogurt
  • Wells Enterprises -- Strawberry Crunch novelty bar, novelty strawberry ice cream cup, strawberry novelty frozen fruit bar, FF raspberry sherbert cup, FF NSA strawberry novelty cup
  • Jonny Pops -- strawberry banana Jonny Pop novelty
  • Buena Vista -- IW red velvet WG cookie
  • Classic Delight -- WG frosted pink cookie
  • Aspire Bakeries (Otis Spunkmeyer) -- WG sugar cookie dough
  • C.H. Guenther & Son (Cookietree) -- WG sugar cookie dough
And that is just to mention a few!

Do we have you “REaDy” to add a few extra RED treats to your February menus?  Are you “PINK-ing” out your favorites to serve in your cafeteria? Serving up red and pink valentines can be as easy as searching the market basket and finding a few favorites to treat your peeps. If you are having trouble navigating the market basket or finding new pairings to build a creditable breakfast, lunch, or snack,  our food consultants are always here to assist. Feel free to reach out to us at any time. We would LOVE to help! If you are not an AEA Purchasing cooperative food member, we would love the opportunity to talk… Email megan@aeapurchasing.org.

We LOVE to spotlight our members on our Facebook and Twitter platforms! We encourage you to share your valentine photos and stories with us! 
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