{"id":13454,"date":"2026-05-27T11:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13454"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:09:57","slug":"24-highlights-from-sweets-snacks-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13454","title":{"rendered":"24 Highlights From Sweets &amp; Snacks 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sweetsandsnacks.com\/\">Sweets &amp; Snacks Expo<\/a>\u00a0somehow manages to feel less like a traditional and bloated trade show and more like a live-action internet feed rendered in 3D.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one aisle, we were likely to be greeted by nostalgia-heavy comfort foods getting proteinmaxxed or retro-fiber-fitted, while the next was built entirely around TikTok silliness and holographic packaging. Wander down another, and you would likely stumble upon freeze-dried crunchies and candy engineered specifically for ASMR-heavy content, complete with clacking fingernails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, however, brands weren\u2019t just competing on flavor. Instead, what was on display was pushing spectacle, personality, texture, and scroll-stopping packaging. Wins could be counted by whether someone would immediately pull out their phone after trying some new-fangled goodie. Somewhere between beef tallow fries, reflective candy bags, Swedish potato chips, and probiotic chocolate bites, the line between snack brands and entertainment IP got as fuzzy as a gummy bear dropped on a dog bed.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"expand-paywall-button\" class=\"expand-paywall-button\">Subscribe to Read More<\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/24-highlights-from-sweets-snacks-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the\u00a0Sweets &amp; Snacks Expo\u00a0somehow manages to feel less like a traditional and bloated trade show and more like a live-action internet feed rendered in 3D.\u00a0 In one aisle, we were likely to be greeted by nostalgia-heavy comfort foods getting proteinmaxxed or retro-fiber-fitted, while the next was built entirely around TikTok silliness and holographic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[6455,6456,608,85,6457,1200,421,1177,6458,2951,6459,6460,6461,6462,3615,6463,6464,6465,2523,6466,6467,6468,6469,1052,6470,6471,6472,3686,3306,6473,6474,531,6475,6476,6477,6478,6479,6480,6481,6482,6483,5971,6484,6485],"class_list":["post-13454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-bixby-chocolate","tag-bonbon-swedish-candy","tag-brand-identity","tag-branding","tag-buzz-bomb","tag-candy-packaging","tag-consumer-packaged-goods","tag-cpg","tag-deckiez","tag-dieline","tag-dirty-gut","tag-energy-snacks","tag-food-trends-2026","tag-frie-guys","tag-functional-food","tag-gen-alpha-trends","tag-go-wandr","tag-good-eatn","tag-graphic-design","tag-main-event-ufc","tag-mate-fruit-bar","tag-noms-chewing-gum","tag-oh-snap","tag-packaging-design","tag-premium-chocolate","tag-ramenly","tag-refresh-gum","tag-retail-design","tag-retro-design","tag-simply-sours","tag-smartsweets","tag-snack-packaging","tag-snackish","tag-social-media-packaging","tag-sweet-stash","tag-sweets-snacks-expo-2026","tag-terranean","tag-tiktok-snacks","tag-trendy-treats","tag-twysts","tag-verse-chocolate","tag-wellness-culture","tag-worlds-finest-chocolate","tag-zimply-foods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}