by AOL Food Editors
Thousands of new food products hit grocery and specialty store shelves every year and someone's got to sample them all. AOL Food editors Kat Kinsman, Sara Bonisteel and Sarah De Heer munch their way through food trade shows and local supermarket aisles in search of the most delicious snacks, candies, mixes, condiments, drinks, ingredients and ready-to-eat entrees the world has to offer.
Read on and stock up.
Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix
Vosges' famous bacon, sea salt and chocolate candy bars are crushed into pieces and mixed in with this fluffy pancake mix for the ultimate breakfast -- or heck, anytime meal.
Available at VosgesChocolate.com; $12
Editors Picks
(Sarah's pick)
Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix
Vosges' famous bacon, sea salt and chocolate candy bars are crushed into pieces and mixed in with this fluffy pancake mix for the ultimate breakfast -- or heck, anytime meal.
Available at VosgesChocolate.com; $12
Vosges
(Sara's pick)
Artisan Biscuits Two by Two
It's hard to pass up these handmade British biscuits shaped into wise owls and cute cats.
Available at select Starbucks and through Artisan Biscuits.
Sara Bonisteel
(Kat's pick)
Texas Sassy Hell of a Relish
We're longtime fans of Texas Sassy's incredibly versatile sweet, sour, spicy Pickle Sauce and this foray into relish adds a solid crunch to the formula. The pickled jalapenos and julienned carrots are dynamite stirred into a chicken or tuna salad, sprinkled over garden greens, topping a burger, or just eaten with a fork straight out of the jar.
Visit Texas-Sassy.com; $6.99/12 ounces
Texas Sassy
(Sara's pick)
Roth Käse Moody Blue
Blue cheese -- we love it. Smoke -- also a passion. Combine the two and you get Roth Käse's Moody Blue, a smoked blue that at first blush might sound odd, but tastes like you've entered the pearly gates of fromage heaven.
Visit RothKase.comapproximately $13/pound
Sara Bonisteel
(Sarah's pick)
Barely Buzzed Flavored American Cheese
Here's cheese that will make your mouth go "wow" with a rind coated in a grind of espresso beans from South America, Central America, and Indonesia. It pairs perfectly with wine and even better with coffee.
Available at BeehiveCheese.com; $19.99/pound
Beehive Cheese Company
(Kat's pick)
Vosges Naga Haute Glace
This may be the best ice cream we've ever had. Consider it a turbo-creamy kulfi with a rich custard base melded with an ear-warming curry blend. Compound that with the light crunch borne of delicate coconut shards and you might not be able to tell bliss from brain freeze.
Available at VosgesChocolate.com; $45/4 cartons
Vosges
(Sara's pick)
India Tree Peppermint Crunch
These light and natural peppermint flakes from India Tree -- known for its delicate cake and cookie sugars -- are sure to add a delicate flavor to a holiday cake or cupcake.
Visit IndiaTree.com; approximately $6/2.3 ounce jar
Sara Bonisteel
(Sara's pick)
Koppert Cress Pepquiños
After all the hullabaloo about the tiny melon known as the pepquiño, we finally got to taste one and found it to be as crunchy, light and refreshing as a cucumber but packed within a fruit the size of a grape tomato.
Visit KoppertCress.com$5.25/4 ounces (available later this year)
Sara Bonisteel
(Kat's pick)
Betsy's Blue Cheese Straws
We've sampled many a cheese straw in our day and this savory, sharp, crumbly rendition is by far the most memorable. They're a staple of Southern entertaining and Betsy's of Millbrook, Ala., relies on a generations-old family recipe to deliver the buttery goodness. They're a treat as-is or crumbled atop soups, salads and casseroles.
Visit BetsysCheeseStraws.com; $13.90/8 ounces
Kat Kinsman
(Sara's pick)
French Market Food's Quaducant
Quail, check. Duck, check. Pheasant, check. All are present in this new offering from Louisiana's French Market Foods. Those who like the turducken are bound to enjoy this new Frankenstein of the food world.
Available at FMFoods.com this fall; $49.99/6 pounds
Sara Bonisteel
