McCormick® Flavour Forecast®: Looking Back to Look Forward

Vanilla extract enhances all baked goods and fruit desserts. Add to sour cream, yoghurt, icings, syrups, fruit sauces, whipped cream and whipped toppings. Also great in coffee, hot chocolate, cola and milkshakes.

The sweet, spicy aroma of cinnamon is like an instant hit of happy. Beloved around the globe for adding toasty warmth to sweet and savoury dishes alike, a sprinkle of cinnamon brightens up anything, from everyday dishes to holiday favourites.

Ground allspice contains all the sweet, savoury and warm flavours of your spice-cupboard favourites. Use it when you’re looking for a fragrant, somewhat peppery note for sweet and savoury dishes like pumpkin pie, gingerbread, sausage, pickles, glazes for ham and Jamaican jerk seasoning. 

Comb, crystallized, liquid, whipped and beyond—there are nearly as many kinds of honey as there are uses for it. The unique, mellow floral flavour of honey brings sweetness to everything it touches.

The perfect complement to apple cider, cloves are known for their incredible depth of spicy, warm flavour. Sweet and aromatic ground cloves add delight to pumpkin pies and gingerbread, but also enhance savoury dishes like glazed ham, sweet potatoes and baked beans.

Maple isn’t just suited to sweets. It pairs deliciously with savoury flavours too. And we’ve got plenty of Maple Flavoured Foods for both dinner and dessert. Try out recipes like Maple Marinated Spring Rolls, Smokehouse Maple Corn Bread, or Maple Banana Bread Pancakes and realize the full potential of maple.