Gelatin and pickles. Not necessarily together.

ASPIC!!!!!

6. none of the above :-) i say hot dogs ... but it's a little bit of a misnomer to compare tacos and things of that nature to bacon as bacon is simply a topping whereas paletas and the like are full bites.

Lamingstons! (http://deliciousdeliciousdelicious.blogspot.com/2011/02/re-inventing-lamington-2011-winners.html

OOps, meant "Lamingtons." Sorry!

When I saw the jar of brownish liquid, I thought "bone broth?" That'd be nice too!

Kombucha is a great fun healthy drink to make -- hope it catches on so my friends don't reel in disgust when they see my jar and scoby on the counter. :)

Bacon is eternal and shall not ever disappear - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyWN5017wD8
Assuming that bacon is dead, I'd go for the obscure desserts (not that I'd class Eccles cakes as at all obscure) - I'd definite agree with @bunchofpants, as Lamingtons are delicious

I bet honey. With people finally making a big deal about honeybees, and I'm seeing more and more artisan honeys at the store, I bet we see more over the top use of honey.

I agree with foodiebuddah.. the bacon craze was because you can put bacon IN and ON so many things rather than being just about bacon itself.. like bacon maple cupcakes, candied bacon ice cream, bacon chocolate chip cookies etc.

Also tacos already had a craze a couple years ago.. or at least fish tacos. It seemed to be more of a west coast thing, but I'm on the east coast and still heard all about them!

why would bugs be the new bacon?

Bacon is a versatile ingredient and a backlash against low fat trends.

I would agree with honey.

I think, and I'm hope, the bacon trend evolves into an obsession with high quality charcuterie. That seems to be what's happening in my area and I'm all for it!

I think there's going to be a vegetarian backlash to bacon.

Jello Shots

I agree with jmorri26 . I'm betting on honey. It's personally one of my favorite go to ingredients and find myself using it in more interesting ways. Pure local honey ice-cream anyone?

A couple years ago, on the heels of the Acai micro-trend, Absolut came out with an Acai flavored vodka. There's also a Vitamin Water with Acai flavor now. Notice both of them don't claim to contain any actual Acai; just the flavor. Although it's been in danger of jumping the shark for a while, I'll put my money on this berry increasing yet more in popularity and show up as flavoring in additional places (sherbet/ice cream, smoothies, creme frappe flavor at Starbucks, flavor of Crystal Light, chewing gum, etc.)

Well if paletas are getting hot (pun intended!), so will "Bolis": A stick of flavored, colored ice that comes in a variety of flavors such as grape, banana, pineapple, etc. It's packaged in a plastic sleeve. Think Otter Pop, but made with the same ingredients of a paleta, but instead of being molded it is in a plastic sleeve.
I am relieved to see the cake pop craze go. I recently discovered that some pastry chefs have a strict anti-Cake on a Stick stance.

im going to go with honey as well.

I think jello is having a comeback

I also agree with the honey comment. I have seen it all over. Crostini, too. Now I am going to go grab a bite to eat....

Ooh..I'm going to have to jump on the honey bandwagon. It seems to be popping up everywhere. I think it in part came along with the Greek yogurt trendlet (which I will forgive for being a trend because it means Greek yogurt actually reached my culture desert of a midwestern town)

Acai--that's an interesting one. To me, it's too tainted by association with every annoying spam email and pop-up ad to think of it ever going "foodie," but I've never actually tried the darn stuff, so I could be totally wrong...

cakeballs are the new cupcake

Dried sour plums, grilled squirrel, stinky foods (stinky tofu, stinky fish), Narazuke and other types of pickles. I hope.

I certainly agree that honey is fantastic, and that we need to appreciate the bees, but I'm not sure this is a "fad" in the way that cupcakes are/were. I put my money on coconut. There is coconut EVERYTHING nowadays. You can find coconut: oil, milk, H20 (incredibly delicious, better than gatorade or any sports drink post workout!) shaved, in ice cream, in granola. Despite it's high saturated fat content, research shows now that not all sat. fats are created equally. This stuff is taking off and marketers are capitalizing by charging upwards of $3.00 for 8oz. of coconut water. And, I'm a sucker for that stuff. Coconut takes the cake. Or, is it the cupcake?

oh, and next up... Seaweed.... now that's in everything.. toothpaste, ice cream, but now people eat it raw as snacks (try with a poached egg instead of an english muffin for a lighter breakfast)

Grilled squirrel. LOL

Gourmet marshmallows!

I hope it is pickles. Pickled eggs, pickled beets, pickled tongue, anything and everything pickled.

I say fennel pollen. I see it EVERYWHERE right now!

1. Fermented Foods
2. Pickled Foods
3. Mustard
4. Home Brewed Beers
5. Pies
All of which I happen to enjoy, but I think the overall trend here, the overall trend category is "Do It Yourself Kitchen Chemistry Trend"....

Honey; cakeballs; noodles; artisinal pickled foods, condiments and preserves; and handheld pies.

Bacon Never Will go out of style ...

Bacon is more of an internet trend or meme, than a food trend. Similar to what goes viral on the web, you just cannot predict future food trends. Look at the cosmopolitan: Carrie Bradshaw and her gaggle have a lot to answer for. I suppose they also had their hands I'm the cupcake batter too...

I love this topic! How about trending around produce that is easy to grow in ones own garden. For instance I would love to see a movement of creating a signature pasta sauce or bruschetta around the plethora of tomatoes we have in the midwest. Or even a trend towards bruchetta? There are so many combinations for this bite sized pleasure.

I keep seeing s'mores (original and modified versions) and pull-apart breads (sweet and savory) everywhere these days. I really hope the next trend is popsicles, though. They're sweet enough to provide a nice treat, but since they're cold, I don't tend to want to eat 2 or 3 of them at a time (unlike cupcakes!).

I agree with Jessica Flanigan's list.

Ice cream sandwiches

homemade anything-soups, casseroles, simple and good. honey-absolutely. but the minute something is labeled a trend we have a problem. lets just say eating better and lighter

Gelatin, for sure. Tacos & Paletas are already big things and have been for a long time here in Texas.

agreed: honey.

already in the midst of it perhaps, but I definitely avocados are here to stay for a while. I see them making their way into cakes and smoothies now, something I support in all ways possible