Food Searches Spiking on Yahoo! | Health & Wellness

Below you will find quirky and interesting food searches for this week, in addition to the top searched recipes for the week. 

Romantic Dinner: People across the country are deciding whether to take their loved ones out to dinner on Feb. 14 or stay in and cook a romantic dinner. Of the searches for “romantic dinner ideas” this month on Yahoo!, 59% are coming from women; however 53% of searches this month on Yahoo! for “aphrodisiac foods” are coming from men.  Top states searching for “Valentine’s Day recipes” this week include: California, Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, and Texas.

Fondue: Whether it’s going to a restaurant or staying in, some people think fondue is a very romantic dinner choice, especially for Valentine’s Day. Searches this week on Yahoo! for “fondue recipes” are up 218%, with 60% of searches coming from women. Additional fondue searches piquing people’s interest on Yahoo! this week include: “how to make chocolate fondue,” “beer cheese fondue,” “fondue recipes for beef,” “spinach artichoke cheese fondue,” “fondue fountain,” “how to fondue,” and “fondue sets.”

Sweet Eats: With Valentine’s Day around the corner, people of ages may turn to chocolate treats as their gift of choices.

“Sweet eats” search trends on Yahoo!:

• M&M Candy (+227% this month)

• Bulk Candy (+1,336% this month)

• Chocolate covered strawberries (+146% this week)

• Hershey chocolate (+6% this week)

• See's Candy (+67% this week)

• Chocolates (+90% this week)

• Candy (+2% this week)

• Mars Candy (breakout)

• Sweethearts (breakout)

Some additional chocolate searches capturing people’s attention this week on Yahoo! include:

* Chocolate Diamonds

* Chocolate Ale

* Chocolate Martini

* Chocolate Covered Pretzels

* Chocolate Truffles

* Chocolate Ganache

* How to make chocolate covered strawberries?

According to Yahoo!, the top spiking recipe searches in the past 7 days are:

1. Chicken recipes

2. Chili recipes

3. Chicken wing recipes

4. Guacamole recipe

5. Crockpot recipes

6. Meatloaf recipes

7. Healthy recipes

8. Banana bread recipes

9. Meatball recipes

10. Soup recipes

What are you searching for?