Food shows are a great way for us to discover new products and the NY Fancy Food Show is just about the king of all food shows. There are so many producers that attend and there is what seems to be endless rows of booths with a total of 180,000 products to taste. It usually takes about a week post-show to start feeling hungry again. It’s a tough job, I know.

Many of the producers that attend this show are much bigger than what we’re looking for because of the $10-15k producers have to fork over to attend. The little artisanal gems we find at these shows are usually the ones that have doubled up on the smallest booth space and lack any fancy, attention-grabbing signage. This year we didn’t attend because we are up to our ears just trying to get the Foodzie marketplace ready to launch. But that didn’t stop me from seeking out the best-of-the-best lists from some of the foodies that attended.

Here are a few products that sounded interesting:

Das Foods - French Salted Caramels

Frankenstein Mills - Pancake Mix

Cypress Grove - Truffle Tremor Goat Cheese

Whitson’s - Chili Seasoning

Check out the full list on AOL that combines both Slashfood and Epicurious editors top picks. The runners-up can be found at slashfood.com.