Alan Draper
First into the tank is Makenzie Marzluff of Delighted by Hummus, seeking $600,000 for 12 percent equity.
Delighted by Hummus offers delicious, chickpea-based dessert spreads. According to their website, the usual garlic and lemon of hummus are replaced with cinnamon and vanilla beans. Their mission “is to inspire people to spread their glitter” and “be the light they are out in the world.” Flavors include vanilla bean, snickerdoodle, choc-o-mint and brownie batter, which are all vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and all natural. The hummus is not currently available to purchase online, however, the dessert spreads are available in stores nationwide.
The sharks all agree that it’s delicious but Mark Cuban thinks it’s challenging that it doesn’t exactly compete with hummus. In the 13 months since they hit store shelves, they have done $1 million in gross sales. Guest shark Alex Rodriguez finds the valuation too high and goes out.
She hopes to use an investment from the sharks to build a team to create operational support. Marzluff has had only one intern to help her and given the challenge of delegation, Barbara Corcoran goes out. Lori Greiner likes the hummus, but thinks it requires too much money. She goes out. Despite the challenges, Kevin O’Leary offers $600,000 as a loan at 11 percent interest with six percent equity. Cuban thinks it would be smart to sell in retail stores and jumps in with an offer of $600,000 for 25 percent. Ultimately, she accepts Cuban’s offer.
Social Media Reacts to Delighted by Hummus’s Appearance on “Shark Tank”
Who doesn't love hummus!? Great way to kick off #sharktank! ❤️❤️❤️
— The Inventress (@LisaAscolese) October 16, 2017
Sweet dessert hummus? It's one of those things you think, "Why has no one thought of this yet" #SharkTank #DelightedBy
— Charlestonion (@Charlestonion) October 16, 2017
Dessert hummus is interesting!! #SharkTank
— Orr Lidsky (@orrlidsky) October 16, 2017
I saw that dessert hummus in Wegman's! #SharkTank
— Stacey Gotsulias (Official) (@StaceGots) October 16, 2017
I would LOVE some delicious and healthy dessert hummus! Take that deal, sharks! @ABCSharkTank #SharkTank! #entrepreneurs
— Kimberly Perkins (@KPerkinsLaw) October 16, 2017
Cannot wait for dessert hummus in a store near me #sharktank
— Nikki Phillips (@PhilyMom2) October 16, 2017
Each week on “Shark Tank,” budding entrepreneurs have the opportunity to pitch their emerging businesses to multi-millionaire and billionaire investors, known as sharks: Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks; Daymond John, fashion mogul and founder of FUBU; Kevin O’Leary, self-proclaimed Mr. Wonderful and founder of O’Leary Financial Group; Barbara Corcoran, real estate maven; Lori Greiner, queen of QVC; and Robert Herjavec, technology guru and founder/CEO of the Herjavec Group.
Philanthropist and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Spanx founder Sara Blakely, Skinnygirl Cocktails founder and Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel, Vitamin Water founder Rohan Oza and former MLB player Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez are also slated to appear as guest sharks this season.
“Shark Tank,” which is based on “Dragons’ Den,” is produced by Mark Burnett and first debuted in 2009. To date, the sharks have invested more than $100 million in various companies after engaging in numerous bidding wars and shark fights. A new episode airs each Sunday at 9 p.m. on ABC.
Would you try Delighted by Hummus? Sound off in the comments section below!
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This article was written for Business 2 Community by Alan Draper.
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I would love to try it.
But I have searched online and it is not available anywhere near me, and I’m only 15 min outside of NYC.
Amazon no longer carries it, and the website does not work when you try to find out where it’s available.
I feel fortunate that I watch this episode and saw this hummus product. I think you’ll do great. Recently I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and have been doing my own research Journey to improve my health and one of the persons that I come across was Dr Joel Fuhrman and he is a board-certified family physician whose goal is to teach about micronutrients. So my new journey is learning to be a vegan for the benefit of health and this is going to be great to discover some sweet tasty treats .. just to know there are options out there . Who would have thought in hummus. I hope to see the product sometime I’ll be looking for it. Thank you that was a great show. many blessings to you..
I would love to try this dessert hummus.
How do I get samples?
Tastes great, put out samples yesterday in our deli at jewel , sold right away
I want some! Costco would be perfect!
Saw this featured hummus on Shark Tank (one of my favorite shows) and I just purchased it from my local Harris Tetter. I got the “Choco – Mint”