Michael Tercha / baiduhaiGraeter's deserves its cult status based on this ice cream alone. The famed French pot-made creamy, rich base is here, but the hint of roasted pumpkin and the lingering nutmeg are what make this limited edition flavor.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiPleasant cinnamon-y flavor without going too sweet lands this twist on the classic Life cereal on our 10 best list.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiAdmittedly, we liked these because they don't taste all that different from regular Triscuits. But they're a hint sweeter, and it's pleasant, a nice change from the overwhelming dose of quote-unquote "fall spices" in so many of these pumpkin products.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThese crunchy pumpkin cookies from Trader Joe's are the long-lost cousins of those pink and white animal-shaped carousel cookies we all loved as kids, down to the pop of texture from the tiny pearl sprinkles. There are two colors: Allegedly, the orange cookies are coated in pumpkin spice yogurt, and the white ones are coated in plain yogurt, but both cookies have the same, potent pumpkin-spiced shortbread underneath, so there's not much difference in the end. They're really sweet, but we could probably eat the whole box and only slightly regret the stomachache.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiPotbelly cookies are always a work of art, and this one is no different. It's as big as a coffee saucer, with a soft middle and slightly crunchy outsides, and tastes like pumpkin without being overpoweringly sweet.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThere's a line between sturdy and stale, and these chips from Terra are toeing it. That teamed with an off-putting chalkiness from the cinnamon and nutmeg coating lands them squarely on our loser list. Also: No pumpkin to be found. Beware of sweet potatoes in sheep's clothing.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiWe would eat this Siggi's yogurt for breakfast every day for the rest of our lives. And we never exaggerate. But it's the truth that we've never had a bad yogurt from Siggi's, a brand that uses real (and minimal) ingredients, plus milk from grass-fed cows. Sure enough, the label reports real pumpkin alongside skim milk, cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and lemon juice.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThese "muffins" -- brown, bulbous lumps that are gummy to the touch -- could probably live in a high-school locker from freshman year to graduation and still taste the same: like preservatives and regret.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiNoosa's take is nothing like Dannon's -- and that's a good thing. This creamy, rich yogurt with the pumpkin puree on the bottom stirs up mild pumpkin flavor with a hint of spice.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiFrom the too-sweet icing (labeled as cream cheese, but it has no cream cheese flavor) to the there's-no-pumpkin-here tiny cupcake with too much clove (potpourri level), there's nothing to like about this item.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiWe'd rather take Metamucil then get our fiber from Fiber One's Pumpkin Bar. It leaves a bad aftertaste, as if you'd been licking out the pumpkin spice jar in grandma's spice cupboard.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThere're colored orange on one side, so you get it. See? Pumpkin. Or pumpkin spice, rather. Kellogg's makes no claim to including squash. Instead, it's a happy blend of cinnamon, clove and vanilla that fills the olfactories as you munch, which we did right out of the box.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThis white chocolate bar from Russell Stover exhibits no natural flavors, despite the claim on the wrapper. It smells of bad caramel and tastes of some indeterminable, over-sweet something.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThis cereal could make us give up our 100 percent organic, all natural, whole grain blah blah granola and go back to the sugary stuff. It's got a clean, light spice flavor that invites repeat dips into the box to snack by the fistful.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiFeeling a little guilt for the double dose of hate on TJ's. It's a go-to store for many of us ("I've invested half my life's earnings in bags of their trail mix," says one editor), but maybe they're trying a little too hard with the pumpkin parade. Or maybe we just hate juice that gives off the aura of a "cleanse." In any case, call this the best of the worst, but we're not running back for more.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThe story of drinking pumpkin spice almond beverage, as told in three parts: 1) Respect for not calling it milk — milk does not come from almonds. 2) The consistency looks suspiciously like that pink medicine kids have to drink when they have an ear infection. 3) No.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiDon't put sugar in hummus, and most certainly don't put sugar, honey, pumpkin, cranberries and apricots in hummus. Way too sweet.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThough the flavor of the advertised pumpkin puree doesn't come through in these Trader Joe's chips, the spices do, especially the cinnamon. But it's just the right hint, and nothing here is sweet. It's a savory, crisp bite whose aromatic spice notes build as you addictively munch.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiCardboard or doughnut? Not a game you should have to play with your baked goods, but this cake doughnut from Dunkin' Donuts was dry and flavorless. Better luck next holiday.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiDannon's got some explaining to do. This yogurt is definitely not Greek-style, and it's way too sweet. The spice flavors are muddled and stick on your tongue like unwelcome squatters.
Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThe biggest hit against this Jewel Bake Shop "treat" is that it tastes like nothing. Nothing but sugar. No pumpkin flavor here. No spicing. It just makes us feel sad and cheated, because it's cute and we want to like it.- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiGraeter's deserves its cult status based on this ice cream alone. The famed French pot-made creamy, rich base is here, but the hint of roasted pumpkin and the lingering nutmeg are what make this limited edition flavor.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiPleasant cinnamon-y flavor without going too sweet lands this twist on the classic Life cereal on our 10 best list.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiAdmittedly, we liked these because they don't taste all that different from regular Triscuits. But they're a hint sweeter, and it's pleasant, a nice change from the overwhelming dose of quote-unquote "fall spices" in so many of these pumpkin products.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThese crunchy pumpkin cookies from Trader Joe's are the long-lost cousins of those pink and white animal-shaped carousel cookies we all loved as kids, down to the pop of texture from the tiny pearl sprinkles. There are two colors: Allegedly, the orange cookies are coated in pumpkin spice yogurt, and the white ones are coated in plain yogurt, but both cookies have the same, potent pumpkin-spiced shortbread underneath, so there's not much difference in the end. They're really sweet, but we could probably eat the whole box and only slightly regret the stomachache.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiPotbelly cookies are always a work of art, and this one is no different. It's as big as a coffee saucer, with a soft middle and slightly crunchy outsides, and tastes like pumpkin without being overpoweringly sweet.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThere's a line between sturdy and stale, and these chips from Terra are toeing it. That teamed with an off-putting chalkiness from the cinnamon and nutmeg coating lands them squarely on our loser list. Also: No pumpkin to be found. Beware of sweet potatoes in sheep's clothing.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiWe would eat this Siggi's yogurt for breakfast every day for the rest of our lives. And we never exaggerate. But it's the truth that we've never had a bad yogurt from Siggi's, a brand that uses real (and minimal) ingredients, plus milk from grass-fed cows. Sure enough, the label reports real pumpkin alongside skim milk, cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and lemon juice.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThese "muffins" -- brown, bulbous lumps that are gummy to the touch -- could probably live in a high-school locker from freshman year to graduation and still taste the same: like preservatives and regret.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiNoosa's take is nothing like Dannon's -- and that's a good thing. This creamy, rich yogurt with the pumpkin puree on the bottom stirs up mild pumpkin flavor with a hint of spice.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiFrom the too-sweet icing (labeled as cream cheese, but it has no cream cheese flavor) to the there's-no-pumpkin-here tiny cupcake with too much clove (potpourri level), there's nothing to like about this item.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiWe'd rather take Metamucil then get our fiber from Fiber One's Pumpkin Bar. It leaves a bad aftertaste, as if you'd been licking out the pumpkin spice jar in grandma's spice cupboard.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThere're colored orange on one side, so you get it. See? Pumpkin. Or pumpkin spice, rather. Kellogg's makes no claim to including squash. Instead, it's a happy blend of cinnamon, clove and vanilla that fills the olfactories as you munch, which we did right out of the box.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThis white chocolate bar from Russell Stover exhibits no natural flavors, despite the claim on the wrapper. It smells of bad caramel and tastes of some indeterminable, over-sweet something.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThis cereal could make us give up our 100 percent organic, all natural, whole grain blah blah granola and go back to the sugary stuff. It's got a clean, light spice flavor that invites repeat dips into the box to snack by the fistful.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiFeeling a little guilt for the double dose of hate on TJ's. It's a go-to store for many of us ("I've invested half my life's earnings in bags of their trail mix," says one editor), but maybe they're trying a little too hard with the pumpkin parade. Or maybe we just hate juice that gives off the aura of a "cleanse." In any case, call this the best of the worst, but we're not running back for more.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThe story of drinking pumpkin spice almond beverage, as told in three parts: 1) Respect for not calling it milk — milk does not come from almonds. 2) The consistency looks suspiciously like that pink medicine kids have to drink when they have an ear infection. 3) No.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiDon't put sugar in hummus, and most certainly don't put sugar, honey, pumpkin, cranberries and apricots in hummus. Way too sweet.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThough the flavor of the advertised pumpkin puree doesn't come through in these Trader Joe's chips, the spices do, especially the cinnamon. But it's just the right hint, and nothing here is sweet. It's a savory, crisp bite whose aromatic spice notes build as you addictively munch.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiCardboard or doughnut? Not a game you should have to play with your baked goods, but this cake doughnut from Dunkin' Donuts was dry and flavorless. Better luck next holiday.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiDannon's got some explaining to do. This yogurt is definitely not Greek-style, and it's way too sweet. The spice flavors are muddled and stick on your tongue like unwelcome squatters.
- Michael Tercha / baiduhaiThe biggest hit against this Jewel Bake Shop "treat" is that it tastes like nothing. Nothing but sugar. No pumpkin flavor here. No spicing. It just makes us feel sad and cheated, because it's cute and we want to like it.
Michael Tercha / baiduhai
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Graeter's deserves its cult status based on this ice cream alone. The famed French pot-made creamy, rich base is here, but the hint of roasted pumpkin and the lingering nutmeg are what make this limited edition flavor.
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The internet is going to lose its collective mind over this: Get a free Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks Happy Hour on Thursday, Aug. 30.
Grab your BFF and head to Starbucks starting at 3 p.m. for a PSL lovefest with buy-one-get-one free grande espresso drinks starting at 3 p.m.
The “beloved” PSL flavor, as it’s affectionately known, returned to menus on Tuesday.
If you detest pumpkin-flavored coffee, order another espresso beverage. There are at least a hundred to choose from.
Get the offer by signing up to get an invitation with promo code and use it at the register to get the freebie. Starbucks Reward members have already received offers loaded to their accounts and were notified via email.
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