Trident Layers: Pumpkin Spice Gum

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to chew on a Yankee Pumpkin Spice Candle? Well, now you can!

I am a huge fan of Tropical Twist by Trident, but this gum is just terrible. Of course I had to keep trying it just IN CASE it stopped tasting like a candle and more like pumpkin pie sans the calories, but it just never happened. 😦

I recommend you make your own opinions here, but overall rating would be:

Pumking Rating: 1 out of 5 Pumpkins

*And giving a 1 for the attempt to make this; and anything with Pumpkin has my attention.

DOWNEAST Pumpkin Craft Cider

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  • 5% Alcohol
  • 190 Calories
  • Aged with Chai Tea
  • Made by adding Pumpkin Mash into the Apple Press
  • Nice alternative to Pumpkin Beer
  • Mango Colored- Very bright

Smashing Pumpkins Scale: 2.5 out of 5 Pumpkins

So, I love sweet, but this was a tad too much for my liking. Maybe I’m just used to a less sweet cider beer, but the addition of chai and other spices made it hard to fathom drinking more than one.

Two Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

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These two ingredient muffins were amazing. I was very close to GOURDging on them all night, but luckily I had a few people stop by my place to taste test.  I will note that as I write this post I am eating one for breakfast and it is just as delicious as it was out of the oven. Ok, maybe not JUST AS delicious, but close enough. Way better than store bought or even Starbucks or DD.

You can definitely taste the pumpkin and the aromas will overpower your dwelling. Highly recommend to make if you have anyone coming over. 🙂

I also whipped up some cream cheese frosting, but they didn’t need it. Although it would be good if you wanted it to be more of a cupcake than a muffin.

Also, 1 added 2 eggs to the recipe. The cake and the pumpkin just didn’t mix as well since it was so dry.

Here is the recipe

Pumpkin Scale: 5 out of 5 Pumpkins!!

Pumpkin Spice Dump Cake

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I made this cake last week and got a lot of positive reviews even from non-obsessed pumpkin people. Name aside, it.is.delicous. It is a hybrid of pumpkin pie and a crumble/streusel cake. Absolutely amazing. The fall flavors melt in your mouth.

Not only was it a pleaser, it was a pleasure making it. Why? Because it was only 4 ingredients! Super easy and topping it with real vanilla bean ice cream made it even better.

I highly recommend you make this over the fall, bring it to a football party, or friendsgiving. I will be making for Thanksgiving this year.

Pumpkin Rating: 4 out of 5 Pumpkins

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Pepperidge Farm: Pumpkin Spice Milano Cookies

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At 1st I wasn’t too into these. They were OK, but then, I put them in my fridge and I couldn’t eat just one! They are a really good mix of chocolate meets pumpkin spice meets buttery cookie.

I would definitely rate these higher than Pumpkin Spice Oreos.

As noted, buy, try as normal, then refrigerate. Let me know if you agree.

Pumpkin Score: 3 out of 5 Pumpkins

 

 

Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin is Back!

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Hey All y’all Pumpkin Lovahs!

It IS official! Dunkin Donuts has released pumpkin flavors to their menu again as of today! — Take that, Starbucks!

I have recently switched from creamer to almond milk, and the combination of iced coffee, pumpkin swirl and almond milk is JUST as good! Bravo, DD! You’ve done it again.

I’m PUMP’d that this release was ironically on a Summer Friday–I am happy to be even happier every morning with my pumpkin iced [for now] and hot in the [true] fall.

Drink RAEsponsibly- As this treat is also ridden with sugar and should be drank in moderation. As much as I would like to consume 3-4 of these a day, I will likely only do 1 or 3 a week 🙂

SuperSeedz: Coco Joe

Pumpkin seeds, anyone? Ummm, yes, please! What’s great about pumpkin seeds are that they are accessible year round, and taste delicious either sweet or savory, or both!

This coco joe combo is on point! Coffee and chocolate AND pumpkin?! I think I can die happy now! — All the superseedz pumpkin seed combinations are superb, but this is my new favorite.

You can find them at Whole Foods. They are worth the $4. And did I mention they have 7g of protein per serving?

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