Saturday, October 21, 2017

We tasted every pumpkin spice product we could find - here's the ultimate ranking

1. Trader Joe's pumpkin ice cream

1. Trader Joe's pumpkin ice cream

Everything about this is phenomenal. Our winner by a landslide! Not because it's ice cream, but because the flavors actually blend well together — creating the perfect pumpkin-spice-flavored product. The pumpkin flavor is fresh and bright, and the spicing is subtle.

2. Trader Joe's pumpkin-y pumpkin bites

2. Trader Joe's pumpkin-y pumpkin bites

These are delicious! Think of a pumpkin-flavored brownie with a rich flavor and gooey texture. Trader Joe's definitely got these right.

3. Trader Joe's pumpkin panettone

3. Trader Joe's pumpkin panettone

Yum! This fluffy Italian bread has creamy pumpkin flavors with hints of spice nestled within, creating a sensational taste experience. It's light and sweet — nothing sickly sugary.

4. Trader Joe's pumpkin pie spice cookie butter

4. Trader Joe's pumpkin pie spice cookie butter

This is amazing. It has the consistency of peanut butter, but with a delicious pumpkin taste. It is well-balanced, and the cookie aspect adds an incredible richness.

5. Trader Joe's pumpkin butter

5. Trader Joe's pumpkin butter

With only a handful of ingredients, we almost thought it was healthy — until we tasted it. How can something so good be healthy? It's naturally sweet and offers a unique pumpkin-spice flavor that we couldn't get enough of.

6. Noosa pumpkin-flavor yogurt

6. Noosa pumpkin-flavor yogurt

The pumpkin flavor is subtle yet sweet, creating a simple blend that goes well with the product. Also, decidedly less sour than most Greek-style yogurts.

7. Pumpkin-pie bark

7. Pumpkin-pie bark

This is our favorite pumpkin-flavored chocolate! Not too rich and not too sweet. It begins with a rich chocolate taste and slowly transitions to light pumpkin flavors.

8. Trader Joe's pumpkin spice chai tea latte mix

8. Trader Joe's pumpkin spice chai tea latte mix

With the pumpkin-spice aromas of it filling the air, it also perfectly captures the pumpkin-spice taste and goes well with the light spiciness of chai.

9. Dunkin' Donuts pumpkin-spice donut

9. Dunkin' Donuts pumpkin-spice donut

Now this tastes like a pumpkin-spice doughnut! Artificial flavoring or not, it tastes great.

10. Trader Joe's Pumpkin Spice Rooibos tea

10. Trader Joe's Pumpkin Spice Rooibos tea

This tea has a savory, thick pumpkin-spice flavor that is comforting and gratifying. In our opinion, it's better than the previous tea.

11. Trader Joe's Pumpkin-O's

11. Trader Joe's Pumpkin-O's

This cereal is delightful. It's not too sweet, and it captures a pleasant pumpkin flavor that's suitable for a relaxed autumn breakfast.

12. Trader Joe's pumpkin biscotti

12. Trader Joe's pumpkin biscotti

While we expected this product to taste like a ginger-snap cookie, it did have a hint of pumpkin flavoring that went well with the cookie.

13. Trader Joe's organic frosted pumpkin toaster pastries

13. Trader Joe's organic frosted pumpkin toaster pastries

This is comparable to the cinnamon-flavored Pop-Tart. It's OK, but the pumpkin flavor is absent.

14. Trader Joe's "This Pumpkin Walks into a ... Cereal Bar"

14. Trader Joe's "This Pumpkin Walks into a ... Cereal Bar"

The filling tastes more like apple flavor than pumpkin. The bread of the bar contains the spice, so it ends up tasting like cinnamon apple.

15. Dancing Deer pumpkin-spice shortbread cookies

15. Dancing Deer pumpkin-spice shortbread cookies

Though pumpkin-shaped, this product lacks the pumpkin flavor and tastes like a sugar cookie.

16. Pumpkin bagel from Panera

16. Pumpkin bagel from Panera

The bread doesn't taste much like pumpkin, and it has a rather bland taste. The sugary frosting is the source of the cinnamon flavor, but we're unimpressed.

17. Trader Joe's country pumpkin spice granola cereal

17. Trader Joe's country pumpkin spice granola cereal

The actual granola is fine, but the dried pumpkin bits thrown in for taste don't work.

18. Nature's Path Organic Pumpkin-N-Spice trail-mix granola bar

18. Nature's Path Organic Pumpkin-N-Spice trail-mix granola bar

This granola bar lacks the taste of pumpkin spice. It's essentially sugar-coated pumpkin seeds, clumped together with trail mix.

19. Pumpkin-spice candy corn

19. Pumpkin-spice candy corn

Incredibly gross. We couldn't discern any "pumpkin spice" flavoring, just straight sugar — unsurprising, considering it's candy corn.

20. Trader Joe's pecan pumpkin instant oatmeal

20. Trader Joe's pecan pumpkin instant oatmeal

The texture of the oatmeal, combined with a weak flavor, makes for a watery disappointment.


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