THOMAS’ PUMPKIN SPICE ENGLISH MUFFINS

Welcome to day 18 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza!

Today I am toasting up a Thomas’ Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice English Muffin:

The package teased me with the promise that these english muffins “will warm your home as they toast, filling the air with the wonderful aroma of autumn.”

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Well, the only way they’re going to warm my home as they toast is if I do it over a roaring fire or space heater — we’ve never really considered the toaster as capable of providing warmth.  But they did smell good toasting, so I’ll give them that.

On to the ingredients.  Is that . . . can it be . . . pumpkin and cinnamon listed in the ingredients?

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Here’s a pumpkin spice English Muffin:

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It’s hard to tell from the photo, but they are darker than regular English Muffins, a whole wheat kind of look.  Makes me feel like these are a more virtuous breakfast, than say, ice cream.

I toasted it up, filling the air with the wonderful aroma of autumn, and slathered them with butter while they were still warm:

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These were great.  They toasted up kind of golden, and they certainly did smell good.  They were fine by themselves, but with the melted butter nestled in the little nooks and crannies, they were really satisfying.  They were very lightly sweetened, and a delicate hand was used with the spice.  The pumpkin wasn’t really noticeable, but is it ever?  They made a tasty quick breakfast, a little something out of the ordinary.

Rating:  5 pumpkins (out of 5)

PUMPKIN SPICE PEEPS

Welcome to day 17 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza!

Today’s featured product is one I was really looking forward to trying, mostly because of all the hype surrounding its introduction to the pumpkin spice lineup — Peeps Pumpkin Spice Flavored Marshmallows Dipped in White Fudge.

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Do you really want to see the ingredient list?  It’ll just scare you.  Oh well.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah — natural and artificial flavor, food coloring — what else is new?

And here they are:

IMG_6840They are the same Barbie flesh color as the Philadelphia Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread.  I don’t know why they couldn’t be orange.  I need orange.  Anyway, they’re kinda cute, perched on their white fudge nest, although the wonky eyes will creep you out if you let them:

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I was dreading tasting them.  I don’t like Peeps to begin with, and these had so much going against them.  But I forged ahead, in the interest of “research” (not a peep!).  To my utter amazement, I thought these were just plain fun little treats.  The flavor was not particularly pumpkin spice-y, which I was thankful for given the ingredient list (and the fact that I am still recovering from Hershey’s Pumpkin Spice Kisses), and the alleged “white fudge” tasted like coconut, but they were sweet and pillowy and cute, and I felt like I was six years old sitting there licking the sugar off of my fingers.

They are gluten free, for those of you that are still smarting from not being able to eat Kellogg’s Pumpkin Spice Frosted Mini Wheats.

Rating:  3 pumpkins (out of 5)