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PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE M&M’S

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Welcome to day 11 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza!

Thanks to an alert from my observant daughter, I found Pumpkin Spice Latte M&Ms this weekend.  I’d been searching for them at the grocery store, but it turns out they’re only available at Target (note to grocery stores — you’re not missing anything).

The ingredient list included the ever-so-vague “natural and artificial flavors”:

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And here they are:

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They were a little larger than regular M&Ms, which is a good thing because you would NEVER want to eat one of these by mistake.  They tasted similar to regular M&Ms, but with definite notes of burnt coffee and candle drippings.  You know that potato chip commercial about how nobody can eat just one?  Well, trust me, you can eat just one of these.

Rating:  1 pumpkin (out of 5)

KELLOGG’S FROSTED PUMPKIN PIE POP-TARTS

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Welcome to day 9 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza!

Today I have a special treat for you — Kellogg’s Limited Edition Frosted Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts:

IMG_6779Just take a minute to take in all the autumn colors, the falling leaves, the fat little pumpkins.  Oh boy!

You’ll notice that pumpkin is pretty high up on the ingredient list (although it is still beat out by, among other things, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, and sugar).  Also included among the ingredients are cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg:

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The autumn-colored flecks on the icing hinted at the pumpkin pie filling inside:

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IMG_6785Pop-Tarts are an infrequent treat for me.  This is because one Pop-Tart is 200 calories, which is already pretty high, but they come two in a pack, so someone please tell me how you don’t eat two at a time?  I certainly haven’t figured that out, and so Pop-Tarts are either on my “do not eat list” or my “proceed with caution list,” depending on my mood.

That said, I loved these Pop-Tarts.  The filling tastes very much like pumpkin pie, and doesn’t suffer from the artificial taste that plagues so many of the pumpkin and pumpkin spice products I’ve tried so far.  I liked that the filling was orange, and the colorful bits sprinkled on the icing were a nice touch.  When it comes to pumpkin, aesthetics matter! (Do you hear that Milano Pumpkin Spice Cookies?  Skid marks are not cool.)

Rating:  4-1/2 pumpkins (out of 5)