KASHI PUMPKIN SPICE FLAX CRUNCHY GRANOLA BARS

Welcome to day 8 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza!

Today I tried Kashi Pumpkin Spice Flax Crunchy Granola Bars:

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The box said that I “can snack with satisfaction and feel great about it!”  I was so excited — who says I can’t get no satisfaction?

The ingredients include cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, presumably justifying the pumpkin spice title.  Oh, and pumpkin seeds to keep it real.

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The box contains 6 pouches with two bars each.  Here’s the bars:

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The bars were crunchy.  And crumbly — be prepared to be brushing off crumbs.  They were also dry as sawdust — have a glass of milk (or a pumpkin spice latte) on hand to wash them down with.  The cinnamon taste was noticeable, although the nutmeg and cloves were not.  They didn’t taste like pumpkin spice to me.  They tasted like bananas, which I didn’t understand.  Although I didn’t really like them, it didn’t necessarily stop me from eating them.  I just didn’t get that, you know, satisfaction out of snacking on them.  Unlike many other pumpkin spice products currently available, there is no indication that these are a limited edition seasonal product, which they might want to rethink.

Rating:  2-1/2 pumpkins (out of 5)

PEPPERIDGE FARM MILANO PUMPKIN SPICE COOKIES

Welcome to day 7 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza!

Right on the heels of Pepperidge Farm’s Pumpkin Cheesecake Soft Dessert Cookies, I’m sampling another Pepperidge Farm cookie — this time it’s Pepperidge Farm Milano Pumpkin Spice Flavored Cookies. (Thanks to Angela from Seasonal and Savory for alerting me to these.)

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No pumpkin or spice listed in the ingredients — only “natural flavors.”

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Here’s the cookies:

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I’m not quite sure about the skid marks on the cookies.  I guess that’s supposed to be the “pumpkin spice.”  I didn’t understand the point of these cookies.  It’s like Pepperidge Farm said “let’s take something delicious and make it into something that is not.”  The familiar crisp cookie and chocolate filling is still there, with an added hint of mustiness.

Pepperidge Farm, I gave you another chance after the Pumpkin Cheesecake cookies, but this it — I am breaking up with you.

UPDATE:  My husband told me he thought my review of these cookies was harsh . . . until he tried one.

Rating:  2 pumpkins (out of 5)