Okay, so I just tried Ghirardelli's version of a pumpkin spiced caramel, let's see how Trader Joe's compares. (For the record, Ghirardelli is one of the most annoying brand names to type ever! Maybe I don't review their items because I just hate typing the name all the time.)
Here's another quickie pumpkin review! I still think that chocolate and pumpkin spice might not be the best combination, but maybe this will be able to change my mind. Just like my last review, there's not much to this packaging, so I'll get through this really quick.
I am going to try and knock out a bunch of pumpkin items tonight when I get home from work, but I'm finally able to see the light at the end of the pumpkin tunnel!
For today's post I have some fro-yo that was given to me...a little while ago. As you'll see, it has a few ice crystals cause it's been in my fridge longer than it should have, but I didn't want it to go to waste, so I'm gonna review it anyway.
I'm finally able to see the light at the end of the pumpkin tunnel! I have about a week's worth of items left, and then I'll be done pumpkin items until 2015!
Let's get right into it! So, this pumpkin walks into a bar...
I grew up in a household where Apple Butter was a breakfast staple. My Hungarian grandpa loves the stuff, so we'd eat it on toast, or mixed into oatmeal and cream of wheat. It reminds me of my childhood. (Plus, it's yummy.) It wasn't until I was an adult, with my own money and ability to grocery shop, that I found out there there were different fruit-based butters. Up until my late teens, I really thought apple was the only kind out there, but after I discovered the joys of pumpkin butter...there was no going back. I've tried a few different brands over the years, but I haven't found one that I am entirely loyal to. Maybe the cult of Trader Joe's will finally draw me in with this one.
Am I the only person who eats breakfast foods for dinner? In college I made an infographic of all the food I ate in a month, check it out HERE, and as you can see...none of those bowls of cereal were for breakfast. I gotta say, my eating habits haven't changed. Am I alone? Do the rest of you eat cereal for dinner too?
Now that it's getting colder here in Jersey, I've been craving warmer items for my breakfast/dinners, and what's better than a hot bowl of oatmeal? Let's see if this fancy pumpkin pecan oatmeal is any better than the Archer Farms one I reviewed last year.
Okay, I'm going to try and do a few posts tonight, let's see how many more pumpkin items I can get through.
To kick things off, Pumpkin Spiced Cream puffs!
Should I just make a Youtube video this weekend where I eat the rest of this pumpkin stuff and be done with it? I still have a decent amount left to post! Man...I over did it this year. Thankfully, today's post is a really quick one.
Welp, it's December, and I'm still doing pumpkin posts. Sorry guy's, looks like it's going to bleed into the Holiday season. (Which I'm actually okay with, I'm kind of a scrooge anyway.) Today's post is another Trader Joe's item, I swear, they love pumpkin products more than I do!
I've mentioned this in a lot of reviews, but I usually can't eat tomato sauce. I say it's because I'm allergic, which is not entirely true, but it's just the easiest way for me to explain things. Really, the problem isn't so much tomatoes themselves, as their acidity. I can have any other acidic food, but those little red suckers tear my stomach apart and make me puke my guts out. I come from an Italian family, so this can be a problem. (I call myself Fail-talian.) After a while, heavy cream and garlic sauces can get boring, so I'm always looking for alternatives, and I thought maybe this could possibly work. (Plus, it's pumpkin!) So let's see if this pasta sauce can survive my stomach.
So I wasn't a huge fan of the Trident layers Pumpkin Spice gum, it tasted like I was making out with Bath & Body Works, but I heard this Extra version was better. I saw a pack of three on clearance for a dollar at Target and figured, why not check it out?
Okay, we're going to see how many pumpkin items I can get through today. To kick things off, a pumpkin product with (possibly) the longest name ever!
Sorry for the sporadic updates, I'm trying to get myself together and get these posts back on track, but it hasn't been easy. Sadly, pumpkin reviews might end up bleeding December at this rate, unless I go crazy posting tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
For now, I was able to grab another container of these delicious pumpkin-y pumpkin bites to review. I posted these over on instagram a while ago, and they were eaten before I ever got the chance to review them. I thought I'd never be able to get another container in time, but I did! So let's get right into this review!
Welp, it looks like I'll be writing pumpkin related reviews all this week! After going through my to-be-reviewed pile, it's safe to say, I went overboard on the pumpkin this year. Originally I wasn't going to review this limited edition flavor, since I was so disappointed by the Snickerdoodle Toaster Strudel, but I saw this item reviewed over on Junk Food Guy's blog, and after reading his post, I HAD to try them for myself.
Okay, I'm on a roll. Today I woke up and my stomach didn't hurt as bad as it had been, and throughout the day I was able to eat nearly three meals! My stomach issues come and go, but right now they seem to be subsiding, so let's hurry up and plow through this review before it changes it's mind!
Long time no see everyone! I've been suffering from some stress related stomach issues, so I haven't eaten much this week. (In fact, prior to this, I only had a pineapple green tea from Starbucks and a mini Halloween-sized Crunch bar.) Thankfully, I queued up some reviews last weekend before I got sick, but I ran out mid-way through last week.
When I have a lot going on, all of that stress goes right to my stomach, and I feel extremely nauseous, making it nearly impossible to eat and keep food down. It's been a few days since my last post and even though my stomach is still acting up, I have to eat, and the reviews must go on. I figured I'd kick things off with something healthy and mild, this Pumpkin and Spice yogurt from Siggi's.
Okay, here we go, time to get back into the swing of things and get these pumpkin reviews outta here!
So this was an item I spotted at Wawa almost a month ago, and I originally wasn't going to review it, but my boss got this as a snack at work the other day, and she enjoyed it so much that I figured it was worth checking out.
There isn't much to this item, so let's get right into the review!
I didn’t get the chance to photograph and formally review these, but they were delicious!
It’s as if a Blondie were mixed with pumpkin bread. Soft, chewy, and addicting! My boyfriend and I ate them all up. If you're still able to find this at Trader Joe's, give it a try! It's great with a hot cup of coffee.
On a Pumpkin Scale of 1-5 (5 being the most pumpkin-y) I’d give this a 3.5. These little squares aren't packed with pumpkin flavor, but they were chewy and very nicely spiced. They were so yummy that we ate them all before they could even be reviewed. If that's not a good sign, I don't know what is.
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I still have so many pumpkin items to review and I'm running out of time! I'm going to stick to my current schedule for now, where I post pumpkin reviews every other day, but I won't be reviewing any more pumpkin items in December. So, if I still have things to review come Nov 30th, I'll have to have a massive pumpkin posting party. (Although I think I might be able to squeeze everything in. This might be my largest collection of pumpkin items yet!)
Trader Joe's might have set a new record for pumpkin products this year. Everything they've released has been under their own label, and it's varied from the usual pumpkin spiced Greek yogurts to pumpkin spiced croutons, to pumpkin ice cream filled mochi. I can't say this with 100% certainty, but it seems like Trader Joe's may have individually released the most pumpkin products out of any food creator/label this season. (Can any of you name a contender? I'm coming up blank.)
My boyfriend and I both have birthdays in October, so we tend to celebrate both occasions with pumpkin related foods, so I originally bought a bag of this salad mix to serve as an appetizer to his birthday dinner, but I loved it so much I got a second bag to review.
