Once September rolls around, it seems like every single food has a pumpkin spice-flavored version. Some products nail that warm, fall flavor, while others create a unique taste that you can’t exactly put your finger on. Regardless of how accurate your pumpkin spice-flavored foods taste, the pumpkin spice trend is alive and breathing. Chances are you either love all things pumpkin or are angry at the pumpkin spice gods for even making this a thing. I decided to round up as many pumpkin spice foods as I could find to eat for an entire day. Basically, everything that entered my mouth for a 24-hour period had fall’s favorite gourd mixed in.
Breakfast
Lunch
Lunch
I followed up my yogurt with Trader Joe’s country pumpkin spice granola cereal. After having recently made my own homemade pumpkin spice granola, I was a bit wary to try this new boxed version. But this pumpkin spice granola was a nice break from my homemade version that I had been eating for two weeks straight. The puffed corn and raisins nicely balanced out the pumpkin spice taste.
I finished my “lunch” off with one of Trader Joe’s pumpkin cereal bars. This had me reminiscing about those Nutri-Grain bars that my mom would bring everywhere when I was a kid. The softness of these bars is a nice change from tougher, nut-based bars. There were times while eating this that I felt I was enjoying a pumpkin dessert of some kind. The pumpkin interior had a different taste and spice balance than the other foods I had eaten up to this point, so I was not a bit tired of that fall flavor just yet
Dinner
Dinner
As I ended my day of pumpkin spice foods, all I really wanted was a salad and some fruit. I came away realizing that most pumpkin spice foods are snacks, and it is difficult to make a whole day of meals out of what is available. The overwhelming amount of pumpkin that I ate that day did not scare me away from eating more pumpkin products sporadically throughout the coming days. Doing this for one day was not super difficult for me, but if I had to do it for multiple days, I would surely turn into an angry jack-o-latern. It’s true that each food has it’s own take on the taste of “pumpkin spice”. Whatever side of the pumpkin spice debacle you’re on, it’s worth giving some pumpkin spice products a try.
As I ended my day of pumpkin spice foods, all I really wanted was a salad and some fruits. I came away realizing that most pumpkin spice foods are snacks, and it is difficult to make a whole day of meals out of what is available. The overwhelming amount of pumpkin that I ate that day did not scare me away from eating more pumpkin products sporadically throughout the coming days. Doing this for one day was not super difficult for me, but if I had to do it for multiple days, I would surely turn into an angry jack-o-latern. It’s true that each food has it’s own take on the taste of “pumpkin spice”. Whatever side of the pumpkin spice debacle you’re on, it’s worth giving some pumpkin spice products a try.