Yesterday I popped into a Spouts Market – an American Organic Supermarket chain that is challenging Whole Foods by being affordable.
What immediately caught my eye is the appearance of Pumpkin Spice – and other “pumpkin” – flavored goods.
Now I’m aware of Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Latte – something I partake of about three times each fall (omg! What a sugar rush!) before deciding I don’t need it again for a long time.
In Germany I also partake of Pumpkin Ravioli – fresh made and sold at one of my nearby street markets. The end of Pumpkin Ravioli season is always a tremendous disappointment in my book.
America, though, has taken it to a whole new level – with a seriousness that caught me completely off guard: pumpkin snaps, pumpkin spice popcorn, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin spice chips, pumpkin – well, if you can imagine it, Sprouts probably has it in pumpkin flavor.
Next thing you know we’ll have pumpkin spice condoms.
It all sounds good to me!
And lol @ Cynical Queer!
I think it would be a salty pumpkin spice….
I was just at the grocery store after reading your post, and it was crazy how many pumpkin items I saw in a row!
I went back to Sprouts yesterday, the items had been dispersed (and diminished) across the store. But I bought another package of pumpkin snaps…