I've noted on this blog before that I'm a huge fan of anything pumpkin. Pie, soup, muffin, lattes, scones, whoopie pies, even the little pumpkin candy corn that have no pumpkin flavor in them. You name it, I love it.
And so as I was perusing the aisles of Genuardi's the other day, my pumpkin radar started going nuts as I passed the snack aisle. I doubled back and sure enough, there they were: shining like the holy grail of autumn: the pumpkin pie pop tarts. I beamed like a kid on Halloween then flew home like a witch on a broomstick to try em out.
It occurred to me on my way home that they probably were not going to taste anything like pumpkin. They would probably taste like cinnamon and sugar and nothing else. I began to doubt whether they even contained pumpkin.
So I popped em into the toaster and tried them out. They were fine. Just average. Not very good if you're a sucker for pumpkin flavor like me, but I mean, it's a pop tart how bad can it be. Compared to other pop tarts, like the brown-sugar cinnamon flavor and strawberry though, it just can't compare. So if you're going for it because it's a pop tart, you might as well get a better flavor, and if you're going for it because of the pumpkin, you're better off sticking with the muffins.
If you got a great pumpkin recipe. Send that thang over. I'm trying to get my full pumpkin fix before the season's over.
Ewww, no, gross, not that kind. Who do you think I am? My true lovers are the ones below. Feast your eyes.
I brought these into school for a snack, and by the end of first period, I had promised the majority of my history class one of their own (with demand outsourcing supply, I quickly promised free meals in my future restaurant and lots of hugs and kisses to the girls that wouldn't get one)
Make these for your kids, and see why I'm about to add one more item to the list of things my sister will eat.