Pumpking

Huge recommendation for this (totally unisex) scent from Old Spice.  It's an intense and classic pumpkin spice scent.  

Haven't seen it in stores yet.  Ordered mine from Amazon.

Harvest Chews

You know what's amazing?  These guys:  Caramel Apple, Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice, and Cinnamon.

Morning Coffee

Pumpkin Spice Season has already begun in this house, despite the summer heat.   

Panettone

We picked this heavenly thing up at a World Market store.  Typically, I see holiday Panettone and think "I hope a box of that never ends up under my Christmas tree," but this thing is incredible.  The ribbons of chestnut cream are otherworldly.  

It'll make some amazing French toast for sure.

Holiday Crossover

Perfect together.

Calling this one The Nightmare Before Christmas...  Pumpkin spice English muffins and some Christmas Jam (strawberries and cranberries).

Pumpkin Crop

Currently, the champion of the seasonal beers and lagers (spanning the last few years actually) - Jack's Abby Craft Lagers' Pumpkin Crop.  Finally one that isn't too sweet where you have to commit to drinking it alone or after a meal like a dessert.  Pumpkin Crop might just be the pumpkin beverage you've been waiting for... and the name is stellar.

We shared one last night and plan to pick up some more very soon.  It was a VERY nice start to the Pumpkin Ale season.

The simple description from their site doesn't do it justice:

Harvest time calls for this seasonal beer featuring pumpkins grown by local Volante Farms in Needham, MA. Perfect for the fall season, a blend of autumnal spices complements a sweet pumpkin flavor. Pumpkin Crop Lager uses 100% locally sourced ingredients.

The Trash Bags I Didn't Know I Needed

Also, Blog Rock-Bottom.

Invention Time

I have big plans for these two guys.

Pumking

I wouldn't buy it, but I absolutely would take a few shots.

New York- Pumking Whiskey is the latest innovation from the award winning distillers at Southern Tier. Everything pumpkin spice lovers crave, crossed with what flavored whiskey drinkers expect. Add Pumking Whiskey to the list of the hottest shots in the country!

The Stuff

Pumpkin Spice Kinda Morning

Currently Chilling In The Fridge

It's gonna be a glorious pumpkin season (assumption).

Wegmans supermarket started putting out some Pumpkin Ale.  If you don't have Wegmans in your home town, it's like the deck of the Titanic in there.  The Disney World of supermarkets.  You enter a diseased man/woman, and leave a Weggies (as an old coworker used to call himself).  It's a cult thing.  

Get Thee To A Krispy Kreme (On Monday)

Starting on August 8th...

NEW Pumpkin Spice Original Glazed Doughnuts (a classic Original Glazed doughnut with a pumpkin spice twist)

Pumpkin Spice Original Filled Cheesecake Doughnuts (a Pumpkin Spice Original Glazed doughnut with creamy cheesecake filing decorated with cheesecake icing)

Pumpkin Spice Cake Doughnut (a perfectly spiced old-fashioned cake doughnut covered in Krispy Kreme's iconic glaze) 

Pumpkin Spice Latte (a latte flavored with pumpkin pie sauce, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin spice seasoning – available hot, iced or frozen)

NEW Pumpkin Spice Iced Coffee (an iced Coffee blended with pumpkin pie sauce)

Press release info here.

Pumpkin Spice Latte Sippin' Cream

This stuff is happening after work today.  Knowing it's in the fridge has been rough.  Impossible to find in these parts, so you need to know someone or take a very long drive.  Fortunately, I know someone.

This Pumpkin Spice Latte Liquor is from the lineup of Appalachian Sippin' Creams from Sugarlands Distilling Co..  And it's pretty amazing.  It's incredible over ice or in a cup of coffee (dangerous).

Thanks, Wren!  I'm glad I know ya.

Click here for Sugarlands' IG.

Pumpkin Pie Shots

PUMPKIN PIE SHOT
1 Part Whipped Cream Vodka
1 Part Pumpkin Spice Liqueur
1 Part Rum Cream
1 Spoon Pumpkin Puree

Garnish: Graham Cracker Crumbs/Whipped Cream/Pumpkin Spice

PREPARATION
1. Rim edge of shot glass in graham cracker crumbs and set aside.
2. In an ice filled shaking glass combine whipped cream vodka, pumpkin spice liqueur, rum cream and pumpkin puree. Shake well.
3. Strain mix into shot glass and top with whipped cream and pumpkin spice.

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I Want

Made with 100% cane sugar and a premium blend of Dickinson, Autumn, and Buckskin pumpkins, this syrup features hints of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove. Its liquid format helps this product dissolve easily in both hot and cold beverage applications.

The Plant Guru

Company endorsement...

For anyone who digs on the incense, The Plant Guru is a great company with reasonable prices, free and fast shipping, and fantastic products.  I had clove and pumpkin spice incense sticks burning on Halloween night during trick-or-treating hours and it really loaded on the atmosphere.

Naturally I overbought, so now I burn ten at a time on the porch with the windows open.  Someone's going to call the fire department (one neighbor confessed she thought I smoked weed and I was burning incense so much to hide the scent).  This uptight guy was offended.

Click below for The Plant Guru.

In Defense Of Pumpkin Spice

Image source.

The Spice

Real pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and cloves contribute to the spot-on taste that every pumpkin-spice fan is guaranteed to appreciate. 

Sickly Sweet

...and awesome.