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Deep Fried Pumpkin Spice Latte, by Oh Bite It, takes the Fall beverage, and does what most of us would like to do with the entire trend of pumpkin-tinged foodstuffs… drop it in hot oil.
Made simply by soaking cake squares in a Starbucks PSL, they are then deep-fried and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Oh, Fall… we can’t stay mad at you. Get the recipe here.
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Peeps — the squishy, seemingly-unflavored Easter marshmallows — would now like to stare at you blankly in the fall too.
Pumpkin Spice Peeps were recently unveiled. The horrifying new treats not only continues our long-standing pumpkin spice nightmare, but eliminates Peeps’ seasonality.
No longer will stale marshmallows be limited to the spring. Once found only in Easter baskets, Peeps will now take refuge amongst our Halloween candy — making it easier to tell which neighbors hate kids.
To complete the circle of fall flavor hell, Peeps will also offer caramel apple, and candy corn flavors. They’ll be available only at Target and the Peeps online store starting August 31st, kid-haters.
The Christmas spirit hasn’t hit full stride yet, so pumpkin spice still rules. But, what exactly is in your Pumpkin Spice Latte or Pumpkin Pie Pringles? SPOILER ALERT: It ain’t pumpkin.
Not only do most food items that claim pumpkin flavoring not contain any actual pumpkin — they probably don’t even contain the actual spices typically used to accompany the bland orange vegetable.
A short yet scathing video by The New York Times breaks the p-spice scandal wide open. Where there should be nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon, there’s now lactones, ketones and cyclotenes — chemicals that toy with our fragile fall-loving minds. Please watch…
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There is no escape… Once Labor Day ends, it’s pumpkin spice everything. Pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin spice candles, pumpkin spice deodorant, and now, Pumpkin Spice: The Movie.
Keeping with the Halloween theme and the horror that is pumpkin spice, the movie is a suspense thriller that keeps us on the edge of our seat, while proving just how ridiculous this trend has become.
So, enjoy your PSLs and scented candles, you conformist. For at the stroke of midnight on Nov. 1st, it’s officially peppermint season. Please watch this…