Buzzballz Biggies Pumpkin Pre-Mixed Cocktails

I’m no fan of Buzzballz and the idea of a Pre-Mixed Cocktail is something of a lower quality drink but Biggies Pumpkin here was on sale at the end of last spooky season and so I picked one up.

You need to give these a good shake before they’re drinkable but once you do they taste a bit like Irish Cream. I love Irish Cream so these things are good. I mean, I don’t think these are thick enough to do much to my coffee but then I drink my coffee black now days anyway.

To put a bow on it, these are a good deal after the holiday. I wouldn’t get them for the party unless you just want something that looks good. These Halloween themed drinks are sure to bring a smile.

 

 

Russell Stover Milk Chocolate Pumpkin Coconut Nest

Russell Stover is a company that makes Chocolate things that can be good or bad. This Milk Chocolate Pumpkin Coconut Nest would be so much better if you didn’t have the coconut that will not chew down and is left in your mouth.

 

The leftover coconut will tend to be something you don’t want to eat and is hard to swallow so you’ll then be spitting out some white stuff that looks, and may even taste, like the snow in snow globes.

 

I mean, this tastes just fine, but that’s not a good look.

 

Hostess Iced Pumpkin CupCakes

 Hostess Iced Pumpkin CupCakes are nice little cupcakes that are moist and soft and full of cream. These are hear to be festive and give you another seasonal thing to have with your coffee. 

These are good to have with your coffee. I love coffee and I'm glad to have these around, because I love any reason to have coffee.

Entenmann's Pumpkin Donuts

 The time of the spice is upon us and Entenmann's Pumpkin Donuts are bringing up the charge with just the right amount of flavor to get the season going. 

No joke, I had a few friends try these and they all loved them. Even the guy who normally only eats lemon flavored things tried and loved these donuts.  

These are a win all the way. 

Café Valley Pumpkin Mini Bundt Cake

 Café Valley Pumpkin Mini Bundt Cake is not pumpkin spice if that's what you're hoping for. It's like a carrot cake only with pumpkin. They taste fine. Their major point is texture and mouth feel with is moist and substantial. 

I was thinking these would be a lot of flavor in a small cake but in truth they are just a good cake. I had them with coffee. 

I have to say I like them, but that I wouldn't go buying more because I'm fat and they aren't worth being fat over.

Trader Joe's Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce

 For those of you trying to get the pumpkin flowing through your blood this season there is Trader Joe's Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce. It doesn't taste all that great, but what did you expect? Pumpkin doesn't belong in Alfredo sauce. I would have liked it to have more flavor what so ever, but it wasn't creamy or all that savory.

This stuff just is, and that's fine, but I wouldn't get more.

Trader Joe's Non-Dairy Pumpkin Oat Beverage

 Trader Joe's Non-Dairy Pumpkin Oat Beverage is a good way to add a little pumpkin spice to your life. You already have pumpkin spice in your life I'm sure, but the smell of pumpkin spice is not about to make you vomit yet so this stuff is here to bring you just a little closer to the edge. 

This isn't bad or good but is a mild thing to put in your coffee. You'll need a lot of it to make that coffee pumpkin spice, but I'm sure this will make your bland corn flakes more holiday themed.

The Shell House Spiked Pumpkin Seltzer

 

The Shell House Spiked Pumpkin Seltzer tastes like crap. I'll grant you that I don't think much of hard seltzer because I feel it tends to be made with low quality alcohol.

This is no exception. It tastes like it was made in some dude's backyard and tastes like backyard for that matter. 

Keep clear of this crap.

Nonni's Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Biscotti

Nonni's Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Biscotti is almost without pumpkin spice. It is as if they put just enough in there to get the name and then said "to heck with it" and made regular old dark chocolate biscotti. 

Then again, why would you want pumpkin, which makes things moist, in biscotti which should be dry for dipping?

Phillips Projector 4 Flickering Designs

Phillips Projector  4 Flickering Designs is another Halloween decoration from Phillips and again I don't get why people by these. I mean, they look nifty at first but in the end aren't they just lazy? 

Cafe Valley Bakery Gourmet Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Gourmet Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins by Cafe Valley Bakery are basically chocolate chip muffins. They have no real pumpkin like qualities. Moreover, the first ingredient is sugar and there are more chocolate chips than there is pumpkin. 

These taste great, are bad for you, and have very little of the important ingredient. I feel so used. 

Barbara's Puffins Pumpkin

Puffins are a breakfast cereal that remind me of Captain Crunch only harder and with less sugar. The Pumpkin Puffins are the holiday addition that didn't sell well because they aren't that great. 

Now, I know at some point I've tried Puffins, and I didn't keep buying them so I don't think much of them to start with, but these are just kind of there. 

This is anther example of a company trying to take part in the pumpkin spice crazy that happens every year around thanksgiving and for some reason hasn't died out yet at my local market. 

Magic Hat Wilhelm Scream

Magic Hat Wilhelm Scream is a pumpkin ale and if you like that kind of thing you're in luck because it's very much what it is and nothing more. I can't recommend this ale because every other Magic Hat I have had has been better.

That is not to say that this was bad, it was only a very good what it is in a list of things I generally don't care much for. If you like the taste of pumpkin, but not pumpkin spice, then this is your drink.

Pennsylvania Dutch Original Pumpkin Cream Liqueur

Pennsylvania Dutch Original Pumpkin Cream Liqueur is not that pumpkin and not that original but it gets the job done.

It was thin and had almost no aroma as well as having far too little spice.

Add in the fact that that cannot say Pennsylvania on the cover and you have a drink you should just not think too much about. Other than that good drink.

Red Hook Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter

Now this is beer, smooth and dark with a strong head Red Hook Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter is the best pumpkin beer I have ever tasted.

 

Ace Pumpkin Hard Cider

This is my second delve into the world that is Ace Cider and I have to say it is better than the last. The pineapple was bland but this tastes much better. I will admit that the pumpkin only gives it a lovely dark color and that the flavor is a strong apple. This is not a great Halloween item but a strong drink for any occasion. I would buy it to set the stage at parties and it is better priced than many other pumpkin items you get of the same nature. 

  

Elysian Punkuccino Coffee Pumpkin AIe

I came across this at my local BevMo and decided to try it and I'm glad I did. I could taste the pumpkin and the spice as well as one can taste the spice in pumpkin pie coffee grounds. If you like pumpkin, pumpkin spice, beer, and coffee this will complete you're October experience. Just know it is pricey