{"id":19062,"date":"2015-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19062"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:17:50","slug":"review-little-debbie-pumpkin-spice-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/15\/review-little-debbie-pumpkin-spice-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Little Debbie Pumpkin Spice Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

Little Debbie is a girl who’s got dresses for every season, every holiday, and every occasion. I can imagine her right now examining her extensive wardrobe of flavors. “No, a Boston Creme Roll won’t do for June, nor will a Strawberry Shortcake Roll quite capture September. I must put on something distinctly autumnal!”<\/p>\n

Of course, something “distinctively autumnal” means changing out the vanilla cake with “pumpkin spice.” But is Little Debbie’s beauty only skin deep? Are all the dresses and flavors just scaffolds covering a stale, cloyingly sweet snack cake whose best days are long behind her?<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

Clearly, further investigation was in order. Each individually wrapped roll is easy on the eyes, their orange hue are attractive this time of year. A drizzle of icing and voluptuous cream filling practically spills out of the cake, and despite a $1.99 price tag and and no mention of pumpkin on its ingredient list, I fell hard.<\/p>\n

But after trying them, I realized the rolls are all style and no substance. A pretty face but no personality. There\u2019s pumpkin-flavored, pumpkin spice-flavored, and then there\u2019s these; orange with specks of brown suggesting cinnamon and nutmeg which just aren\u2019t there. Through many pumpkin seasons, I\u2019ve learned few pumpkin products can ever live up to the platonic idea of a pumpkin pie. But as for the Little Debbie Pumpkin Spice Rolls, this brings pumpkin spice to a new low.<\/p>\n

That said, I can\u2019t turn away from Little Debbie. I can\u2019t just shoot her a text and be like, \u201cHey, that\u2019s cool, but yea, no.” To tell you the truth, I kind of liked them, albeit in a secret rendezvous, tell absolutely nobody about this sort of way.<\/p>\n

The cake is at first dense, chewy, and hyper sweet, a common theme the icing carries on with a fake vanilla flavor. Yet the filling, normally a mix of confectioner\u2019s sugar and cream cheese in traditional pumpkin or pumpkin spice rolls, is where it\u2019s at. <\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

If I didn’t know better, I would have said Little Debbie robbed a Hostess plant, because the filling tastes exactly<\/i> like what’s in a Twinkie. It\u2019s lighter than you\u2019d expect, but ooey-gooey just the same, degenerating into a cloying and sticky cream that has just enough artificial palm oil richness to make you sort of put it in the realm of Oreo filling.<\/p>\n

Little Debbie: I\u2019m on to your game. And frankly, all these bells and whistles of the seasons, the changing of the dresses, they work and they don’t work. Your Pumpkin Spice Rolls offer absolutely nothing seasonal, and although the Twinkie filling and super sweet cake may be enough to make schmucks like me enjoy them, they won’t be confused for an actual pumpkin spice roll.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 roll \u2013 260 calories, 50 calories from fat, 6 grams of fat, 1.0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 270 milligrams of sodium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Little Debbie Pumpkin Spice Rolls
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $1.99
\nSize:<\/b> 6 pack
\nPurchased at:<\/b> United Supermarkets
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Twinkie-inspired cream filling. Super-sweet and ooey-gooey. Moist and dense cake. Giving into childhood cravings. Perhaps the first Little Debbie product I\u2019ve found without partially hydrogenated oil.
\nCons:<\/b> Doesn\u2019t taste like pumpkin or pumpkin spice. Very one note in sweetness. Not nearly as good as the pumpkin roll your mother made, or the one you bought at the Walmart bakery. Incredibly messy to eat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Little Debbie is a girl who’s got dresses for every season, every holiday, and every occasion. I can imagine her right now examining her extensive wardrobe of flavors. “No, a Boston Creme Roll won’t do for June, nor will a Strawberry Shortcake Roll quite capture September. 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