{"id":20648,"date":"2016-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20648"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:47:00","slug":"review-tastykake-pumpkin-spice-mini-donuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/29\/review-tastykake-pumpkin-spice-mini-donuts\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I imagine these Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts would be great to dunk into a pumpkin spice-flavored coffee, hot cocoa, melted ice cream, egg nog, yogurt, or whatever random pumpkin spice product I\u2019d hit if I threw a rock at a Target grocery section.<\/p>\n

Dunking it would up the pumpkin spiciness, which is something I feel these donuts need. Eaten sans dunking sauce, the pumpkin spice flavor isn\u2019t where I\u2019d want it to be. It\u2019s as if someone did a pumpkin spice seasoning challenge, failed, coughed out all that pumpkin spice, forming a cloud, and then these donuts were seasoned by throwing them through that cloud.<\/p>\n

Look, I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We don\u2019t experience fall like a lot of you. It\u2019s like spring\/summer all the time. If I can\u2019t experience fall with my eyes or with my shoulder muscles from raking all the orange leaves in my yard, I want to experience fall with my mouth and I don\u2019t think these donuts have that level of flavor.<\/p>\n

With that said, they aren\u2019t so bad that they make me want to fly across the Pacific Ocean, go to the Tastykake headquarters, and drop the bag above on their welcome mat with a Post-It Note attached that has the word \u201cNOPE\u201d scrawled on it. <\/p>\n

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

They\u2019re okay, but they don\u2019t make me want to turn my arm into a donut dunking robot that helps me eat through an entire bag within 10 minutes. There\u2019s an acceptable amount of cinnamon flavor in the powdered coating and I could taste other spices. But, again, I wish it was amped up a little. They\u2019re also dense donuts and almost as chewy as brownies or original PowerBars that have been in a car\u2019s glove compartment. I’m not sure that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll definitely finish off the bag, although not quickly. And I\u2019ll dunk them into pumpkin spice hummus if the rock I throw at a Target grocery section hits it.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: I received a free sample of these donuts from Tastykake. Receiving them for free did not affect this review in any way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 4 donuts – 230 calories, 100 calories from fat, 11 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 3.5 grams of monounsaturated fat, 10 milligrams of cholesterol, 260 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> Free
\nSize:<\/b> 10 oz bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Received from Tastykake
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Not horrible. Cinnamon-y. So many pumpkin spice products.
\nCons:<\/b> Too light pumpkin spice flavor. Chewier than most donuts I’ve had. Throwing rocks in a Target. So many pumpkin spice products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I imagine these Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts would be great to dunk into a pumpkin spice-flavored coffee, hot cocoa, melted ice cream, egg nog, yogurt, or whatever random pumpkin spice product I\u2019d hit if I threw a rock at a Target grocery section. 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