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Tony Medeiros

The great pumpkin flavor overload is too much

    Is this the year of the pumpkin? Many companies are rolling out some sort of pumpkin-flavored product of limited editions of their popular products. Here are the top 30 products out in the market.

    Pumpkin Spice SPAM and more pumpkin

      The wheels are coming off the pumpkin spice bandwagon. Hormel, the manufacturer of SPAM, is making for a limited time a pumpkin spice version of SPAM. It will be available as of September 23rd. You can only buy exclusively at Walmart and online at spam.com.

      Whatever happened to Munchy Mummies Candy

        Munchy Mummies Candy captured our insatiable lust for the dead. Boris Karloff brought the mummy to the mainstream in the early ’30s. Mummies were perhaps the first zombies. Kids consumed these tiny candies from a plastic sarcophagus. Today mummies are still quite popular and refuse to remain dead. Unlike Munchy Mummies Candy were popular in the ’70s and long buried since the ’80s.

        Eggslut: Are you eggsperienced?

          You have to go to California or Nevada if you want to dine at Eggslut. Imagine a brioche bun loaded with eggs instead of meat. The restaurant’s signature dish is “The Slut”, a coddled egg on pureed potatoes. Once you try Eggslut, you will never go back to regular burgers. The egg is going beyond the breakfast table and taking the spotlight throughout the whole day.

          Instant ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

            Nissin wants you to have noodles all day. Chow down from morning to evening with their new line of All-in Noodles series. You will now live in a Soylent Green futuristic world of ramen noodles. The new noodles will be introduced on August 19 this year. These noodles will take a bit longer to cook.

            Milking the system: Ice-cream made from lab-grown dairy

              San Francisco-based Perfect Day has taken the cow out of the equation. They are producing ice cream using lab-grown dairy. Just like Beyond Meat, everybody is putting the cow back in the pasture and not down our stomachs.

              Putting it in perspective: Boston Pizza Poutine

                Canadian restaurant Boston Pizza introduces Poutine Pizza for the hungry masses. You will have to cross the 49th parallel to get this one. Just think of it as a dough-less pepperoni pizza tossed in crispy fries served with a side of signature pizza gravy. This will set you back for about $12.49 for an order of Pizza Poutine.

                Mini Pumpkin Waffle Maker

                  The Dash Mini Waffle Maker Machine will be a hit with young kids for this Halloween. Now you can make pumpkin shaped waffles to your heart’s content. It makes more than waffles, you can use also for paninis, hash browns, and even biscuit pizzas! You can buy it on Amazon for only $9.99 for a limited time. Get it while it’s hot! Figuratively of course.

                  Peninsula shape gummies

                    Forget fish, worm, and bear-shaped gummies. Shurms, a Michigan based candy company, makes shapes of peninsula gummies. Michi-gummies are a regional phenomenon and quite popular in the Michigan area.

                    Cereal Killers: Ursula from The Little Mermaid and Oogie Boogie from A Nightmare Before Christmas

                      Bring on the bad guys! Funko, the toy manufacturer, is at it again as they release another set of cereal themed boxes. Once again, the toy inside plays a prominent role. Evil is at the forefront with The Little Mermaid’s Ursula and The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Oogie Boogie. Unfortunately, they are available exclusively at Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween. You can buy them both online if you are unable to make a trip to both stores. These cereal killers are ready to wreak havoc in your mouth with their multigrain colored laced colored cereal. All in good spirit, just in time for Halloween.

                      Cerealously! Now you can buy Lucky Charms Marshmallows only

                        What do you call Lucky Charms without magically delicious marshmallows? Apha-bits cereal, of course. Post Foods introduced Marshmallow Alpa-bits in 1990. The cereal slowly disappeared in 2004 to never be seen again. You can buy only Lucky Charms without the cereal.

                        Hawaiian Punch Cotton Candy

                          Hawaiian Punch is now making cotton candy. The delicious Fruit Juicy Red flavor of Hawaiian Punch drink is now available as tasty cotton candy! There goes another dentist who will put his kid through college.