How do you really feel about pumpkin spice?

[dragonfly]

Every autumn, people here in the USA go bonkers over pumpkin spice flavored and scented EVERYTHING. From coffee to candles.
People have very strong feelings about it!
What are yours?

I love pumpkin flavor in general but I don't go nuts for it. Pumpkin spice lattes, I've had a few, not my thing. But bring on the pumpkin pie, that's been a fave since I was a kid.

[brightberry]

I love the smell of pumpkin spice.  But I love a lot of other scents as well.  For instance, rose and apple.  A little more variety wouldn't be a bad thing.

[Leave a Whisper]

I can take or leave it. For being called pumpkin spice, its awfully sweet.

[Mami Tomoe]

i love pumpkin

[Loa]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
Why is this a thing? Pumpkin is a vegetable! Why put it in Coffee? Are all Americans mad?

[Leave a Whisper]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
Why is this a thing? Pumpkin is a vegetable! Why put it in Coffee? Are all Americans mad?

We're all mad here.   

I once tried pumpkin soup. Thought it'd be gross, but it was surprisingly scrummy.

[Harmonie]

I like Pumpkin Spice Cheerios. Don't think I've really ever had any other product with it in it (aside from the obvious pumpkin bread and pie). I mean, I don't drink coffee or whatever it's normally put in that people love.

[ponycake]

I gave it an open minded try when I worked at Starbucks. Nasty.

[BlackCurtains]

I liked it before it was trendy 

[Honeycomb]

I like pumpkin as a vegetable, in soups, stews, pies, pickled, ...
Never tried anything pumpkin spiced though, and I doubt I ever will. As a coffee flavor, it just sounds so wrong!

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

Depends on what it is, I suppose. Some things will work better with the flavor than others. I'm not a coffee person so I can't say anything about pumpkin spice coffee since I've never had it and never want to. I had a pumpkin spice cupcake at a local cafe a couple weeks ago and it was pretty nice. It worked really nicely in a cupcake.

To be "that person", pumpkin's a fruit, not a vegetable, because it's got seeds in it!

[glitterball]

I tried it one year at Starbucks, it was OK, very sweet and I could certainly sense that pumpkin flavour!

Tip for those who can't get enough: do a search for Monin Syrups - so many flavours (I have popcorn as well as pecan caramel from a sugar-free alternate syrup company) perfect to pour over porridge, icecream, hot chocolate....

[alaskaallie]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
Why is this a thing? Pumpkin is a vegetable! Why put it in Coffee? Are all Americans mad?

We're all mad here.   

I once tried pumpkin soup. Thought it'd be gross, but it was surprisingly scrummy.

haha! pumpkin soup is delicious. I like pumpkin as a vegetable but I have to admit I don't get the hype for the flavor. If I'm going to have a sugary coffee, then I think I prefer the gingerbread one.

[Broken Irishwoman]

I'm not sure if pumpkin spice is something specific, if so, I've never had it (but I'd love to try). I do love everything pumpkin though! I also have a perfume stick that claims to be pumpkin scented. It's a lovely smell, but I don't think it's really pumpkin scented...

[melodys_angel]

wheres the 'I like it and will have a few things during fall but other then tea I don't go bonkers' option?

I will take advantage of pumpkin puree though in cooking and baking in the fall and winter months.  But that's different.