Welcome to day 8 of Tag Sale Tastes’ Pumpkinpalooza 2020!

Today’s pumpkin treat is Smashmallow Pumpkin Pie:

Look at that whimsical pumpkinscape on the package:

The package describes these marshmallows as a “flavor smash up” of “rich and velvety cream atop a savory slice of everything nice,” and promises  that this “is no ordinary marshmallow”:

The ingredients include natural pumpkin pie flavor, with fruit juice, vegetable juice, and turmeric for color:Ready for the big reveal?  Here they are:

I’ll admit — I was looking forward to these.  I’ll also admit that I was sorely disappointed. For all the coloring ingredients, I expected them to at least be orange.  I needed them to be orange.  But they were beige, which is not pumpkin-y at all.  I could get past the color if they tasted good, but sadly, they did not.  They did not taste like pumpkin pie at all.  They tasted more like marshmallows that I bought for a Boy Scout campout and didn’t use and found in the trunk of my car months later.  Kinda piney, kinda soapy.  They also leave an unpleasant aftertaste.   I don’t know about the other flavors they make, but these Smashmallows are now Trashmallows.

Rating:  1 pumpkin (out of 5)