Except for Half Moon Bay, no one does pumpkin season like Trader Joe’s. The 2025 autumnal lineup of products includes a sizable number of returning bestsellers and a couple of new options (or new to us).

We bought a few grocery bags’ worth of snacks and treats ( the new Halloween mini-totes weren’t available yet ) land put them to the test in the newsroom.

One journalist looked at the huge array and muttered, “They’re jumping the shark.” Nope, we’re not declaring that until Trader Joe’s comes out with pumpkin-flavored Mandarin Orange Chicken.

Here are the results of our informal, highly unscientific taste test:

The clear favorites

Pumpkin Brioche Twist ($4.99): This year Trader Joe’s is presenting the brioche as a sliced loaf instead of a pull-apart bread — and perhaps tweaked the

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