How to throw a pumpkin party basically starts with you walking into a Trader Joe’s. Come October, they have THE most pumpkin items I have ever seen; I’m surprised there’s not pumpkin spiced chicken at this point, honestly. Gather all the TJs pumpkin items and match it up against their wine isle…we’d have quite the battle! 🎃🎃🍷🍷
Also, let’s make one thing clear. Just because Halloween is in a few days doesn’t mean the pumpkin rally is over! Yes I know you, yes YOU, were definitely crying this morning when you thought you only had 4 more days of #PSL left! 😜 But really though, there is plenty of pumpkin to be had through November/the rest of fall… aka still plenty of time to have pumpkin parties…or re-label it Friendsgiving, who cares! Either way, one (important) word: pumpkin.❤️❤️❤️
So what does it take to throw a successful pumpkin party?! EVERYTHING PUMPKIN. #DUH 😋
We’re talking: Pumpkin beer, pumpkin soup, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin gnocchi (yes MADE from pumpkin), pumpkin chocolate chip bars with a pumpkin cookie butter drizzle (yeah, I went there), pumpkin muffins, pumpkin roobios tea…The only thing missing?! THIS. 😯😣
But one might wonder, how do you make your salad dish pumpkin? Pumpkin seeds! I like to throw in sliced persimmon and pomegranate seeds with it for the ultimate “fall” greens mix.
🍻 Beer of choice? KBC Pumpkin Ale. 🍻 I must admit that it wasn’t very pumpkiny but that could be due my pumpkin flavored mouth overload from the meal, it sucked the pumpkin flavor from the beer. Either way I was thankful for how light the beer was since the meal was most def on the heavier side.
Plus, how to make drinking pumpkin beer not so basic?! Pour into a tall glass and coat it with a pumpkin pie sugar rim! You guys gottaaaaaa try this. 🙏 🙏 Not only is it THE cutest thing in the world and the only way you should be enjoying a fall pumpkin beer but it really tasted yummy too! Who knew sugar +beer mix! So rim your glass with a mixture of cinnamon, sugar and pumpkin pie spice (also from TJs).
Oh and make sure to toss in a few of TJs 69cent pumpkins as decoration! And if you’re especiallyyy nuts like me you can make a bouquet of fall flowers with their mini-pumpkin branches hehehe (you’re not losing you’re mind – it’s not pictured here).
So venture into a Trader Joes and let your hands transform into pumpkin magnets! Don’t be like me last year and think “you’ll get to it” because before you know it the candy canes are coming out and the pumpkin frenzy vanishes. 😬🎃💔
…and nowwww we just wait for the chocolate covered Peppermint Joe Joe’s 😍
Stuff // Trader Joe’s (Yes all these things can be found at Trader Joe’s unless otherwise linked) //
Colors (left to right) // Pantone 5757C / Pantone 7500C (60%) / Pantone 138C / Pantone 4975C / Pantone 7526 //
