A few days ago I found a pleasant surprise in the grocery store on our campus: a pumpkin cheesecake! The Father's Table Petite Pumpkin Cheesecake, to be exact. I thought this was some off-brand that only our campus carried, but a little bit of research showed that The Father's Table has a whole line of cheesecakes, but I don't know if they're available in all grocery stores or just online.
(Sorry for the writing on the label, I had to make sure my roommates didn't get to it before I did!)Now, let's not be mistaken, this thing is petite, it's about an inch and a half tall and a couple inches smaller around than your standard cheesecake. That being said, it was the perfect size for me and my roommates to just get a sample. The filling itself had a taste very similar to pumpkin pie, though the texture was of course more like a cheesecake, pleasant but surprising if you're not expecting it (and why wouldn't you? But that's the response I got from other people). Like most things pumpkin, the taste here focuses on the spices and less on the pumpkin, but in this case it's a fair balance that didn't leave me disappointed. The crust was standard graham-cracker fare, crumbly and delicious. It might have just been my imagination, but I could have sworn I tasted a bit of pumpkin in the crust, too, which was a nice touch.
I wasn't expecting much from this little cheesecake, in fact, I expected it to be chemically and bland, but I'd certainly buy it again to satisfy a pumpkin or a cheesecake craving.
On another note, I did in fact stumble back into Peet's after biking back from a workout leaving me cold, wet, and in desperate need of hot chocolate (even I couldn't muster up the will to waste money on a pumpkin or chai drink). They happened to have a few pumpkin maple scones left in the case and I figured, in the name of science, I had to do it. I hope none of you got your hopes up for this. The scone was blah, exceptionally blah. No spice, no pumpkin, I actually can't recall what it tasted like at all, and I just finished eating it not a half hour ago. The only good part was the thin layer of maple frosting on top. In fact, I'd actually go back just for the frosting, it was flavorful and smooth, but pumpkin it was not. I might buy it again in a pinch, because it didn't taste bad, it just didn't taste like pumpkin, or anything other than frosting.
At least they got the hot chocolate right.
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