While rushing around my store to find promotional signs for the pies (pumpkin pie shakes are available also), I was trying to put a batch into the oven because I was overly excited to try one of these babies. I warned everyone the store would smell festive and did it. After rushing around like a mad man putting signs here and there, and taking a few orders, “Hi my name’s John, How may I help you blah blah blah,” it was finally time for me to go on break.

I get up to the register to place my order, well deserved from all my hard work I’ve done so far today. I threw out one of the usual meals I get, then I surprised the hell out of the girl by throwing two pies on to my order, but not just any pies, pumpkin pies! She was like whaa? we got pumpkin pies? She’s about one fry short of a happy meal. I said “Yeah of course we do, it’s the holiday season now, it’s October 1st.”

I headed off to the designated eating place for the employees and what do you think was the first thing I went for? Let’s just say it wasn’t the hash brown. It was that freshly baked, smells-like-my-mom-makes-’em pumpkin pies. I offer some to other people in the room before actually trying it for myself, couldn’t tell you why. Either because I was excited, or because I was scared that McDonald’s could mess up something as simple as a pumpkin pie.

But they didn’t. They were everything I wanted and more, except for whipped cream, which would have made it even better. The pies come baked in the same kind of crust as the apple pies but with orange pumpkin-ness inside instead of apples and glaze. They tasted like a full sized pumpkin pie my mother would make on thanksgiving. It’s hard to describe the flavor, it’s pumpkin pie for pete’s sake. I mean I could scan my ma’s recipe and put the picture next to this, but that might be going a little too far.

Everyone enjoyed the pies. I tried to find the nutritional facts on them in the store, but they are nowhere to be found, which didn’t surprise me. I’ve heard anywhere from 240-320 for calories. Anyway, it’s that time of year. You shouldn’t be nitpicking about that kind of stuff. Around these parts they are 2 for a dollar, or one for 99 cents (Ed. note: No, you did not read that wrong). You can even get one of each, an apple and a pumpkin, if you’re scared you might not like it, or if you fancy both.