Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin Review

The Verdict:  So delicious and sweet.... but you really don't want to know what's in them.

About Starbucks pumpkin muffin:  The Pumpkin cream cheese muffin is quite large.  It is kind of orangey in color like pumpkin pie and kind tastes like a combination of pumpkin pie and carrot cake.  I guess because the spices are similar.  The top is sprinkled with toasted pumpkin seeds (not in the shell obviously).  The inner core of the muffin is hollowed out and filled with sweet yummy cream cheese that tastes like buttercream and comes right out of the top of the muffin.

So from that description you can imagine how unhealthy and fattening this baby is.  Yep, it's pretty bad.  So bad that I won't even tell you what's in them.  Just enjoy in moderation and you'll be OK because if you think about the fat and calories you won't enjoy it and will have wasted two bucks.  Or you can share one with a friend as they are quite large.  

I used to think that the pumpkin cream cheese muffin went perfectly with Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte but after trying that combination yesterday for the first time in a long time, it's just too sweet.  It would be better with plain coffee, tea, or a big glass of cold milk.  They're available only during fall and winter so get them while they're in season.