
Taste-testing the Spice Treatment
Lifestyle & Opinion October 15, 2015By Kathy Bryson’s MMC2100 Writing For Mass Media class
The season of sugary sweets has come around once more from the assortment of candy you’ll no doubt be scarfing down in a few weeks to thick eggnog coming toward us in the approaching months. However, one particular holiday flavor seems to be getting a lot of backlash recently. Pumpkin Spice is quickly becoming the fruitcake of the Jack O Lantern wielding season. With another year comes another round of jokes on late night television about the presumably frilly flavor. So we here at the Sandbox staged a little experiment to gage how people really feel about the flavor. Pairing pumpkin spice with familiar Oreo Cookies, your fellow students give the scary October themed combination the taste-test treatment!
- Getting ready for a scientific study – not!
- Anthony’s response? “I dunno. I’d like another for the road.”
- Angel says, “Mmm, coffee would go great!”
- Nate’s pensive because ‘it’s complicated. Hmmm!”
- Taylor thinks “I’ve been here before. Oh wow, gingerbread!”
- Preston says, “Is this a graham cracker?”
- The guys decide to recurit the ladies.
- Is Jenna in for a treat or a trick?
- Jenna says, “Not bad. I want another one.”
- Pat say, “Nahh, not for me!”
- Emily contemplates the spice.
- Lauren thinks this is weird, but it could grow on me!
- Jennifer tried it, but prefers the original!
- This was a serious test – really!