Pumpkin Overkill

I don't know about you dudes, but I really look forward to the fall. Shorts and longins' (long sleeves,) getting snuggley in my Forever Lazy, fall leaves, not sweating all day, the smell of cinnamon and spices in the air, coming up with great costume ideas for my husband, son and friends (but not for me)...all of those things.

But this year, I felt assaulted by the season when Starbucks started a contest in JULY for patrons to vote which store cared more about pumpkin flavor so they would be the FIRST to get it in September. This made me think of of the Christmas decos being set up the week of Halloween. I was THRILLED when I saw this on reddit.com about Nordstrom and the 2011 holiday season:

Someone finally had some sense...but um, are these poor Nordstromers coming in to work on t-Giving  to decorate? Boo hiss!

I feel like the marketing machines are taking advantage of us. Pumpkin everything. And guess what, folks...they're tricking you. Pumpkin is a squash. You know what they do to achieve the awesome fall-like flavor? Use spices. So, really...they should be called Spiced ______. Sorry if I'm a buzzkill. Whomp, whomp.

In the last two months, I've used/consumed the following in pumpkin flavor:

Latte

Coffee

Butter 

Cream Cheese

Atlantic City Boardwalk Fudge

Lotion

Candles 

Bread

Cup cakes

Pie

Funnel Cake (this was BANGIN')

Cheesecake

Ice Cream (at Brusters)

Tasty Kake Pies

Pancakes

Scone

Muffin

And of course, I've seen the beer...but haven't had any. :-/

Otherwise, they're all very desserty 

It's a WONDER I'm not a thousand pounds.

Some unconventional pumpkin flavored stuff that I'm interested in trying...but not really:

Pumpkin Pizza

Pumpkin Ravioli

Pumpkin Guacamole

So I don't know- it's all a bit much- and I'm almost pumpkin'd out. 

Does anyone have or has anyone seen a good pumpkin dish or treat? Hollar at me.