The Best Costco Pumpkin Finds of the Season—Grab Them Before They’re Gone
Because it’s PSL season, and Costco understood the assignment.
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If you’ve stepped foot in a Costco lately, you know the pumpkin takeover is real. From muffins that taste like the essence of sweater weather to caramel-filled chocolates shaped like jack-o’-lanterns, the warehouse is positively stacked to the gourds.
I, along with the other experts in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, taste-tested and rounded up the best pumpkin snacks Costco has to offer right now. Here's what to toss in your oversized cart before they disappear faster than the candy in an unattended Halloween bowl.
If you only buy one pumpkin item this season, make it this 8-pack of muffins. They’re the platonic ideal: tender, subtly spiced, and cake-like but not too sweet. Plus, that buttery, crumbly streusel topping? It makes every other muffin out there look embarassingly underdressed.
Tasting Panel Comments
- “This is everything I look for in a crumb topping. I could imagine sitting down to this with a cup of coffee or tea.”
- “Some pumpkin muffins smack you in the face with baking spices or feel way too dense but these taste perfectly balanced.”
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Costco’s pumpkin cheesecake is legendary for a reason. It’s basically the lovechild of your grandma’s best pumpkin pie and a cloud-light cheesecake. The graham cracker crust holds it all together beautifully—and the generous layer of whipped topping is pure overachiever energy.
Tasting Panel Comments
- “It’s fluffy, creamy, and tastes like pumpkin pie. Wow.”
- “At first I thought the graham cracker crust would be too thick but, no, it’s exactly the right ratio for the rest of the cheesecake.”
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Finally! Chocolates that actually look like the picture on the wrapper. Unlike other brands, Ghirardelli’s Jack O’Lanterns have real jack-o’-lantern faces etched right on top. The ones in blue wrappers are solid milk chocolate, while the others are filled with silky caramel—classic or tart green apple. They're perfect for Halloween candy bowls...or, more realistically, keeping all 42 chocolates to yourself.
Tasting Panel Comments
- “These are dangerously poppable. The one in the green wrapper tastes like a caramel apple in chocolate form.”
- “They nailed the design. It screams Halloween.”
If pumpkin pie and cheesecake had a baby and raised it in an ice cream truck, this would be it. The spiced pumpkin ice cream is lush and velvety, sandwiched between two soft graham cookies that taste just like the holidays. Cut one open and you’ll see a cool pumpkin-and-cheesecake swirl inside: It’s cozy, creamy, and somehow both nostalgic and fancy at the same time. Get them fast, though—the 18-packs are already disappearing from freezers, and this might be the last season to snag them. Can’t find them at your warehouse? This limited edition 4-pack is also available through Instacart.
Tasting Panel Comments
- “I love an ice cream sandwich where the cookie sticks to your fingers ever so slightly.”
- “It’s giving frozen pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top—and I mean that in the best possible way.”
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