By: Ashton Newton
Entertainment Editor

It’s fall. Classes are back, the leaves are changing color, and everybody is drinking pumpkin spice flavored coffee drinks. I’ll be honest, I live for this season and I have my fair share of pumpkin spice lattes, but this year pumpkin spice is out of control.

It seems like everyone is trying to hop on the pumpkin spice train. I’ve seen pumpkin spice flavored Oreos, yogurt, cereal and even Hershey’s kisses. In my opinion, the majority of the pumpkin spice flavored food out there right now isn’t good. It just doesn’t capture the same feeling that a pumpkin spice latte gives me.

The whole idea around pumpkin spice has been escalating over the past couple years. Starbucks has grown more aware of its popularity, other coffee places have tried copying it, but this year is too crazy.

Enough is enough. It’s time to draw the line between enjoying pumpkin spice and overdoing it.

I love pumpkin spice; it’s the highlight of my fall. It gets me through early morning classes, warms me up on cold autumn walks, but I want to keep it at that. If pumpkin spice is overdone, I fear that it’ll lose its magic. It won’t be special anymore. Even in the fall season, you have to have moderation. Going to the grocery store and seeing pumpkin spice everything ruins that.

The only thing to do is to just ignore these products, focus on what pumpkin spice has been for me in the past, and not let the name get overdone and ruined. I don’t need to breathe pumpkin spice to enjoy fall. I need to be strong, resist the temptation of things like pumpkin spice Ghirardelli chocolate squares and stay true to what pumpkin spice really is: the best fall drink flavoring out there.

Contact the author at journalentertainment@wou.edu