Pumpkin Spice is back! - Page 2

Chernabog · 08-29-2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I ordered the "Light" Frappuccino, which, when asked means that the frapp mix uses Splenda (not sure about the milk fat level... I really just wanted one that wouldn't have me flying off the walls)

They still have a lot of carbs, they just have 30-40% fewer calories. The fat content is also lower, but of course, if you have it with whipped cream you'll basically undo all of that. (it is tastier/better for you to have a regular frap with no whip than a light frap with whip... whipped cream adds an extra hundred or so calories of pure fat).

Chernabog · 08-29-2007, 05:01 PM

^^ more on the above. A tall coffee frappuccino light with NO WHIP has:

110 calories. 1 gram of fat. 22.0 carbs. [2g fiber (?). 15(!!!)grams sugar]. 5 grams protein.

So it sounds like skim milk is used. But there IS sugar in there, even if it is partially splenda.

A regular tall coffee frappuccino with no whip is:
190 calories. 2.5 grams of fat (1.6 saturated). 38 carbs (32 sugar). 4 graps protein.

Whipped cream on a tall drink adds 100 calories, 9 grams of fat (6 saturated), 3 carbs.

So a light tall coffee frap WITH whip would be approximately 210 calories, 10.5 grams of fat, 25 carbs (15g grams sugar).

The moral of the story: leave out the whipped cream. (everything in moderation, of course, but still....)

Morrigoon · 08-29-2007, 09:01 PM

Good info!

(Though it was really about the sugar for me... I was already fairly hyper and didn't want to be bouncing off the walls)

BarTopDancer · 08-30-2007, 11:53 AM

Something seems wrong about
1) ordering a pumpkin spice blended drink
2) drinking anything pumpkin when it is 110 degrees outside

Then again, I don't like pumpkin. So what do I know.

Please tell me more about those York mints. I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

katiesue · 08-30-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Something seems wrong about
1) ordering a pumpkin spice blended drink
2) drinking anything pumpkin when it is 110 degrees outside

Then again, I don't like pumpkin. So what do I know.

Please tell me more about those York mints. I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

I don't like pumpkin either so I don't get the add pumpikin to everything under the sun stuff.

Mints I can do though.

Gemini Cricket · 08-30-2007, 12:28 PM

I like Pumpkin Pie. Cold so that it tastes like ice cream...
Mmmmmmmm....

BarTopDancer · 08-30-2007, 12:54 PM

Pumpkin Pie ice cream should be at Baskin Robbins soon.

Babette · 09-02-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Pumpkin Pie ice cream should be at Baskin Robbins soon.

I used to sample that all day long when I worked there in high school. I loved the special once-a-year-only seasonal flavors: pumpkin pie, baseball nut, creme de menthe, peppermint. Who am I kidding, I love almost all flavors of ice cream. Whatever happened to blueberry marshmallow?

Sprinkles has pumpkin cupcakes with creme cheese frosting every Wednesday and Friday year round. I never feel like it in the summertime, just doesn't seem right until Fall.

BarTopDancer · 09-02-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Babette

I used to sample that all day long when I worked there in high school. I loved the special once-a-year-only seasonal flavors: pumpkin pie, baseball nut, creme de menthe, peppermint. Who am I kidding, I love almost all flavors of ice cream. Whatever happened to blueberry marshmallow?

Last I heard, baseball nut was available year round (under a different name). I can't wait for winter white chocolate to come back. I love some of the flavors around Valentines Day too. There was an amazing chocolate ice cream with chocolate filled pieces mixed in. We used to sit there and pick them out.

Some days I miss working there. Like now, when I am craving some ice cream.

Off to Golden Spoon I go.

Betty · 08-30-2007, 02:13 PM

OMFG! My Pumpkin is back. Sweet sweet pumpkin spice latte. and I have no money to spend on them either. I get hooked every year and have the hardest time weaning off them.

Okay - I'll make it a special friday thing. If I still have budget money in my wallet on Friday's it'll be my treat.

Woudl you look at that: I have money and tomorrow is Friday.

What a happy coincidence.

08-29-2007, 05:01 PM	#2
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	^^ more on the above. A tall coffee frappuccino light with NO WHIP has: 110 calories. 1 gram of fat. 22.0 carbs. [2g fiber (?). 15(!!!)grams sugar]. 5 grams protein. So it sounds like skim milk is used. But there IS sugar in there, even if it is partially splenda. A regular tall coffee frappuccino with no whip is: 190 calories. 2.5 grams of fat (1.6 saturated). 38 carbs (32 sugar). 4 graps protein. Whipped cream on a tall drink adds 100 calories, 9 grams of fat (6 saturated), 3 carbs. So a light tall coffee frap WITH whip would be approximately 210 calories, 10.5 grams of fat, 25 carbs (15g grams sugar). The moral of the story: leave out the whipped cream. (everything in moderation, of course, but still....) __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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08-29-2007, 09:01 PM	#3
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Good info! (Though it was really about the sugar for me... I was already fairly hyper and didn't want to be bouncing off the walls) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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08-30-2007, 11:53 AM	#4
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Something seems wrong about 1) ordering a pumpkin spice blended drink 2) drinking anything pumpkin when it is 110 degrees outside Then again, I don't like pumpkin. So what do I know. Please tell me more about those York mints. I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I like Pumpkin Pie. Cold so that it tastes like ice cream... Mmmmmmmm....
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08-30-2007, 12:54 PM	#7
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Pumpkin Pie ice cream should be at Baskin Robbins soon. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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08-30-2007, 02:13 PM	#10
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	OMFG! My Pumpkin is back. Sweet sweet pumpkin spice latte. and I have no money to spend on them either. I get hooked every year and have the hardest time weaning off them. Okay - I'll make it a special friday thing. If I still have budget money in my wallet on Friday's it'll be my treat. Woudl you look at that: I have money and tomorrow is Friday. What a happy coincidence. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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