By Mike Thayer
I love pie, I’ll take pie over any other kind of dessert offering, but I hate making them, namely the pie crust. Making the dough is a labor intensive project if you want a flaky, golden brown and delicious final product. It entails using chilled water and really cold butter with the flour, resting the dough, dusting the dough, rolling the dough, folding the dough, trimming the dough, pinching/decorating the edge, then finally, pre-baking the bottom crust of dough to make sure it’s cooked through in presenting the final product, the pie. I’d rather put that kind of labor into grilling or smoking meat.
Hello grocery store!
If you’re buying a pumpkin pie at the store, you’ll probably have two choices, Mr.s Smith’s and Marie Callender’s.
In a review I did a few years back, I gave Mrs. Smith’s pumpkin pie 3 out of 5 Bachelor on the Cheap stars. The price is average, for an average tasting pie. The crust was OK, the filling was OK, as in lacking enough spice, the pie NEEDED the whipped cream. There’s a reason why the Mrs. Smith’s brand was the only remaining brand of pumpkin pie available in the grocery store freezer at the time of purchase.
And here’s the 5 out of 5 Bachelor on the Cheap stars summary I did on a Marie Callender’s Pumpkin Pie: There is a reason pumpkin pie and whipped cream is the favorite on Thanksgiving Day and Marie’s pie is stellar! Over the years of Thanksgiving celebrations, I’ve had home made pies from Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, pies from restaurants, pies from bakeries, pies from specialty stores…. I think I could put this pie in a lineup and folks would be hard pressed to pick which one was the store bought pie from the freezer in a taste test.
It’s no contest, Marie Callender’s is the superior pumpkin pie.
Related: Food Review: Mrs. Smith’s Pumpkin Pie
Related: Winner, Winner, Marie Callender’s Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving Dinner
$pend Wisely My Friends…
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Pumpkin Pie Battle: Mrs. Smith's vs. Marie Callender's – Bachelor on the Cheap
By Mike Thayer
I love pie, I’ll take pie over any other kind of dessert offering, but I hate making them, namely the pie crust. Making the dough is a labor intensive project if you want a flaky, golden brown and delicious final product. It entails using chilled water and really cold butter with the flour, resting the dough, dusting the dough, rolling the dough, folding the dough, trimming the dough, pinching/decorating the edge, then finally, pre-baking the bottom crust of dough to make sure it’s cooked through in presenting the final product, the pie. I’d rather put that kind of labor into grilling or smoking meat.
Hello grocery store!
If you’re buying a pumpkin pie at the store, you’ll probably have two choices, Mr.s Smith’s and Marie Callender’s.
In a review I did a few years back, I gave Mrs. Smith’s pumpkin pie 3 out of 5 Bachelor on the Cheap stars. The price is average, for an average tasting pie. The crust was OK, the filling was OK, as in lacking enough spice, the pie NEEDED the whipped cream. There’s a reason why the Mrs. Smith’s brand was the only remaining brand of pumpkin pie available in the grocery store freezer at the time of purchase.
And here’s the 5 out of 5 Bachelor on the Cheap stars summary I did on a Marie Callender’s Pumpkin Pie: There is a reason pumpkin pie and whipped cream is the favorite on Thanksgiving Day and Marie’s pie is stellar! Over the years of Thanksgiving celebrations, I’ve had home made pies from Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, pies from restaurants, pies from bakeries, pies from specialty stores…. I think I could put this pie in a lineup and folks would be hard pressed to pick which one was the store bought pie from the freezer in a taste test.
It’s no contest, Marie Callender’s is the superior pumpkin pie.
Related: Food Review: Mrs. Smith’s Pumpkin Pie
Related: Winner, Winner, Marie Callender’s Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving Dinner
$pend Wisely My Friends…
If you appreciate these reviews and want to support more great food, product, service review content, recipes and other great consumer content on BachelorontheCheap.com to include cost comparisons, recalls, safety alerts and more, you can help keep this site going with a one-time or a monthly donation. Just $5 or $10 goes a long way. Thank you so much for your support! ~ Mike