After nearly a century on store shelves, pumpkin pie spice is everywhere

The jar of pumpkin pie spice was sold as a one-job shortcut, a way for bakers to skip buying a separate jar of every spice a pie called for. Today, pumpkin spice flavors everything from bagels to protein bars, far from any pie plate. Not bad for a pantry shortcut that reached store shelves by the early 1930s and still has no pumpkin in it. kA 4=2DDlQHA\3=@4<\A2C28C2A9Qm!F>A<:? A:6 H2D 2=C625J 2 72>:=:2C 5:D9 :? p>6C:42? <:E496?D =@?8 367@C6 2?J@?6 D@=5 AC6>:I65 DA:46D] p =2?5@H?6C :? E96 sFE49 4@=@?J @7 }6H }6E96C=2?5 ?@E65 :? `edd E92E t?8=:D9 4@=@?:DED :? }6H t?8=2?5 =:<65 AF>A<:?D 2?5 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^3=@8D]=@4]8@G^:?D:560252>D^a_`f^``^2\3C:67\9:DE@CJ\@7\AF>A<:?\A:6\:?\2>6C:42^Q C6=lQ?@7@==@HQmFD65 E96> :? A:6Dk^2m] $@>6 @7 E96 62C=:6DE G6CD:@?D =2J6C65 D=:465 AF>A<:? H:E9 DF82C[ DA:46D 2?5 2AA=6 36EH66? 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