Pumpkin Spice french fries are here to give you festive, autumnal heartburn
Pumpkin Spice french fries are here to give you festive, autumnal heartburn
Don’t listen to Molly Wood. This pumpkin spice thing is getting out of hand.
Later this month, McDonald’s Japan is doling out French fries drizzled with a pumpkin spiced sauce. They’re an update to the McChoco potatoes, the chocolate-covered fries that debuted in January. If you live in Japan, you can pick them up on September 28.
There are no plans to sell them in the United States — yet.
First of all: gross, keep ’em.
Second of all, it’s a good time to ask the question we do every year. Why do people go so crazy for pumpkin?
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