Pumpkin Pie Face-off

Cody is very much a traditions guy. His parents established many rich and fun traditions in their family, including the recipes and food made during the holidays (if you haven’t tried their shrimp dip—you must!). As such, Cody wants his traditional food for the holidays. One of those is pumpkin pie—made the traditional way. I like pumpkin pie just fine, but it’s not my favorite pie by any means.

I have tried several recipes over the years, trying to find an improvement on the original, but Cody always falls back to wanting the original.

This year I decided to settle it once and for all. My good friend has a fantastic recipe that I’ve made before and really liked, so I thought if I made it side-by-side with the traditional recipe, we may be able to convince Cody to change his mind. 

To make it even more fun, I dished up a sliver of both types of pumpkin pie to all our Thanksgiving guests and had each person vote on their favorite.  LIBBY'S® Famous Pumpkin Pie vs. Not Your Grandma's Pumpkin Pie.  Drumroll please…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cody’s response was no big surprise—he stuck with tradition.  What we found with everyone else wasn’t what I expected though.  You know how most people either love pumpkin pie or hate it, and very few are in between?  Well, those who love it, liked the traditional pie better.  Those who hate it, liked the new pie better.  A couple of us who are in between (myself included), couldn’t really decide but leaned toward the new pie.  I seriously had a hard time deciding. I would take a bite of one, “oh, this is really good.  This one is better.”  Then I would take a bite of the other, “no, this one is really good.  It must be better.”  Yah, I was pretty indecisive!  In conclusion:  if you like pumpkin pie, stick with the recipe you like; if you don’t typically like pumpkin pie, give this recipe a try—it really is delicious!