Pumpkin Tortilla Chips

Price: $1.99

Rating: 6.5/10

I'm not a huge tortilla chip eater, so when I buy tortilla chips I usually just get the standard salted variety, but I saw these at the same time that I was picking up some Fall Harvest Salsa, so I decided to give them a try. The flavor has a pumpkin-y savory and salty taste, but with the added hint of cinnamon and nutmeg. I find this a little strange, but it actually goes pretty well with the Fall Harvest Salsa. The problem is after you run out of Fall Harvest Salsa, when the number of things these go well with becomes limited. The description from TJ's says that you could use these with any kind of salsa, but unless it's a heavily fruit-based salsa, I'm not sure the cinnamon and nutmeg would really work with it. I'm actually skeptical of how well a regular fruit-based salsa would work with these anyway. Based just on their flavor and how well they go with the Fall Harvest Salsa, I'd give them a 7, but based on how un-versatile they are, I'd have to give them a 6, so I averaged the score out to a 6.5 out of 10.

Fall Harvest Salsa

Price: $2.99

Rating: 7/10

I'm a pretty big fan of salsas, and this is one of my favorites at TJ's. It's a little more towards the sweet side than the spicy side. It's still definitely a salsa though, and there is some kick to it from the jalapenos and other standard salsa ingredients. But it also has a nice warm fall flavor to it thanks to the pumpkin, squash, and apples in it. This is a great fall salsa with a warm-and-spicy flavor as opposed to a more acidic-spicy flavor that you usually get with tomato-based salsas. This is definitely one of my fall favorites, and I thought about picking it up again after finishing my first jar, but there have been quite a few new salsa's from TJ's in the past few months that I'm looking forward to trying out as well, so I'm thinking of checking out those instead.

Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn

Price: $2.99
Rating: 9.5 out of 10

I'm generally not a huge fan of bagged popcorn, or popcorn in general for that matter, but I'll make an exception for caramel corn. I'd tried the Mango Coconut Caramel Corn TJ's had over the summer and was wildly unimpressed, but I decided to give it another shot when I saw this Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn on the shelf. As soon as I started eating it, I was glad I did! While I don't think I've ever had bad caramel corn (aside from the Mango Coconut abomination from Mango Madness over the summer), this definitely stands out as some of the best. Pumpkin in general pairs pretty fantastically with caramel, so these are really just two flavors that were meant to be united in the form of popcorn. The caramel is definitely the dominant flavor here, but the pumpkin definitely adds to it, while the addition of roasted pumpkin seeds and walnuts gives the popcorn a nice crunchiness. My only caveat about this product is that it's a little pricey at $2.99 for a fairly small bag. Still, it's definitely worth it, and I'm planning to buy another bag when I go back to TJ's this weekend!