Fall Fever and Pumpkin Pandemonium continue to sweep the nation (and the grocery store shelves)...
Today's seasonal sightings (not by me) are:
Bud Light Lime Limited Fall Edition Apple-Ahhh-Rita
Cheetos Bag of Bones (which appears to be Cheetos in skeletal shapes) -- I did not know these existed!!!
Archer Farms Pumpkin Spice Hot Cocoa Mix (Archer Farms seems to really be stepping up its Fall game this year, already providing us with Pumpkin Spice coffee and trail mix)
Blue Moon Caramel Apple Spiced Ale (I think I mentioned their Harvest Pumpkin Ale, which is also out on the shelves, in a previous post)
It is still early on in the "season," as it were (if we are to consider anything past Labor Day part of a general Halloween/Fall season). Judging by the bounty of Autumnal foods and drinks that are already hitting the shelves (many of which appeared early in August) -- and I have a feeling we have only scratched the surface of what is to come -- I can't even begin to wrap my mind around the plethora of holiday season goodies that are inevitably headed to the stores in the near future!!
Strangely, though, I have not yet seen a Halloween TV commercial of any kind (for non-Disney brands). I checked the previous Halloween Superthread, and it appears that I saw my first Halloween commercial of 2013 on September 16th (a Monday). It was the "Horseless Headsman" ad for either Snickers or Milky way (can't recall which candy it was).
I would have thought that the ads would begin airing earlier this year because it really seems like the various brands and stores are getting swept up in the Fall/Halloween madness. I fully expected to begin seeing Autumn-ish ads as soon as Labor Day was behind us.
We'll see. Maybe something will pop up on TV soon. Otherwise, I guess I expect the non-Disney Halloween TV ads to start running in about 12 days (around 9/15, if not sooner), and the
Disneyland Resort Halloween Time ads should begin running on 9/12, or maybe a day or two early.
Sorry about any duplicate posts...
Yes, Sherry...still planning a Halloween treats crawl! I have a whole list of goodies I want to try!
Jennafoo --
I think you will find some gems on your Crawl! According to the Parks Blog that came out last week (with the sneak peek of the Halloween/Fall goodies headed to DLR), it sounds as if there will be a lot of the same things, and then some new things as well! There are always new designs of the seasonal apples, cupcakes, cake pops, various sweets, etc., but I suppose there should also be some all new Fall-inspired savory foods and meals (probably at some of the restaurants you have plans for!).
I am hoping that they (whoever makes the decisions about which treats to sell in the parks) bring back the Spooky Kooky Zombie Gingerbread Cookie that was part of Limited Time Magic last year (in celebration of the 13th year of Haunted Mansion Holiday). I remember that
figment_jii was not all that impressed with that Zombie cookie, but the one I ate on 9/13/13 was soft, chewy, fresh and delicious (better than the usual gingerbread cookies with mouse ears that I always buy)! Yum!
and we are starting to get our costumes figured out. We were thinking of having DH go as Olaf to (DD is Elsa). Do you think this kind of costume would be okay? The picture shows the model with their head down, but it is actually more of a hoodie style (doesn't cover the face).
(Those of us who are on Facebook have seen the endless parade of Ice Bucket Challenge videos on our newsfeeds, every single day, from every actor, musician, comedian, mom, everyman, pet -- and even some politicians -- known to man.) I have no idea how it will work other than the bucket being attached to someone's head, but I am curious to see if it turns up at Mickey's Halloween Party this year.
!)!
