The pumpkin spice craze is arriving earlier than ever this year, with retailers such as Starbucks and Dunkin’ already rolling out favorite fall flavors.
Grubhub recently compiled a roundup of top pumpkin orders and searches throughout 2020 and last fall to get consumers ready for pumpkin season. The most popular pumpkin searches on the food delivery platform from August 2019 to December 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 included pumpkin donut, pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin roll, pumpkin milkshake and vegan pumpkin pie.
The most popular pumpkin dishes in 2020 include:
- Pumpkin spice cake: 200% more popular
- Pumpkin tortellini: 164% more popular 657 176890
- Pumpkin-walnut pancake: 158% more popular
- Roasted pumpkin and prosciutto pizza: 149% more popular
- Pumpkin muffin: 90% more popular
The most popular pumpkin orders during “pumpkin season” include:
- Pumpkin muffin: 365% more popular
- Pumpkin praline cheesecake: 274% more popular
- Pumpkin spice milkshake: 213% more popular
- Pumpkin spice latte: 190% more popular
- Pumpkin bread: 180% more popular
Finally, these seasonal fall flavors rose the most in popularity in 2020 compared to 2019:
- Pecan: 67% more popular
- Apple cinnamon: 59% more popular
- Cinnamon: 49% more popular
- Praline: 41% more popular
- Maple: 40% more popular
