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I {heart} this useless mini pumpkin pan

mini pumpkin pansIf you haven't already seen your local market transform into a haunted castle and pumpkins falling all over themselves in giant displays, well, you must not be living in the US. Halloween is upon us, and technically, it's still September.

Nonetheless, I fell in love with these adorable pumpkin-shaped cakes, which are turned out of a mini pumpkin pan from Williams-Sonoma, and had a burning desire to bake pumpkin bread this instant. Whatever cake or bread batter you put in there comes out looking like the top (or bottom) half of a pumpkin. You can decorate and serve just the halves, or put two together to make a whole pumpkin.

However, I did realize, of course, that if you were to buy this pan just to make mini pumpkins, that would be a waste of $32. Why not get the mini brownie bundt pan instead and use it every season? They are the exact same product.

Oh, those tricky product marketers at Williams-Sonoma! They almost had us!

Filed Under: Stores & Shopping, New Products, Methods
Tags: america, bakeware, baking, cookware, gadgets, halloween, kitchen gadgets, kitchen tools, kithen equipment, pumpkin, pumpkins, stores-and-shopping, west coast, williams-sonoma

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rainey

9-30-2006 @11:47PM rainey said... There was a time when Williams-Sonoma was still just a catalogue and a wonderful source of specialty cooking supplies and excellent recipes. Now it's a conglomerate of overpriced versions of generally available stuff sold by cute little blonds who have never seen the inside of a kitchen and haven't a clue how any of the merchandise is used.

I gave up on W-S forever when I got a catalogue that had as an "exclusive" something I'd bought a month before on a Target clearance sale. W-S is for wannabe's not cooks.
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Sarah

10-01-2006 @10:52AM Sarah said... It looks like the 2 pans are very slightly different. I think I can detect tiny leaves and vines on the pumpkin pan that are not on the brownie bundt pan. But the pictures are so small that I could be wrong.
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Brendan

10-01-2006 @10:52AM Brendan said... Sarah is right - leaves and such on the pumpkin one.
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Brendan

10-01-2006 @10:11AM Brendan said... Sarah is right - leaves and such on the pumpkin one.
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Ali

10-01-2006 @12:45PM Ali said... In addition, the pumpkin ones are not perfectly uniform- it appears that some are shorter and fatter, while others are somewhat taller and skinnier.
Hopefully (for anyone that purchases this) the difference in size is minimal.
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Rachel

10-01-2006 @11:29PM Rachel said... They are different. Smaller, more vines. It's hard to tell in the picture but obvious in real life.
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Vesna

10-02-2006 @7:19PM Vesna said... They are quite different! Look at the picture of the finished pumpkins. They are a variety of shapes. This pumpkin-specific pan is cool, not silly!

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