<p>How long before Thanksgiving Day can I buy a Costco pumpkin pie? If I buy it on Sunday and refrigerate it until Thursday, will it be okay? I’m not able to get to Costco during the week.</p>
<p>Should be absolutely fine. The pie should have a “sell by” date on it. Just pick the freshest, of course.</p>
<p>Apple probably has a longer “sell by date” than the pumkin.</p>
<p>The apple with caramel is pure heaven! :)</p>
<p>They’re all very good. I’m buying an apple and pumpkin this year because I just don’t feel like making them myself. Only a few family members eat them and we’ve been so busy something had to give. The pies were it. But Costco has its HQ here so I’ll get them plenty fresh.</p>
<p>Just got home from Costco. I have to get a pumpkin pie because someone else is bringing apple. The latest “sell by” date on the pumpkin was 11/19. The bakery lady said I could freeze it until I was ready to use it so I went ahead and bought one. I hope she was right.</p>
<p>I’m also making a chocolate cheesecake-type dessert that goes into a Keebler chocolate Ready Crust. I can’t find one anywhere. I searched three supermarkets today and all they have is graham cracker crusts! What’s up with that?</p>
<p>My mom had this out-of-this-world recipe for a chocolate mousse pie that had a crust that was made with the Nabisco Chocolate Wafer cookies like this (dont order these–they are overpriced) [Nabisco</a> Famous Chocolate Wafers - 9 oz in Cookies | Hometown Favorites Hard to Find and Regional Grocery - Hometown Favorites](<a href=“http://www.hometownfavorites.com/nabisco-famous-chocolate-wafers-9-oz/]Nabisco”>http://www.hometownfavorites.com/nabisco-famous-chocolate-wafers-9-oz/) You crush about 3/4 of the box and melt some butter or stick margarine (i’ll have to look up the exact amount) and you smush them onto a pie pan (we use glass pyrex) . Works great and very yummy!!</p>
<p>The wafer cookies are often shelved with the ice cream cones in the supermarket, if you dont see them with the regular cookies.
I also thought about frezing the pumpkin pie. Glad that will work.</p>
<p>It’s easy to make a chocolate crust. Get some chocolate wafer cookies…make into cookie crumbs. Blend with butter just like you do for a graham cracker crust. I add a teeny bit of cinnamon to mine too. Press into a pie pan…poof…chocolate pie crust.</p>
<p>X posted with Jym!</p>
<p>Thumper and Jym, I thought about that when I was looking for the Keebler crust. I couldn’t find the wafer cookies, either! I know they’re usually kept near the ice cream but everything was moved around because of all the holiday stuff and I couldn’t find them. Tomorrow I’m setting out again on a quest to find either the ready made crust or the chocolate wafers. Target might have them.</p>
<p>Last I looked for them in Publix they were on a top shelf in the cookie aisle</p>
<p>If you can’t find wafers, I think you can use Oreos. Or chocolate Teddy grahams.</p>
<p>I’ve also used chocolate graham crackers.</p>
<p>In my neck of the woods, the chocolate wafer cookies are in the cookie aisle.</p>
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<p>I like pumpkin pie all year long.
We bought one last Saturday (a week ago) and they are so large there is still half left.
Just had a slice before posting.
Still tested great.</p>
<p>PS: In my experience, the “sell by” date means nothing.
I never pay attention to it.</p>
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<p>They don’t sell that at my Costco anymore.
They stopped about three years ago. :(</p>
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The apple with caramel is pure heaven!
They don’t sell that at my Costco anymore.
They stopped about three years ago. </p>
<p>WAAAHHH! Probably the last time I bought one was in 2005, which was my D’s last Thanksgiving at home.</p>
<p>Oh well. Nothing stays the same, does it?</p>
<p>Does anyone else remember the volcano apple pies they used to have? Talking about 15+ years ago. They were so good. Also there was a year they had GIANT cream puffs in the fresh bakery department. Obviously, baked goods & I are close friends…</p>
<p>:)
Oh I remember…</p>
<p>All I know now is I’m hungry for pie. Any flavor will do. Darn CC enablers. :(</p>