Pumpkin pie spice
A blend of warm spices, usually cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves or allspice, used to flavor pumpkin pie and fall baking.
- Baking ingredients and additives
Also called: pumpkin spice
A homemade blend is about 3 parts cinnamon, 2 parts ginger, 1 part nutmeg and ½ part each cloves and allspice. Pre-mixed versions vary by brand. The blend contains no pumpkin.
It is used in pumpkin pie, breads, muffins, lattes and cookies. Like all ground spices, it loses aroma after about a year.
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Written by VanillaGoods in our own words from these sources. Last reviewed October 15, 2026.
- Pumpkin pie spice (Q2623066), Wikidata