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Mark:
We're preparing a vegan Christmas meal for Dianne's family this year so we've been testing out some prepared foods. (We'll make the majority of stuff ourselves, but it's nice to have a few store-bought things to take the burden off.) So we've been testing some product. First up, Wholly Wholesome Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie and Apple Pie.
The pumpkin pie is simply awful. It's got a gel-like consistency, not creamy or pumpkin-y. And after it cooked, it got a thick pudding-skin-like top coat that was inedible. The crust was tasty, but we couldn't eat it more than one piece — and we eat all desserts.
The apple pie was fine. It was a typical store-bought, smallish apple pie. For less than half the price, you could make a much better one yourself with a pie crust and a can of apple pie filling.
So the dessert we ended up going for? Our own chocolate turtle tort and five flavors of Purely Decadent soy ice cream. Cookie Dough flavor is killer; it's made with coconut milk! (I'll try to post the chocolate turtle tort recipe by year's end.)