--- title: Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte: Recipe for Deep Fried Coffee Pound Cake description: They kind of look like delicious little pumpkin doughnuts canonical: https://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-13T20:39:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:23.062Z og:title: A Deep Fried Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Now a Real Thing You Can Eat og:description: It's kind of like eating a mini pumpkin doughnut og:url: https://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Deep Fried Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Now a Real Thing You Can Eat twitter:description: It's kind of like eating a mini pumpkin doughnut twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Deep Fried Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Now a Thing You Can Put Into Your Face by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 13, 2014 8:39 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 13, 2014 8:39 PM UTC Okay. So. Somebody went ahead and made a deep fried version of Starbucks’ beloved (yet rather [divisive](https://time.com/3501877/john-oliver-pumpkin-spice-latte/)) pumpkin spice latte. Now, you’re probably thinking something like, _Ugh, what, why?_ or _Ew, that sounds gross_ or _Seriously with this pumpkin thing? Can you not?_ Those are all very reasonable initial reactions, but before you go any further, please take a look at this culinary creation and tell me it doesn’t look incredibly appetizing:  Oh Bite It Food blogger Amy Erickson of [Oh, Bite It](http://www.ohbiteit.com/) came up with the idea for these deep fried PSL bites after creating something similar with [Guinness](http://www.ohbiteit.com/2014/10/deep-fried-guinness.html) and [tequila shots](http://www.ohbiteit.com/2014/10/deep-fried-tequila-shots-travel-diary.html). To create these treats, Erickson suggests using store-bought angel food cake or poundcake. (She used poundcake because it holds more flavor.) Then you basically just soak them in a pumpkin spice latte, fry them and sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar. Dipping them in whipped cream is optional, but probably a good idea to achieve maximum deliciousness. Check out the full recipe [here](http://www.ohbiteit.com/2014/10/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte.html). They’re basically mini pumpkin-cinnamon doughnuts — and they’re so much easier to make [than Cronuts](http://time.com/3475343/now-you-can-make-cronuts-at-home-with-this-official-recipe/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/"},"headline":"A Deep Fried Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Now a Thing You Can Put Into Your Face","datePublished":"2014-10-13T20:39:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:23.062Z","description":"Yes, this is a real thing","url":"https://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Starbucks","fall","pumpkin","pumpkin spice latte","autumn"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/","name":"A Deep Fried Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Now a Thing You Can Put Into Your Face"}}]}] ```