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Costco sells millions of pumpkin pies every year — and the recipe has apparently been the same since 1987 (COST)

Costco pumpkin pie
Costco pumpkin pie

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  • Costco is set to sell millions of pumpkin pies this year, if previous years are any indication.

  • The company sold 5.3 million pies in 2015, according to Costco Connection, the monthly magazine for Costco members. 

  • Those pies required 3.4 million pumpkins to make.

It's pumpkin pie season at Costco.

And, if sales figures from past years are any indication, that means Costco members are about to carve into millions of pumpkin pies. 

According to a 2016 edition of Costco Connection, the warehouse chain sold a staggering 5.3 million pumpkin pies in 2015. Keep in mind that Costco only offers up the pies from September through December.

A total of 1.75 million of those pumpkin pies were purchased in the three days running up to Thanksgiving.

Costco Connection reported that making those 5.3 million pies required 1.1 million gallon cans of pureed pumpkins. That's approximately 3.4 million pumpkins. The company shares its sales projections with pumpkin farmers in the spring, so that growers can calculate how many fields they need to plant.

Costco declined to comment on how many pies it has sold in the years since 2015 or how many pies it anticipates selling this year.

The recipe also calls for an undisclosed, pre-mixed blend of dry ingredients and spices, whole eggs, and water. The pumpkin pie doesn't include preservatives. All of the pies are 3.8 pounds, according to the Costco Connection.

The Costco Connection report credited the pie's recipe to Sue McConnaha, the warehouse chain's VP of bakery operations. As of the time of that article, the recipe hadn't changed since the pie first hit shelves in 1987, although the pies have grown from a 10-inch diameter to a 12-inch diameter.

And Costco's pumpkin pie has proved to be a perennial favorite among some members. This year, fans of the holiday staple have taken to social media to praise the pie.

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Whoever said money can’t buy happiness lied, because for $6 you can buy a Costco pumpkin pie. Tweet Embed:
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Name one food that is better than Costco Pumpkin Pie. YOU CAN’T. Tweet Embed:
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Very excited to report, in the quickly passing weeks before #Thanksgiving, that @Costco pumpkin pie is delicious and authentic. Homemade, great crust: whole family loved it. Thank you, Lidcombe #Sydney store :-) pic.twitter.com/buglF4Zu9D Tweet Embed:
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COSTCO HAS THE PUMPKIN PIE
fight me if you think otherwise 👊🏾

 

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