I tried the Greggs autumn menu — the best thing on the menu is only £3

Picture of the pumpkin spice latte and the pumpkin spice doughnuth
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Autumn is the best time of year to treat yourself as you rely on all those tasty seasonal snacks and toasty beverages to help warm you up as the last of summer's warmth disappears and the weather turns colder.

Greggs has just released its new autumn-inspired menu, with new hot chocolates, lattes, a doughnut and even an all-day breakfast sandwich featuring. I decided to try some of them to see if they were a treat worth the hype, or a trick not worth your money.

I ordered almost all the autumn items but was disappointed that my local Greggs was out of the new Mexican Spicy Cheese Flatbread — it must be good if it was sold out by 9am. However, I was glad that the new breakfast sandwich was in stock, maybe because you can now order a big breakfast sandwich at any time of the day rather than having to rush out to get it before 11am.

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Here's what I thought about the new Greggs autumn menu, first reported in The Express.

All Day Breakfast Sandwich - £4.65

It is great starting your day with something hearty, and breakfast lovers can now rejoice as Greggs' new breakfast sandwich can be bought at any time of the day. It was filled with scrambled egg, rashers of bacon, sausage and tomato sauce, all inside a baguette.

This was really tasty and absolutely massive. I ate about half of it before I was full so I highly recommend it if you want something to fill your stomach. What impressed me the most about this sandwich was that the baguette was perfectly crispy on the outside without being hard to bite into and inside had tomato sauce but was not soggy like a lot of breakfast sandwiches can be. I highly recommend this on the weekend or as a treat while enjoying a coffee.

Orange Hot Chocolate - £3.10

I am a big hot chocolate lover and always look forward to having a chocolate orange in my stocking at Christmas time, so I was shocked when I did not like this drink. It only had a slight orange flavour but tasted far too sweet. I took a few sips of this before deciding it was not for me.

Pumpkin Spice Doughnut - £1.65

I think this is the best doughnut flavour I have ever had at Greggs. It was a mix of caramel and spiced pumpkin which really went well together. It was covered with a icing glaze and a biscuit crumb, then when you bit into it you got the tasty orange pumpkin spiced filling.

The doughnut was fluffy and incredibly satisfying — you could taste the cinnamon without it being overpowering. If you are someone who usually orders the caramel custard doughnut at Greggs or enjoys caramel-flavoured treats then I think you will really enjoy this doughnut. I ended up eating it with the Greggs pumpkin spice latte so I highly recommend ordering both together as it was the best treat to have to warm me up in a cold Scottish morning.

Pumpkin Spice Latte - £3.00

Nothing is more classically autumn than a pumpkin spice latte, so it is no surprise that Gregg is offering their own version of this famous drink. I was not expecting to enjoy this drink as much as I did. It was creamy and flavoursome without overpowering the coffee.

It has a slight taste of pumpkin spice and cinnamon which really complimented the latte and was a fantastic cosy drink to start the day with. This was my favourite thing on the menu and I am usually someone who is more of a tea drinker than a latte drinker.