Why not wash your Thanksgiving meal down with some Lester's Fixins Sweet Corn Soda?
Yes, that's a thing that exists.
Why is it when we love something so much we must try to capture what's great about it and force it into every form we possibly can?
It's like how every autumn is marked with an influx of pumpkin-spice flavored goodies, from Pop-Tarts to cream cheese, because we Just. Can't. Get. Enough.
Well, the same thing is happening with Thanksgiving dinner. It's so delicious and memorable that we want to immortalize what's great about it—and apparently that means doing so through candies and beers and other... interesting snacks.
These are some of the notable Thanksgiving-flavored treats we've found, that you may want to sample at your own risk.
Why stop with one meal (and those leftover turkey sandwiches) when you can binge on candy that tastes like gravy?
1. Trader Joe's Turkey and Stuffing Seasoned Kettle Chips: According to TJ's, "this is Thanksgiving dinner... in a chip."
2. Pecan Pie Pringles: Pringles has been expanding their sweet and savory chip options for the holidays, why not follow up your Thanksgiving pecan pie with chips that taste like pecan pie?
3. Jones Soda Co.'s Pumpkin Pie Soda: From the company that brought you limited-edition Thanksgiving dinner sodas, which included Green Bean Casserole Soda, Mashed Potato & Butter Soda, Cranberry Soda, and Turkey & Gravy Soda, comes their sugary take on pumpkin pie. Tell your grandma to throw her traditional pie recipe in the garbage; we're drinking our dessert this year!
4. Yummy Cupcakes' Turkey Cranberry Gravy Cupcake: The Southern California-based cupcake chain has found a super-sweet way to celebrate with their seasonal cupcakes. Their fall flavors include: Pumpkin Pie, Turkey Cranberry Gravy, and Marshmallow Yam.
5. Gravy Candy Canes: While sucking on a Christmas candy cane did you ever think: "Gosh, I wish I could get started a month earlier on these and preferably have them taste like herb-infused gravy instead of peppermint?" You're in luck!
6. Salted Caramel Thanksgiving Turkey Ice Cream: Salt & Straw, an ice cream chain with locations in Portland and Los Angeles, isn't afraid of that savory ice cream game. In fact, among their seasonal flavors are: Sweet Potato with Maple Pecans, Buttered Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Apple Cranberry Stuffing, Quince & Walnuts Stuffing, Salted Caramel Thanksgiving Turkey, and Spiced Goat Cheese & Pumpkin Pie.
7. Boulder Canyon's Thanksgiving Feast Chips: More chips! Their limited-edition kettle-cooked potato chips feature different flavors, to represent the entire holiday meal, including: Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Turkey & Gravy, and Cranberry. So yeah, you're going to need several bags of chips.
8. Piehole's Pecan Pie Whiskey: Whiskey that tastes like apple, cherry, or pecan pie. That can be your reality this Thanksgiving holiday. If you're drinking anyway, might as well make it a sweet palate cleanser.
9. Thanksgiving Croissant: Milk Bar, which has locations in Washington, D.C., New York, and Toronto, has a croissant that's basically an entire meal rolled into one pastry. The stuffing-flavored bread is packed with shredded turkey, homemade gravy, and cranberry sauce. Sounds like the perfect way to start your day with a nap!
10. Spiced Sweet Potato Cake Doughnut: New York City's Zucker Bakery isn't new to the Thanksgiving doughnut game, with past forays including turkey-filled doughnuts. On their seasonal menu this year, you can find a spiced sweet potato cake doughnut, covered in homemade marshmallow and toasted to order. Sweet potatoes at every meal! Forever!
11. Trader Joe's Turkey Gobbler Wrap: You know what Thanksgiving needs? Tortillas! TJ's has us covered with this limited-time wrap that has everything we love, enclosed in one wheat tortilla: roasted turkey, stuffing, and cranberries, plus it comes with cream cheese and "a festive dipping sauce." Why can't all dipping sauces be "festive"?
12. Lay's Turkey Potato Chips: If you enjoy ordering your snack foods from China, where these turkey-flavored chips are exclusively sold, than you're in business!
13. Roasted Turkey Doritos: Speaking of turkey-flavored favorites overseas, these turkey chips are available only in Taiwan (and they're shaped like Christmas trees.) So they're an appropriate choice throughout the holiday season.
14. Thanksgiving Gumballs: It's a three-course meal that you don't even swallow: these Thanksgiving gumballs include turkey, cranberry, and pumpkin pie gumballs in each tin.
15. Sweet Potato Casserole Ale: It's 7.9% ABV, because a long holiday weekend with the relatives can require some liquid courage. This beer has that mix of sweetness and spice, just like mom's sweet potato casserole... except this will get you drunk.
16. Lester's Fixins Sweet Corn Soda: It's soda that tastes like corn, just like what they had at the first Thanksgiving*! (*Note: They did not have soda at the first Thanksgiving.)
And speaking of the holidays, watch the video below to find out how Chris Pratt marks this time of year with his family.