Pumpkin spice season just got a whole lot softer and a whole lot cheaper. Aldi’s Bake Shop line has rolled out Pumpkin Cookie Sandwiches, soft pumpkin spice cookies stuffed with a generous scoop of cinnamon cream cheese frosting, and the whole 12-count box will only set you back $4.99. No pumpkin patch required, no oven preheating, just rip open the clamshell and you’re two bites deep in fall.
These are part of Aldi’s bigger September bakery lineup, but they’re the one shoppers keep singling out for a very good reason: they taste like a whoopie pie and a pumpkin pie had a very delicious baby, and they cost less than a single fancy latte.
What’s Actually in the Box
Each 15.5-ounce package comes with 12 individually stacked cookie sandwiches, soft, cake-like pumpkin spice cookies pressed together around a layer of tangy, cinnamon-spiced cream cheese frosting. They’re firm enough to survive a lunchbox or a tailgate cooler, but soft enough that you don’t need a glass of milk standing by (though, honestly, grab one anyway). At $4.99 for a dozen, that’s about 42 cents per cookie sandwich, which is a genuinely great deal for a bakery-case treat that doesn’t require you to bake anything yourself.
Soft, cake-like pumpkin spice cookies with “a generous scoop of tangy cream cheese frosting” sandwiched in the middle, that’s how food editors are describing this one, and it’s basically a permission slip to eat dessert for breakfast this month.
This is Aldi’s Bake Shop line doing what it does best: taking a fall bakery favorite and making it grab-and-go. If you’re already stocking up on Aldi’s Pumpkin Feta and Beet Goat Cheese Flatbreads for the savory side of your fall cart, these cookie sandwiches are the sweet counterpart your basket has been missing.
Why This Is a Smart Buy
Fall bakery treats get pricey fast, a single pumpkin whoopie pie at a specialty bakery can run $4 or $5 on its own, and here you’re getting a dozen for basically the same price. That makes this an easy grab for lunchboxes, office potlucks, or just keeping something sweet on hand so you’re not tempted to swing through a drive-thru for dessert. If you’re comparing pumpkin treats across the aisle this month, it’s worth putting these up against Trader Joe’s new Pumpkin Pie Spice Bark, both are vying for the same spot in your pantry, but the Aldi option feeds a lot more people for less money.
Like most Aldi Bake Shop seasonal items, these are moving fast on shelves and aren’t guaranteed to stick around once they sell through. If you want to build out a bigger haul while you’re there, a few extra minutes browsing pays off, and these Aldi shopping secrets regulars swear by can help you spot the next seasonal find before it disappears too.
How to Make Them Even Better
Straight out of the box, they’re already dangerously snackable, but a few seconds in the microwave (try 8-10 seconds) softens the frosting and makes the whole cookie taste fresh-baked. Stack a few on a plate with sliced apples for an easy fall dessert board, or crumble one over vanilla ice cream for a five-second pumpkin sundae. They also freeze well if you want to portion out the dozen and stretch them across a couple of weeks instead of polishing off the box in one sitting (no judgment either way).
The Bottom Line
Aldi’s Bake Shop Pumpkin Cookie Sandwiches are on shelves now for $4.99 a box, and between the price, the portability, and the cinnamon cream cheese filling doing all the heavy lifting, this is shaping up to be one of the season’s easiest bakery wins. Grab a box (or two, let’s be honest) on your next Aldi run before the fall lineup rotates out.
Have you tried Aldi’s new Pumpkin Cookie Sandwiches yet? Tell us if they’re living in your fridge or your freezer, and let us know what other Bake Shop fall finds you’ve got your eye on. Happy shopping!
Photo credits: Image 1 — The Takeout. Image 2 — Unsplash.
