Now, that’s not to say you should probably make a pie yourself.
In typical Costco style, hefty pies come out ablazin' right around Halloween.
We judged each pie on taste, difficulty to make on our own, and price.
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Here are the results, starting from the least liked to our favorite pie of the bunch.
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The Look: Massive.
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This pie weighed in at nearly 4.5 pounds.
The appearance of this one was quite nice with lacquered pecans grazing the entire surface.
However, once you cut into it, there was an extremely thick sugary custard inside.
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The Taste: That custard, as our disappointed pecan-pie-loving tester described, “was more like marzipan.”
Most of the time, the filling takes on a more caramel taste and texture.
It’s also the most expensive of the pies at $16.99.
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So, if you are going for one pie only, this isn’t the one.
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Pumpkin Pie
Six million people can’t be wrong, can they?
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The Look: Let’s be honest, pumpkin pies aren’t winning any beauty contests.
It had a dark orange color with a slight sheen.
It’s also the smallest of the three at about 3.5 pounds.
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It was lightly spiced, nothing overbearing.
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This pie was the biggest of the three, weighing a whopping 4.69 pounds.
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Some of them had apple goo seeping out, but the one I grabbed looked perfect.
This was a pie that we reached for the next day for leftovers.
The process is inherently far more arduous than making pumpkin or pecan, so nobody scoffed at the price.
For this big of a pie, it’s a steal.
And it tastes great, too.
But, most importantly, it’s the one we wanted to reach for the next day, too.
We won’t tell!
