Love pumpkin spice? Live for Pueblo chile? Check out these local fall treats and beverages
Some consider fall to be a season for pumpkin-flavored drinks, while others prefer the taste of Pueblo chile in their morning coffee.
Fall officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 23 with the Autumnal Equinox. However, Pueblo coffee shops and bakeries already have ushered in the season with various treats and drinks. Whatever one's craving this fall, there's plenty of local options.
Pueblo visitors and residents may find coffee, ice cream, cupcakes, donuts, scones or cookies with autumn flavors like caramel apple, green chile, maple, peach or pumpkin spice.
While not a comprehensive list, here are some of the seasonal offerings at five local places celebrating the fall.
Hopscotch Bakery
Hopscotch Bakery's Pueblo Chile Shortbread cookies are enjoyed at United Airlines member lounges in cities like Chicago and Denver, but Puebloans don't need to venture any further than 333 S. Union Ave.
Pueblo chile flavoring can also be incorporated into ice cream at Hopscotch. Pumpkin-flavored treats available at the Union Avenue bakery include a pumpkin harvest loaf with homemade granola on top, pumpkin spice muffins, cupcakes and bundt cakes.
Lavender is another one of the many flavors Hopscotch incorporates into its baked goods, like the lavender shortbread and white chocolate lavender scone.
Little Bite of Heaven
Inside the Union Depot and within walking distance of Hopscotch, Little Bite of Heaven has its own collection of fall treats.
Fall offerings at Little Bite of Heaven, 138 W B St., include pumpkin coffee cake, pumpkin turnovers, apple turnovers, pumpkin muffins and even pumpkin gelato. Fall also marks the return of Little Bite of Heaven's three-course high tea events, with the next tea being on Sunday, Sept. 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Little Bite of Heaven also will be serving Black Forrest cake, German chocolate cake and gingerbread heart cookies at the Pueblo Oktoberfest celebration.
The Sacred Bean
The Sacred Bean, 209 S. Union Ave., is among the local options for those with a weekend coffee craving this fall.
Open Friday through Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., fall-themed customer favorites include the caramel apple, maple ginger and Palisade peach lattes, according to owner Vicy Stone. There's also the pumpkin chai latte with pumpkin sauce made in-house and the chile mocha with Musso Farms chile.
Customers also may find treats like pumpkin cinnamon rolls, apple chile donuts and chile mocha donuts. Maple, pecans and other seasonal flavorings can also be incorporated into baked goods this fall.
Solar Roast Coffee and Nick's Dairy Creme
Pumpkins and green chiles are incorporated into multiple drink menu items at Solar Roast Coffee's four locations.
Whether Downtown, on the South Side or in Pueblo West, customers can grab a green chile lemonade, green chile white mocha, pumpkin pie white mocha or iced pumpkin pie chai latte. A seasonal chorizo menu at Solar Roast this fall will include food items like the chorizo quiche and chorizo breakfast burrito.
Under the same ownership as Solar Roast, Nick's Dairy Creme, 528 E. 8th St., is serving fall treats like peach cobbler, the apple shake and the pumpkin macaroon sundae.
Sweet Ella's
For those looking for gluten-free fall treats made without refined sugars, Sweet Ella's has a host of options.
The Downtown bakery is located inside REPS Fitness Club at 110 S. Union Ave. Pumpkins are incorporated into pumpkin roll cupcakes, pumpkin spice specialty coffee and pumpkin scones at Sweet Ella's. There also will be weekly specials like caramel apple cupcakes, cranberry orange scones and sweet potato pie cupcakes.
Other menu items with fall flavors include spiced carrot cupcakes and maple pecan scones. A chile cheese cupcake also will be served for a limited time to commemorate the Chile and Frijoles Festival.
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Pueblo Chieftain reporter James Bartolo can be reached at JBartolo@gannett.com. Support local news, subscribe to The Pueblo Chieftain at subscribe.chieftain.com.
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