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I have not made these yet but have baked enough to know this idea will work nicely. I gave five stars as I like the combination of ingredients and ease in using a premade dough. The name comes from the placement of pretzels and herb leaves to look like a pumpkin. No pumpkin flavor nor pulp is used.<\/p>","CommentId":1,"DateRated":"","GUID":"e3099837ec0346f4a830d8bcbd8c953c","MemberId":8527163,"Rating":0,"ScreenName":"hokie3900","SubmittedDate":"11\/06\/2017 15:00"},{"Comment":"
I'm wondering why they are called Pumpkin Pinwheels when there is no pumpkin in the recipe. Was something left out.<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"","GUID":"6caf66151a2a4fa5b630dde3ee85bf47","MemberId":2603719,"Rating":0,"ScreenName":"hughesbambi","SubmittedDate":"11\/03\/2017 13:54"}]},"breadcrumb":[],"meta_data":{"enhanced_fields":{"enhanced_recipe_title":"Pumpkin Pinwheels"}},"analytics":[],"yoast_head":"\n