The Best Store-Bought Pumpkin Pie In Raleigh Is…

In a perfect world, you would make your own pumpkin pie. You would stalk and kill a wild pumpkin, grind wheat into flour and shape the crust with your own hands, too.

But in your real life, you may need to buy a pumpkin pie. There’s no shame in it. Even if you make a pie, chances are good you’ll make it from canned pumpkin. So is a store-bought pumpkin pie really that much of a step down?

To save you from a fate worse than crummy pie, we jumped in to help. We gathered pumpkin pies from six stores: Harris Teeter, Publix, Whole Foods, Fresh Market, Costco and Trader Joe’s. (We focused on pumpkin pies – if you want that famous Patti LaBelle sweet potato pie from Walmart, you’re on your own.)

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