Fall-themed treats from Little Debbie and Pop-Tarts line the Walmart aisles on Dave Ward Drive, but most of them should fall in the trash.

Little Debbie fall party cakes are hexagonal yellow cakes filled with chocolate creme and coated in fudge icing, and orange, red and yellow sprinkles.

They taste like every other cake-based Little Debbie snack, which is hardly an issue.

These childhood delicacies are known for their pillow-like textures and creamy centers that even adults can’t resist.

Whether you’re a kid diving into dessert first at lunch or an adult sneaking a quick nibble at the office, there’s something universal about how such a basic snack can warm your heart.

However, putting “fall” before a name and changing the color scheme takes zero thought.

Granted, even people who hate fall flavors like pumpkin and apple deserve a special treat.

Little Debbie brownie pumpkins are pumpkin-shaped fudge brownies covered with orange icing and stamped with three unique carved pumpkin faces.

It sounds festive enough, but they are just round cosmic brownies minus the rainbow candy-coated chocolate pieces.

You can’t go wrong with a cosmic brownie, one of Little Debbie’s most iconic goodies.

It’s a dense, fudgy block of nostalgia. However, having pumpkin brownies instead of brownie pumpkins would be a bodacious move.

Basically, Little Debbie should experiment with pumpkin and chocolate, an underrated and eccentric combination. 

The cozy spice of pumpkin seasoning would humble the overly sweet chocolate Little Debbie uses.

Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights cookies, a soft pumpkin-shaped cookie stuffed with spiced pumpkin jam, was the only one of the Little Debbie snacks with actual pumpkin puree, thus giving it the deepest and most distinct flavor profile.

Think of an oatmeal creme pie without creme, and the oatmeal has a profound pumpkin element.

They almost taste homemade if you close your eyes and dip them into a glass of milk. 

Frosted banana bread Pop-Tarts are a disturbing and unnecessary creation — when will food brands learn that artificial banana flavoring never works?

Consumers want real bananas. Not to feel afraid. 

Someone on Sporked, a food review website, said, “After popping this into the toaster oven for a few minutes, the frosted banana bread Pop-Tart was almost as good as real banana bread.”

Maybe this person has never known the beauty of a good banana bread because this claim is ridiculous.

Moving on — it is almost impossible to tell what is “pumpkin” about the frosted pumpkin pie Pop-Tarts. 

It has the fall colors, yes, and Pop-Tarts’ signature crumbly crust, but no discernible flavor. 

Not only were these a whopping $5 a box, but Pop-Tarts themselves have seemingly shrunk, as noted by many concerned fans.

Even Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, said on X in 2018, “Pop-Tarts have become substantially thinner in icing, crust, filling since the last time I consumed Pop-Tarts.”

Although Pop-Tarts denied this on X more than five years ago, the proof is in the pudding.

If these fall products indicate anything, it is that food companies are getting lazier and greedier, and they aren’t ready for people to become pickier.