This is good. I think it would have been better if I made it with heavier milk. I used 1%. It made the drink seem thin. I followed the directions but just made 1 serving. It probably took me 10 minutes of stirring on low. You could tell when the cinnamon really absorbed into the milk. The spots disapeared and the milk darkened. I didn't add topping or coffee to my drink.

Personally, I found this a little bland, but I'm keeping in mind that it is a "kid friendly" drink....minus coffee and heavy spices. It's perfect for children and my husband who doesn't like pumpkin pie spice. If it's spice you need, you can easily add spices. I added a dash of cloves and nutmeg to mine. And yes, it will go in my morning coffee!

This was just "OK." I guess there's no thing like the "real" thing (IMHO). My FAVORITE Starbuck's pumpkin spice cream specialty drink is WAAAAY stronger (but it just might be my taste buds!). Since I have a TON of canned pumpkin leftover, I will try this again, but will be sure to DOUBLE the amount of pumpkin. I made just one serving, so this could be the reason (I've found that when you scale a recipe, it just sometimes doesn't turn out as intended). Other than scaling back, my only other change was to substitute pumpkin pie spice for cinnamon. I have one helpful tip to share: I couldn't find canned pumpkin at any of my local grocery stores (I didn't try Fresh Market or Whole Foods specialty stores though...). I read online that canned pumpkin is IDENTICAL to pumpkin puree. At one time, Libby's labeled their cans as "puree" but do not anymore. One way to tell is by looking at the ingredient label on the can itself. Pumpkin should be the only item listed. If spices are included, you picked up pumpkin pie mix (but I guess you could just omit the spices called for to compensate...). Topped with Reddi-whip, this was a close copy, for sure. Thanks for sharing my favorite fall drink, RESCUERANGER :)

I wasn't sure if I'd like this or not, so I split the recipe in half. It was pretty good! I added a little bit of pumpkin pie spice...and also ended up adding the tiniest amount of decaf instant coffee, about 1 tsp, it helped bring out some of the flavor!

My kids and I loved this. Loved. I will admit, I did add coffee to mine, but the kids drank theirs as is and asked for the rest of what was left in the saucepan. A+ drink.