Spice Up Your Life. It’s that time of year again: Pumpkin spice season! If there’s any grocery store that really goes all out with the PS stuff, it’s Trader Joe’s.

Trader Joe's (2) In 1997, the Spice Girls demanded "Spice Up Your Life." Almost 20 years later it finally happened. Instead of high kicks and pigtails, we're spicing our lives up with pumpkin.

Both Caribou and Starbucks say their drinks have some pumpkin puree, but much of the spice flavor comes from a blend of spices that include ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon.

Pumpkin spice is a huge market in the U.S., with flavors dating back to the colonial era and a spice mix first sold in the 1930s. Latest U.S.