As of 2016[update], pumpkin spice consumables produce $500 million in annual sales.
[1] A "Pompkin" recipe calling for a similar spice mix (mace, nutmeg, and ginger) can be found in the first known published American cookbook, American Cookery, published in 1796 by Amelia Simmons:[4] Pompkin No.
One quart stewed and strained, 3 pints cream, 9 beaten eggs, sugar, mace, nutmeg and ginger, laid into paste No.
One quart of milk, 1 pint pompkin, 4 eggs, molasses, allspice and ginger in a crust, bake 1 hour.
[5][6][7][failed verification] Blended pumpkin pie spice was introduced commercially by McCormick & Company in 1934.