Sheer Excitement Even From Just Finding These Things: super high!
Fanboy Disclosure: Ok, well I may not be an official, card-carrying member of the Ghirardelli Fanboy Club, but I am particularly fond of their desserts when given the option of enjoying them on a leisurely evening.  My wife and I have been known to frequent their ice cream shop over at Downtown Disney in Orlando for a sundae or milkshake after a few hours spent buying more Disney stuff than two sane people actually ever need.  Heck, sometimes I’ll just walk through to take in the smells – if anything, these people know their chocolate!
Pumpkinalysis: It’s almost hard to tell whether the pumpkin is in the caramel or the chocolate itself with these squares, but either way, they are pretty darned delicious … as we’ve all come to expect from Ghirardelli, of course! The caramel is ridiculously smooth and creamy, and would probably melt in your mouth if you had enough restraint to actually savor it.  I’m thinking that these would’ve also been great to flavor some hot chocolate or even to top an ice cream sundae, like they do at the shop, but … well, let’s just say that I’ll need to pick up another bag if I want to do any experimenting like that…

Side Note: I’ve been waiting a long time to try some actual pumpkin-flavored chocolates, and these were great … any pointers on what else might be lurking out there in candy shoppes around the country?  I think that Godiva has something, so I’ll have to cross my fingers the next time I’m walking past their store in the mall.