Pumpkin season has arrived in Torrance—and one local institution is not being subtle about it.

King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant has added a lineup of seasonal pumpkin desserts at its Sepulveda Boulevard bakery, giving residents several alternatives to the annual pumpkin-spice latte. Toast

One of the more interesting choices is the Pumpkin Mochi Donut, topped with pumpkin-spice white chocolate and a white-chocolate drizzle.

For cheesecake fans, there is a Pumpkin Chiffon Cheesecake featuring traditional cheesecake layered with pumpkin chiffon, then finished with whipped cream, graham-cracker crumbs and pumpkin puree.

The bakery is also offering a Pumpkin Square with cream-cheese frosting, pumpkin pound cake topped with pumpkin seeds, and crunchy pumpkin-spice white-chocolate-chip cookies. Toast

And if pumpkin is not your thing, the bakery still has the classics that have made the Torrance location a destination in its own right—including Paradise Cake, Dobash and Hawaiian-inspired pastries. KH Bakery

The original Torrance restaurant opened on Sepulveda Boulevard in 1988, becoming a gathering place for local families and a mainland home for Hawaiian comfort food and bakery traditions. King's Hawaiian

This week's Bites & Bottles recommendation, though, is simpler:

Skip dessert somewhere else.

Come here hungry enough to look through the bakery case first.

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