They turned just a bit darker than the pic I posted after cutting, but still look very "pumpkin pie-ish color" to me. I just did the Spiced Banana Bread from Daystar and it did the same thing, it really morphed in the soap, it smells nothing like it did in the bottle, no banana smell, and very little spice. You can tell it is a bakery scent, but that is about it. So I think I am done with trying out spicey bakery scents for now and just stick with my OT Chai Tea. I think they may do well in the whipped soap, but until I find a better way to cut mine and make them look nice, I am not doing any more of that either, LOL! To me, the saponification process always seems to kill off a lot of the weaker notes of the FO, or at least it seems that way to me.