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How to Make Easy & Delicious Pumpkin Seeds for Your Next Snack

September 17, 2018

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Remember this from our last post about making pumpkin puree?  Those “guts” from your Halloween Jack-o-lantern needn’t go to waste!  I’ll show you how you can make an easy and delicious snack from the leftover pumpkin seeds.

Making pumpkin seeds is easier than you think! Delicious, nutritious, and perfect for your next snack.

In yet another attempt in finding nutritious-things-my-son-might-consider-eating, I decided I would try roasting pumpkin seeds.  I thought would be complicated, but it was actually super simple.  They ended up being so good that it made the idea of taking pumpkin seeds out of a pumpkin slightly less gross.  Just slightly.

Step One: Rinse Pumpkin Seeds with Water

I’ve assumed you’ve already removed them from your pumpkin and separated most of the general gunk by hand.  Put the seeds in a colander in your sink and rinse them with water.  Stir the seeds around and remove any larger chunks by hand.  Repeat until the seeds are clean.

Making pumpkin seeds is easier than you think! Delicious, nutritious, and perfect for your next snack.

Step Two: Arrange on a Cookie Sheet

If you’re making a savoury combination of spices or using just salt, no need to bother with parchment paper.  If you’re adding sugar, you’ll want  to use parchment paper or one of those silicon mats.

Making pumpkin seeds is easier than you think! Delicious, nutritious, and perfect for your next snack.

Step Three: Spice and Bake the Pumpkin Seeds

For basic pumpkin seeds, sprinkle on sea salt, oil, and mix with your hands.  I made Pumpkin Pie Spiced Seeds by adding brown sugar, salt, ginger, and allspice.  (You could use nutmeg or cloves too, but I was out.)

Not a huge fan of pumpkin spice?  Brown sugar, cinnamon and salt are a nice alternative.

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Bake at 325 for 45 minutes and they’re done!  Check on them half way through and stir if necessary.

Unfortunately my son didn’t take the bait, but the Hermit is a huge fan!  Pumpkin seeds are high in iron, and a jar wrapped up with pretty ribbon or fabric makes a nice Thanksgiving hostess gift.

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Easy & Delicious Pumpkin Seeds

Yields 1 cup

15 minPrep Time

45 minCook Time

1 hrTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup cleaned pumpkin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp oil

Instructions

  1. Clean pumpkin seeds and arrange on a greased cookie sheet.
  2. Sprinkle on salt, oil, and all spices.
  3. Mix with your hands until evenly distributed.
  4. Bake in the oven at 325 for 45 minutes or until crispy. You may need to stir the seeds half-way through.
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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

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Filed Under: Fun, Gardening, Harvest Tagged: Halloween, How-to, pumpkin, seeds, snack, spices, tutorial

About Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

Comments

  1. Zuzana says

    October 3, 2017 at 6:34 am

    Thanks for this tip. I use pumpkin a lot, but always throw the seeds, because I think it is so time consuming. But I have to try your way.
    Reply
  2. Kristen says

    October 3, 2017 at 6:34 am

    This looks great! Thank you!
    Reply
  3. Felicia @ The Starving Chef says

    October 3, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    I always forget to save the seeds! Setting a reminder for this post when we carve pumpkins this weekend!
    Reply
  4. Leah says

    October 3, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial, I definitely want to do this when we carve pumpkins! Beautiful pictures too!
    Reply
  5. Jordyn Galan says

    October 3, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    Yummy! Loving the different flavors too! Great post! Thanks for sharing.
    Reply
  6. Caroline @ Love Cake Create says

    October 4, 2017 at 1:02 am

    I love the look of these, they'd be the perfect on to go snack. Healthy and nutritious.
    Reply
  7. Yolanda says

    September 19, 2018 at 1:56 pm

    I absolutely love pumpkin seeds, but always wait until Halloween to make them. Do you use smaller pumpkins to make before Halloween? Also the brown sugar, pumpkin spice mixture sounds SO good! I'm going to give it a try. I usually make mine with salt, pepper and a little cumin. So happy it's almost fall now!
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    • Kristen Raney says

      September 21, 2018 at 9:23 am

      Yes, you can make this with the pie pumpkins that are on sale now. I usually make a big batch with the seeds from our jack-o-lanterns a few days before Halloween.
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