Simple & Sweet Pumpkin Seeds
If carving pumpkins is on your agenda this week, DON’T throw away your pumpkin seeds! Instead, save them and make cinnamon sugar pumpkin seeds. These are quick, so festive, and absolutely irresistible! You may even find yourself buying a few extra pumpkins just to make them 😉 Pumpkin seeds are such a fun fall snack, and they’re especially fun to make with kids after carving your Jack O’Lantern! My recipe is perfectly crisp, buttery, and spiced. To really amp up the flavor, swap the cinnamon for pumpkin spice; it gives the seeds a special note that reminds me a bit of my candied pecans. Give this recipe a try, and you’ll be sorry you ever tossed your seeds in the past!
What you’ll love:
Made with only a few ingredients.No oven needed!Reduces waste–just use pumpkin seeds from your Jack O’Lanterns! Last for weeks in a sealed container.
What You Need
Just a handful of ingredients come together to make these sweet pumpkin seeds:
Butter. We will toast the seeds in unsalted butter before adding the seasoning. If you only have salted butter, that is fine–just reduce the salt to taste.Pumpkin seeds. Make sure you clean off most of the pumpkin from the seeds, though a little bit of leftover pumpkin can be good for adding extra flavor. Also make sure you don’t just set them in a bowl under running water and walk away; these seeds float, and they will happily float out of the bowl and down the sink drain (ask me how I know!). Sugar. I like to use both granulated and brown sugar to give my pumpkin seeds extra flavor.Pumpkin pie spice. While you could just use cinnamon, I love using pumpkin spice for some extra fall flavor. Make a batch of my homemade pumpkin pie spice if you’re running low!
SAM’S TIP: Be careful when drying your pumpkin seeds–they are sticky and tend to stick to paper towels. Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Them
SAM’S TIP: This recipe can easily be scaled up or scaled down; just keep in mind that if you have a lot of seeds, you’ll want to cook them in batches. I hope you love this slightly different take on your typical pumpkin spice treat! Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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