Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
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Roasted pumpkin seeds are a crisp, crunchy fall snack with a delicious fall flavor and aroma. With this easy recipe, make a batch of sweet roasted pumpkin seeds, or roasted pumpkin seeds with salt. Serve and enjoy them during the Halloween season.
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🔪 Ingredients & Tools
- Large pumpkin for harvesting seeds
- Carving knife
- Sturdy long-handled spoon
- Large garbage bowl and small bowl
- Paper towels
- Olive oil
- Kosher salt
- Large baking tray
- Parchment Paper
Harvest the Pumpkin Seeds
- Remove a circular portion of the pumpkin, either top or bottom.
- If the pumpkin will not be carved for Halloween, cut it in half.
- Plop the gooey, stringy pumpkin pulp into the garbage bowl.
- Scrape out the interior of the pumpkin with a sturdy long-handled spoon.
- Separate the pumpkin seeds from the slippery orange pulp.
- As you work, place the pumpkin seeds into a clean small bowl.
👩🏻🍳 Wash the Pumpkin Seeds
Prepare the pumpkin seeds for baking.
- Transfer pumpkin seeds to a colander.
- Rinse thoroughly to remove excess goop.
- Dry seeds between paper towels
- Line a baking tray with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
- Arrange the pumpkin seeds on the tray in an even layer.
🧑🏼🍳 Dry Pumpkin Seeds in the Oven
Important: For roasted pumpkin seeds that are nice and crispy the seeds to be very dry. Allow seeds to dry in open air for two hours, or speed things up by using the oven.
- Adjust oven rack to the center position.
- Preheat oven to 200°F.
- Place tray of pumpkin seeds in warm oven so moisture can evaporate.
- Stir seeds every 5 minutes until dry.
🎃 How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds
Here’s how to bake pumpkin seeds so they’re nice and crispy! For salted pumpkin seeds, or sweet roasted pumpkin seeds, see the step-by-step directions included in this post.
- Set oven temperature to 325°F.
- Bake pumpkin seeds for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
- Seeds are fully roasted when they’re golden and crispy.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- Transfer to a sealed jar. Store at room temperature for up to one week.
🧂Ingredients for Roasted Pumpkin Seeds with Salt
This is the classic fall flavor for roasted pumpkin seeds.
- Clean, fully dry pumpkin seeds
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt
- Freshly-ground black pepper (optional)
Recipe Steps
- Adjust oven rack to the center position. Heat oven to 325°F.
- Drizzle olive oil over the pumpkin seeds. Stir and mix to coat the seeds. Add salt and pepper (optional) in the amount desired. Arrange the seeds in a flat layer on a parchment paper-lined baking tray.
- Bake pumpkin seeds. Stir every 5 minutes until golden and crisp, about 20 minutes.
🥣 Ingredients for Sweet Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
These roasted pumpkin seeds have a sweet/savory taste, and a delicious fall aroma.
- Clean, fully dry pumpkin seeds
- Melted butter
- Granulated sugar
- Honey (optional)
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Ground cinnamon
Recipe Steps
- Adjust oven rack to the middle. Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Drizzle melted butter over the pumpkin seeds. Stir to coat the seeds. Sprinkle the seeds with two tablespoons granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix well. Adjust the seasonings as desired.
- Transfer seeds to a lined cookie sheet. Spread them out in an even layer and bake. Stir every 5 minutes until golden and crispy. Baking time about 20 minutes.
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings
Description
Roasted pumpkin seeds are a fall favorite the whole family will enjoy! Mix and match spices with this delightful pumpkin seed recipe.
Ingredients
🎃 1 large pumpkin (or more than one)
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds with Salt
- Olive oil
- Flaky salt
- Freshly-ground pepper (optional)
Sweet Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- Melted butter
- Granulated sugar
- Honey (optional)
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Ground cinnamon
Instructions
🔪 Prep the Pumpkin Seeds: Harvest/Wash/Oven Dry
Make a circular cut around the pumpkin stem and remove the top. With a spoon scrape down the inside of the pumpkin to remove the pulp and seeds. In a bowl, separate the seeds from the pumpkin pulp.
Transfer the seeds to a colander and rinse them thoroughly. Dry the seeds between paper towels. On a baking tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, arrange the pumpkin seeds in a single layer.
For crisp roasted pumpkin seeds the seeds must be completely dry! Allow the seeds to dry in room temperature on your countertop for two hours OR put the tray of pumpkin seeds in a warm 200°F oven, stirring every five minutes until dry.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe Instructions: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds with Salt
- Adjust oven rack to the center position. Heat oven to 325°F.
- Drizzle olive oil over the pumpkin seeds. Stir and mix to coat the seeds. Add salt and pepper (optional) in the amount desired. Arrange the seeds in a flat layer on a lined baking tray.
- Bake pumpkin seeds. Stir every 5 minutes until golden and crisp, about 20 minutes.
🧑🏼🍳 Recipe Instructions: Sweet Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- Adjust oven rack to the middle. Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Drizzle melted butter over the pumpkin seeds. Stir to coat the seeds. Sprinkle the seeds with two tablespoons granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix well. Adjust the seasonings as desired.
- Transfer seeds to a lined cookie sheet. Spread them out in an even layer and bake. Stir every 5 minutes until golden and crispy. Baking time about 20 minutes.
Equipment
Buy Now → Notes
Number of Pumpkins: Use as many pumpkins as you like. The more seeds, the better. In the blog post, the amount of seeds you see in my images is from 3 medium-sized pumpkins.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds 👉🏻 Join the Convo
Do you enjoy eating roasted pumpkin seeds? What do you think about this simple pumpkin seed recipe? Join the conversation in the comments below. I’d love to hear from you.
I love pumpkin seeds, but I can never seem to get them dry enough! Thanks for all the great tips! Now I want to go out and get a pumpkin and try again!
Pumpkin seeds are such a great fall snack. Thanks for sharing your seasoning blends for spicing up the roasted seeds. We love the sweet and spicy ones.
They are the best of both worlds. I think you will really like them.
Roasted pumpkin seeds are such delicious and healthy snack to have on hand. Love your sweet and savory version – I think I’ll like them both :-)
Wow! Looks like a really great snack! I had never thought of roasting pumpkin seeds.
That certainly is a great snack to have on hand. And what a great way to make sure the seeds don’t end up in the garbage! It would be easy to make up some batches to serve at the appetizer table.
That is such a good idea. They would go great with fall type food.
So perfect for snacking and serving for appetizer boards. I love roasted pumpkin seeds and I am so happy they are back in season!
Great idea and swell pictures. These look absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to try!
Sounds great and looks delicious. This I am going to try!
I had roasted pumpkin seeds for the first time last year and they were so good! I will definitely be making more again this week.
Pumpkin seeds… mmmmm… remember me of those beautiful days of my childhood when we loved snacking these seeds! I can’t wait to try them!
We have pumpkin seeds almost all the time here but I have never made these myself. We usually buy these at the nuts place. My husband eats these when watching movies jut like we do popcorn. ha!! SO easy to make.
While these do look delicious I’m so curious on how long it takes to clean the seeds?? I feel like it would take me forever
Hello Mojita. It took me about 30 minutes to remove the seeds and pulp from three medium/large pumpkins. It took another 15 minutes to separate the seeds from the pulp. The rinsing off the pumpkin seeds in the colander was very quick. This recipe is perfect for those carving Halloween pumpkins, as the pulp and seeds get removed as part of the process. :-)
This is my favorite snack during the fall! I wish it would last a little longer, if for no other reason than these delicious seeds! I’ll be making these again and again (as long as I can)!
Ooh yum! I love pumpkin seeds, I used to make them with my dad every year when I was younger :)
Kasey Ma
It was pretty hard for me to guess so I had to find out (oops!) :-) This recipe is definitely worth scraping out the innards of a pumpkin – thanks so much for sharing it!
This is absolutely delicious! We used to make these all the time and now I’m craving them!
Thank you so much for explaining the steps for baking pumpkin seeds. Only question is you mentioned 200 degrees and 325 degrees. Are there two steps, like drying before baking?
Hello Cindy. Baking at 200 degrees is just to dry the seeds in a warm oven. You can skip this step if you have time to allow the pumpkin seeds to dry on a tray on your countertop. This could take about two hours. I prefer to speed things up! LOL When roasting your pumpkin seeds you do that at 325 degrees. I hope this helps!
These look so good! I’m so excited to make pumpkin seeds this year!
This is one of my favorite snacks. I can eat them every day. The taste is incredible. I LOVE this
I love roasting pumpkin seeds, but the drying part is so tedious! Love that you added a way to speed things up a bit.
I love pumpkin seeds. It is useful and tasty. I always give it to my children. This is great! THANKS!
The kids absolutely love the pumpkin seeds, but then again, who doesn’t? lol
I always forget to do this! Thanks for the reminder and the great recipe – will be making these with my kids t his year!
You are so welcome. I know a lot of people love fall so much.
I love making pumpkin seeds after caving pumpkins. Its a great tradition for the kids.
Thats what makes this season so great.
I love this part of carving pumpkins- I always roast the seeds! So yummy!
There is nothing that I love more than roasted pumpkin seeds.
It’s a shame I have to wait for pumpkin season to get real pumpkin seeds I love them and wish pumpkins were sold all year long!
I can get behind this comment so much. I love them.
Such a great treat to make this time of year. Putting all those pumpkin seeds to good use after carving the Halloween pumpkins. I love roasted pumpkin seeds.
Fall is my favorite season and this is just one thing that makes it amazing.
This is a fabulous excuse to buy pumpkins to carve! And this way, you’re using all of the pumpkin rather than just throwing the seeds away. Saving this one
Yes! It is the best excuse to buy pumpkins to carve. I love it.
Oh gosh…..this reminds me of my childhood!!!!! Perfect fall snack!
Absolutely the perfect. So yummy.
These pumpkin seeds look so delicious, one of my favorite snacks is pumpkin seeds so I will definitely have to try these, thanks for sharing!
~xo Sheree
You are so welcome. They really are the best!
My favorite fall snack! Love pumpkin seeds!
They are just so good. I can’t wait to make them.