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Autumn Halloween Recipe Yummy Harvest Recipes

Caramelized Pumpkin & Squash Seeds

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One of my favorite parts about carving pumpkins is getting to eat all the wonderfully nutty seeds! Usually I just roast them with a little olive oil and salt, but this year I wanted to do something different. Then I came across this recipe from Cooking with My Kid. that caramelized them and I knew that I had to try it. I made a delicious a mix of pumpkin and squash seeds. I saved the seeds from my spaghetti squash and butternut squash in the freezer and then just thawed them overnight in the fridge before I made this.

 

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These are ridiculously good. Crunchy, sweet and salt all at once. They kind of remind me of the kettle corn that I tried at the Queen West Art Crawl. Give them a try this Halloween!

Caramelized Pumpkin & Squash Seeds
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 to 2 cups fresh pumpkin or squash seeds
  • olive oil cooking spray
  • 2-3 tbsp brown sugar
  • pinch of kosher salt
Instructions
  1. Clean and pat dry seeds.
  2. Put seeds in a dry non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Toast them in the pan, constantly shifting them around so that they roast evenly and don’t stick to the pan.
  3. When they start to pop and peel, take one out and taste it (make sure it’s cool enough first). If it’s crunchy it’s done.
  4. Turn the heat down to low and spray the seeds with olive oil cooking spray.
  5. Sprinkle sugar into pan. Stir seeds while sugar melts and sticks to the seeds.
  6. Turn heat off and sprinkle with salt. Let cool and serve!
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Clean and pat dry seeds. You want to get rid of all the orange gunk.

 

Put seeds in a dry non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Toast them in the pan, constantly shifting them around so that they roast evenly and don’t stick to the pan.

 

When they start to pop and peel, take one out and taste it (make sure it’s cool enough first). If it’s crunchy it’s done.

 

Turn the heat down to low and spray the seeds with olive oil cooking spray.

 

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Sprinkle sugar into pan.

 

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Stir seeds while sugar melts and sticks to the seeds. Turn heat off and sprinkle with salt. Let cool and serve!

 

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These are extremely addictive!

 

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Let me know if you try them and tell me what you think! I know I’ll be making more this weekend!

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Comments

  1. Carol says

    October 29, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    Oh, that’s right up my alley!
    I might try it with popcorn. Alas, no pumpkin seeds here…
    Have a great weekend, and give Whiskey a squeezy hug for me. He’s darling.

  2. Canadianmom says

    October 29, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    Hi there! Just stopping by from The Frugal Free Gals Friday Blog Hop! Great recipe!

    Feel free to check out my blog at:
    http://canadianmom-whatsonmymind.blogspot.com/

    Take care and make it a great weekend!
    Jen

  3. AllieMakes! says

    October 30, 2010 at 12:27 am

    That looks SO yummy! Wow!
    Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can’t wait to see what you have for next week!
    AllieMakes.Blogspot.com

  4. erin says

    November 2, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    Thanks for the recipe. I made it and loved it! I am linking to you from my blog today….Thanks for sharing.
    http://abirdandabean.blogspot.com/2010/11/roasted-pumpkin-seeds-x-2.html

  5. Michelle says

    September 23, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    I like that these were a sweet version and roasting things. Also that they were done on the stove top. I use Kuri squash and butternut squash seeds. I used truvia brown sugar mix. The top my butternut squash soup with bacon and these sweet seeds.

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