Insanely easy to make, these roasted pumpkin seeds are a simple sweet treat. Toss in cinnamon & sugar and bake; this recipe for Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Seeds will indeed become a favorite snack.
I’m always seeking ways to spruce up my snacks because I am a snacker. I pretty much nibble on something all day long; work hazard. During the fall, I become a little bit pumpkin-crazed, not just pumpkin cookies, cheesecake, and donuts, I even obsess over pumpkin seeds.
This recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds has become a part of our annual pumpkin carving tradition. Every year my kids love to take the seeds from their pumpkins and burn them. Do they eat them? Not always.
And let’s be frank pumpkin carving can be a mess; honestly, I have always hated the entire process. It’s messy people, especially with kids. If I am going to go through all the trouble of carving pumpkins, cleaning the guts to get the seeds, and roasting them, I am surely going to make them so we will all eat them.
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After making some candied almonds and both the kids and my hubs ravishing them, I decided that I would try the same method with some pumpkin seeds. All 7 of us couldn’t keep our hands off of them. I made several batches, and they all quickly disappeared.
These Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Seeds aren’t just a tasty snack—they’re also perfect as salad toppings! With their caramelized coating and rich golden color, they add a beautiful, flavorful touch to any dish.
This year, I’m excited to sprinkle them on my holiday cheese and meat tray, as well as in the snack bowl. This recipe will also make a delicious topping on my Best Ever Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting.
This is one treat there is little guilt over, and now, when the kids are excited to save and roast their pumpkin seeds, I will too. Try roasting your pumpkin seeds and friends, using this recipe; you won’t be disappointed.
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I love roasted pumpkin seeds because pumpkin seeds have nutritional value like nuts. It makes me feel a little better about all the sugar.
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Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Seeds
Ingredients
- 3 cups dried pumpkin seeds
- 2 teaspoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg white
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin spice optional
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl add white sugar, cinnamon, pumpkin spice (optional) and sea salt and stir to combine.
- In a separate mixing bowl whisk together egg white, vanilla and water until it becomes foamy.
- Add pumpkin seeds to egg white mixture and toss to combine, making sure to evenly coat all of the pumpkin seeds.
- Add pumpkin seeds into sugar mixture and toss to combine.
- Add pumpkin seeds to prepare baking sheet in a single layer. Place in oven and bake for 8 minutes.
- Stir and toss pumpkin seeds and bake for another 8 minutes.
- Stir and toss pumpkin seeds and bake for bake another 8 minutes. If needed bake another 4 minutes, if they are not a nice golden brown.
- Remove pumpkin seeds from oven and allow to completely cool.
- I store mine in a large mason jars and this works nicely. Use for a salad topping, as a cold cereal or even just a great holiday gift.
Notes
Thank you for sharing the recipe and the tips to wash the pumpkin seeds. Gonna try it! I also store so much pumpkin seeds every year. Gonna try it!
Looks like a perfect fall snack!
Thanks, enjoy!
Can we buy reg pumpkin seeds? Unsalted & not roasted? Follow recipe exactly or make changes? Thanks
Hi Karen! If you have raw unsalted pumpkin seeds then you don’t have to make any changes to the recipe! If you can only find salted, then omit the salt from the recipe. I hope you enjoy!