Easy Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
These cinnamon sugar roasted pumpkin seeds are sweet and crunchy, making them a perfect snack! Try them on top of yogurt, sprinkled on a salad, or enjoyed by the handful!
Over the weekend I had a pretty epic salad. One of those salads that doesn’t make you feel like you missed out on the main event. It was the main event. I knew I needed to create this amazing salad at home but one of the critical ingredients was cinnamon sugar roasted pumpkin seeds and I couldn’t find them anywhere! I checked the market where I ate the epic salad, as well as a couple of other grocery stores, but no luck. But as it turns out, they’re SO easy to make. I snagged some pumpkin seeds from the bulk bin at Kroger which were super cheap. I got a whole cup for $1.15! So these little guys won’t break your budget either. (Pecans, I’m giving you the side eye here.)
Just a quick note, if you’ve wondered why the pumpkin seeds (sometimes called “pepitas”) in your trail mix or cereal don’t look like the ones you scooped out of your pumpkin, that’s because typically the kind that you remove from a jack-o-lantern are covered in a white husk, or “shell”, and the little pepitas are inside there. Fun fact.
Ok are you ready for the easiest recipe ever? Good.
PrintEasy Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
These cinnamon sugar roasted pumpkin seeds are sweet and crunchy, making them a perfect snack! Try them on top of yogurt, sprinkled on a salad, or enjoyed by the handful!
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbsp butter (or Earth Balance if you’re vegan!)
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Melt the butter and stir it with the cinnamon and salt in a small bowl.
- Add in the pumpkin seeds and stir until coated.
- Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray (or spray foil if you want to skip washing a pan!) and spread out the pumpkin seeds into one layer.
- They might want to clump together at first so spread them out as best you can and then after a few minutes in the oven, you’ll be able to just shake the tray a bit to get them into one layer.
- Roast in the oven for 35-40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle with sugar. Stir a bit to coat.
You could eat these on their own, toss them into a trail mix, sprinkle them on some yogurt, or add them into a salad. I’ll be playing around with recreating that salad recipes so stay tuned! (Hint: Goat cheese will be involved. Mmmm.)
So simple!! I’ve never roasted pumpkin seeds, and now I know where to turn for a recipe 😉
I have always loved pumpkin seeds growing up but you made it even better with cinnamon plus a sweet-salt combo of flavors, too! Yummmmmm!!!
the perfect fall crunchy goodness type of snack! yes, totally onboard with this!
Pumpkin Seeds = SO DANG ADDICTIVE!!!!!!! And these only look even more so!
My favorite pumpkin dish is definitely pumpkin bread or pumpkin bars.
I have a HUGE bag of sunflower seeds and I may do this to them…
That would be so yummy!
Get in my belly!!
These sounds so amazing! I love a good roasted pumpkin seed, so I am totally putting this on the list for this week! These would also be a great addition to a party for a snack instead of candy dishes!
mmmm these look amazing – what a great addition to a salad
I definitely didn’t know that about pumpkin seeds. That’s awesome! And cinnamon sugar sounds so perfect for pumpkin seeds!
I actually saw that trader joes had these and I was about to get them, thank God I didnt because I can make them myself with this recipe!