These Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds are a traditional snack in our home. Pumpkin season is something to be celebrated and what a perfect way to enjoy the healthy benefits of roasted pumpkin seeds.
The fun part is that you can make these in your oven or your air fryer!!
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As pumpkin season in in full swing these Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds continue to grace our snack and meal rotations.
How We Enjoy Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
I love to toss a tablespoon or so in my salads with this Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette as my salad dressing. The flavors marry so nicely that you get that harvest spice type salad in a satisfying salad.
With a bit of crunch they curb those cravings for something sweet, salty and crunchy while my husband is watching football or other stuff on television.
Perfect Pumpkin Pie Spice
I love using this Perfect Pumpkin Pie Spice when making pumpkin treats!
Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds From The Oven
I have always made roasted pumpkin seeds in the oven. My children used to enjoy helping to clean the seeds and putting them in the brine to soak. They waited (not so) patiently as the scent filled the air and then tossed these into popcorn or just grabbed handfuls to snack on.
Tossing these Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds with your air popped popcorn will make a crossover snack for Trim Healthy Families, but what better way to celebrate the harvest season with your family and friends!
How I Make Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds In The Air Fryer
This year I decided to try my hand at making these in my Nuwave Brio Air Fryer
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Sweet & Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
- Serves: 8
- Serving size: ¼ cup
- Calories: 72
- Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Sodium: 863mg
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- 2 cups raw pumpkin seeds
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon THM Mineral Salt
- 2 tablespoons Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener or Low Carb Brown Sugar
- ½ teaspoonpumpkin pie spice
- Mix the salt into the water until dissolved.
- Soak pumpkin seeds over night in the brine water.
- Then drain
- Combine monkfruit sweetener and pumpkin pie spice in a small bowl.
- Toss pumpkin seeds with sweetener mixture until well coated
- Spread seeds onto a shallow baking pan and roast for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.
- Preheat Air Fryer to 360 degrees. spread seeds evenly across the basket. Toast seeds for 35 minutes
- Shake the basket 2 or 3 times during the cooking process for even browning.
- Allow to cool. Enjoy!!
Michelle Baker says
Thank you for this recipe! I think it may be good to change the oven temperature to 300. I roasted them at 350 like instructed, and they burned at about 40 minutes into the cooking time. Luckily my daughter still likes picking the burned shell off and eating the “pepitas.” 🙂 I think the blend of “brown sugar” and pumpkin spice and the saltiness from the brine is probably perfect, though, based on my taste tests before cooking. 🙂