Air Fryer Pumpkin Seeds are a delicious crunchy snack your entire family will enjoy! After you carve your pumpkins toss the seeds into the air fryer for a crisp snack!
“I’ve made pumpkin seeds using this recipe twice now, and both times they came out great!”
Pumpkins are so much more than a decoration. Of course, we love to carve pumpkins each year, but we also like to use our pumpkins in the kitchen too.
We love to roast pie pumpkins to make pumpkin puree. We love the pumpkin flavor and can’t get enough of it!
If you love pumpkin flavors too, you need to check out our air fryer pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!
How to Prep the Pumpkin seeds
Carving and cleaning out the pulp and seeds of a pumpkin can truly be a sensory experience. There are lots of different textures inside that pumpkin!
- Remove the seeds and pulp from the pumpkin.
- Separate the seeds from the pulp as best you can.
- Put the seeds in a small holed strainer and rinse. Remove the pulp that is stuck.
- Repeat and rinse if needed until the pulp is all removed.
How to Air Fry The Seeds
- Wash the outside of your pumpkin. Remove the seeds and pulp from the pumpkin. Separate the seeds from the pulp as best you can. Put the seeds in a small holed strainer and rinse. Remove the pulp that is stuck.
- Put the seeds into a boiling pot of water. Boil the seeds for 5 minutes. Then drain the water and put the seeds into a bowl.
- Add melted butter and garlic salt to the pumpkin seeds. Stir to combine
- Add the seeds to the air fryer basket. Air Fry at 360F/183C for 15 minutes.
Tips and Tricks
- Boil the seeds – You “can” air fry the seeds without boiling but we have found that it’s best to boil first.
- You do not need to dry the seeds out before air frying. We fry the pumpkin seeds wet.
- The pumpkin seeds do not fly around. That is a common question that we get. We’ve made this recipe multiple times and haven’t had that problem.
- You can adjust the flavors. Add any spices you’d like.
Air Fryer Pumpkin Seeds
Ingredients
- 2 c pumpkin seeds fresh from pumpkin
- 1 T butter (dairy or non-dairy)
- 1/2 t garlic salt
Instructions
- Wash the outside of your pumpkin. Remove the seeds and pulp from the pumpkin. Separate the seeds from the pulp as best you can. Put the seeds in a small holed strainer and rinse. Remove pulp that is stuck.
- Put the seeds into a boiling pot of water. Boil the seeds for 5 minutes. Then drain the water and put seeds into a bowl.
- Add melted butter and garlic salt to the pumpkin seeds. Stir to combine. Add the seeds to the air fryer basket.
- Air Fry at 360F/183C for 15 minutes.
Nutrition
You might be psychic: this recipe push couldn’t be better timed.
While I had a semi-pumpkin-soup fail (because we’re new to this town and our grocery store, and I couldn’t locate unsweetened coconut milk, accepted an employee’s help, and procured what amounted to heavily sweetened Goya coconut syrup… >_<), I saved the seeds to roast. Definitely doing your tip on boiling, and I'm thinking cajun spiced. <3
Yay!!!!! Glad the timing worked out!! Cajun spiced is going to taste amazing. That’ stinks for the soup semi fail! 🙂
I’ve made pumpkin seeds using this recipe twice now, and both times they came out great!
Yay, thank you for coming back to share to help other readers! I appreciate it!!