<p>We used to make them all the time when the kids still carved pumpkins, and their favorite part was roasting (scratch that)… eating the roasted pumpkin seeds.</p>
<p>So last week, a friend of mine and I went to an all you can put in your car for $60 pumpkin picking patch and loaded up, then split them 3 ways with another friend. I was telling D2, who we’ll be seeing in two weeks for parent’s weekend about my pumpkin picking adventure and she said, “You know what I really, really miss? Roasted pumpkin seeds. Can you make some and bring them to me when you come?”</p>
<p>So now my question is, how long do homemade pumpkin seeds stay good? If I carve the pumpkins this week, and roast the seeds, how long will they last? I’d prefer not to put it off until the couple of days before we go, but how far in advance can I do this?</p>
<p>AH…enjoying reading your post! This is one thing I do for my college kids every year. We still carve a pumpkin at home (my husband doesn’t like giving up all the stuff we did with the kids!) and so I still roast the seeds as they used to love and I mail 'em. You just reminded me. I think you could do this in advance. I bet if you are going in two weeks and do it later this week, they will easily last. We’re going to D1’s Parent Weekend and so thanks for the reminder. We also go apple picking every year and that coincided with a visit to D2 and so she benefitted (we did this yearly with them since they were tots) but D1 lost out and so she’ll get the hand delivered pumpkin seeds but I’ll mail half to her sister. I may have forgotten had I not read your post and it is a yearly tradition! Anyway, I find they last pretty long and you’ll be just fine.</p>