Mexican Candied Pumpkin Seeds

[Bond Girl]

I'm researching for an article on foods prepared for Day of the Dead. Does anyone out there have a candoed pumpkin seed recipe? Any comments or thoughts on rituals surrounding thar day would be utmost helpful as well. Thanks.

[Gifted Gourmet]

Well, this may be something worth considering:

Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

or even this from Martha Stewart: Pumpkin Seed Candy

[Gifted Gourmet]

Any comments or thoughts on rituals surrounding thar day would be utmost helpful as well.

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Day of the Dead website .. lots of background here!

[Bond Girl]

Thanks. I welcome recipes that has been in people's families...something personal.

[Greg]

Not exactly candied pumpkin seeds, but interesting!

"Roasted, then colored with vegetable dye, lowly pumpkin and squash seeds at the market in Ocotlán." Source

From the book "Oaxaca: the Spirit of Mexico"

I also came across a recipe for candied pumpkin from Mexico.

[Bond Girl]

That's absolutely stunning.