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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sarah Warwick

Can Halloween pumpkins be eaten? The lowdown on consuming these fruits

Three large pumpkins in a field

Carving jack-o’-lanterns is a fall tradition, but have you ever wondered if a Halloween pumpkin is good for eating as well as for decorating? 

An essential for Halloween decorating ideas as well as fall decor, pumpkins – which are actually fruits rather than vegetables – make a favorite Thanksgiving pie, and both their seeds and flesh can be consumed. Yet the pumpkins we buy for Halloween are likely to become spooky decorations rather than part of a meal, and end up in landfill when we’re done with them.

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