Pumpkin

When it comes to using the flesh of the pumpkin I’m not a fan of going as far as the Americans; they can keep their pumpkin pie but I do love pumpkin soup.

Removing the rind of a pumpkin can be tricky, so I recommend cutting the pumpkin in half length-wise, slicing the pumpkin, and then using a potato peeler to remove the hard outer rind from each slice.

There you have it: pumpkin purée that will work in all manner of baked goods, from pumpkin pie to pumpkin blondies.

Hylton-Leckie uses a combination of vegan cream cheese, pumpkin puree, coconut sugar, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract and an egg yolk substitute for the pumpkin cheesecake swirl portion of the recipe.

The study also showed ingredients and foods most used to celebrate Halloween are likely to be sweet potato, caramel, cake pop, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, apple pie, caramel apple, sweet popcorn, pumpkin pie spice, and candy apple.

Schaefers’ & Collins’ Pumpkin Patch & Farm in Mayflower — Take a hayride to the pumpkin patch, where you can pick out your own pumpkin.

Artisanal Princi bakery items are also on the horizon, featuring a Pumpkin Maritozzo and Pumpkin Spice Cake.

Following the trunk-or-treat, at 4:30 there will be a pumpkin carving contest, but you must bring your own pumpkin.

Pumpkin seedlings are now up for grabs for the fifth annual Whonnock Giant Pumpkin Contest.

After choosing your pumpkin from a variety of shapes, sizes and shades, you will be able to carve your "spooktacular" masterpiece at the pumpkin carving station and avoid making a mess at home!

As the sun sets, the Pumpkin Patch will transform into a space with UV pumpkin displays and live music.

For Thanksgiving, if you’re a pumpkin fan, I recommend trying to bake something pumpkin-based!

In addition to selecting the perfect pumpkin for their jack-o’-lanterns, kids can enjoy inflatables, pumpkin painting, a corn maze, games, and prizes.

Matthew Urban, who is based in Bloomington-Normal, demonstrates the making of a glass pumpkin during the Glass Pumpkin Patch event Saturday at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

Participating neighbors buy a plastic teal pumpkin at stores like CVS or paint a pumpkin light blue.

Pumpkin spice latte has become a ubiquitous fall treat, but most of those super-sweetened coffees topped with a dash of cinnamon don’t do justice to the concept of spice, nor to the earthy flavor of pumpkin.

The Cabbage Fairies wear their pumpkin flair with the winning pumpkin at the 2024 Alaska State Fair.

The great pumpkin in question—a gigantic gourd weighing in at several hundred pounds—is scooped out, scorched, filled with pumpkin beer, sealed, conditioned, and tapped at the event.

They can make drinks that taste like strawberries, apple pie, pumpkin spice or, separately, pumpkin cream.

Also, don’t miss their “Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch” three days a week in October, with fun activities like pumpkin painting, scarecrow building, and more!