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2:00 AM 29th October 2022
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How To Turn Pumpkin Scraps Into Pumpkin Snacks!

Image by gate74 from Pixabay
Image by gate74 from Pixabay
Halloween season is here and with it comes one of the most popular autumn activities, you guessed it, carving pumpkins! However, an estimated 22.2 million pumpkins will go to waste this year. So how can we use those leftover pumpkins when the spooky season is over?

Jack and Beyond found that the word ‘Pumpkin’ had an audience outreach of 10.3 billion views on TikTok. But how popular are pumpkins for home-baking? In order to find out, they discovered the most viral ways we can reduce our pumpkin waste this Halloween by turning pumpkin scraps into heart-warming recipes.

Key findings:

Pumpkin scones had 5.9 billion views on Tiktok
Pumpkin brownies had 5.4 billion views on Tiktok
Pumpkin crumble had 5.4 billion views on Tiktok


The most viewed pumpkin recipes on Tiktok:
  Recipe No. of views
#1 pumpkin scones 5.9b
#2 pumpkin brownies 5.4b
#3 pumpkin crumble 5.4b
#4 pumpkin coffee 3.2b
#5 pumpkin syrup 480.3m
#6 pumpkin pie 397m
#7 pumpkin butterboard 241.6m
#8 pumpkin bread 175.1m
#9 pumpkin fries 112.6m
#10 pumpkin spice latte 101.5m

Jack and Beyond can reveal that the most popular pumpkin recipe is scones, with a grand total of 5.9 billion views for recipes on TikTok!

Not far behind, in second place, are both pumpkin brownies and pumpkin crumble. These delicious, healthy-ish treats have racked up a grand total of 5.4 billion views on the platform respectively.

Jack and Beyond also investigated the top viewed and liked recipes that use pumpkin on TikTok and ranked the top five most viral recipes:

Jack and Beyond found that the most-watched pumpkin recipe is a delicious pumpkin bread with cream cheese filling, uploaded by @myhealthydish, which has an incredible 6 million views on the platform.

Not far behind, with 5.4 million views is a classic PSL syrup recipe made by coffee aficionado @thethriftwitch.

But what are the benefits of eating pumpkin? Pumpkin is rich in Vitamin A, with one cup providing 200% of the recommended daily intake. It also contains Vitamins C and E as well as potassium, iron and folate.

The top three health benefits are:

Sharpens eye-sight.
Lowers the risk of certain cancers including lung and prostate cancer.
Strengthens immunity.


More information from https://jackandbeyond.com/