Pumpkin Pasty

Pumpkin Pasties
Food information
Manufacturer	Trolley witch
Sold	Hogwarts Express' food trolley
Flavour	Pumpkin
Known ingredients	Pumpkin, pastry

"Enjoy these pumpkin-filled treats."

— Description

Pumpkin Pasties were a wizarding food sold in Honeydukes and by the Honeydukes Express trolley on the Hogwarts Express. They were similar to a Cornish pasty, but were filled with pumpkin instead.

History

A plate of Pumpkin Pasties

Miranda Goshawk wrote in the Book of Spells that some students used the Hardening Charm to play tricks on other students, such turning a pumpkin pasty to the consistency of stone just before someone bit into it.

Harry Potter tried them for the first time on the Hogwarts Express on 1 September 1991, at the start of his first year, when he famously impressed Ron Weasley by buying some of everything on the trolley.

On 1 September 1994, Cho Chang ordered two from the food trolley.

In 2010, Mrs Flume thought you couldn't go wrong with a Pumpkin Pasty. She baked them fresh in the morning for Honeydukes.

In 2020, the Trolley Witch stated she had already made over six million Pumpkin Pasties and could turn them into bombs.

Behind the scenes

• Pasties are a traditional baked meat and pastry pie. This indicates that Pumpkin Pasties are similar fare, using pumpkin as the filling instead of meat and vegetables.
• In the PC versions of the video games, pumpkin pasties along with Cauldron Cakes can be collected and traded as currency, much to the Honeydukes Chef's dismay (acting similar to a dollar foil to Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans in a sense). Though in the other video games, they are mainly used as healing items, or in the GBA version of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, a stamina booster.
  • Also in the video games, the pasties resemble actual miniature pumpkins instead of a pie. Some renditions also show them with a carved face as well.
  • In some games, "pasty" is sometimes misspelled as "pastry".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Mentioned only)
• Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
• The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned only)
• The Art of Harry Potter: Mini Book of Graphic Design