Step 1

Place the 2 teaspoons of pickle crisp in a gallon container. Fill with water and stir until the pickle crisp dissolves.

Step 2

Add the pumpkin and soak for 1 hour.Combine the 2 cups of sugar with the 4 cups of water in a large pot and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Step 3

Stir in the pumpkin and simmer for 1 hour.

Step 4

Sprinkle the spice mixture over the pumpkin and stir until combined.

Step 5

Simmer an additional 30 minutes.

Step 6

Remove the pumpkin from the sugar mixture and cool completely before serving at room temperature.