The phrase "sugar pumpkin" refers to a type of pumpkin that is smaller, sweeter, and often used for baking and making desserts, like pies or muffins. Full definition
If your squash shells are suitable, you can serve your soup using the shells as a bowl (small sugar pumpkins work well for this task, as well). (healthygreenkitchen.com)
I have a couple of sugar pumpkins that I bought at the grocery store that I was trying to figure out what to do with - think those will work? (101cookbooks.com)
I used a roasted sugar pumpkin in place of the canned pumpkin. (browneyedbaker.com)