Cook your pasta until just under al dente. Between soaking up dye and later going into hot soup, cooking your pasta any more than that will result in way over cooked pasta.

Once cooked, drain, rinse in cold water, and drain as well as you can.

Place into a gallon zip top bag, and add black food dye. I used about 15-20 drops for a pound of pasta. If you do some shaking and think that you need more, feel free to up it.

Zip the bag up and shake it like crazy. This is a fun time to get the kids involved.

Let it sit for at least an hour - overnight is better. They might look like you need more, add some but note: the dye will seep a bit more as it sits. Also, due to the type of pasta, you won't get every single noodle totally black - at least, not without tons of dye.

When you're just about ready to serve, rinse your noodles very well, until the water is mostly clear. This will prevent tons of seeping into your soup.

Peel your carrot and cut 2 shallow lines about 1/4 inch apart from each other.  I found that it works best if you use chunks in about 3-4 inch length and make sure it's a thicker chunk.

Cut in from each side,

Using a vegetable peeler or a paring knife, round out the angle to create the top of a pumpkin.

Cook the carrots in the soup.

Serve pouring soup over cold noodles