Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes are so simple and delicious. Throw them in the crock pot in the morning and let them slowly cook all day long while you prepare your other dishes.
With Thanksgiving around the corner, you will want to add these Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes to your menu!
I love that I can put these in my crock pot in the morning and have an amazing side dish by dinner time.
Ingredients needed for Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes:
- sweet potatoes
- orange juice
- vanilla extract
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- salt
- brown sugar
- mini marshmallows
How to make Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes:
Spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
Spread chopped sweet potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and brown sugar.
Pour over the top of the sweet potatoes and place lid on the slow cooker.
Cook on low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours.
Once cooked, pour all the contents from your slow cooker into a baking dish.
Top with marshmallows and broil in oven until marshmallows (about 1-2 minutes – watch carefully!) are golden brown.
What is the difference between yams and sweet potatoes?
The deeper copper-colored sweet potatoes are often referred to as yams because they have the soft outside and sweeter skin, like a true yam.
Sweet potatoes, with a lighter skin and inside, have a harder skin. This is how they differentiate the two at grocery stores.
“I have so much time!” -No mom ever
Get Your Menu Plan NOW!Both the orange and yellow sweet potatoes, are actually sweet potatoes, although label differently at the store.
Either type of potato would work for this recipe.
How do I get the marshmallows to golden?
For this recipe, we popped it into the oven for about 40 seconds, and the marshmallows broiled perfectly.
They broil fast, so be sure to keep an eye on them. If they burn, you can always scrape them off and try again.
You could also use a culinary torch to golden them up, but I usually stick to broiling for less than a minutes, and they turn out perfect every time.
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More easy side dish recipes for Thanksgiving:
- Grandma’s Thanksgiving Dressing (Stuffing)
- Roasted Honey Cinnamon Butternut Squash Recipe
- Strawberries and Cream Jello Dessert Salad Recipe
- Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Homemade Green Bean Casserole without Condensed Soup
More sweet potato recipes to try:
- Instant Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Brown Sugar Bacon Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Twice Baked Bacon and Chive Sweet Potatoes
- Maple Bacon Sweet Potatoes
- Coconut Pecan Sweet Potatoes
Serves: 8
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes (with Marshmallows)
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes are so simple and delicious. Throw them in the crock pot in the morning and let them slowly cook all day long while you prepare your other dishes.
Ingredients
- 6 sweet potatoes peeled and sliced
- ½ cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
- Spread chopped sweet potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and brown sugar.
- Pour over the top of the sweet potatoes and place lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3.
- Once cooked, pour all the contents from your slow cooker into a baking dish.
- Top with marshmallows and broil in oven until marshmallows are golden brown (mine took about 45 seconds!).
Notes
- If you don’t want to add marshmallows, these sweet potatoes are delicious eaten as is after they are done cooking in the slow cooker! The marshmallows are totally optional.
Nutrition
Calories: 275 kcal · Carbohydrates: 66 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 1 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Sodium: 400 mg · Potassium: 630 mg · Fiber: 5 g · Sugar: 36 g · Vitamin A: 24078 IU · Vitamin C: 12 mg · Calcium: 72 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
- 9×13 Inch Baking Dish
Recipe Details
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Sounds delicious! When do you put the orange juice in? Mix it with the other ingredients in the bowl?
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thats sounds delish.
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Nice easy recipe - thanks so much.
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Can this be made ahead & frozen uncooked then cooked on the day needed???
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I'm French and I used to live in Michigan 20 years ago . I remember having this kind of sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and I loved it !! Thanks for the recipe !! I will try to do it for my kids (and for myself of course) because I want them to taste this "so american" dish !! the only problem is that it's difficult to find mini marshmallows here in France but I guess I could use the normal size ones !!
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Has anyone tried to make this the night before? We have to travel about an hour and a half on Thanskgiving ann addd i would like to make this the night before - pop it in the fridge and then reheat it the next day and then add the marshmellows. Any thoughts?
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Fabulous recipe! My family loved it! I am trying out different recipes for Thanksgiving and this is the winner. I made it Wednesday, put it in the fridge overnight then reheated for dinner Thursday on 350° for about 20 minutes. Added mini marshmallows and broiled for about 3 minutes or so. Trial run worked great!
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Awesome thanks for the tip! I will do this the night ahead also since I will be returning from a 5 day trip to San Diego the day before Thanksgiving then traveling via car an hour and half to have dinner with family on Thursday!!
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What size baking dish do you use?
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Would this work with just the sweet potatoes straight from the crock pot without putting in a baking dish with the marshmallows? I need to bring a dish to a potluck and wanted to just serve the potatoes from the crockpot if it would still taste good.
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You could remove the glass part from your crock pot and line the top with marshmallows and broil the entire thing before you go to your potluck. That way you still have the browned marshmallows, but without the marshmallows will be just as yummy.
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First off you all are lucky to have sisters, I am theonly girl out of 5. Anyway thank you so much for posting this slow cooker Sweet Potato dish it was exactly what I waslooking for, for my Thanksgiving dinner. I look forward to any new things I find on your blog!
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This sounds yummy & easy. One question...how thick or thin do you slice the sweet potatoes?
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Ok, lazy person's question. Do you think this would work with canned yams? Perhaps with just a shorter cooking time?
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Can't wait to try this. Do you chop the slices or just keep them round?
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I have a guest with a citrus allergy... do you think anything could be used as a substitute for the orange juice? Thanks for any help!
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If you use canned yams you could use the the juices from the can, just reserve some when you drain them then use the same amount of juice as the amount of OJ in the recipe.
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I'm out of orange juice, so I'll be using apple cider instead since apples & sweet potatoes also work well together.
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I'm new in the kitchen and I am going to make 2 crockpots of this recipe for thanksgiving. Is there anything I can do to prep the night before to make things easier the day of and if so what? Sorry for the silly question. Thank you.
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Do you use regular drinking orange juice? Or fresh squeezed orange juice?
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I always find slow cooker sweet potato recipes end up with thin sauce, so I reduced it in a saucepan before placing in the oven. I used a 3.5qt cooker and everything fit. Thanks for the recipe!
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This is In the slow cooker now :) worried something isn't right lol. My 5 qt slow cooker is almost filled so I hope that's enough liquid
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Did you take the skin off of the sweet potatoes before putting them in the crock pot??
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Yes!
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Incase anyone didn't know, marshmallows don't need more than a few seconds under the broiler. Eek. Nothing like a little excitement on Thanksgiving!
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Did this for thanksgiving dinner. It was perfect! Rave reviews all around the table. Thanks!
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This turned out amazing! It was so simple to throw together. I had multiple people ask me for the recipe. Definitely making it into my keeper pile!
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Would this recipe work w canned yams? If so how long would I cook them? Thanks.
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Are you supposed to boil the sweet potatoes before doing this dish? I attempted to make this last Thanksgiving and I had such a difficult time with it since I didn't boil the potatoes first :(
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Love Your recipes. I am a senior citizen and still enjoy baking & cooking. Love to try new recipes! Please put me on your email list! Thanks and Happy Cooking!!!
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I am really looking forward to making this! I loved the orange glazed yams the Pirate's House in Savannah served on Sunday afternoons when i lived there forty years ago. I tried making them a few times for our family dinners, but they didn't catch on because my mom has always preferred the traditional candied yams and sweet potato casseroles. They will be on my Thanksgiving menu this year though, and I believe my grandchildren will love them as much as I did! I have a couple questions. What size crockpot is this recipe for? Also, how many pounds of potatoes does it call for...they come in so many sizes and weights.
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what is the purpose of the marshmallows? It seems like it would be sweet enough without them.
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Has anyone tried this with yams instead of sweet potatoes? Also, I'm wondering if I can make the recipe in the slow cooker at my home, transfer them to a baking dish, and broil them at my folks' house right before they're served. Do you think that would work? Thanks!
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I bought 6 large sweet potatoes and have a 6 quart crock pot. It is filled to the top with the potatoes. A half of cup of liquid does not seem like enough?
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I am wondering the same thing! My sweet potatoes were quite large, should I double the liquid mixture?
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Thanks so much for sharing this - I did figure out my potatoes were more like 11-12 oz size so I doubled the sauce accordingly as my crock was full! I used a crock pot liner and added marshmallows straight to the crock and removed it to put in the oven to broil the marshmallows to a beautiful golden brown! I've searched for a candied yam recipe for a crock for a long time to replace my southern favorite dish. My mother (from Louisiana originally) loved them ! Thanks again and hope your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving !
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We made this for Thanksgiving and it was just about as big a hit as the turkey. My adult daughter, who only takes a "token bite" each year, LOVED this and has requested it for Christmas & Thanksgiving from now on. Thank you so much for a new family tradition.
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May yams be successfully used instead of sweet potatoes in this recipe? Any adjustments required?
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I just made this for Thanksgiving tomorrow and came out great from someone who doesn't cook it came out so good. My husband is the cook of the family so I thank you so much for making this recipe easy and delicious for me to follow.
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Has anyone tried using a culinary torch to brown the marshmallows? Thank you for the recipe, can’t wait to try them.
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Can this be made in an instant pot? If so, how long?
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We love this recipe so much! Are there any new directions to make this recipe in an instant pot?
