These Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes are the perfect dish for Thanksgiving or large gatherings. Plus, it’s an easy recipe you can make on a busy day!
When cooking a big meal, it’s nice to have some of your side dishes done ahead of time and keeping warm in the slow cooker.
Mashed potatoes are a staple for Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner, or even Sunday dinner. You don’t have to save them for special occasions and they’re perfect to go with any hearty meal!
With this slow cooker creamy mashed potatoes recipe, you will get the most creamy, flavorful, butter, and delicious mashed potatoes you’ve ever tasted. They’re the fluffiest mashed potatoes and have the best smooth texture – the whole family will love them!
Making our Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Red Potatoes:
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How Many Potatoes Will I Need To Make Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes?
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Ingredients for Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes?
- Red potatoes
- Minced garlic
- Chicken boullion cubes
- Sour cream (lite or fat-free is fine)
- Butter (lite or fat-free is fine)
- Salt
- Pepper
- White ground pepper (optional)
I love to sprinkle some with white ground pepper (you can just get it at the grocery store on the spices aisle). It adds and incredible flavor to these (but a little bit goes a long way)!
If you want to add even more flavor to these delicious creamy mashed potatoes, you can try and make these Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix and add 2-3 Tablespoons to the mashed potato mixture.
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Items Needed to Make this Thanksgiving Potluck Crockpot Recipe:
- 6 or 8 quart slow cooker (THIS is a great one!)
- Large pan
- Colander
- Two large mixing bowls
- Spatula
- Mixer or potato masher (hand or stand mixer work, the Kitchen Aid is definitely a favorite here!)
Things to Note Before Making The Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes:
- You can double the recipe, you will just want to make sure that you have a large enough slow cooker to accommodate all the potatoes! I would recommend an 8-quart slow cooker if you double the recipe.
- The recipe calls for red potatoes, but you could also use russet potatoes and Yukon gold potatoes – they are all delicious.
- The secret to the creaminess is the mix of sour cream and cream cheese.
- The reason you keep it in the slow cooker is to let the flavors meld together – it makes the best flavored potatoes!
- If you have to travel, this is a dish that can travel easily (especially if you use a slow cooker that has one of the licking lids!)
- If you want smooth mashed potatoes, I would choose either the hand mixer or stand mixer since they can eliminate most of the lumps.
Related recipe: Looking for more Slow Cooker Potatoes? Try these delicious Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes!
How to Make Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes:
Put water in a large pot and place it on the stove, add some salt and bring the water to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add in the chunks of red potatoes, garlic, bouillon and cook them until the potatoes are tender but still firm.
It should only take the potatoes about 15 minutes for them to get to the right consistency.
Then drain the water from the pot, but be sure to place the colander over andother bowl to catch the water as we will need it later.
In another large bowl, mash together the tender red potato chunks with sour cream and cream cheese with either a mixer or a potato masher.
To get the type of consistency you want gradually add in the reserved water.
Once the mashed potatoes have reached the type of consistency you like, transfer the potato mixture to the slow cooker and cover it. Then, turn the crockpot to low for 2 to 3 hours. Just before you are ready to eat the potaotes, stir in butter, salt, and pepper to taste.
These are great to stay warm in your slow cooker until the rest of the meal is ready. Just keep on warm setting. Enjoy your Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes!
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Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 pound red potatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 cubes chicken bouillon
- 8 ounces sour cream, light or fat free is fine
- 8 ounces cream cheese, light or fat free is fine
- 1/4 cup butter
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon parsley flakes, optional topping
Instructions
- In a large pot of lightly salted boiling water, cook the potatoes, garlic and bouillon until potatoes are tender but firm (about 15 minutes). Drain, reserving water for later.
- In a bowl, mash potatoes with sour cream and cream cheese, adding reserved water as needed to attain desired consistency.
- Transfer the potato mixture to a slow cooker, cover, and cook on Low for 2 to 3 hours.
- Just before serving, stir in butter and season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with parsley flakes if desired.
Notes
- If you want smooth mashed potatoes, I would choose either the hand mixer or stand mixer since they can eliminate most of the lumps.
Nutrition
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That’s why I bought another crock pot- one for mains and one for sides! These look awesome! Hubby’s from Ireland so he has to get his potatoe fix at least once a week. Haha! Kathy Penney @ Pinner Takes All
Never thought to make sides in my slow cooker, either! But judging by these amazingly fluffy, buttery potatoes, I definitely am going to try!
Want to step this recipe up just a notch?!?! I make these same potatoes all the time (Just this Sunday, in fact, for company, with our prime rib roast). I add a half packet of dry ranch dressing mix!!! Just adds one more dimension of YUM!!! I have not put them in the crock pot, but will for sure be doing that step from now on when I am entertaining so I am not mashing the potatoes and giving away all my secrets to deliciousness, while my guests are all sitting around the kitchen watching (critiquing, eww…Why are you putting cream cheese in the potatoes?? Because they are AMAZING – that’s why!!!! And, of course they agree once they eat them!
Sounds yummy. I’ll have to try this at thanksgiving – I’m the designated potato maker in my family.
It’s just as easy to make mashed potatoes in the crock from start to finish, rather than using the pot only to warm and meld the flavors after fixing the potatoes on the stovetop. I cut mine into a medium dice, toss them into the crock with 1/4 cup of water, cook on high for three hours or so, and they are ready to mash. I’ve never added cream cheese, tho I often use sour cream, butter, and milk at this point, and let it all meld for however long it takes for supperime to arrive, lol, on low or warm. I can try adding the cream cheese and see what happens, as your combo here sounds lovely.
Im going to try this on Christmas Eve!! We can never get everything done on time lol
Oooh I’m trying that! It’s in the crock pot right now. Excited!
I plan on trying this sometime this week. I hate having to whip up the mashed potatoes just as the turkey or ham is coming out of the oven to settle for its little rest before carving, because as you know that is when all the other side dishes are ready also, lol. So if these taste as good as they look they will become a new staple item in our busy household.
I made this recipe today (except I used russets instead of reds) and LOVED it! Cooking an extra couple hours in the crock pot really brings out the flavor and made them super fluffy too!
Didn’t see how many this “Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potato” recipe served ???…Sometimes I need enough for “25” ……..
I can’t imagine that these are really 3052 calories per serving. I’m hoping there is something wrong with the nutrition calculator.
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This looks yummy and I use my crockpot all the time! Can you double this??….want to make for Thanksgiving! I have a lot of people coming over! I am going to try this!
How is the best way to prepare this ahead of time (day before) thanks in advance!
Follow steps 1 and 2 in the instructions. Then put into an airtight container. Then when ready to reheat, transfer the the slow cooker and heat following the steps in the instructions.
This recipe was easy to create and tasted delicious.