Ultra creamy Crock Pot sweet potatoes are the most effortless recipe you’ll ever make! Pop them in the slow cooker and cook all day for an easy, healthy dinner side.
Note: This is a new series where I provide one base slow cooker recipe and three ways to serve it. For the links to the ways to serve these crock pot sweet potatoes, scroll to the bottom of the post.
Guys, I am really excited to start a new series on the blog. One thing I’ve come to realize over the past year is that you guys LOVE slow cooker recipes. And that’s just awesome, because I love my slow cooker, too!
One problem I’ve always had with my slow cooker is that often times it cooks really large batches of food. Big batch shredded chicken, or beef, or large amounts of sweet potatoes. As a family of three, we always end up with lots of left-overs.
Rather than eat the same dish over and over again, I thought it would be great to come up with multiple ways to use these left-overs!
Even if you have a big family and don’t end up with left-overs, I hope these recipes can help you diversify your dinner routines. Having slow cooked portions (be it chicken, beef, or sweet potatoes) on hand makes dinner SO much quicker to whip up.
So let’s get started! Today I am sharing a (ridiculously easy) recipe for crock pot sweet potatoes. If you can even call it a recipe. Because all it is is sweet potatoes + slow cooker. And after 8 hours on low, you are going to have the most tender, creamy sweet potatoes ever!
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Wrap ’em in some aluminum foil (I like this because then you can just pop them into a tupperware in the fridge and they seem to keep pretty well this way). Place in the slow cooker. You can probably fit 3-5, depending on the size of the potatoes, into a 4-quart slow cooker.
Cook on low for 8 hours.
And voila! Perfectly cooked, ultra creamy sweet potatoes!
3 recipes to use your crock pot sweet potatoes in
1. Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Sausage and Pepper Jack
2. Chipotle Sweet Potato & Black Bean Quesadillas (with lime yogurt sauce)
3. Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Falafel Pitas with Tahini Sauce
Ultra creamy Crock Pot sweet potatoes are the most effortless recipe you'll ever make! Pop them in the slow cooker and cook all day for an easy, healthy dinner side.
- 3-5 sweet potatoes depending on the size of the sweet potatoes and the size of your slow cooker
- Wash sweet potatoes and pat dry.
- Wrap in aluminum foil and arrange in your slow cooker. Place the larger sweet potatoes on the bottom and any smaller ones on top.
- Cook on low for 8 hours.
monica
Can I avoid the foil? I try to produce as little garbage as possible.
Denise
Hi Monica, that’s a great question! I’ve pretty much removed all aluminum foil from my kitchen these days, but I haven’t made these without. If you try it, would you let me know how they turn out?
Katie
Hi!
Any idea how many cups one potato yields?
Thanks!
Denise
Hi Katie! That’s a really tough question…it will definitely depend on the size of your sweet potatoes. For the ones pictured I believe I got about 1.5-2 cups or so for each? That’s a guestimate though 😉
Norma
Do you place the foil-wrapped sweet potatoes on top of wadded-up foil in the slow-cooker or just set the foil-wrapped sweet potatoes down in the slow-cooker without anything under them?
Denise
Hi Norma! I just placed them in without any foil on the bottom of the slow cooker, they did leak out a small amount of liquid, but it was easy enough to clean up.
Izzy
This is such a great idea, Denise!! I could eat sweet potatoes every single day! I love them so much I’ve been dealing with the heat from the oven just so I can get my fix, but cooking them in a slow cooker is such a great idea for the summer! Basically I want to eat all of these dishes!
Alyssa @ My Sequined Life
Ahh yum!! This series is PERFECT Denise. It’s just the two of us and while we love our slow cooker to bits, sometimes eight tons of pulled chicken, beef, etc. gets old. I love all of these sweet potato recipes.
Denise
I’m so glad you like the series, Jessica! I hate throwing food away, and sometimes that’s what ends up happening.
Sarah @Whole and Heavenly Oven
Oh, man. That is seriously the ONLY way I want to cook my sweet potatoes from now on! Loooove all the things that you can do with the sweet potatoes afterward especially those quesadillas!
Denise
Thanks, Sarah! I had a lot of fun with this post 😉
Emanuele @ guyslovecooking
Indeed we like slow cooker recipes!! It makes the whole cooking experience effortless and, at time, that’s all we need !
I will follow your new series
Denise
Thanks, Emanuele! I’m definitely still learning my crock pot, but the more I use it, the easier it gets!
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom
Denise!!! I love this new series! I love slow cooker recipes!!! I didn’t start using my slow cooker in the summer until recently .. and probably won’t pull it out on the really hot days but I’ve been loving it! such a time saver on busy days .. and LOVE sweet potato recipes!! bring it on!!!
Denise
Thanks, Alice! I love my slow cooker 🙂
Catherine
Dear Denise, I love this idea and all three dishes look delicious. Those quesadillas have my name written all over them. I would love that for lunch today. I have to remember to break out my slow cooker more often. xo, Catherine
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter
Yay. I love this new series! So fun! Slow cooker meals are my favorite and such a lifesaver. We eat a lot of sweet potatoes and each one of these meals would be a hit! They look amazing!
Denise
Thanks so much, Kelly! I can’t get enough of sweet potatoes…my favorites!
Kristine | Kristine's Kitchen
I am so excited that you are starting this series! I never knew you could cook sweet potatoes like that in the slow cooker! And your three recipes using those sweet potatoes look delicious! It’s so tough to choose, but I think I want to try those twice-baked potatoes first. 🙂
Denise
It’s hard to argue with gooey cheese, isn’t it, Kristine 😉 Thanks!
marcie
Denise, I love that you’ve given me a brand new oven-off way to bake potatoes! This is so cool, and I intend to to use it. I love my sweet potatoes, and your recipes look wonderful. Can’t wait to see the full posts!
Denise
Yes! I can never get them as soft and creamy when I roast them in the oven…I don’t think I’ll ever do them in the oven again!
Ashley
What a fun idea! I’m the same way with my slow cooker – it can make such large batches! All three of these sound delicious!
Denise
Thanks, Ashley! I always have a ton of left-overs that I don’t know how to use!
Olivia - Primavera Ktichen
This is such a great idea for a series, Denise! I also have the same problem with my slow cooker. It cooks really large batches of food and I don’t have a big family. It is only me and my husband. So, this is great post for me 😉
Denise
I’m so glad you like the series, Olivia! I get pretty bored eating the same thing over and over again.
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely
Loving this new series! And so smart to do the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker. Then I can come home from work and they’ll be all ready for me. The best!
Denise
Exactly! And you don’t have to turn on your oven! Thanks, Natalie!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice
This is such a fun series, Denise! I’ve never even thought to cook sweet potatoes in my slow cooker. Such a great idea!
Denise
You should try it, Gayle! It is the easiest thing ever…I don’t think I’ll ever cook them in the oven again!