An easy recipe for Crock-Pot Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows is perfect for your next holiday meal! Sweet spiced potatoes with a melty marshmallow topping.
Crock-Pot Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows
This delicious recipe for Crock-Pot Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows is the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving or Christmas meals.
The sweet potatoes (yams) are lightly spiced with warm cinnamon & nutmeg, sweetened up with brown sugar and then topped with a melty marshmallow topping.
I really enjoy making this classic sweet potatoes with marshmallows in the slow cooker versus the oven as it frees up my oven for other holiday dishes like the ham, turkey, rolls etc. that need to be cooked in the oven. Plus if you are asked to bring a dish to a holiday dinner toting it in your slow cooker is nice. Just plug it in when you get to your destination and you will have a nice hot dish to serve!
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| Servings | 8people |
| Prep Time | 30minutes |
| Cook Time | 6 - 7hours on LOW or 3 - 4 hours on HIGH |
- 5 large Sweet Potatoes your store may call them yams (see recipe note)
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Butter melted
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 3 cups Miniature Marshmallows
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Ingredients
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- Scrub and peel the sweet potatoes.
- Cube sweet potatoes into 1/2 inch dice.
- Place sweet potatoes, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in the bottom of a 4 quart slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 7 hours or HIGH 3 to 4 hours until the sweet potatoes are tender.
- Using a potato masher mash the sweet potatoes to your desired consistency.
- Add 1/2 cup of orange juice and stir to mix it in to the mashed sweet potatoes.
- Cover with marshmallows and cover and cook an additional 20 - 30 minutes until marshmallows are melted on top.
* There is much confusion between a yam and a sweet potato. Here in the United States, what you find at your grocery store..that is labeled a yam..is actually a sweet potato. Technically a yam, is a white tuber with little taste, that can only be found normally in ethic stores. We may call those big huge tubers at the store a yam, but they are a sweet potato. * For another variation use pumpkin pie spice instead of the cinnamon and nutmeg. It adds another dimension of flavor!
Debbie Gray says
November 27, 2014 at 3:52 AMHi!
What about OJ?
Lady Sarah says
December 3, 2014 at 1:57 AMI’m sure a splash of OJ would be just fine.
Patti Esperti says
December 6, 2014 at 7:05 AMThe recipe calls for OJ, but I don’t see where to add it in the instructions. Also, about how many servings would this make?
Lady Sarah says
December 13, 2014 at 1:27 PMFixed it!
I can’t give you an exact for servings but I would say at least 10.
Teresa Buonafede says
December 6, 2014 at 11:06 AMThe recipe calls for ½ Cup of Orange Juice and there is no mention of the OJ in the instructions.
Just wondering if it is supposed to be added or not?
Thanks!
Lady Sarah says
December 13, 2014 at 1:25 PMThanks for catching that. I added it into the instructions!
Kim Daves says
November 25, 2015 at 7:59 PMHow much pumpkin pie spice would you add ? Making it for tomorrow thanks
Lady Heidi says
November 26, 2015 at 1:59 PMThis recipe does not call for pumpkie pie spice. However if you want to substitute the cinnamon and nutmeg you can do 1 to 2 teaspoons.