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posted: 01/14/19

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These Crock Pot Sweet Potatoes are the easiest way to make baked sweet potatoes in the crock pot. Grab your slow cooker and make this sweet potato recipe immediately. You’ll never make them another way again! Looking for another great go to sweet potato recipe? Make sure to try my Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes. It’s a fan favorite for sure.

a crock pot sweet potato with brown sugar and butter on it

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If you are feeling hangry and cranky because the new year has you dieting, let me introduce you to your new best friend: Crock Pot Sweet Potatoes. This sweet potato crock pot recipe is an extraordinarily simple side dish. You will be so happy by how easy it is, how perfectly it turns out, and sweet potatoes are so good for you! So let’s do it!

four sweet potatoes in front of a slow cooker to show how to cook them in it

HOW TO MAKE SWEET POTATOES IN THE CROCK POT

  1. Start with four medium sweet potatoes. Make sure that you don’t buy sweet potatoes that are too big.
  2. Give the sweet potatoes a good scrub and wrap them in aluminum foil. 
  3. Place them in the bottom of the crock pot. 
  4. Cook for 3 to 4 hours on high or 6 to 8 hours on low.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COOK SWEET POTATOES IN THE SLOW COOKER?

  • 3 to 4 hours on high
  • 6 to 8 hours on low
  • It will take longer for large sweet potatoes.

four sweet potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil in the base of a slow cooker

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR CROCK POT SWEET POTATOES ARE DONE?

When you take them out of your crock pot, your sweet potatoes should be fork tender. If you aren’t able to easily pierce the sweet potato through the center all the way down with a fork, they should go back in the slow cooker for another half hour to an hour. 

These sweet potatoes were on the small side of medium and they cooked perfectly in 3 and a half hours.

a sweet potato cooked in a crock pot sitting on foil with a fork going in it to check the tenderness

When you cut into your sweet potatoes, they will be soft and tender. They will mash up perfectly right in their skin. This method of cooking your sweet potatoes in the crock pot keeps your oven free, making this such a great dinner side dish recipe. These crock pot sweet potatoes would be a great side dish for these Baked Chicken Tenders or this Baked Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs.

overhead view of a crock pot sweet potato cooked with butter and brown sugar on it

GREAT SWEET POTATO TOPPINGS

Once your sweet potatoes are cooked, they are good with so many different toppings. Some of many toppings! Some of my favorites are:

  • butter
  • brown sugar
  • maple syrup
  • cinnamon
  • green onions
  • chives

overhead of four sweet potatoes on a baking sheet that have been cooked in a slow cooker

OTHER GREAT HEALTHY SIDE DISHES

fork digging into a crock pot baked sweet potato with sour cream and green onions

a crock pot sweet potato with brown sugar and butter on it
5 from 3 votes

Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

Serves: 4 people
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Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 3 hours
Total: 3 hours 5 minutes
These Crockpot Sweet Potatoes are the easiest way to make baked sweet potatoes in the crock pot. Grab your slow cooker and make this sweet potato recipe immediately. You'll never make them another way again! 

Ingredients

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes
  • butter optional
  • brown sugar optional
  • sour cream optional
  • green onions optional

Instructions

  • Wash your sweet potatoes then wrap them in aluminum foil.
  • Place the sweet potatoes in the bottom of the crock pot.
  • Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or on low for 6 to 8 hours.  Please note that bigger sweet potatoes will need the full cooking time.
Calories: 115kcal (6%) Carbohydrates: 27g (9%) Protein: 2g (4%) Fat: 0.2g Saturated Fat: 0.1g (1%) Sodium: 41mg (2%) Potassium: 347mg (10%) Fiber: 3.8g (16%) Sugar: 8.7g (10%) Vitamin A: 23750IU (475%) Vitamin C: 26.4mg (32%) Calcium: 41mg (4%) Iron: 1.1mg (6%)
Author: Lisa Longley
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
a crock pot sweet potato with brown sugar and butter on it

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  1. Melissa says

    If I wanted to make more (8) is it okay to put them on top of the first layer?

    • Lisa Longley says

      Yes! That will work just fine!

  2. Yvonne matthews says

    I heard that sweet potatoes boiled are better for a diabetic than baked. Any advice.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so sorry, I’m just not qualified to speak to that.

  3. Veda says

    I think I may try this but leave off the foil, don’t like cooking with foil. I do like the idea of freeing up the oven..often things cook at different temps. Thanks

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