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.
We are in the thick of resolution season, my friends and oh my goodness, based on some of the comments I’m getting on Facebook and here on the blog . . . ya’ll are HANGRY. Thank goodness I’ve been doing this long enough that most of it just rolls off my back as I click the delete button. Double thank goodness that so many of you are just the sweetest humans ever and leave me glowing comments about recipes that you have already made four times because you love it so much.
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!
HOW TO MAKE SWEET POTATOES IN THE CROCK POT
- Start with four medium sweet potatoes. Make sure that you don’t buy sweet potatoes that are too big.
- Give the sweet potatoes a good scrub and wrap them in aluminum foil.
- Place them in the bottom of the crock pot.
- 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.
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.
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.
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
OTHER GREAT HEALTHY SIDE DISHES
- Cucumber Tomato Salad
- Healthy Potato Salad
- Oven Roasted Asparagus Recipe
- Easy Beet Salad
- Blueberry Apple Walnut Salad
- Garlic Parmesan Green Beens
Crock Pot Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- butter optional
- brown sugar optional
- sour cream optional
- green onions optional
Instructions
- Wash your sweet potatoes, and 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 cook time.
Joann says
Do you add water to the crock pot?
Nope, I don’t add any water.
Trudy says
I’ve made these many times, sometimes just because I know my main dish will be labor intensive. Just a dash of salt and some butter is all they really need, but I serve them with.maple syrup and brown sugar for those with a bit of a sweet tooth.
Right? They are so so good and so simple.
Moose says
Why not just cook in the microwave fir 10 minutes then brush with oil and a bit of salt. Cook in the oven 200c for 25 minutes. Cooks perfect.
For normal potato cook in the oven for 30 – 40 mins dependant on size.
Microwave cooks the potato oven gives you a crispy skin
I’ve cooked them in the microwave . . . honestly, I like them better in the crock pot. I feel like they end up more tender. And I don’t eat the skin, so the crispiness isn’t really an incentive. But to each their own! The microwave is for sure faster.
Terri Zavatsky says
good with caramel ice cream topping
OMG. You are a genius!
Linda C Richardson says
It does not burn the pot?
Nope, not at all. And if you wrap them well, you have minimal clean up.
Sarah says
No need to poke holes in the potatoes first?
Nope! I love how simple the prep on this is!
Candace @ Our Zesty Life says
What a fantastic way to keep your oven and stovetop free! And they turn out perfectly.
Thanks Candace!
Cheryl says
They come out perfectly! Not stringy and cooked evenly all the way through.
So happy you liked them Cheryl!
Helen says
Hi, I am wondering if I need to wrap them in aluminum foil? I have been trying to avoid using it.
If you don’t wrap them in foil they will likely dry out. So if you want to cook them not in foil, I would suggest putting a bit of water in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Caryl Woerz says
I took this idea to the next level. I use to make my dinners alot in my crockpot when I was working 40 a week now I have a less stressful life so I remember I use to cook my ribs in the crock pot just brown season add regular the potato for how many are eating so I tried the sweet potatoes in foil with ribs and bbq sause they were perfect. 3 hrs was enough for 2 potatoes will do more of this one thanks for sharing