This Sweet Potato Chess Pie is absolutely delicious, rich, and perfect for your holiday table.
This sweet potato pie is so delicious, it is pound to be a hit. If you love sweet potatoes and you love pumpkin pie, you will adore this delicious dessert perfect for the holidays.
Here’s my review…5 star YUM! Thank you again for the suggestions, totally worked! Served it warm and it was a big hit!
How to Make Sweet Potato Chess Pie
This is a brief overview of how to make my spin on a sweet potato pie. For the full recipe with all of the measurements, see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Line a pie plate with pie crust. My easy pie crust recipe works perfect here.
- Make the filling. Stir together the pureed sweet potato, sugar, brown sugar, vinegar, cinnamon, eggs, vanilla, and flour.
- Bake the pie.
- Add the marshmallows. After the pie has baked, take it out of the oven and add the marshmallows on top. Broil them for a few minutes until they turn golden and crisp.
Easy Pie Crust Recipe
How to Serve
This recipe can be served warm or cold. This pie is delicious on it’s own with its fantastic toasted marshmallow topping, but it would be delicious with whipped cream or some vanilla ice cream too.
Making Ahead
This can be made up to 24 hours in advance. It can be served cold, room temperature, or you can cover it and warm it in the oven for 30 minutes before serving.
Storing Leftovers
Leftovers of this pie can be stored in the refrigerator for up to four days, covered. As with all recipes, use your best discretion when it comes to leftovers.
More Holiday Desserts
If you make this sweet potato chess pie recipe or any of my other recipes, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
Sweet Potato Chess Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 sweet potato about 1 pound, baked and pureed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 TBSP vinegar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsps vanilla
- 3 TBSPs all purpose flour
- 5 oz marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a deep dish 9 inch pie pan with your pie crust.
- Whisk together the potato and melted butter. Then stir in all the remaining ingredients except the marshmallows. Pour it into the pie crust and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the edges are set but the middle has a little jiggle still too it.
- Take the pie out and dot it with the marshmallows. Turn on your broiler and put the pie back in, watching very closely. Broil until the marshmallows turn brown on top, about five minutes. When you take the pie out, the marshmallows will be standing up still all weird, but as the pie cools they will fall and make a nice toasted marshmallow layer.
- Let cool on the counter for a half hour and then completely in the refrigerator overnight.
Allie | Baking a Moment says
I’ve never had a chess pie either but something tells me your versions are probably even better than the original! Looooove the toasty marshmallow topping here ;)
Zainab says
This is just da bomb!! Just saying ;)
Julie | This Gal Cooks says
I think people just look for things to complain about. I think the names of your recipes are just fine! :)
LOVE this pie, Lisa. I know my mom would love it, too. She loves sweet potato pie!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Pinned! LOVE everything about this!!! Want! :)
Nicole says
I love me some Sweet Potato Pie and I have never had cheese pie but this looks good!
heather @french press says
some people just have too much time on their hands! you can call this whatever you want, it looks amazing!
Kirsten says
I had a problem. I don’t have any experience with sweet potatoes. So when I got home and realized it’s white and not orange? I was worried. I wasn’t sure if that is a “wrong” sweet potato? And I wasn’t sure how much I needed because there are all kinds of sizes of sweet potatoes, too??
Kirsten . . . . I’ve never heard of a white sweet potato. As for size, thank you for pointing that out! It should be about one pound.
Elise says
Hey! So you probably used true sweet potatos, which are white. What most people call “sweet potatos” and are orange in color are in fact yams. There is a difference on taste and I believe there is a slight difference on cooking, but I have not Baked with a true (white) sweet potatoe, I have only baked with yams (orange). How did it turn out?
Gail Smith says
Hi Lisa! This sounds amazing and I can’t wait to try it!
Don’t worry about the picky critics – there’s always a few in every crowd, and so many recipes and foods (and names) are regional, who cares what they’re called – what matters is how they taste!
And to add a note re: chess pies: where I’m from, what makes it chess is about a Tbsn of cornmeal as well as the vinegar. Don’t know why.
Keep those recipes coming!
Thanks Gail!
Mary Lynn says
It sounds good, more like a regular sweet potato custard pie here in the south. Every Chess pie I have had is like another lady says has a little bit of cornmeal that floats to the top thus forming a crunchy top which feels good in the mouth. I had buried 1 rooted sweet potato and tons have popped up. Some are 2 pounds or more.. Anyway, this is so close to my sweet potato pie. I do use cinnamon etc but a southern thing. Some people do get tired of music very easily. Maybe in small increments. I think of it as a treat for Thanksgiving night tradition.
Donna says
WHAT? WHY did you get grief for calling your 15 minute mini calzones, calzones? They look damn good and I am gonna make me some ESPECIALLY since they are only 15 minutes to make!
Oh, you know, people with too much time on their hands ????