40+ Cozy Sweet Potato Recipes for Fall

Enjoy this collection of sweet potato recipes, from breakfast breads to dinner and desserts, there's something for everyone here!

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Autumn is here, and with that, my kitchen is serving up all of the cozy recipes of the season. That means warm spices that pair perfectly with the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes. Enjoy an incredibly cozy weekend breakfast with my Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls that have a soft buttery texture that everyone is going to love. For dinner, I recommend my quick and creamy Sweet Potato Soup, the perfect thing to warm you up on chilly nights. I can’t wait to share all of these recipes with you, which is why I’ve put together a list of my favorite ways to use sweet potatoes. This includes everyday favorites and holiday desserts, guaranteed to have people asking you for the recipe!

Sweet Potato Recipes

The ultimate collection of sweet potato recipes for every meal of the day!

Easy Breads & Muffins

Sweet potato adds both flavor and moisture, making these baked goods incredibly soft with a tender crumb!

Sweet Potato Biscuits with one sliced in half
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Sweet Potato Biscuits are fluffy, light, and flaky. Perfect for Thanksgiving with sweet potato puree, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
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muffins on a wire rack with coffee on side
Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe
Try these Sweet Potato Muffins for a quick and tasty Fall breakfast. Enjoy the moist texture and fall flavors in every bite. Try this today!
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Sliced stacked baked bread on a table
Sweet Potato Bread Recipe
Easy Sweet Potato Bread is a sweet and savory bread recipe made with spices perfect for breakfast or dessert! Great for Holiday gifting too!
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Baked roll on a dish
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls are unbelievably soft and tender, with warm, comforting flavors. The ultimate comfort treat for a cozy night!
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Savory Sides

These sweet potato side dish recipes have that perfect combination of sweet and savory flavor, that helps to compliment the main course!

fries in a basket
Crispy Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
You'll love these Crispy Sweet Potato Fries that are perfectly crispy and still fluffy in the middle with both fried and oven-baked options!
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Potato with butter on sheet tray
Easy Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Easy Baked Sweet Potatoes are a simple, delicious side dish that’s the perfect addition to any dinner and they are ready in under 60 minutes!
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Creamy Spicy Sweet Potato Salad Recipe
Creamy Spicy Sweet Potato Salad is a perfect combo bursting with flavor and creaminess. It is a great side to any meal and will be a favorite!
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Cooked vegetables on a serving dish
Melting Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Melting Sweet Potatoes are the ultimate comforting dish that's crispy on the outside but literally melts in your mouth. Try them today!
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Top of cooked vegetable in a bowl
Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Mashed Sweet Potatoes are sweet and creamy, made with only 4 ingredients and ready in under 45 minutes. Perfect for the holiday season! 
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Grilled Sweet Potatoes on plate with dipping sauce
Grilled Sweet Potatoes
Grilled Sweet Potatoes are easy to make and wonderfully crispy and charred on the outside and fluffy inside. Try these at your next cookout!
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Cropped photo of Sweet Potato Souffl? in a serving spoon
Sweet Potato Soufflé
Sweet Potato Soufflé is soft and buttery Thanksgiving side dish with a sweet crunchy walnut and brown sugar streusel topping. Ready in just 40 minutes!
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potatoes in slow cooker topped with nuts
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes are a perfect, easy, holiday side you and your guests will love. Just add butter or turn them into a casserole!
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Sweet Potatoes Au Gratin serving on plate
Sweet Potatoes au Gratin
Sweet Potatoes au Gratin is the dish you need to add to your Thanksgiving spread. Sweet potatoes baked in heavy cream with cinnamon, nutmeg, and parmesan.
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two orange potatoes on a baking sheet with a slice of butter on top
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes are a sweet, crunchy, and easy holiday side dish! Perfectly delicious and satisfying! Make these potatoes soon!
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Creamy mashed sweet potatoes with pat of butter and garnish.
Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes are easy, creamy, and made in no time. It's the perfect hassle-free dish for the holidays or friendsgiving!
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Garlic Butter Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Garlic Butter Roasted Sweet Potatoes are a combination of sweet and savory flavors cooked to crispy, buttery perfection. You will love these!
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cooked sweet potatoes in bowl, cut open with butter and parsley garnish
Instant Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes
Easy Instant Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes have the quickest cooking time. They come out fluffy, light, and perfect for dinner! Try them today!
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Sweet Potato with toothpicks in them
Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potatoes perfectly combine sweet and salty with crispy bacon, tender sweet potatoes, brown sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
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Comforting Main Dishes

The perfect quick and easy dinner ideas, these sweet potato mains will give you a new recipe to try for every night of the week!

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Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
Sweet Potato Soup is a healthy creamy soup recipe made with all the heartiness and coziness to warm you up on the coldest of Winter nights.
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African Peanut Sweet Potato Stew Recipe
African Peanut Sweet Potato Stew is a rich and hearty dish blending bold spices with a comforting and creamy texture. Try for dinner tonight!
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chicken and sweet potatoes on a serving spoon.
Baked African Sweet Potato Chicken Recipe
Baked African Sweet Potato Chicken is made with sweet and spicy flavors, chicken, mangoes, peanut butter, sweet potatoes, and cayenne.
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Caribbean Curry Soup Recipe
Caribbean Curry Soup is a delicious vegan sweet potato soup with warm spices that will have you dreaming of the beach in Jamacia!
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skillet filled with veggies, sausage, and egg
Sausage & Egg Skillet with Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipe
Enjoy your Thanksgiving leftovers without the pumpkin or turkey with this fabulous, easy breakfast skillet. Delicious and so easy to make!
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West African Pot Roast Recipe
West African Pot Roast is a one-pot dinner with familiar ingredients that gives you the feeling of traveling without ever leaving your home!
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Veggie chili in bowl with spoon.
Vegetarian Chili
Vegetarian Chili is an easy hearty meat-free chili recipe full of flavor. Made with sweet potatoes and two kinds of beans, ready in 1 hour!
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Cooked chicken thighs with vegetables
One Pot Roasted Rosemary Chicken with Fall Vegetables Recipe
One Pot Roasted Rosemary Chicken with Fall Vegetables is the perfect weeknight dinner- made in under an hour and with only seven ingredients!
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Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken Recipe
Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken with Roasted Sweet Potatoes is the perfect fall weeknight dinner your family will love. Roasted in just 30 minutes!
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Creamy Garlic Parmesan Roasted Chicken and Sweet Potatoes and Spinach
Creamy Garlic Parmesan Roasted Chicken and Sweet Potatoes
Creamy Garlic Parmesan Roasted Chicken and Sweet Potatoes made in one pan and in less than 45 minutes so you can enjoy it during the week as the weather cools down.
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Sweet Potatoes and Carrots in a white bowl with gravy
Slow Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast Recipe
This Slow Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast is a fantastic dish that combines the comforting flavors of a traditional pot roast with vibrant spices!
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Holiday Recipes

These classic holiday recipes are the perfect addition to your table, made with fresh ingredients that your guests will love!

Sweet Potato Casserole on serving plate 4x3
Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole is a classic holiday side dish made with buttery brown sugar and topped with pecan streusel. Perfect for Thanksgiving!
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Plated dinner with turkey, peas and potatoes
Slow Cooker Turkey with Gravy, Candied Sweet Potatoes, & Green Peas Recipe
Slow Cooker Turkey with Gravy, Candied Sweet Potatoes, & Green Peas brings the flavors of Thanksgiving together in one easy, comforting meal!
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Turkey and side all on sheet pan ready to serve
Sheet Pan Thanksgiving Dinner Recipe
Celebrate Thanksgiving with minimal effort using a Sheet Pan Thanksgiving Dinner. Delicious turkey and sides ready in no time! Try it today!
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Cooked thanksgiving meal in crockpot
Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Dinner Recipe
This complete Thanksgiving meal for two is prepared in the slow cooker, letting you enjoy Thanksgiving all year long. Plus an easy clean up!
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Melting Candied Sweet Potatoes on serving plate 1x1
Melting Candied Sweet Potatoes
Melting Candied Sweet Potatoes are the perfect melt-in-your-mouth roasted potato rounds prepped in brown sugar, butter, and spices.
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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole with just a handful of ingredients. You'll have a tasty side dish with little effort and free oven space!
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Candied Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows Recipe
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows are a cozy, sweet classic that bring comforting holiday flavor and a toasty finish to every bite!
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Candied Hasselback Sweet Potatoes on serving platter 1x1
Candied Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
Candied Hasselback Sweet Potatoes are the perfect sweet side dish for the holidays with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
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Diced sweet potatoes with oat topping
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Oat Crust Recipe
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Oat Crust are the perfect Thanksgiving dinner side. It blends sweet and savory with a buttery crunch!
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Candied Yams Recipe
Candied Yams made with sweet potatoes, brown sugar, and ground cinnamon are the perfect side dish and baked in just one hour!
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Satisfying Desserts

Enjoy the sweetness of these potatoes with some classic desserts, and a few twists on your favorite recipes!

Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie is a classic Southern dessert perfect for Thanksgiving. The filling is made with sweet potato puree, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
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sweet potato in a brownie
Sweet Potato Brownies Recipe
Sweet potato brownies are a chocolate treat with a healthy ingredient, making them a perfect feel-good treat for any occasion. Try them soon!
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Baked goods served on a plate a la mode
Sweet Potato Cobbler Recipe
Sweet Potato Cobbler is a cozy fall dessert that's rich, buttery, and warmly spiced. The perfect comfort treat for the season! Try it soon!
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Served dish on a plate
Sweet Potato Crisp Recipe
Sweet Potato Crisp is a warm, comforting dessert with a soft center and a crisp, golden topping. Perfect for holidays or anytime cravings!
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Closeup of stacked baked goods
Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cookies are moist, buttery, and wonderfully chocolatey. The perfect Thanksgiving dessert. Try this recipe today!
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Sweet potatoes don’t just add an amazing flavor, they can also add moisture to baked goods giving it that melt-in-your-mouth texture! Make sure to let me know in the comments below which recipe you liked the most. For more great recipes, try my other collections, 30 Cozy Comforting Recipes for Chilly Fall Nights, and my Cozy Soup Recipes for Fall!

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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