Slow Cooker Baked Sweet Potatoes are a perfect, easy, holiday side dish your guests will love and it only takes a minute of prep work!
We love serving this during the holidays with Roasted Turkey, Green Bean Casserole and Macaroni and Cheese. Or if you’re all about starches, add Mashed Potatoes on the side too!
Slow-cooker Sweet Potatoes are an easy, sweet, and savory side dish for your dinner table. With so many delicious ways to serve them, this will quickly become one of your go-to recipes.
Most people end up using up valuable oven space baking the potatoes when they could be multitasking with other recipes. Plus, if you use your slow cooker (crockpot), you can keep the potatoes warm, so they are perfect for a buffet spread, too.
It’s fall, which means peak season for sweet potatoes has begun. Because you know I love my crock pot recipes (and you do too!), it only seemed right to share one of the easiest ways to serve potatoes using one.
In fact, you know how much we love our crock pot. I have a list of delicious holiday options for you to make in your crockpot. Most people aren’t as obsessed as me, but I have a closet full of crock pots.
- Ultimate Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole
- Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Carrots
How do you make the potatoes in a crock pot?
First, wash and scrub the sweet potatoes to remove any residual dirt on the skin. Using a fork, poke holes all over the potatoes and then wrap them in foil. Place them in the slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
How to make potatoes in the oven?
Use the exact instructions as above, but place the cookies on a baking sheet and bake them in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 – 1 ½ hours.

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Candied Sweet Potatoes
- If you want to make mashed sweet potatoes using this recipe no need for them to be peeled, just cut the cooked sweet potatoes in half and scoop out the potato flesh into a dish.
- In a medium saucepan, warm up the butter and brown sugar mixture and pour over the sweet potatoes and mash using a masher or hand mixer.
- To make a sweet potato casserole, add a streusel topping and press mini marshmallows on top, place in the oven for 10-15 minutes. To toast the marshmallows, place them under a broiler for 1 minute at the end.
Are sweet potatoes healthier than white potatoes?
Both have their benefits, but sweet potatoes lead by providing more Vitamin A and C, fewer calories and carbs, and more fiber than their white potato counterparts.
Are sweet potatoes gluten-free?
Yes. Gluten is a protein found in grains, and since potatoes aren’t grains, they are gluten-free.


Ingredients
- 5 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Wash and scrub the sweet potato well and using a fork, poke holes all over each potato.
- Dip each potato in the water and wrap with foil (dipping in water before wrapping will help prevent sticking to the foil.)
- Put them in the slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
Great tasting and so many ways to dress up! Love that it frees oven and in warmer weather don’t need oven! Use lots of your recipes. Thanks.
Hi Sabrina, I have a question on the 1 cup of water: Do you put the 1 cup of water in the crock pot, then the wrapped in foil sweet potatoes on top? I saw the ingredient listing of water but it was not in the instructions. I did it for 1 1/2 hrs. without the water and I smelled a burnish aroma, so I quickly added the 1 cup of water to the crock pot. FYI: I used high heat setting.
Love this. I’ve been wanting to try russet potatoes in the crockpot, for my family, but I also kinda like sweet potato better. I had heard of doing white potatoes in the slow cooker so I looked up if you could do it with sweet potato. That’s how I found this recipe and I’m so excited I did. I tried it out last night. I did both sweet potatoes and russets, and they both turned out awesome. I’ve never been able to make a good sweet potato until now, and it was so darn easy. The sweet potato was perfectly cooked, after eight hours on low. Very soft, and bright orange. Really smooth, and perfectly sweet. Absolutely perfect. My family loved the russets too but I think sweet potato is where it’s at lol
Yay! I’m so glad you found the site. 🙂
I will definitely try them but what you picture are not sweet poratoes which are lighter and more fiberous than yams which is what is pictured and what I prefer. Many times this mistake is made. Yams are what is usually meant when saying sweet potatoes. Just FYI.
Sweetpotatoes are the perfect dinner side! I love this recipe!
Thanks, Rachael!
These were super tasty!! I’m making them in the slow cooker more often
So easy, right?! Happy to hear you enjoyed them!
These are my favorite slow cooker sweet potatoes! They come out perfect every time!
I’m so glad you love them!
Such a great easy hack for Thanksgiving – this will save so much space in the kitchen!
Definitely!
LOVE this sweet potato recipe! Perfect for the holidays when I need to free up some oven space.
Yes, makes juggling all the dishes so much easier.
we love sweet potatoes but I’ve never thought about cooking them in the slow cooker!! thanks so much!
You’re welcome, Cheryl!