Sweet Potato Recipes You'll Love

Laced with garlic and rosemary and topped with pecans and goat cheese, this easy casserole gives a savory wink to the traditional sweet-on-sweet Turkey Day staple.

Sweet Potatoes with Goat Cheese "Mallows"

For a gloriously orange update to scalloped potatoes, we layered sweet potatoes, sharp cheddar and chipotle peppers. But the luscious creamy goodness? Still the same.

Spicy Scalloped Sweet Potatoes

Cincinnati-area chef Paul Dagenbach upgraded the classic Midwest corn chowder. Sweet potatoes and andouille sausage made their way into the mix, along with cumin, chili powder and Cajun spice for a little zing.

Sweet Potato-Corn Chowder

A colorful mixture of sweet potatoes, red onion and pears blends with sage and sweet honey in this easy roasted side.

Honey-Sage Sweet Potatoes, Pears and Walnuts

Bits of sweet potato fleck these moist dinner rolls from Sandra Schifferle of Lansing, Kansas. She puts Kansas wheat to good use in this recipe. For a quick prep, microwave your sweet potato, then cool and mash the veggie for the rolls.

Sweet Potato Rolls

Luxuriously silky leeks—slow-cooked in butter and seasoned with lemon juice and thyme—ripple through sweet potatoes. Feel free to substitute ordinary potatoes if you prefer.

Mashed Sweet Potato with Melted Leeks

This sweet potato casserole has a sugared pecan topper, making it a perfect side dish for special occasions.

Praline Sweet Potatoes

Any plain corn bread will work in this cozy recipe from chef Edward Lee.

Cornbread and Sweet Potato Bread Pudding with Coconut Sauce

Orange zest, nutmeg and smoked paprika add layers of flavor to these tender biscuits.

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Breakfast, brunch or dinner—this colorful meat-free frittata is a 30-minute meal that tastes nutritiously delicious any time.

Chard and Sweet Potato Frittata 

Chocolate and sweet potato batters swirl together to make this moist, tender spice cake from Patricia Polley of Columbus, Ohio. Wrap and store the cooled cake overnight for easier slicing. (It’s a great alternative to coffee cake for brunches.)

Sweet Potato-Cranberry Cake

Cranberry relish, dried cranberries and walnut pieces add zest to a holiday favorite.

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

Whole garlic cloves (even 30 of them!) become mellow and buttery-soft when roasted. Sweet potatoes and onion wedges cook alongside the chicken.

Garlic Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Toasted pecans and melty marshmallows top whipped sweet potatoes in this classic special-occasion side dish.

Sweet Potatoes with Toasted Pecans

Our healthy south-of-the-border hummus has sweet potato for silky smoothness, chipotle peppers for smoky heat and pepitas (pumpkin seeds) for crunch. If you like, kick up the heat by swirling some of the adobo sauce from the can of chipotles on top of the dip.

Sweet Potato Hummus

You'll think autumn in a bowl when you feast your eyes on this soup, which Marie Rizzio of Interlochen, Michigan, considers her fall comfort food. "It's the best sweet potato soup," she says.

View So-Creamy Sweet Potato Soup recipe

Besides tinting the cake a lovely pale orange, sweet potatoes lend a pleasant texture to the rich, creamy filling. This recipe comes from Patty Pinner's cookbook Sweets (crownpublishing.com).

Aint Helen’s Sweet Potato Cheesecake

A rich cream cheese frosting tops cinnamon-spiced cupcakes. Garnish with shredded orange peel.

Sweet Potato Cupcakes

Maple syrup provides a sweet coating to skillet-cooked chicken. Heat refrigerated mashed sweet potatoes for the side dish.

Start to finish: 20 minutes

Maple-Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Traditional sticky buns not quite sweet enough for you? Add sweet potato, maple syrup and syrupy pecans.

Maple Sweet-Potato Sticky Buns

Sweet potatoes, cumin, cinnamon, and dried apricots or plums add a North African flavor to this lower-sodium version of slow-cooker beef stew.

Beef and Sweet Potato Stew

This is the ultimate feel-good dish: two kinds of mashed potatoes with bacon. Cream cheese adds richness; chipotle chile brings a subtle smoky flavor.

Chipotle Smashed Potatoes

This thick chowder blends corn, pumpkin and chunks of sweet potato.

Pumpkin Corn Chowder

Mix fennel, garlic and oregano for a pork shoulder rub. Sweet potatoes cook alongside the entree in a slow cooker.

Italian Pork with Sweet Potatoes

Hummus makes an unexpected but tasty partner with sweet potatoes for this vegetarian main dish. Sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds and broccoli add flavor and texture.

Hummus-Sesame Sweet Potatoes

Root vegetables, apples and tomatoes simmer with melt-in-your-mouth pork sirloin for a robust stew.

Hearty Pork-and-Ale Stew

Deborah Biggs of Omaha completes this amazingly moist dessert with Maple Whipped Cream. 

Spiced Pecan Sweet Potato Cake

Nutmeg and cinnamon spice up a classic sweet potato pie mix of eggs, sugar, butter and evaporated milk.

Classic Sweet Potato Pie

This hearty and uber-healthy vegetarian chili recipe comes from Brianne Jamerson of Indiana. If you'd prefer a looser texture, just add extra water or broth.

Quinoa Harvest Chili

Cathy Wiechert of Mound, Minnesota, created a moist morning bread with a mellow blend of spices, citrus peel and raisins. It bakes to a gorgeous gold.

Orange-Glazed Sweet Potato Breakfast Braid

Shhh! Don't tell anyone, but this hearty supper soup takes just an hour to make. The secret? Deli-roasted chicken and precooked sausage. Pair with breadsticks or a crusty baguette for a perfect winter meal that will fill your house with good smells.

Chicken and Kielbasa Winter Stew

Create a meatless main dish in minutes by sauteing sweet potatoes, then adding canned corn and black beans. Top with a chipotle-flavor sour cream, avocado slices and fresh cilantro.

Mexican Sweet Potato-Veggie Medley

Baked in a casserole dish, this unusual dessert channels the spirit of marshmallow-topped sweet potato, with the added spice of pumpkin pie. This recipe comes from Patty Pinner's cookbook Sweets (crownpublishing.com).

Aint Sug’s Punkin’ Puddin’

Sweet potatoes and apples hold their own with spicy chipotle chilies in this perfect sweet-heat balance. Does it take a lot of peeling and chopping? Yes. Is it worth it? Oh, yeah.

Harvest Chipotle Chili