November 2, 2019

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole

Name: Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 250 min
Ingredients: 2 29 ounce cans of sweet potatoes; 4 tablespoons butter (melted); 2 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons brown sugar (packed); 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon allspice; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons orange juice; 2 large eggs (beaten); 1/3 cup milk; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed); 3 tablespoons flour; 3 tablespoons butter (melted); 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows

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A new twist on a traditional Thanksgiving side dish, this easy sweet potato casserole topped with pecans and marshmallows is all made simple in your slow cooker. The perfect way to save oven space this Thanksgiving is to let your crock-pot do the work for you!

This Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole is your new holiday best friend for life. Why do we all love holiday slow cooker side dishes so much? Because we can set it, forget it and just walk away and focus on all the other craziness that holiday cooking brings.

That’s the beauty of this sweet potato casserole, you simply stir your ingredients together and move on to other things like spending time with your family … or trying to hide from your family … whichever works for your particular situation. No judging..

WHY THIS SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE IS THE BEST!

This casserole tastes like you slaved away all day in your kitchen but it only takes about 10 minutes to pull this together. Shhhh … it will be our secret!

Using canned sweet potatoes makes bringing this casserole together super fast!
Canned sweet potatoes are packed in a sweet syrup which adds even more flavor.
Making this sweet potato casserole in your crockpot frees up much needed oven space on your busiest of cooking days
You can totally make this favorite holiday side dish the night before, simply keep it in the fridge until the next day.
There’s no more fighting over marshmallow or pecan topping .. you are bringing the heat serving up both!!

To make this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole, you will need:

Canned sweet potatoes
Brown sugar
Sugar
Butter
Milk
Egg
Orange juice
Seasonings
Vanilla
Pecans
All purpose flour
Mini-marshmallows

My favorite part of this sweet potato casserole is that everything is done right in your slow cooker. No extra pots and pans to wash, no more searching for extra baking dishes or burning your hand on the oven. You mix this all up in your slow cooker and it does the rest of the work for you.

Nothing in your house (including most of your invited family) will help you more. I feel like the other appliances in my kitchen aren’t even trying at this point.

HOW TO MAKE SLOW COOKER SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

To make this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole, start by spraying your slow cooker with non-stick spray. Next, drain your canned sweet potatoes, add to the slow cooker and using a fork or a potato masher, lightly break up the sweet potatoes and mash them to your desired consistency.

Next, add in the sugar, vanilla, butter and brown sugar along with the orange juice, eggs, milk and spices and using a hand mixer, beat together to combine. Smooth mixture out evenly and in a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, melted butter and pecans.

Sprinkle evenly over the sweet potatoes. Cover and cook on High for 3 – 4 hours. Right before serving, top with mini marshmallows and maybe a few extra pecans, cover and let marshmallows melt. Reduce your heat to Warm and serve your Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole directly out of the slow cooker.

PRO TIPS FOR PERFECT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Don’t want to serve this with both a marshmallow and a pecan topping? Leave out whichever you don’t prefer and your sweet potato casserole will still be delicious.
This sweet potato casserole filling can be made the night before and then added into your slow cooker the day of.
Don’t skip the orange juice – it gives the sweet potatoes a little bit of “zing”!

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH PECANS OR MARSHMALLOWS?

Whether to make sweet potato casserole with marshmallows or sweet potato casserole with pecans, that’s dealers choice.

I, personally, prefer sweet potato casserole with pecans whereas my hubby likes marshmallows.

The addition of BOTH pecans and marshmallows really add a crunchy, sweet topping to your casserole that pairs perfectly with the mashed sweet potatoes.

For this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole, I combined the best of both worlds to avoid any awkward holiday fighting but feel free to customize this recipe to however your family likes it.

CANNED YAMS VS FRESH SWEET POTATOES

Sweet potatoes vs. yams is a sweet potato casserole discussion that usually results in heated arguments and hurt feelings. Haha.. just kidding.

You most certainly can use fresh sweet potato to make your sweet potato casserole dish. Simply peel, chop and boil four large sweet potatoes until they are soft enough to mash. Then follow on with the rest of the instructions.

For this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole recipe, I used the canned sweet potatoes to make this slow cooker side dish recipe as easy and flavorful as possible. I’ve tried making this side dish with both and I personally prefer using the canned sweet potatoes over fresh potatoes.

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Update Notes: This post was originally published in December of 2018 but was republished with an updated recipe, new photos, step by step instructions and tips in October of 2019.

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