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Home » Recipes » Dinner » Slow Cooker Baked Sweet Potatoes

Slow Cooker Baked Sweet Potatoes

By Taesha Butler January 25, 2016 (Updated November 30, 2022) 7 Comments

Servings4
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time4 hrs
Total Time4 hrs 2 mins
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5 from 1 vote

Incredibly easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes are the perfect side to any dinner! 5 minutes of prep, into the slow cooker they go, and you come home to perfectly baked sweet potatoes ready to enjoy.

Easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes made in a black slow cooker with a loaded potato served in a white plate with a fork on the side

Slow cooker sweet potatoes

I love using baked potatoes in dinners, but I don’t love the hour or so it takes to cook them. After an insane day at work, I don’t have the time or the patience for them to hang out in the oven for a bloody hour!

Mama is HUNGRY! And I have a hungry, impatient kiddo in the wings. GIVE ME MY DINNER!  So, needless to say, when I figured out that I could cook up my sweet potatoes in my beloved slow cooker….life got a little more beautiful.

Why using a slow cooker?

I swear I do love my husband and child more than my slow cooker….not that you would know it based on how much I have been verbally swooning over my favorite appliance as of late. Its just so faithful….and handy….and perfect….and shiny….and it cooks dinner for me while I do other things.

Closeup on the delicious and easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes quickly prepared in a black slow cooker

So yeah, my slow cooker and I are pretty tight. And I may openly weep when it finally gives up on me and slow cooks its last meal. Don’t judge me, you know you love your slow cooker just as much….or you aren’t using your slow cooker properly or frequently enough.

Quick recipe tip

Keep in mind when making this that my slow cooker is pretty big (6 quarts to be exact). If your slow cooker is smaller, you might have to adjust how many potatoes you use based on the size of your slow cooker.  

Other healthy & delicious recipes you are going to love…

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Super Duper Easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes
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5 from 1 vote

Slow Cooker Baked Sweet Potatoes

Incredibly easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes are the perfect side to any dinner! 5 minutes of prep, into the slow cooker they go, and you come home to perfectly baked sweet potatoes ready to enjoy.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time4 hrs
Total Time4 hrs 2 mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy sweet potatoes recipe, sweet potatoes in a slow cooker, sweet potatoes recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 194kcal
Author: Taesha Butler

Ingredients 

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes

Instructions 

  • Wash your sweet potatoes really well. Those little buggers can be quite dirty, so really scrub them clean. And leave them wet.  Not dripping wet, just however wet they are from washing them. The moisture will help in the cooking process. 
  • Using a knife or fork, puncture the clean sweet potatoes skin multiple times. Don’t go crazy, but if you’ve had a rough day, feel free to take it out on your potatoes. Just try to leave the potatoes in one piece after you’re done.
  • Arrange the sweet potatoes in your slow cooker in a single layer. This is a great opportunity to put those Tetris skills from your youth to good use in this practical, very adult manner (and your mom said you’d never learn anything form video games).
  • Cook on low for 6-7 hours or high for 3-4 hours. You’ll know they are done when you can easily puncture the skin of the potato with a fork
  • Yeah, that’s it. Now go eat your sweet potatoes with something tasty like mashed avocados or black beans. Or both. Okay, now I’m drooling.

Notes

  • If your slow cooker is smaller, you might have to adjust how many potatoes you use based on the size of your slow cooker.  
  • Wash your sweet potatoes really well. 
  • If you prefer to cook on low, you will need to wait for 6-7 hours as opposed to 3-4 hours on high.

Nutrition

Serving: 1potato | Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 124mg | Potassium: 762mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 32063IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutritional information is provided as an estimate only and may vary based on the product type, servings and other factors. If you are following a diet, please consult with a professional nutritionist or your doctor. Stay healthy!

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  1. Kelly Smith

    January 25, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    I love making sweet potatoes in the crockpot! I’m with you, slow cooking rocks! 🙂

    Reply
    • Taesha Butler

      February 4, 2016 at 9:36 pm

      My poor slow cooker works overtime each week! I’m surprised it’s still kicking after all the abuse I’ve put it through!

      Reply
  2. Becky Winkler (A Calculated Whisk)

    January 26, 2016 at 3:29 am

    Great idea! I can’t wait to try this.

    Reply
    • Taesha Butler

      February 4, 2016 at 9:35 pm

      So easy and a total game changer for getting potatoes onto the weeknight dinner table

      Reply
  3. Jammie

    March 23, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    I thought we couldn’t eat black beans on the whole30 plan??

    Reply
    • Taesha Butler

      March 23, 2017 at 8:07 pm

      You are correct, you cannot have black beans on Whole30. This recipe is for the sweet potatoes (which you can have) and I simply staged the black beans in the photo and/or offered them as a suggestion as something that might be good on top of the sweet potatoes.

      Reply
  4. Helena

    December 11, 2020 at 7:53 pm

    5 stars
    I’ve got to get a slow cooker some time – it looks like it will save me so much time in the kitchen!

    Reply

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