Put a twist on a classic holiday side dish with these easy and oh-so-delicious Sweet Potato Casserole Bites!
Our family is a group of Thanksgiving nomads. By that I mean that some years we do Thanksgiving at our house, or travel to the Panhandle to visit Chris’ family, switch it up with a big ol’ Friendsgiving meal and other times or head over to my mom’s house. While the location may change, one thing is certain: the food does not. I have a few non-negotiables when it comes to Thanksgiving: Turkey and ham, both please. Stuffing (not dressing). Cranberry sauce (I know, I’m probably in the minority with that). And most definitely, sweet potato casserole.
This year, I decided to put a twist on the classic flavors of sweet potato casserole with this easy Thanksgiving side dish or appetizer!
Sweet Potato Casserole Bites
Sweet Potato Casserole Appetizer
Sweet potato planks are roasted, then topped with butter, brown sugar, pecans and mini marshmallows – it’s the best of sweet potato casserole in a few delectable bites. How awesome would these be for a Thanksgiving appetizer? No longer just a lumpy bumpy side dish … these sweet potato casserole bites will absolutely steal the show!
The best part is that there are only 5 ingredients!
It gets started with 4 big sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into rounds. I was able to get about 30, half-inch thick sweet potato rounds divided between two baking sheets.
Once they are roasted, each sweet potato round is topped with a generous spoonful of butter, brown sugar and pecans.
No self-respecting Southern girl can make any sweet potato casserole recipe without marshmallows.
Soft, sweet mini marshmallows bake up puffy and pillowy and then melt into a sticky puddle covering that brown sugar and pecan goodness …
Sweet Potato Casserole Bites
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: appetizer
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Put a twist on a classic holiday side dish with these easy and oh-so-delicious Sweet Potato Casserole Bites!
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes (about 3 ½ pounds)
- Carlini Olive oil
- 1 cup Baker’s Corner light brown sugar
- 1 cup Southern Grove chopped pecans
- ¼ cup ½ stick Countryside Creamery unsalted butter
- Baker’s Corner Mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Spray two baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray.
- Peel sweet potatoes and slice into ½ inch rounds.
- Place sweet potato rounds on baking sheet, drizzle lightly with olive oil and roast until the rounds are fork tender but not TOO soft. Mine took about 10 minutes.
- While potatoes are roasting, melt butter in a microwave safe bowl.
- Stir together butter, brown sugar and pecans.
- Divide brown sugar pecan mixture over the tops of the roasted potato rounds.
- Add 5 or 6 mini marshmallows on top of the brown sugar pecan mixture.
- Return pan to the oven until marshmallows are melted.
Keywords: Sweet Potato Casserole Bites
Friends and family, fair warning: Wherever we end up this year for Thanksgiving, these Sweet Potato Casserole Bites are 100% going on the menu. Have sweet potatoes, will travel!
Kelly of Simply Kelly Designs says
I started shopping at Aldi a few months ago and love saving money on their products. Not only are the items cheaper but most of them are healthier than regular name brands.
keri @ shaken together says
Kelly – I agree! They have a ton of healthy and organic products at some great prices! I was really surprised to find all of the ‘gourmet’ items like meats, cheese and fancy crackers for entertaining, too!
Lindsay AFM says
These look SO good! Pinning!
Erin Spain says
These look delicious! Pinned!
Crystal says
I added this recipe to our Thanksgiving meal list. I can’t wait to make them!! Thanks so much 🙂
Linda Kilsdonk says
This sound yummily delicious — and not too hard to make. I will have to give them a try, maybe for this Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing with us! Smiles, Linda at Paper Seedlings
Mary Beth says
Usually my family loves sweet potatoes year round, but when this time of year comes around…they absolutely LOVE treats like this! Looks tasty! xo
AnnMarie says
These look so good! A must try. I love Aldi’s too and saw a huge reduction in my grocery bill when I started shopping there.
Karly says
Awesome idea! Thanks for linkin’ up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Kristin says
Amazing these are amazing. Thank you so much for this recipe
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