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These crockpot sweet potatoes are perfectly cooked in the center and taste like they were oven-baked.

Baking sweet potatoes in the oven and microwave have been my default, but when you're craving a hot baked sweet potato but don't feel like turning on the oven, cooking them in the crockpot is a hands-free way to prepare a healthy meal ahead of time.

baked sweet potato on a plate in front of slow cooker

Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes

Nothing can beat the convenience of pushing a button and having dinner ready with no effort at all. Especially on hot summer days when turning on the oven sounds like the worst idea. That’s when I give the oven a break and use my beloved crockpot to cook sweet potatoes that taste amazing!

You can set them to cook in the morning or early afternoon, and they'll be ready to top off and eat by the time dinner rolls around. While the skin texture might be slightly different, crockpot sweet potatoes taste like baked!

Then you add your favorite toppings (tons of delicious ideas below) and voilá! You have a healthy and delicious dinner ready to devour.

How to Make Sweet Potatoes in the Crockpot

Crockpot sweet potatoes are super tender and have all the flavor of the oven sweet potatoes, but the skin is a little more delicate. Nonetheless, they are no less delicious and so easy to make:

Prep the sweet potatoes
Gently give the sweet potatoes a good scrub with warm water. This will remove any dirt and debris from the skin. No need to pat them dry; the water will provide moisture to help cook the sweet potatoes. With a fork, prick the skin of each potato.
Cook
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. Once the potatoes are fork-tender, you’ll know they’re ready.

More Ways to Cook a Sweet Potato
Instant Pot | Microwave | Oven-Baked | Air Fryer

three sweet potatoes in a slow cooker prior to cooing

Should You Wrap Sweet Potatoes with Foil for the Crockpot?

Whether you wrap the potatoes with foil before cooking them is entirely up to you. Personally, I prefer to cook my sweet potatoes without foil since wrapping them makes the skins a little soggier.

However, if you want to give it a try, wash and pat dry each sweet potato, and gently prick the skin with a fork. Then, rub them with olive oil, season with salt and black pepper, and wrap each potato with foil. Place them in the slow cooker, cover, and cook as directed.

High or Low

Cooking sweet potatoes in the slow cooker on a high or low setting depends on how much time you have and the size of the sweet potato.

Medium to smaller sweet potatoes will cook in about 6 hours on low or 4 hours on high. However, larger sweet potatoes can take even longer, so I recommend cooking those on high unless you have a lot of time on your hands.

three sweet potatoes in a slow cooker, cooked

How to Know When Sweet Potatoes are Done

A sweet potato is done when it is fork-tender. Meaning, you should easily be able to insert a fork into the center of a cooked sweet potato with no resistance. If it’s still a little hard in some areas, it needs more time to cook.

Topping Slow Cooked Sweet Potatoes

The choice of toppings for sweet potatoes are endless whether you like them sweet or savory. Below are a few delicious ways you can serve these slow-cooked sweet potatoes:

Taco: warmed black beans + cheese + salsa + avocado + sour cream
Broccoli & Cheddar: butter + steamed broccoli + shredded Cheddar cheese
Classic: butter + shredded Cheddar cheese + bacon bits + sour cream + green onions
Sweet: butter + salt + brown sugar + cinnamon
Breakfast: sliced avocado + fried egg
Buffalo Chicken: shredded buffalo chicken + avocado + blue cheese + ranch dressing

Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 4

Total Time: 4 5

These crockpot sweet potatoes are perfectly cooked in the center and taste like they were oven-baked.

5 from 9 votes

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Ingredients

4 medium sweet potatoes

Instructions

Gently wash the sweet potatoes with warm water to remove any dirt and debris from the skin. Leave a little water on each potato; this will provide moisture as they cook.
Using a fork, prick the skin of each potato.
Place the potatoes in the bottom of the baking dish. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours until the potatoes are fork-tender.