Easy Candy Yams

Easy Candy Yams

37 Reviews
  • Prep: 5 min
  • Cook: 40 min
  • Ready In: 45 min

“Chopped sweet potatoes are baked with brown sugar, caramel topping and butter, then finished with a layer of roasted marshmallows.” - by sal

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 1 - 8x8 inch dish

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. Place sweet potatoes in an 8x8 inch square baking dish. Pour caramel over potatoes. Sprinkle with sugar and dot with butter.
  3. Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes, until potatoes are tender and mixture is bubbly. Remove from oven and sprinkle marshmallows evenly over potatoes. Return to oven until marshmallows are melted and browned, 5 to 10 minutes more.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (6 total)

  • Calories
  • 413 cal
  • 21%
  • Fat
  • 15.5 g
  • 24%
  • Carbs
  • 69 g
  • 22%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (37)

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Karisma
166

Karisma

"Okay, this recipe has potential it is divine but it needs MAJOR re-writing. First off, get a bigger dish 9x9 doesnt even have to be square.Use cooked yams or canned yams (drained) and increase the 4 c..." See moreups to about 6 or 7. Mash them...not chop. Leave out the butter (unless greasing the sides of your dish to keep the marshmallows from sticking. Double the amount of marshmallows and Broil them under a guarded eye for a heavenly browning. Do this and the dish will be the best thing you ever tasted. If not then you will get a big bowl of uncooked potatoes swimming in grease."

AFORFFORT
61

AFORFFORT

"I give these four stars for taste and one for the directions. Having never made candied yams before, I didn't know what is apparently obvious to the pro-this recipe calls for CANNED sweet potatoes. I ..." See morenaively chopped fresh sweet potatoes and THREE HOURS (not 30 minutes) later, they were delicious! Please, avoid my frustration. If you are not a yam-making pro, remember, either cook the potatoes first, or use canned."

crissyR40
34

crissyR40

"This was so easy to make. I had 14 people for Thanksgiving, everyone from adults to children just loved it. I would however suggest the following changes. I fully cook fresh yams and then mash them ad..." See moreding the rest of the indredients and briefly putting them under the broiler until the marshmellows are lightly browned. I will make this on every holiday thanks!"

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