Name: Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 375 Grams sweet potato (kamote) (peeled and diced); 1/4 Cup sugar; 1/4 Cup brown sugar; 1/4 Cup Butter; 1/4 Cup Marshmallows; 1/3 Cup bacon (use bacon bits)

Convince your kids to eat their vegetables by topping vitamin A-packed sweet potatoes with toasted marshmallows and crispy bacon!

Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Paul Samson of The Cookery

Kid-approved snack: sweet potatoes are topped with toasted marshmallows and crispy bacon!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Cuisine Filipino

Servings

Ingredients

Candied Sweet Potatoes Ingredients

375 Grams sweet potato (kamote) peeled and diced
1/4 Cup sugar
1/4 Cup brown sugar
1/4 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup Marshmallows
1/3 Cup bacon use bacon bits

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F.
Combine sweet potatoes, sugars, and butter in a saucepan. Simmer over medium-low heat until sweet potatoes are tender.
Turn off heat and mash sweet potato mixture with a large fork or a potato masher until slightly smooth but still chunky.
Portion mixture among 4 (3-inch) ramekins. Top each cup with marshmallows.
Bake in the preheated oven (or in a turbo broiler set at 200°C) until marshmallows are melted and golden, about 7 to 10 minutes.
Remove from oven. Top with bacon bits and let cool for a few minutes. Serve warm.