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Honey Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes

20 minutes mins
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5 from 8 votes
Jump to Recipe 11/06/21 | Updated: 11/06/21 | by Nora
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These Honey Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes are an easy and delicious side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas or whenever you crave a hearty, healthy veggie addition at dinner. Ready in less than 30 minutes and full of delicious flavors, this is sure to be a hit on the holiday table.

close up photo of bowl filled with mashed sweet potatoes

I’m not going to lie, I love a good mashed potato with lots of milk and butter and possibly also sour cream. But then again, I’m all about the sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and Christmas, too!

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, Sweet Potato Casserole, Baked Sweet Potato Slices – even Sweet Potato Cake! I’ll have it all. And these mashed sweet potatoes right here? Definitely a must on our holiday dinner table.

They are so quick to make – cut up sweet potatoes boil incredibly fast, and all that’s left to do once they are tender is adding butter, honey and seasoning and mash.

Ingredients you’ll need

Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post for quantities!

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Ingredients to make Honey Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes: Sweet potatoes (fresh or frozen, either will work), honey, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and optionally dried thyme.

Ingredient notes

  • Season to taste: If you think adding some chopped parsley or some rosemary and thyme would be a great idea (it actually is), go for it! Or some parmesan. Use maple syrup instead of honey. All your call.
  • Sweet potatoes: Fresh taste great here, but I used frozen sweet potatoes when I took these photos… Because it was sometime during the “do not leave your house unless absolutely necessary” times. They actually work great if that’s all you have on hand/don’t feel like peeling and chopping.
  • Thyme: I add this for a savory touch, but if you’re not a fan of sweet/savory combos and want the potatoes to just be sweet and buttery – feel free to skip.

How to make mashed sweet potatoes

Just peel and cube the sweet potatoes and boil until fork-tender.

Then drain them, steam off excess liquid and mash right in the pot with butter, honey, salt, pepper, nutmeg… Whatever seasoning your heart desires!

  • cut up sweet potatoes in pot of water
    boil
  • cooked sweet potatoes in pot with butter
    mash with butter and seasoning

And done 🙂

frontal view of bowl filled with mashed sweet potatoes garnished with pat of butter

Recipe tips

  • No space on the stove during a big holiday cooking session? No problem! Just microwave the sweet potatoes like shown here, then scoop the flesh into a bowl and add seasoning, honey and butter to mash.
  • This recipe is easily doubled or tripled for a large group. Just double (or triple) all of the ingredients and use a large enough pot to comfortably hold all of the potatoes. The cooking time will be about the same.
  • You can turn leftovers into a sweet potato casserole… Of course, you may not necessarily want that after Thanksgiving, but I thought I’d mention it anyways. I also really like stirring leftovers into my oatmeal.

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Honey Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Honey Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes are an easy side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any special meal on a cold day!
Recipe by Nora from Savory Nothings
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Recipe details

Prep 10 minutes mins
Cook 10 minutes mins
Total 20 minutes mins
Servings 6 servings
Difficulty Easy

Ingredients
 

  • 1 ½ pounds sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon dried thyme optional
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1-2 tablespoons honey
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon or more to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ground black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Boil sweet potatoes: Place sweet potatoes in medium pot, cover with water. Bring to a boil, add salt (and thyme, if using) and simmer until fork-tender, about 8-10 minutes.
  • Drain and steam: Drain the potatoes well, then put them back into pot over lowest heat setting. Cook until potatoes look dry, stirring constantly, to steam off any excess water.
  • Mash: Add butter, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper (and more salt, if desired). Mash with a potato masher until creamy. Check for seasoning, then serve hot.

Notes

Ingredient notes

  • Season to taste: If you think adding some chopped parsley or some rosemary and thyme would be a great idea (it actually is), go for it! Or some parmesan. Use maple syrup instead of honey. All your call.
  • Sweet potatoes: Fresh taste great here, but I used frozen sweet potatoes when I took these photos… Because it was sometime during the “do not leave your house unless absolutely necessary” times. They actually work great if that’s all you have on hand/don’t feel like peeling and chopping.
  • Thyme: I add this for a savory touch, but if you’re not a fan of sweet/savory combos and want the potatoes to just be sweet and buttery – feel free to skip.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 175kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 322mgPotassium: 382mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 16320IUVitamin C: 2.7mgCalcium: 36mgIron: 0.7mg
Nutrition is an estimate.

More recipe information

Suitable for: Vegetarian
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

Recipe first published on 10/29/2018. Updated with new photos, better text and slight improvements to recipe on 11/06/2021.

Nora Rusev from Savory Nothings
About Nora 
When I got married to my professional chef husband, I realized I had to step up my game in the kitchen. Now I share my favorite foolproof family recipes here on Savory Nothings: Chef-approved, kid-vetted and easy enough for everyday home cooks like you and me!   Learn more.

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  1. Carrie says

    Mar 30, 2023

    5 stars
    These were so good! I didn’t exactly read the actual directions and added the salt and thyme when I mashed the potatoes and they came out excellent!

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  2. Debbie says

    Dec 24, 2019

    Can I put marshmallow on top with a dash of cinnamon ?

    Reply
    • Nora Rusev says

      Dec 25, 2019

      Debbie, yes absolutely! We sometimes sprinkle mini marshmallows on top and then broil in a casserole dish for a few minutes. Happy holidays!

      Reply
  3. Patty says

    Nov 28, 2019

    This was fast, easy, and tastes great (and I’m not a big sweet potato fan!) I will definitely make this again!

    Reply
    • Nora Rusev says

      Nov 28, 2019

      I’m so glad, Patty! Thanks for coming back to leave a review, I appreciate your time.

      Reply

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