I loved it as a kid, not the sweet potatoes or yam, just the marshmallows, lol. But as an adult? Yuck. Sorry, no recipe; I don't think anything can elevate it if it's going to have marshmallows on top. But my suggestion would to make a divided dish (even if all in the same casserole dish) with part of it with marshmallows and the rest without marshmallows. My favorite holiday sweet potato dish is with apples added, but probably not good with marshmallows. Good luck!

Harkens back to the day when everything my mom cooked came out of a can or box. You buy a large can (or as many as needed to feed your group) of sweet potatoes . Toss them into a casserole, heat in 350degree oven for half hour, covered. When heated through, just before sitting down to dinner, remove cover, toss mini marshmallows (or regular size, it really doesn't matter) over top put back in oven, watch carefully remove when marshmallows are nicely toasted and puffed up. I don't think adults eat this dish for it's taste as much as for the memories it evokes of childhood.

I agree with the sentiment. My nephews wife is hosting. She’s making ham and Turkey. There are no children coming. She asked for a sweet potato casserole. I looked in my cookbooks and online and found one with chopped pecans and brown sugar as a topping. I asked he

Absolutely. I make it for Thanksgiving . The marshmallows get toasted like over a fire.

I make mine with a little brown sugar, butter and pecans. No canned sweet potatoes either.

Make the one with like Kathsgrdn makes, and you won't regret it. Can you tell I don't like the kind with marshmallows on top?

This is my go-to for Thanksgiving…sans marshmallows. This is also fine with no nuts or praline topping.

Sweet Potato Casserole With Walnuts

Can be made up to 2 days in advance. Keep covered and chilled; bring to room temp for baking.

5 cups baked, mashed sweet potatoes
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup (packed) brown sugar
2 1/2 T. dry sherry
1/2 tsp. salt, or to taste
Optional: 3/4 cup walnuts (or pecans), chopped
1/2 tsp. nutmeg (preferably freshly grated)

Preheat oven to 350. With electric mixer (not food processor) whip all ingredients, except walnuts and nutmeg, until light. Stir in walnuts and put in buttered casserole. Spread evenly and grate fresh nutmeg over the top. Bake 45 minutes.

Note: I usually mix in the nutmeg instead of sprinkling on top.

I’ve occasionally added this praline topping and omitted the nuts from the potato mixture. I halve the amounts and just spread the mixture out in the center on top (not over the entire top).

Praline Topping
2/3 cup golden brown sugar
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (about 4 ounces)
1 tsp. ground cinnamon

I've only every made (just thrown together, no recipe) it of sliced sweet potato alternating with sliced apple, dotted with butter and a splash of lemon juice, salt and pepper. Maybe a little pinch of African curry spice. Walnuts too, if I am not making walnut & cranberry pie. I don't make it sweet or spiced - those flavors go into my pumpkin pie.

Had it as a kid and made it a couple times as an adult. For the past 20 years my go-to sweet potato casserole is a variation of Bobby Flay's. That sweet hot combo can't be beat!

Scalloped Chipotle Sweet Potatoes

1 or 2 canned chipotle peppers pureed with some of the adobo sauce

2 cups heavy cream

3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced thin

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Puree the chipotles in a food processor until smooth. Stir in cream.

In a large casserole dish arrange a fourth of the sweet potatoes and pour a fourth of the cream over all. Repeat with the remaining potatoes and cream, forming 4 layers. May be prepared up to this point one half hour ahead, covered, and refrigerated.

Bake covered for 30 minutes, remove cover and continue baking for 30-45 minutes or until the cream has been absorbed and the potatoes are browned.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/smoked-chile-scalloped-sweet-potatoes-recipe-1945789

I usually make it but use crushed potato chips on top.

Here's my recipe.......

Butter, brown sugar. honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, and a splash of whiskey...

If you top them off with marshmallows it best to add them during the final 5 minutes of baking, otherwise they'll just vanish into the mix.

Get some dark red sweet potatoes. Put them in the oven and bake till done. Cool, peel and slice into a buttered casserole dish. How many? How much candied sweet potato do you want. Mix some brown sugar, chopped candied ginger, cinnamon, touch of cloves, that sort of spice or use pumpkin pie spice with extra cinnamon. Melt half a stick of butter and toss in the sugar and spice. pour it over your baked potato. Bake till bubbly and then put on your marshmallows and brown. Done. You can make this super sweet or not. Do not used canned yams. Watery, tasteless and yellow instead of red. Red have a deep resinous flavor that the light colored sweet potatoes do not. Baking maximizes the flavor.

^^^ I agree, using canned SPs is sacrilege, nyuk. I only use these....

I was assigned sweet potatoes last Thanksgiving amd I don't even like sweet potatoes. I just made mashed sweet potatoes with lots of butter and brown slugar and salt and pepper. The dish was pretty well cleaned out but there were no children at the table. Maybe you sould put marshmalllows only one half.

I was also asked to make it for a family Thanksgiving dinner. Its not hard at all and if that's what the family likes I would make it. I used canned sweet potatoes..drain them and put it big bowl add brown sugar to taste and cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. Beat it all up and add some melted butter. Then you put in a casserole dish and bake it for about 20 25 minutes depending on how big your casserole is Then add mini marshmallows to the top and put back in oven till the puff up and brown maybe another 10 to 15 minutes. I see no reason to make fun of what people enjoy. Just don't take any at the table if you don't like it.

Considering how many people actively dislike marshmallows on top of sweet potatoes, I think it is a good idea to put them on only 1/3 of the top, at most. There is no reason the whole dish should be ruined for those who cannot stomach marshmallows, and you should let your nephew's wife know this. She sounds like my sister, who makes things that no one wants to eat except for her.

You could make half marshmallow and half pecan topping on the same casserole.

We like one called sweet potato crunch. The potatoes are whipped and the topping is brown sugar, melted butter and half chopped pecans and half crushed cornflakes. It is yummy.

I make a baked sweet potato dish using peeled, sliced sweet potatoes (if I can find them, I prefer garnet yams) with orange juice, tarragon and honey. It's a long ago recipe from Vegetarian Times. I've never liked the marshmellows on top, nor the praline topping. Too dessert-like.

I want to know what else Jane was going to put in her comment above that got cut off.

I'm wondering if 'a' sweet potato casserole would suit, or only the candied, marshmallow-topped kind?

I like to bake alternate layers of sliced sweet potatoes and apples with orange juice, maple syrup and ginger, then top with chopped nuts. A little granulated sugar can be added to the nut topping also.

Thank you, thank you all.

Just sat down at my computer. Was out all day and posted originally from my phone. Somehow it cut off half my post.

What I was trying to say was I told the host that I have never made a sweet potato casserole but looked up recipes on my phone and it had chopped pecans and brown sugar as a topping. She replied that we are having desserts and she felt that would be too much sugar. So, I said, 'okay I'll leave off the sugar topping'. She said,' just make it with mini marshmallows on top'. I said, 'marshmallows??' 'Yes, she said, 'its delicious that way'. I answered, 'okay.... '

I then called my niece who is also bringing food and she laughed. Said, put marshmallows on one side and the pecans on the other side.

I went to Whole Foods and bought a bunch of sweet potatoes. Totally forgot the marshmallows so will run to Publix tomorrow.

Oh, she also asked me to make deviled eggs. I bought eggs. At least I know how to make them.

Sooo, now I want to read the recipes you all posted. Haven't had a chance.

Thank you all again!!

Jane

“Chloe, that sounds good. Cream cheese?“

Sure thing!👍🏻 I’ve not tried Ina’s version but it sounds good. The one I posted came from Susan Branch…long ago!

With mine the dish leans more savory because I dont use a lot of sugar and dont use marshmallows though that is how I had it as a kid. Sweet potatoes-the deep reds ones, are called sweet for a reason. Cooking the spices in the butter and sugar and pouring it on hot makes a difference. The first time I attended my then SO's family thanksgiving I took candied sweet potatoes and cornbread dressing assuming that would be newer for them. They were both practically untouched which was fine as SO loved the stuff. The next year they were cleaned out. I can only assume the ones who tried them spread the word. Any of the recipes here will do the job but as I said bake those potatoes.