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posted: 11/22/17 — updated: 08/10/23 by Deryn Macey Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links.
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This vegan coconut mashed sweet potatoes dish still gives you that marshmallow-on-top dessert-feel of holiday sweet potatoes but instead of marshmallows, they’re topped with insanely delicious maple pecan sauce. The whipped sweet potatoes also have some cinnamon, maple syrup, sea salt and coconut milk mixed in for a fun coconut twist and loads of cozy, delicious, perfect holiday flavour.
Maple Pecan Sauce
To make this maple pecan sauce, you’ll need maple syrup and either walnuts or pecans, or a mixture of both. I used 1/4 cup of each. All you need to do is bring the maple syrup to a boil in a small sauce pan while stirring, then mix in the nuts. Total cooking time should be about 6 minutes. I would recommend making this sauce right before serving but it can be re-heated later on if needed.
There are a few ways you can make mashed sweet potatoes but like to bake whole sweet potatoes then peel and mash them once they’re done. If you prefer you can peel them first and boil or steam them until tender, and then mash them up.
I find baking them whole to be the easiest because I can just throw them in the oven on their own or with whatever else I’m baking and that way they don’t take up an extra room on the stovetop. If you’re baking them whole, create a few slashes across them with a knife and stick them in the oven just like that. The skin will easily come off once they’re baked.
If you have an electric hand held or stand mixer, I’d recommend using it to make the most amazing light and fluffy whipped sweet potatoes. You can also just use a masher but I love the texture the electric mixture creates. For extra decadent holiday flavour, I added coconut milk, maple syrup, sea salt and cinnamon, which is all optional but I highly recommend adding each and every one of those ingredients. SO GOOD.
Once the potatoes are ready, make the sauce and pour it over just before serving.
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Coconut Mashed Sweet Potatoes
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- Author: Deryn Macey
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 6 mins
- Total Time: 21 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
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Description
An extra decadent mashed sweet potato dish to add to your holiday spread. With the added coconut, maple syrup, cinnamon and sea salt, these are not your everyday sweet potatoes but they’re absolutely perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. Top them with the maple walnut pecan sauce for an extra special treat.
Ingredients
For the Coconut Whipped Sweet Potatoes
- 3 cups cooked, mashed sweet potato
- 3 tbsp coconut milk (canned, full-fat)
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
For the Maple Pecan Sauce
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/4 each chopped raw walnuts and pecans (or 1/2 cup either or)
Instructions
- Add the cooked sweet potato, coconut milk, maple syrup, cinnamon and sea salt to a bowl and whip with a hand held mixture or stand mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes. If you don’t have an electric mixture, no problem, just whisk it all up with a spoon or fork.
- Once they’re ready, spoon into a serving dish or individual servings.
- Add the maple syrup to a small sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium heat, this should take 3-5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Add the nuts, bring back to a boil then drizzle over top of the whipped sweet potatoes and serve immediately.
Notes
Listed cooking time does not include the time it takes to cook the sweet potato. To bake the sweet potato, slice 1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and place face down on a baking tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Bake in the oven at 400 degrees until you can easily pierce them with a fork. This should take anywhere from 25-45 minutes depending on how large they are. Once cooked, scoop the flesh out of the skin and proceed with the recipe.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6th of recipe
- Calories: 218
- Sugar: 21.2g
- Sodium: 248mg
- Fat: 8.2g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2.3g
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posted by Deryn Macey on November 22, 2017
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3 comments on “Coconut Mashed Sweet Potatoes”
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DNN — November 28, 2017 @ 12:31 am Reply
I’ve never fathomed the thought of having mashed sweet Potatoes with Coconut in it. Maybe a fresh pressed glass of raw sweet potato juice stacked with a Granny Smith apple, but not this. This is creative, healthy, and definitely thinking outside the box. Hopefully you’ll make a YouTube video soon to compliment this blog. 🙂
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Vincent — November 25, 2017 @ 12:05 pm Reply
To be honest, I’m not sure what I feel about this one. The combination of sweet and savory sounds unusual and certainly interesting. Mind you, I’m not a major fan of sweet, so that might be why.
I love the uniqueness though and I bet the dish tastes amazing despite my reservations.
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Liberty — November 22, 2017 @ 2:10 pm Reply
This looks delicious can’t wait to try!
