These simple, flavorful Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes are the perfect side dish. Carmelized and tender sweet potatoes that are so easy to make and pair well with a wide variety of mains.
If you like sweet potatoes already, prepare to fall utterly and hopelessly in love with them. This Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes recipe is easily one of my favorite ways to prepare these delicious little spuds.
A simply prepared sweet potato is already a delicious side dish. We make our fair share of Baked Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Fries, Sweet Potato Hash Browns, and Sweet Potato Wedges in our home. But when you add maple syrup and roast them in the oven, it truly makes them spectacular.
Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet. Well, duh, they are called sweet potatoes after all. So you probably wouldn’t think to add any more sweetness to them, but, boy would that be a wrong assumption! Adding maple syrup to sweet potatoes and roasting them in the oven carmelizes them and makes them so out of this world delicious!
The best part is just how easy this dish is to make. Simply toss the potatoes in maple syrup and some simple seasonings and then let the oven do the rest.
These delicious bite sized jewels are the perfect accompaniment to a huge variety of dishes, including special meals like Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Any excuse to make them is a good one, if you ask me.
Why we love this recipe:
- It’s so yummy! Carmelized, maple-flavored sweet potatoes are a real treat!
- The recipe is easy to make. Chop, toss, roast. Even novice cooks can handle this recipe!
- We always have the ingredients on hand already to make this.
- You can serve this side with a wide variety of dishes.
- It’s fancy enough to serve for the holidays.
Ingredients in Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet potatoes: peeled and cut into bite sized pieces. It’s important to cut them into bite sized pieces to keep the roasting time down. If you cut them larger (like in wedges), you run the risk of causing the maple syrup to burn before the potatoes are fork tender. If you really wish to make this dish into larger sized wedges, I recommend you start pre-cooking the potatoes so that they are partially cooked before you add the maple syrup to them.
- Maple syrup: Use real maple syrup (not sugar-based pancake syrup) to draw out the best flavor.
- Olive oil
- Seasoning: Ground cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
**Note: Ingredient quantities and full instructions are in the recipe card at the end of this post.**
How to make Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Prep. Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
- Toss. Place peeled and chopped sweet potatoes in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients in a bowl and toss together.
- Roast. Roast for 15 minutes, flip over, and continue baking for another 15 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are fork tender (cooking time will depend on the size of your pieces).
Tips for making the best Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
This side dish recipe is pretty easy and doesn’t require a lot of baby-sitting, but there are a few things to do to ensure a perfect dish.
- First, and foremost, I HIGHLY recommend that you line your baking dish with parchment paper or foil. As it cooks, the maple syrup will bake into your pan and be a pain to clean up afterwards. Lining it makes for an easy clean up.
- Be sure to flip your sweet potatoes halfway through cooking. If you don’t the dish will be fine but the maple syrup will pool on the bottom and carmelize. You will end up with blackened sides on your potatoes. Flipping them halfway through prevents this.
- Test your potatoes with a fork to make sure they are fork tender. My potatoes usually take about half an hour to roast in the oven but this may vary depending on the size of your potatoes and how hot your oven runs so prick one to be sure.
- This may go without saying, but make sure your potatoes are about the same size so that they cook evenly.
Storing leftovers and reheating
Once cooled, leftovers can be placed in an airtight container and stored in the fridge.
To reheat them, place them in a foil lined pan and heat them in the oven at 350F.
What to serve these sweet potatoes with
This dish pairs well with a wide variety of mains. Some of our favorites include:
- Pork: Baked Breaded Pork Chops, Pork Schnitzel
- Poultry: Roasted Turkey Drumsticks, Oven Roasted Lemon Chicken Drumsticks, Roast Chicken, Baked Parmesan Chicken Drumsticks.
- Fish: Crispy Oven Baked Fish, Almond Crusted Salmon, Baked Herb Butter Salmon
- Vegetarian dishes: Homemade Falafel
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do!
-Cathy
Looking for more delicious ways to use up sweet potatoes? You may also like:
Sweet Potato Bread
Healthy Sweet Potato Waffles
Vegan Sweet Potato Brownies
Healthy Sweet Potato, Chili & Lime Soup
Sweet Potato Wedges with Spicy Honey Mustard Dip
Roasted Pesto Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potato Hash Browns
Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato
Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
- Place peeled and chopped sweet potatoes in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients in a bowl and toss together.
- Roast for 15 minutes, flip over, and continue roasting for another 15 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are fork tender (cooking time will depend on the size of your pieces).
Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.
Nutrition
The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.
