Scrumptious Sweet Potato Desserts That Aren't Just Pie

August 27, 2019

While we love classic sweet potato pie, this orange spud is delicious in so many more sweet treats. We take it up a notch with these healthy sweet potato dessert recipes. From cakes and cupcakes to tarts and parfaits these clever recipes might just edge out sweet potato pie as your favorite dessert.

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Sweet Potato Spice Cake with Orange-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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Reminiscent of carrot cake, this healthy treat features grated sweet potato baked into a spiced batter and topped with cream-cheese frosting. The whole-wheat pastry flour gives the cake a very light texture. If you can't find it, substitute half all-purpose flour and half white whole-wheat flour.

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Rustic Apple-Sweet Potato Tart

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Using a combo of green- and red-skin apples gives the filling in this apple-sweet potato tart a pleasing touch of color. Look for Granny Smith, Newtown Pippin and Golden Delicious, as well as McIntosh, Empire and Braeburn varieties.

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Chocolate-Sweet Potato Parfait

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This healthy chocolate mousse recipe gets its body from sweet potato rather than eggs. Both the mousse and the meringue cookies can be made ahead of time, so all you have to do is assemble the parfaits when you're ready for dessert.

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Sweet Potato Pudding Cake

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This cake was inspired by the one of the most popular Jamaican desserts, sweet potato pudding. Traditionally, raw shredded sweet potatoes are used, but we found that sweet potatoes sold in the U.S. don't provide the same texture as those in Jamaica. Instead, we mix mashed sweet potato with eggs and flour to get a slightly different, but equally delicious, cheesecake-like result.

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Sweet Potato Pie with Cream Cheese Swirl

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This creamy sweet potato pie recipe is seasoned like a pumpkin pie with plenty of cinnamon and nutmeg and gets nice ginger flavor from the gingersnap crust. For the best results, roast sweet potatoes in the oven; in a pinch, microwave them instead.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

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This scrumptious sweet potato casserole gets fabulous flavor from honey and freshly grated orange zest rather than the traditional stick of butter. To complete the healthy makeover we sprinkle a crunchy pecan streusel spiked with orange juice concentrate over the top. You can save the marshmallows for s'mores.

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Purple Sweet Potato Pie

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This purple version of classic sweet potato pie has a shot of brandy, which adds another layer of seasonal flavor. Serve with a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream.

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Sweet Potato Tartlets with Cardamom-Saffron Yogurt

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Saffron can be a pricy spice to use, but its delicate flavor can't be replicated and its carotenoids are credited with cancer-fighting powers. In this healthy tart recipe, saffron gives the topping a beautiful golden hue.

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Crustless Pistachio-Topped Sweet Potato Pie

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This no-crust sweet potato pie is a great addition to your holiday dessert table. Sweetened with honey and flavored with warm spices, it's topped with crunchy cereal and pistachios. Any leftover topping can be stored for up to a week and is delicious added on top of your breakfast yogurt.

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Poop Emoji Cupcakes

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You don't have to be a professional pastry chef to make fun decorated cupcakes. These chocolate cupcakes are made to look like the silly poop emoji and use three simple ingredients to accomplish their impressive look--chocolate frosting, candy eyes and marshmallows. Pureed sweet potato replaces butter in the healthy frosting for a birthday party treat kids and adults will love.

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Sweet Potato Banana Bread

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Greek yogurt, pecans, and sweet potatoes give a nutritious twist to this banana bread recipe--great for lunchboxes or a morning snack.

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Scrumptious Sweet Potato Desserts That Aren't Just Pie

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Sweet Potato Spice Cake with Orange-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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