This Smoked Twice Baked Sweet Potato recipe will take your ordinary sweet potatoes to new heights, infusing it with smoky goodness and decadent flavors. If you are on the hunt for a side dish that’ll steal the show at your next barbecue or family gathering, look no further than the smoked twice-baked sweet potatoes.
Twice-baked sweet potatoes made on a smoker are a culinary adventure that combines the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes with the rich, smoky notes from the smoker. This dish is a crowd-pleaser that is perfect for gatherings, holidays, or simply as a treat for yourself.
Fire up your smoker, get your sweet potatoes ready, and embark on a flavor journey that will leave your taste buds begging for more. Made in stages to create a flavorful sensation that is hard to beat.
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Smoked Twice Baked Sweet Potato Ingredients
- Sweet Potatoes – Large
- Olive Oil – Other Options are Seasoned Olive Oil, Softened Butter, or avocado oil.
- Salt – Seasoned Salt is best.
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper – Seasoned Pepper adds great flavor!
- Softened Butter
- Honey
- Ground Cinnamon
- Shredded Cheese – Colby Jack or Cheddar Cheese
- Bacon Bits
Smoked Baked Sweet Potato
Use a firm large, sweet potato when making your smoked baked sweet potato. Baked sweet potatoes on the smoker start with nice, firm sweet potatoes.
When you choose the right potatoes, you will not be disappointed with the finished side dish recipe.
How to Make Baked Sweet Potatoes on a Smoker
Get my full step-by-step guide to making smoker sweet potatoes. Prepare the cleaned sweet potatoes by rubbing oil or butter all over the potato skins.
Season each sweet potato with your favorite seasonings. Do not cover potatoes or wrap in foil. Place prepared sweet potatoes on a preheated 250°F Rec Teq pellet smoker grill grates.
Close the smoker lid and let the sweet potatoes cook until they are fully done. Smoker sweet potato cooking times will vary but should be between 2-3 hours.
Test for potato doneness by squeezing it or poking it with a fork to see if it’s tender and cooked all the way through. When the smoked sweet potatoes are fully cooked, remove from the smoker with oven gloves.
Let the sweet potatoes cool. Move on to the next step to create your smoker twice baked sweet potatoes.
How to Make Smoked Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes
Gather all your twice baked sweet potato ingredients. Once the baked sweet potatoes have cooled down, cut each one in half the long way.
With a spoon, carefully scoop out the inside of the sweet potato flesh and place it into a mixing bowl. Leave a small layer of sweet potato against the skins to help hold them together.
Do this for all of the sweet potato halves and line each sweet potato shells up on a baking sheet pan facing up. Prepare a sweet butter by placing softened butter, honey, and ground cinnamon into a small bowl.
With a spoon, combine the butter, honey, and cinnamon until smooth and creamy. Add this sweet butter to the sweet potato filling.
Mix all the twice baked sweet potato ingredients together until combined. Fill each sweet potato skin with this potato mixture.
All of the potato mixture should be piled high onto the potato skins. For a little extra touch, sprinkle some shredded cheese and bacon bits on top of the uncooked twice baked sweet potatoes.
How to Cook Twice Smoked Baked Sweet Potatoes
Place the uncooked twice baked sweet potatoes onto the preheated 400°F smoker grill. Close the smoker lid and let them cook until the cheese is melted and the center of each twice bake sweet potato is hot in the middle.
Cooking times will vary but will be about 15-20 minutes. Once these cheesy sweet potatoes are fully cooked and golden brown, remove from the smoker and serve immediately.
Smoked Twice Baked Sweet Potato Additional Mix-Ins
Smoked twice baked sweet potatoes can be stuffed with an assortment of different ingredients if desired. For a classic taste, keep it simple if you like!
Otherwise, pick a mix-in and take you sweet potato to the next level of flavor. Some optional potato toppings might include:
- Liquid Cheese
- Smoked Paprika
- Smoked Crumbled Bacon Pieces Mixed Into the Filling
- Softened Cream Cheese
- A Dollop of Sour Cream on Top
- Herb Butter
- Maple Syrup
- Shredded Smoked Pulled Pork
- Diced Green Onion or Fresh Chives
- Seasonings – Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Kosher Salt, Hot Sauce
How to Store a Smoker Twice Baked Sweet Potato
Allow the sweet potatoes to cool completely. Store leftover smoked twice baked sweet potatoes in an airtight container for up to 6 days in the refrigerator.
You can also wrap the potatoes tightly in plastic wrap to store in the refrigerator.
How to Reheat Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Leftover twice baked sweet potatoes are just as good as the originals. Reheat the smoker potatoes in the microwave using 30 second intervals until the desired internal temperature is reached.
You can also reheat the sweet potatoes in a 350°F oven, grill, or smoker grill until heated thoroughly.
Frozen Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Twice baked sweet potatoes freeze very well. Place the sweet potatoes in an airtight container and put in the freezer for up to 2 months.
When ready to use, remove from the freezer and let them thaw for an hour. Then reheat in the microwave using 30 second intervals until completely warmed all the way through.
What to Serve with Smoker Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes?
Smoked sweet potatoes make the perfect side dish. Other smoker side dish recipes options: smoked sweet potatoes, smoked corn on the cob, smoked hasselback potatoes, smoked cheesy potatoes, smoked baked potatoes, and smoked asparagus.
If you are looking for smoker main dish recipes, you have come to the right place. Try one of these pellet smoker recipes: smoked spatchcock chicken, smoking venison kabobs, chicken kabobs on the pellet smoker, smoked chicken thighs, smoked baby back ribs, and smoked pulled pork.
Smoked Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes – FAQ
There are 367 calories in a smoked twice baked sweet potato.
Yes, if you don’t have a pellet smoker, you can achieve a similar result by baking the sweet potatoes in a 350° oven until tender. Then, follow the same steps to scoop out the sweet potato insides, prepare the filling, refill them, and twice bake them until the filling is heated through and the cheese is completely melted.
Absolutely! Smoked twice baked sweet potatoes are incredibly versatile. Add your favorite toppings, such as Crème Fraiche, or a sprinkling of your favorite fresh herbs.
Yes! You can smoke the baked sweet potatoes and prepare the filling a day ahead. Stuff the sweet potatoes and store in the refrigerator until ready to bake. Cook the potatoes until they are warmed all the way through and serve hot.
Smoked Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Get the full recipe and nutrition calories as well as nutrition information below!
Smoked Twice Baked Sweet Potato Recipe
This Smoked Twice Baked SweetPotato recipe will take your ordinary sweet potatoes to new heights, infusing it with smoky goodness and decadent flavors. If you are on the hunt for a side dish that’ll steal the show at your next barbecue or family gathering, look no further than the smoked twice-baked sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
- Sweet Potato – Large 1 each
- Olive Oil - 1 teaspoon
- Salt 1/4 teaspoon
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper 1/8 teaspoon
- Softened Butter 2 tablespoons
- Honey 1 tablespoon
- Ground Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
- Shredded Cheese – Colby Jack or Cheddar Cheese. 2 tablespoons
- Bacon Bits 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- Clean the sweet potato by rubbing oil all over the potato skin.
- Season each sweet potato with salt and pepper.
- Place prepared sweet potato on a preheated 250°F pellet smoker grill grates. Close the smoker lid and let the sweet potato cook until fully done.
- Smoker sweet potato cooking time will vary but should be between 2-3 hours. Test for potato doneness by squeezing it or poking it with a knife to see if it’s tender and cooked all the way through. When the smoked sweet potato are fully cooked, remove from the smoker with oven gloves.
- Let the sweet potato cool.
How to Make A Smoked Twice-Baked Sweet Potato
- Gather the twice-baked sweet potato ingredients.
- Once the baked sweet potato have cooled down, cut each one in half lengthwise.
- With a spoon, carefully scoop out the inside of the sweet potato flesh and place it into a medium sized mixing bowl. Leave a small layer of sweet potato against the flesh to help hold them together.
- Prepare a sweetened butter by placing softened butter, honey, and ground cinnamon into a small bowl. Combine the butter, honey, and cinnamon
until smooth and creamy. - Add this sweetened butter to the sweet potato filling.
- Mix all the twice baked sweet potato ingredients together until smooth and combined.
- Fill each sweet potato skin with this potato mixture. All of the sweet potato mixture should be piled high onto the potato skins.
- For an extra touch, sprinkle shredded cheese and bacon bits on top of the uncooked twice baked sweet potato.
How to Smoke Twice Smoked Baked Sweet Potato
- Place the uncooked twice baked sweet potato onto the preheated 400°F smoker grill. Close the smoker lid and let cook until the cheese is melted and the center of each twice bake sweet potato is hot in the middle. Potato cooking times will vary but will be about 15-20 minutes.
- Once the cheesy smoked sweet potato are fully cooked and golden brown, remove from the smoker and serve immediately.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
2Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 367Total Fat 24gSaturated Fat 13gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 58mgSodium 628mgCarbohydrates 30gFiber 4gSugar 15gProtein 10g
Note: For exact nutritional information, consult your dietitian. All nutritional information is simply a guideline.
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I’ve never thought to combine these flavors, but I bet this recipe is SO GOOD! Thank you!
I loved the cheese with the sweet potatoe goodness. And the smoky essence just took these potatoes to a whole new place!
This is a great snack or side dish! Never thought about using a sweet potato and smoking it. I’m sure it will add a lot of flavor. I’m super excited to try it.
My son found this recipe and wanted to try it for dinner. I wasn’t sure about the cinnamon but we went with it and WOW!!! So good.
With the bacon and cheese the sweetness and warmth was amazing.
Definitely going to make these again and I love the fact that we can freeze them. Makes for a quick lunch when I am working from home.!