Candied Yams (The BEST Southern, Soul Food Style)
“Sweet, tender, buttery candied yams made the Southern way!”
Video Recipe: Learn how to make candied yams from start to finish!
For some reason, a heavy holiday meal just isn’t the same without a pan of southern baked candied yams! It adds that sweetness and beautiful color to the plate that just balances out all the other salty, smokey, savory flavors. Growing up, I could eat bowls of my grandma’s candied yams and I wasn’t alone!
Whenever we’d have new people over for Sunday dinner they’d always comment on how delicious the candied yams were. Everybody wanted to know “the secret”. There was no secret, really. Just a lot of love and patience like most southern recipes.
What’s so good about this candied yams recipe?
There are many ways to prepare candied yams. This recipe relies on cooking them slowly in a candied mixture of butter, sugar, heavy whipping cream, maple, vanilla, and warm spices. That slow baking time really allows them to hang out in all that yummy, syrupy mixture until it is sweetened all the way through.
The results? Heavenly, tender sweet candied yams that would put many restaurant versions to shame! But before we get into the recipe, let’s get a few frequently asked questions out of the way.
Are yams and sweet potatoes the same thing?
People often think of yams and sweet potatoes as being the same thing, however, yams are actually a variety of sweet potatoes.
Yams are actually starchier, with a light-colored flesh and more like a white potato. They are drier than sweet potatoes and not very sweet but can easily be flavored to make them sweet or savory.
The Covington or Japanese sweet potatoes are probably what you’re used to seeing in the grocery store. They are naturally sweet with bright orange flesh (there are also white and purple varieties). Here’s more info on the differences between yams and sweet potatoes.
For this “candied yams” recipe, you’ll want to go for those sweet, gorgeous orange Covington or Japanese sweet potatoes!
What are candied yams?
Candied yams are a side dish that is very popular in the South. It typically involves cooking yams/sweet potatoes with butter and sugar until they are super tender and very sweet. This can be done by baking, boiling, or roasting sweet potatoes. It’s one of those side dishes that could be sweet enough for dessert!
Ingredients List
Here are the ingredients needed to make a pan of these delicious candied yams!
Sweet potatoes: The main ingredient for this dish are sweet potatoes. When buying sweet potatoes, make sure you choose medium-large-sized sweet potatoes that are firm and without bruises or cracks.
Butter: Unsalted butter sets the base for the candied glaze and it gives these candied yams so much flavor.
Granulated sugar: Granulated sugar works best for this recipe. It adds the sweetness required for candied yams. Brown sugar works also but can make the sauce stickier.
Heavy whipping cream: Heavy whipping cream creates a creamy and rich syrup.
Cinnamon: Cinnamon has a slightly sweet, woodsy, and citrusy flavor with a hint of warmth. It is the perfect addition to candied yam!
Nutmeg: Nutmeg is known for adding aroma and flavor to both sweet and savory dishes. It has a nutty and warm flavor that resembles clove.
Clove: Clove has a prominent, slightly sweet, and bitter flavor. It also adds warmth to the dish.
Real maple: Real maple has a beautiful aroma. It has a distinct caramel-like and sweet flavor.
Vanilla extract: Vanilla extract adds a depth of flavor. However, it is an optional ingredient, and you can skip it if you don’t like it or have any on hand.
Cooking Equipment & Tools Needed For This Recipe
Making candied yams is a pretty easy process. Here is a list of all the tools and equipment you’ll need to make these candied yams. You can find all of these items in my affiliate Amazon store!
- A peeler and a sharp knife to peel and dice the sweet potatoes.
- 9×13 casserole dish to bake the candied yams. (You can use a smaller dish but you may need to increase the baking time)
- A medium-sized pot or a saucepan for making the sauce.
- Aluminum foil to cover the casserole dish while baking.
- Slotted spoon for serving
Instructions: How To Make The BEST Candied Yams
Now let’s get into the steps needed to bring this delicious side dish together! You’ll love how simple this recipe is!
- Prep the sweet potatoes. You’ll want to wash, dry, peel, and slice your potatoes/yams into 1/2 inch circles. Cut them all the same size to ensure even baking and then place them into a 9×13 baking dish.
- Make the candied glaze: Melt butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Stir in sugar until combined. Keep the heat on medium-low. Next, add in all the other remaining ingredients. Taste and adjust if desired
- Pour and bake: Pour the candied glaze all over the sweet potatoes. Cover and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are fork-tender.
- Serve: Using a slotted spoon, plate the sweet potatoes on a plate and serve immediately.
Cooking Tips
- Clean well. Make sure you wash and scrub the sweet potatoes thoroughly to remove any dirt.
- Slice them in equal sizes. This is important to ensure even cooking.
- TASTE! Once you have cooked the sauce, taste it and adjust the flavors according to your liking.
- Add toppings! These candied yams are PERFECT as is, but you can certainly dress it up by adding on candied pecans, toasted mini marshmallows, homemade streusel, or simply splash of fresh orange juice.
Candied Yams FAQ’s
Can you make candied yams from canned yams? Canned yams usually come ready to eat in a corn syrup mixture. However, the taste can be a bit flat. If I was going to make yams from a can I’d certainly drain off this syrup and create my own with real butter, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla extract for a more homemade, slow oven-baked flavor.
Are Bruce’s yams really yams? Bruce’s canned yams are a popular brand of canned yams sold in stores. As per their ingredient list, their candied yams consist of Sweet Potatoes, Sugar, Water, Salt, Butter Flavor (Maltodextrin, Butter [Cream, Salt, Annato Extract], Non-Fat Dry Milk, Butter Milk, Beta Carotene), Spices, Citric Acid, EDTA. Their plain canned yams consist of Sweet Potatoes, Water, Corn Syrup, Sugar.
Do you boil yams before baking? Boiling yams before baking help reduce the baking time. You can certainly boil them before cooking but I love yams that have been slowly roasted in the oven.
Making this dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Be sure to check out my Holiday Menu guide!
And that is it! You now know how to make a pan of delicious Southern candied yams! If you’re a candied yam lover then you will adore the taste of these sweet, buttery, cinnamony baked yams! Happy baking!
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Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes, (washed thoroughly)
- ½ cup unsalted butter, (1 stick)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 ½- 3 teaspoons cinnamon, (can use less if desired)
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1-2 pinches ground clove
- 1 ½ - 1 tablespoon 100% pure maple syrup
- 1-2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Cut off the tips of sweet potatoes.
- Peel and then slice into ½ thick circles.
- Place into a 9x13 baking dish. Set side.
- In a medium-size pot, melt butter over medium-low heat.
- Add sugar and stir until combined.
- Add heavy whipping cream and stir until creamy.
- Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, maple, and vanilla extract.
- TASTE THE MIXTURE AND MAKE SURE IT TASTES YUMMY. ADD MORE SPICES IF NEEDED.
- Pour mixture over sweet potatoes.
- Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove foil, baste and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes or until fork-tender.
- Plate the candied yams using a slotted spoon. Serve immediately.
I tried these for my first Thanksgiving and they were delicious!!! Thank you, I’m adding this recipe to my personal favorites for years to come!
These taste amazing!! Thank you for this winner ❤️
Hi Monique! Happy Easter!
All I can say is delicious! I made these today and my family and I love them. You can throw down in that kitchen hunna! Thank you, Mo!!
These yams are bomb. I made for the first time my son loved them he did not want to share the whole big pan!
Girl you have a winner here forever my new yam recipe cant wait to make these for the whole family on Thanksgiving❤
Made these for the first time Thanksgiving of 2017 and I just made them again Xmas of 2020. My family loved them and the lil bit of leftovers were even more flavorful because the seasoning really went through them. I didnt have any maple so i used Mccormick Maple Bourbon brown sugar seasoning and they were even better than the 1st time. I also doubled the glaze mixture. I want to make a sweet potato pie using this recipe.
These are the bomb!
Boy !! These SOUTHERN BAKED CANDIED YAMS was great . I made them for dinner tonight and just loved them
EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT! I usually don’t make candied yams, but my niece wanted some for Christmas dinner, so I added them to my rotation. I followed your recipe, embellishing a little on the spices (adding more). I also added tangerine zest and juice (we’re in Florida) and some bourbon. Lord!
Love this recipe it was a #1 hit. My guest couldn’t get enough and couldn’t stop saying how good they were. I told them it’s called “Diva-Delicious”.
Your recipes are on point!
OMG, I made these yams for Thanksgiving #1 hit and again for a friend’s dinner party and let me tell you people couldn’t stop talking about it. They wanted to know what did I do they taste so good.
I told them they are not only good they are “DIVA-DELICIOUS
God bless you, your recipes are on point. Your grandma is very proud of you.
We had these last year for Christmas dinner. They were a big hit and absolutely delicious! The sauce is like caramel…yummy!!
This will be my 3rd year making these for Thanksgiving and my family loves them every time! Sooo delicious!
Can I make this ahead and freeze until Thanksgiving?
Hi there Monique. Girlfriend I made these yams this morning for Sunday dinner and let me tell you it was a hit sensation. Your recipes never fail me. Thumbs up gurl.
Can someone help me with a Brand of ‘Real Maple’ ?!!!!
I bought a bottle of MAPLE GROVE FARMS 100% PURE Maple Syrup from Walmart. It was around $8 or $9 for a 12.5 fluid oz bottle. It’s right next to the other syrups. Never paid attention to it until I came across this recipe. It definitely makes a huge difference. I refuse to make my yam sauce/glaze any other way now. The funny part is I’m making some more right now for Sunday dinner which is why I just saw your comment. I was being lazy and can’t find sweet potatoes at the store so this time I used the bags of frozen steam in the bag sweet potatoes from Walmart that are in the frozen vegetables aisle Don’t judge me!♀️ I made this glaze while I steamed them in the microwave bag for 4 1/2 minutes as stated. After they were done, I poured them out the bags into a pan and poured the glaze over them The piping hot glaze finished cooking them. Right before dinner, I will pop them in the oven just to get them hot but the flavor is already going through them while they are sitting on the counter in a foiled pan. ♀️ These will be called my divalicious hood style yams
I’ve never made candied yams with whipping cream; what does adding that do got the recipe?
I like your idea! The recipe came out great!
Can I replace honey for maple syrup?
Yes. I did, and it was great. I actually used about 1.5 cups of sugar (all brown sugar) and added about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of honey (didn’t measure). The taste was outstanding.
Hello,
I’ve been selected to prepare candied yams for the family Thanksgiving meal this year. I love your recipe just need to know how to adjust it to make for about 35 to 40 people. Should I double the ingredients? Any suggestions would be helpful.
I made the yams too, on top of the stove. But added vanilla and lemon flavoring . The comment was, “ these yams are to die for”. This is an awesome recipe.
How much lemon do you add?
This recipe was over the top too sweet! I didn’t add as much sugars as it suggested either!!
I have used this recipe several times and love it! I make it at Thanksgiving Christmas, and now Easter. Family requests it and want to share leftovers. I’m glad there are people who just won’t eat yams no matter what because I want as much of the leftovers as I can bring home for myself. ????
Can I make this recipe in a slow cooker? Would love to try!
Easy to make. My sweet potatoes were a hit for Thanksgiving! I added a 1/4 cup of orange juice to the potatoes.
Best.recipe.ever. Thanks!
This is now my go to for candied yams. Quick, easy and very tasty! I did add some orange and lemon zest… they were a hit!
This was my first time preparing Christmas dinner for my kiddos in our new home. I made this and the southern cornbread dressing and let me tell you baaaaabyyyyy!!!! First of all, it’s ALL gone and my family loved it. My aunt called the next day to tell me how delicious it was and that she wanted more. However, when I got home there was nothing left but empty containers. I made both recipes as you outlined. I’m looking forward to making more of your recipes. I’ll have to take pictures next time and post.
Absolutely delicious
I really enjoyed making this dish thank you, Question for you why can’t I use Brown Suger and instead of White Sugar?
Going to make but I don’t have any heavy cream. I hope they still taste great
I just want to make sure we’re talking about candied yams and not sweet potatoes? Sweet Potatoes have a very different flavor than Yams and the recipe instructions says to get 4 large Sweet Potatoes. I’m going to make this with Yams, but it may confuse some people ^_^
These were absolutely fabulous. Took these to Thanksgiving at friends and they were a hit. Even picky lil eaters loved them.
I made this and it was delicious. OMG, everyone loved it…even the skeptics I have. Thank you!
I’m not much of a sweet potato/yam type of lady, but I made these for Thanksgiving and they were delicious! It was my first time making candied yams and everyone loved them!
So I took a chance and made this recipe for Thanksgiving. It turned out great!!! The cream really made a world of difference. My family is very picky when it comes to food, especially candied sweets. The only thing I changed, was I boiled the yams for about 5-10 minutes before baking. This is going in my
Fabulous recipe!! Can’t wait to have it again tomorrow !!
YUMMY my family loved these
I am always on your site when I need to make a down home recipe. Through you, I learned that I can make cabbage with smoked turkey and it will still be bursting with flavor and this recipe here OH MY goodness ????????. I added almonds this time though but the original recipe is definitely a hit in my house. Thanks Diva.
I don’t have any ground clove or whipping cream, is it OK if I use allspice seasoning and a substitute for whipping cream instead?
Family did not like this recipe. Told me to keep making my candied yams recipe that has been passed down.
I’ve been making this recipe for years and EVERYONE loves it. It’s so good.
Is it possible to use this recipe but instead of the oven use a crockpot? I have used this for the past 5 years but I have no oven space this year
I have been using this recipe for a few years now, and I love it. It’s so simple but such a hit with the family. Thanks !!
I’m making these as we speak now! I know they are going to be Sooo good! Happy Thanksgiving!
Can I make these ahead of time?
Thank you I will be making this for Thanksgiving yay.
Could I prepare this the night before and then bake it the next day?
I love this recipe, and your delivery is awesome!
You are the bomb! I have used this recipe for a few years now, but I watched the video today. I love your spirit and the joy you have when cooking. Yes, as you said these are the best yams ever! ps shout out to Ross on the pants. LOL. God bless you my sista.
You say serve immediately…. So is it not ok if I make this the night before
How long would you have to bake if you’re using canned yams?
Can I make them ahead of time?
I made these for my very southern mother in law last night—to die for!! So good!
AMAZING! So yummy, I add marshmallows on top because I have an extra sweet tooth!
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I’m excited to try these for this years Thanksgiving! However, when I look through the ingredients list, I noticed something called “real maple”. Maple what? Syrup? Extract?
First off, your recipes are the BEST! Now, is that maple syrup that this recipe calls for? Thanks in advance!
I found this recipe Thanksgiving 2013 and now they are made for every holiday…..have to double the recipe, because they go so quick….
ive been following your recipes for years now and this is one recipe that is always asked for every thanksgiving.thanks for helping me out …I cook but one day i wish to own a restaurant with authentic puerto rican and soul food.
I just made this today, and it was great!! I would like to know if you think a bit of Nutmeg and some Rum flavoring will throw the taste off or enhance it?
Hi Luvin!
In reference to the ingredient Maple, is that Maple syrup?
Thanks so much.
Excellent excellent idea-you just read my mind-for the adults only. Regular way for the younger family member members.
That sounds like it would be great wend!
Enhance it. I tried this recipe and threw in some brandy and nutmeg. It was delicious
Oh My gosh that sound so yummy! I use to use rum raisins a while back and it was so good. You just brought me back. ????
I love you !!! You are the best
Let me begin by saying that I always test different recipes before I spring them on the family. THIS recipe made the cut for our table for Sunday dinners, and THE HOLIDAYS!! I followed the recipe to the T! The right amount of everything! Thanks for sharing!!! PS…they are in the oven as I type this comment????….#onelove
I learned from my Aunt that baking yams in the oven until the skin is almost charred, allowing the natural sugars and rich flavors to emerge. Then I scoop out the meat and prepare mashed, puréed and buttered. You need very little sugar , honey or additional flavors.
My Candied Yams were perfect. The best I ever made!
Thank you so much!
HI I love your recipe, my yams came out perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Just made these..they are to DIE for! Tasted exactly how I imagined from the ingredients..PERFECT!
Great recipe!!
Hi,
The yams have a really great flavor, but the sauce has come out gooey both times I’ve made it. It ends up with the consistency of snot. What am I doing wrong, because the flavor is good.
Amazing!! My fam has made me the candied yams specialist 🙂 I even got the compliment.. Girl these taste like your aunts – That is a major compliment!
The best recipe. I love all of your recipes. My first time cooking Christmas was easy because of you and my guest were satisfied. Thank you.
I’ve literally been using this recipe for 5 years…always a hit! I come back to the page to make sure I got all of the ingredients. I’m good now!
I have md this several times and have always gotten rave reviews!! I like to use small to medium size potatoes to ensure that they get very tender. Other than that I stick to the recipe every time and always come out a winner! Thank you.
I will be making this tonight
Everyone loves this recipe!! Thank you! I quarter my yams, omit the maple, bake covered for 40 mins & uncovered 15- 20 mins. I HAVE to use at least 7 medium sized yams because they go so fast! Amazing recipe!
I had the same problem as the ladies above when I first tried this recipe. When I tried it again however, I boiled the yams first until tender and then I followed your recipe and it came out great. I good this helps other divas in the future.
Can you make this ahead of time and bake the day of? By the way ive made this recipe two times and it hasn’t let me down yet.
I have a very picky 12 year old whom I have to literally force to eat. I made these candied yams for Thanksgiving and he loved them. I made them according to the recipe and they turned out perfect. This is a really great recipe. I wasn’t a candied yams person until now. Thank you!
This is my go to recipe for my yams girl they came out perfect Everytime thank u girl
THESE RIGHT HERE!!!! Family fave since I ran across your page 5 or so years ago. THANKS DIVA!!!
I make this every year my family loves them. I double the recipe and sweet potatoes to make a bigger pan. They always turn out the bomb.
Made these last thanksgiving! They were so good i spent an hour this morning looking for this recipe again! Only problem is there were not any leftover for leftover Friday!
I tried this recipe a couple of Thanksgivings ago, came out perfect! Everybody loved them. Making them again for today’s Thanksgiving dinner
Awesome recipe. Came out delicious
I followed the recipe exactly and mine turned out perfect! The sauce was just like the sauce in the video! I am so happy this was my first time making them from scratch! I highly recommend. Would give it a 5-star rating but the stars are not cooperating with me tonight.
Hi
You keeps saying yams … but you call for 4 large sweet potatoes????? Which is it ? Should I buy yams or sweet potatoes?
Made this recipe and it came out great!!
Should read fresh yams
First time I used freakish yams instead of canned. Results delicious, got a lot of compliments.
Where can I find real maple? Not maple syrup right?
Hi Monique can the this recipe be prepared ahead of time and reheat on TG?
Thanks
Carmen
Hi Monique can the this recipe be prepared ahead of time and reheat on TG?
Thanks
Carmen
This candied yam recipe was the truth!! I def will be making this again for Thanksgiving!! Thanks Diva !! I never go wrong with your recipes!
Hi I have made the yams 4 times and they are delicious every time live this easy recipe~~I love the new site features
Hey Monique! I love your recipes and I love how you chat with us! Reminds me of home and of my sweet southern nieces who love to cook! Thank you for sharing!!
Can I use evaporated milk instead? And if so what would be the difference?
Need to cook potatoes about 30 minutes when using raw potato before adding the creamed mixture cooking it to long will turn it into candy .
I Love this and have been using this recipe for years! 🙂 I’m suppose to make a potato pie this years and I really just want yams so I’m going to use some of these same ingredients lol. For the people that said it came out hard. My potatoes were hard the first time I made this so I just cooked it in the oven longer. I put foil on and cook it as long as I could till they got soft. Annnd in the future I just drained a can of yams and added the rest of the recipe..
These yams are my all time favorite I’ve made them a couple of time and every household that tried them loved it. I recently made them last week and my yams must of not been ripe enough because they were hard no matter how long I left it in the oven they were not getting soft. I never had that problem before. The sauce was bomb diggity though lol. I substitute two of your ingredients: the white sugar I use dark brown sugar and your whipping cream I substitute it for marshmallows (I set on top at the end). It still taste amazing!! Thank you..
Making these again!!!! They came out so good and sweet! My family loves it! Thanks Diva
I’ve made these yams for the past two years and they come out perfect! Thank you so much!
I made this two years ago, my family loved it. I was wondering if you know how to do a stovetop version that is mashed. . .
So they’re called candied yams, but are sweet potatoes. What the hell? I came here for a yam recipe not a lie.
I’ve made this recipe for 2 yrs in a row and it’s the best. I am usually a sweet potato casserole kind of a girl but with this recipe, I don’t even miss that. My husband loves it as well. Thanks for sharing it!
When you say maple, can you tell me what you are referring too
Mines came out hard
Oh my! Not sure what when wrong there. How long did you cook them for?
I do. Need 2 sticks of butter and the cook time is way off. Added a dash of dried ginger too.
I boiled mine for about 20 minutes to soften the potatoes before I sliced them. Came out wonderful!!!
You have to let them cook for awhile and they will become tender. This is the best recipe I’ve had thus far!
Boil them for a little bit first..5-10 minutes. The sauce part is fine. But they do come out hard.
That happened to me once . My husband cut them too thin
Hey, how are you? I loved your recipes, but I think I did something wrong with
the candied yams recipe. My candy yams sauce was too hard and it was stuck in between
my teeth lol, I dont know what I did wrong.
Try boiling them first to soften before adding syrup and putting them in the oven
You cook them uncovered for 30mins I believe, then you cover them for another 45mins. My first time, and they were mouth watering. Follow recipe to a tee, and you shouldn’t have a problem.
This looks like a good yams
This looks like good yams
The title says yams. But the recipe calls for sweet potatoes. Which is it?
I didn’t have all the ingredients mentioned, but I did have the basics & they came out great!!…the best part of this recipe is baking them uncovered…it gives it that great sticky candied taste. Thank for this delicious recipe.
Is that Mable syrup
I cooked theses yams OMG!!!!! AWESOME AND GREAT TASTE. I had too cook them longer but they were great….1 HOUR COVERED, AND 25 MIN UNCOVERED, THANK YOU LADY…
Thanks
I haven’t tried this yet, but it sounds awesome. Please tell me. What is Real Maple?
Love this recipes, but my yams were not tender enough for me, so cooked it covered for one hour instead of 40 mins then uncovered for 20mins. I guess I cut them too thick. I love the ingredients, Awesome!!!
Thanks
I tell you what today is Jan 31st 2016 I cooked these yams for Church in Memphis Tn and I mean they were gone in less than 15 min a Entire Exlarge Aluminum pan. ..Delicious…
How many yams did you use for the entire church?
I would probably make 4 batches of this recipe at least for a church crowd.. I would like to hear the response from this lady also of how many. Too, is it maple syrup when you day maple? It is somewhat confusing if it is syrup or flavoring.
I made this for dinner tonight along with smothered pork chops and they were delicious. I love sweet potatoes anyway and even more so after trying this recipe. I will definitely make them this way again.
Im feeding 8 people will 4 pounds be enough? And if i add brown sugar hiw much?
As with other replies on this recipe, I added brown sugar. Thanks for the recipe! My boyfriend loved it!!!
Thank you for your spin on a southern classic. Be that yam or sweet potato, the outcome is deliciously yummy. I previewed several comments and as a southern woman, my momma told me if you can’t say anything nice or critique nicely, don’t say anything at all. In the south REGARDLESS OF THE CORRECT DESCRIPTION, IT’S A YAM!!! Being of African-American decent, I have never heard anyone say “please pass the sweetly syruped buttery sweet potatoes. We say yams because its easier and quicker to say. Please stop ripping apart this woman’s efforts to post her spin on a classic. Thanks for the recipe. Not too sweet, nor to heavy. The whipped cream added richness. Loved it!
This look delicious. I ues can yam use the liquid add brown and white sugar,butter cook until caramelized add potatoes to coat also vanilla, lemonor coconut or maple even orange to change the tast .keep cooking diva
Made this for Thanksgiving and it was a hit! Thank you!
I made this today using sweet potatoes. I also used half and half instead of heavy whipping cream and molasses instead of real maple and it turned out amazing. My husband couldn’t stop talking about how good they were.
Came out DELISH!
I love these candied sweet potatoes . But, how can I adjust your recipe to make it a little less SWEET? Add salt? Use salted butter? Afraid if I use less sugar it will change it too much? HELP!
This is the absolute best yam recipe i have tried. my family asks for it every thanksgiving
Wow. This was a great recipe to do a little riffing off of. Instead of white sugar, I used brown. Along with the vanilla and maple syrup, I couldn’t help but add a tablespoon of Jack Daniel’s Honey Whiskey. After the potatoes were all done, I blended them up with an immersion blender. These were soooooooooo amazing!
Thank you so much. The video was a very big help too.
Loved this keeper of a recipe.
Wonderful recipe ! A true keeper I will for sure use again ! I changed it up in two ways. I added one cup white sugar and one cup light brown sugar then as an added touch I added 1/3 cup of chopped pecans : ) This was a wonderful recipe because any other recipes you find the candied sauce is so runny which I don’t like. Love this one because it is a nice gooey sauce and so flavorful. Love the addition of the heavy cream as it adds such a smooth taste ! Thanks a million for a super great recipe !!
Recipe was awesome! And I just have to say one thing, “you are so adorable”, seriously !
Thank you Jolene! U took the words right out of my mouth. U r so right. WHO CARES which one it is. The taste n results are still the same. I’ve NEVER IN MY LIFE …from the north south east or west. .heard anyone say “candied sweet potatoes. Wanna know why? Bcuz who has time to say “sweet potatoes” when its so easy to say “YAMS”. Besides, anyone who knows about yams or sweet potatoes for this recipe. .knows it makes no difference. Thanks for the recipe Diva! I will try it n post my positive comments. Keep up the good work n remember to wear your blockers for all the haters, bcuz No matter what good u try to do,haters will always exist, but they don’t know. ..they help u get to the top!!
Thank you Jolene! U took the words right out of my mouth. U r so right.
These are NOT YAMS! There are candied sweet potatoes. Yams are a completely different root veggie.
You are right on, Chef!!!
Yams… Sweet potatoes…. I really dont care!!! I’m excited to try this recipe using orange colored potatoes how bout that. Thank you for putting together this video. It is already helping me cope with the stress of putting on a Thanksgiving meal for my entire family (in laws too) for the first time.
Thank you !!!!
– Cali Nerd Girl
Yes, but this has just become the name of the dish. Misleading but it’s what people call it. This recipe is amazing.
In black cuisine, we call these yams. We can do what we please with our culture. We use this term interchangeably with sweet potatoes. The term comes from the word Nyami, which is why we call them yams. It was similar to what we ate in Africa. We do not care about the correct term. Candied yams they are.
I like you. LD, say it like it is!
You can purchase yams or sweet potatoes and prepare the same way!
Needs brown sugar, but good. Lol. My friend came over to try them and was like “something is missing…BROWN SUGAR!!”. Just wasnt kicking until I added about a tablespoons of brown sugar a little water and threw it back in the oven for about 25 minutes. Came out perfectly. Thank you for this recipe!!! Oh and the oven baked ribs were a hit!! Lol Thanks again!????
I’m trying it for the first time and was wondering the same thing. “No brown sugar” I’m going to try it with half brown and half white. Then we will see but I really appreciate the recipe.
Love the sounds of the recipe. Can I make this a day ahead and refrigerate and warm up? What do you suggest?
Made these this evening using sweet potatoes and it came out amazing. Thank you for sharing!
This recipe was amazing. This is actually the first recipe of yours I tried 2yrs ago and I always come here to get recipes. You know what the first recipe of yours I tried was the red velvet cake. That cake is sooooo good. My family and I just love the food you cook and enjoy it!! great site and talent
Monique,
I do this exact recipe stove top & its the bomb.com! Thanks for the recipe… 🙂
Diva you can cook! The candy yam recipe was good.
I used brown sugar and white sugar. The cream and maple syrup was a fabulous touch that I have never used before. Family enjoyed the yams even more. Thanks for the recipe!
How much white sugar did you use?
I meant brown sugar?
Thank you for a great recipe and video. Girl, you are sassy! I love it! These candied yams were a big hit at my Mardi Gras party yesterday. Even my friend from the south said they were fantastic. Thank you!
Why do you call them yams when you are making sweet potatoes?? You do know sweet potatoes and yams are two different things???
Renee Honestly it depends on where your from. I call then yams as well because I am from the east coast and now I live in Texas and they call them sweet potatoes. I can tell that you dont travel very much lmao
They are actually 2 different vegetables.
Who cares?! Use sweet potatoes or use yams. Most people who think they’re making yams are actually using a variation of sweet potatoes. It’s a very common mistake.
This post is about a recipe (that looks delicious!) It’s far more relevant to keep your comments to your experience with the recipe. I don’t see your websites posted here – you can’t please everyone – if you have websites, then please post them. I love to see new recipes.
I can’t wait to make this dish! It looks so good! I’ll update my star rating after I make it, but I’m sure it will be the same.
I couldn’t agree more.
I was hesitant at first because you’re attractive, intelligent, witty, energetic and funny. My expectations were low because that’s just how negative I am; however, I have to give credit where credit is due – especially considering I was wrong. The recipe was the best I’ve had. I only made two changes: (1) One cup of brown & one cup of white instead of all white and (2) milk instead of creme (b/c I didn’t have cream). The results were still good although one has to use twice as much milk. So thank you for giving me the best candied yam recipe Iv’e ever had.
I am a Chef…I was blown away at how simple and DELICIOUS this was. I’ve been cooking yams for YEARS and thought mine good. Just goes to show that in this field it is a never ending learning process. These were WONDERFUL!! Can’t wait to try the Kahlua (another comment) next time!! THANKS!!…5 STARS
My friends could not stop talking about my yams.. This recipe is the Bomb!!! Thanks so much this will be my go to cook book
I made this for Christmas and everyone loved it so much, I am making it again for New Years…along with your recipe for greens!
Thanks to you, people think I can cook. 🙂
I make this all the time, but I cook the sweet potato first , saves time, I cook them until soft enough to cut but not done, then pour syrup over them and add pineapples, talk about yummiest I never get to save any at all.
I am a mom of 7. I love ur recipes, they cm in handy. I feel as I hv my own cook book with so many printed recipes. I don’t no u, but I love u and ur personality and ure blessed gift that u share. Keep up the blessings
I never made candied yams before out of fear of it not tasting right. I aways mashed my sweet potatoes. I used this recipe this morning and it came out tasting great!!!
Hey girl! You are my new best friend in my head..lol! I made these candied yams for a pot luck for Thanksgiving and they were as you say, “The BomB digity”!!! Everyone loved them especially my kids who are my biggest critics.. Thank you soooo much! Keep posting these great recipes and I will keep taking notes..Maybe I will catch me a husband in the proccess..LOL!!
Love all that you do,
Marilyn W.
I love watching your videos and I think you are a wonderful cook. Thank you.
First time w/ DCC and first time w/ these baked Candied yams, but I tasted mixture as directed and I can’t wait for dinner ! I sub’d honey for maple syrup. ( ran out of maple syrup) & sub’d 1 c. of brown sugar for white sugar ’cause I like brown sugar. I might put some marshmallows on them after the foil comes off because that how my granny made hers.
Made these for Thanksgiving. Everyone loved them! I will always use this recipe!
This recipe was amazing!!! My family and I loved it! Thank you 🙂
I just wanted to say thank you for your recipe! I have been looking for a while for a recipe that was AMAZING and not so bland. I am baking them right now and I know as long as I follow your recipe it will turn out delicious!
I used this recipe once and my kids loved it, so I decided to use it again and add some Kalua in it…. It blew everyone one away at the dinner party. I’m a single father raising a 14 year old girl and A 17 year old son and now have more attention than I wanted. Great recipe
My family and I just love this recipe along with some many others here. For the past three years I have been setting up my laptop in the kitchen and cooking like a Diva because of you. Thank you.
Best candied yam recipe ever. This is my 2nd year using this recipe. Just wanted to give you a shout out for making me look like a star on Thanksgiving! Picky husband and toddler approved!!!
I don’t think you realize how amazing you are!! You are heaven and you recipes are simply fanatic! I have been referring to your recipes for over 3 years now; for all celebrations from Thanksgiving to Christmas, and Birthdays to simply Sunday dinners. I can’t thank you enough!!….THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!
Heaven Sent**
I made these candied yams for the first time last year and they were a hit! I was asked to make them again this year. Thank you so much for the posts Monique!
Yes, I have to agree with the previous commentor. I grew up eating candied yams but as an adult I attempted to cook yams for my children and it never came out right until I tried your recipe. Thank you for refining & restoring a family tradition.
This will be my 4th year making them. It just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without these yams! My family would faint if they wern’t on the table, lol. You’ve ruined me…I can’t/won’t even look at another recipe for candied yams! If anyone reading these reviews is on the fence about trying this recipe look no further, get the ingredients and MAKE them… and get ready for a ton of compliments on your cooking! After trying these you’ll die and think you went to sweat potato Heaven!! Thanks again, M, for sharing this incredible recipe!
I just made these and OMG – YUM ! Best yams, not kidding, I ever made & can’t wait to share them with my family tomorrow ! Your suggestion to taste test was awesome because I liked a little more maple.THANK YOU for sharing this great recipe 🙂
Help please, I cannot have something so rich though you KNOW I’d love to..but what can I sunbstitute for the one stick of butter?
can I use 2 cups of brown sugar instead of the white sugar?
any idea what I can exchange the 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream?I guess I could use it if I had to,,, but all that milk fat.
Now the “Real Maple” can I just use more pure vanilla extract?
THANKS IN ADVANCE NEED THIS FOR TUESDAY PLEASE THEN I’LL USE IT AGAIN THURSDAY!!
I plan on making this for Thanksgiving and need to know what “real maple” is. Syrup? Extract? Thanks
Yes, it’s syrup.
It’s Syrup..
Hi Monique !!!
I just want to excitedly share with you that I did a hybrid of your sweet potatoe glaze recipe and your crust cobbler from you strawberry cobbler recipe and it came out absolutely delish !!!!! I simply cleaned and cut up my sweet potatoes as you desribed and boiled them in water for approxiamately 10-15 minutes and then mixed them in your sweet potato glaze recipe and simply spooned them in the cobbler crust recipe and it came out successfully sweet with the perfect crust and flavor !!!!! so thank you for all your culinary talents and your gift to share with the world, you really make it fun for my daughters and I to cook and even dare to be creative…even my fiancee and other family members now call to see whats on our daily menu, especially Sundays !!!!! So Thanks Again and God Bless !!!!
Yolanda Jone, Spartanburg S.C
These were absolutely amazing. Everyone loved them. My husband could smell them cooking and came looking for what smelled so good. I even made it today, a Monday, my first day back to work. It was super easy, I had to run to the store to get the Mexican Vanilla, Heavy Cream and real maple. That was the hardest part, going to the store. It was so rich and delicious it cooked up exactly as she said it would. Watching the video really helped. I will make this for the holidays but also as a side anytime. I can’t say enough about how good this is and how everyone loved it and were commenting, almost, with every bite. I had only bought 2 yams so I halved all ingredients and it worked perfectly. Thank you for our new family tradition that will forever be “the way mam makes them”.
Thank you for this amazing recipe! I made my mother dinner for mother’s day and candied yams are one of her favorite dishes. I tried your recipe for the first time and she absolutely loved it (she said the yams were “superb” lol). I can’t wait to try more of your recipes! 🙂
Wonderful recipe! This was a hit at the dinner table and it was easy to prepare. Thanks for sharing!
I just want to say thank you for this recipe!!!!!!!!!!! My family loves them. This was my very first time making candied yams. They were divine. They tasted just like my grandmother’s use to taste.
I make candied yams for every holiday, however I got the most compliments from this recipe. Everyone loved them!
Thanks,
I still can’t get this recipe to turn out right … The sauce always seems grainy. I’m going to keep trying though!
Likely that you are not cooking the sugars down enough. Try lowering your heat slightly and cooking it a wee bit longer, that should make more smooth.
OMG!!! This recipe was great! My family loved them so much they asked me to make them again two days after Thanksgiving. I will revisit this recipe, along with your macaroni and cheese, for Christmas. Thank you so much!
This recipe is probably the most delicious recipe for candied yams that I have ever tried! I loved the flavor that came out, though admittedly I didn’t use heavy whipping cream…I used whipped cream in the recipe because I didn’t have heavy whipping cream, and I used Pumpkin Spice seasoning instead of all the different seasonings because it included them all in it, with the addition of ginger and allspice, which also taste good on yams. My husband said it was the best candied yams I’d ever made, and my 3 year old only wanted to eat those (of course since they are sweet 😉 Overall, I’d definitely have to make this again. OH! I also didn’t put them in the oven. I had a whole chicken and rolls in the oven, not enough space for the yams. So I just did the on the stove top like I always do, but I guess what really fixed my potatoes were the measurements you used. Thanks for the guide!
Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. I have been cooking candied yams for many years and my family and friends always loved them. It was always a given that I do the yams and the collards. Well I was bored and wanted to do something different. I decided to try your recipe on Thanksgiving and my kids were having a fit because they didn’t want me to fix what wasn’t broken. Well girl, now it’s a whole other story. Everyone loved them !!! I also loved them because I didn’t have to spend time making a syrup like I used to do. Bravo!
You have outdone yourself with this recipe! This was the first time I have ever made homemade candied yams and I will NEVER go back to the can! When I tell you that this recipe was orgasmic, that’s exactly what I mean. I LOVED IT! Thank you for this recipe that I will continue to use for years! Happy Thanksgiving!
Brianna, I have the same problem with the yams not being cooked enough. I thought it was just me. I don’t know what we are doing wrong, but I ended up cooking them an extra 40 minutes. Go figure!!
Hello! – It is Thanksgiving Day and we are running late because for some reason it is taking a lot longer to cook these yams than it calls for in the recipe. I followed the recipe to the “T” and carefully followed each and every step. I even watched the video. Twice. 40 minutes, then 30 minutes later and the yams are still “crunchy”…a few of the smaller pieces are softer but I’m guessing I have another 30 minutes at least. Whats up? Never had any problems with my oven and cooking times. I wonder how so many people are getting this recipe Perfectly, and here we sit…..
Try par boiling the potatoes for 10-15 minutes first. After they cool they will be much easier to peel and this will decrease your cooking time. Overall I agree the recipe is excellent.
Diva Giiiiiiirrrrllllllll
This recipe is awesome!!! I’ve added in a lil more maple then you did because I love maple syrup.
My family loves it
Thank you for sharing
Kevin
Happy Thanksgiving 2013 to everyone and their families and friends. My mom and sister are southern cooks to the core. Mom refers to me as the “Can’t boil water” daughter. I recently moved to NC to live with my dad and wanted to cook one of his favorite holiday dishes, yams. I came across this recipe and decided to give it a try. Never attempted cooking a yam in my life. Followed it to the letter and knocked it out the park. My dad loved them so much. He said they reminded him of his mom’s yams when he was a boy. He went on to say that he hadn’t tasted yams this good since moving to NC over 40 years ago. This made my day and Monique I have you to thank for that. Just sitting and watching my dad enjoy one of his favorite holiday dishes which I had cooked, was such a rewarding feeling. Thanks Mo
OMG! Monique I used your recipe last night and i am sold, i will never do my yams any other way, i also tried your recipe for the collard greens with smoked turkey, I can honestly say my greens are the best in the family now hands down!! And Yes Divas Can Cook!!
I made this for the first time ever and OMG it was so delicious!! I can not wait for the family to taste it tomorrow 11/28/2013. Thanks!!!!!
Monique,
Would it be alright to substitute Georgia white sweet potatoes for yams?
Signed….a Divo who can cook since age eleven.
Hello! My family never made this dish, but I absolutely love it and would like to add it to our list of regulars. Unfortunately I have yet to find a recipe I really like. So I plan to try this one out cuz well, let’s face it, southern food is always the tastiest! Anyway, my question is this: Have you ever tried this recipe in a slow cooker and do you think it would taste the same? I have limited oven space and am trying to find a way to have everyone’s favorite sides.
My family went CRAZY!! 100 stars deserved. Wonderful recipe!!!
Great recipe! I tried it and it was such a hit, my daughter came home and ate half of it before everyone else could have some (it was for the next night’s dinner). 🙂
One thing you don’t add is yield. How many is this supposed to serve?
Thanks.
Omg! I have been searching for this recipe for years. My grandma use to cook this Thanksgiving and I absolutely loved it. I can’t wait to cook this for Thanksgiving. From now on, I will visit your site first to get my favorite recipes. Again, thank you so much.
OMG! This recipe is wonderful! My husband and my mother loved these candied yams. I now have the honor of making them for Thanksgiving! Tank you so much for all your recipes!
My daughter (9) wanted me to let you know that she thinks you are funny and nice. Oh and we are going to use real yams not canned ones 😉 THANK YOU!
Hello Monique
Can you tell me the serving size for the sweet potatoes? I would love to make this for a group but need to double or triple the serving size.
Thanks
Loved this. Made it last night for a dinner party and everyone was in love! Which is wonderful… because I am NOT a cook! The only thing I did differently was boiling the sweet potatoes first. Thanks for the recipe!
I am sooooo happy I just happened to stumble upon your website. Im now 30 years old and still dont know how to cook well. Its pretty embarrassing. I decided to try this candied yams recipe and it came out great!! I never thought I could make something taste so yummy. Thank you so much girl. I literally used to hate cooking, and now im excited to try more of your recipes.
As they say, “a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. I love your website, the fact that you help so many women to provide for their families is a downright BLESSING. I personally thank you for sharing your recipes with us. Nowadays young women my age (25) cant provide that quality among their spouse or children for that matter. Because of what your doing will help a lot of us tremendously THANK YOU♥♥♥♥
Wow didnt know this would be so easy to do thanks my family loved the yams!
What a great recipe! I’ve been making candied yams for years but this takes the cake. I love the warm balance of flavors and the syrupy texture. I love love love this. This will be my my new recipe going forward. I love the addition of the whipping cream.
yams are execelllent
The best CandiedYams ever!!!
Just found your website. Saw the recipe for candied yams and I must say I am in love with you for this! Your website is going in my favorites for sure.
Hunny Monique,, I just made these yams and my whole family is killing them we are in love!!!Thanks and keep up the good work
I like to read comments before attempting any recipe, especially for recommendations on ingredient substitutions. I’m trying to reduce my sugar and salt intake but I try to follow the recipes with just a little tweaks here and there. Instead of using white sugar, I used brown sugar and I eliminated the maple sugar and cloves. I’m not quite sure how its supposed to taste because this is my first time eating & making yams, but with the substitutions it turned out great. Not so sweet and yummy! This recipe is a keeper.
Made this for Thanksgiving & it was BOMB.COM!! No more canned candy yams for me.
Hunny these yams are DANGEROUS! So dam good. My husband kept going back for more lol. A GREAT side dish!
OMG!!! This recipe was super easy and they were delicious! While growing up, I would almost be the last to get some of my mom’s candied yams and I never really knew how to cook. Well, thanks to this website I can have one of my favorite side dishes anytime I want.
I did what another commenter said about boiling the yams for 20 mins to get them exra tender. I would also like to note that instead of using the heavy whipping cream (I forgot to get it at the store) I used one and a quater cup water. I didn’t worry about the syrup being “runny.” By the end of the 40 minutes the yams were candied and good. Next time, I’ll use the whipping cream and compare the two.
My first time cooking yams and it was more than successful! Family and friends joined us for dinner and the reviews were great. It was really easy to prepare and a great southern comfort to enjoy!
Although I did not have maple syrup or ground clove at the time I made these, they were fabulous nonetheless! I have been looking for a recipe to prepare yams in this manner – I make an awesome yam souffle, but I wanted a more traditional way to prepare candied yams. I appreciate you for sharing.
this recipe was absolutely flawless … this was my first time cooking yams straight from the potato but it was easy and delicious…. I will be cooking yams more often! Thank you
I have been looking for a candied yam recipe. My mother used to make her dinners and desserts from scratch with no recipe. Being from the South in Mississippi, I know good food when I taste it. I made these yams and knew they were gonna be good when I tasted what was left in the pot after pouring it over the potatoes. Wow! My mom’s been deceased for 16 years. I can say, now I have the best recipe. I cannot wait to taste the chicken and dumpling!!!
Omg! Amazing! My first time ever making sweet potatoes and it was a hit. Everyone loved it! Just added a little brown sugar.
Holy bejeebus, these are good! As per the old “whatever’s in the college student’s fridge,” substituting eggnog for the whipping cream turned out super tasty. Can’t wait to try making it the real way 🙂
Oh I cooked these for Christmas dinner and everyone loved them! You single-handedly saved my dinner. Look at my pic.
http://statigr.am/p/354409554798503049_1189408
Thanks!
Your website has turned me into a cook. Just tried this recipe for Christmas and it was delicious. My husband sure agrees!
I made these for Thanksgiving and they were a hit!! I am back to look once agai0,n becasue I am making them for Chirstmas too!!!
I’m going to try the candied yams, but I am going to use banana squash instead. It is orange when cooked just like yams
OMG, these turned out amazing, the only substitution I made was instead of 2 cups of white sugar, I did 1cup of white and 1 cup of light brown sugar. I just really like brown sugar. Next time I might try adding in some marshmellows and sweetened condensed milk (my crack). Thanks one again for the recipe Monique!
I made these and the Herb Roasted Turkey for my first Thanksgiving dinner. They both turned out awesome! My husband was beaming with pride. Thank you so much!!
I made these twice in the last week. Very good! Also they are good for the stricter vegetarians who can’t eat the traditional/northern candied yams. Those recipes often contain marshmallows which have gelatin ( a meat product ).
So this is great…
A couple quick comments:
This:
“1 ½ – 1 tablespoon real maple”
Should probably be either:
“1 – 1 1/2 tablespoons” or
“1 1/2 – 2″ tablespoons” or actually now that I think of it, it probably should be
“1/2 – 1 tablespoon”
And
“Cover with foil and back for 40 minutes.”
Should be
“Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.”
I couldn’t find any real maple but I did find imitation maple and that was enough (almost) for the two recipes. I did then find a bottle of Maple Extract which I’ll use next time.
Both times my sauce was much darker than yours. Now that I’m writing this, I bet the maple line was supposed to be 1/2 -1 tablespoon and I was putting in at least twice that.
In any case it was still good!
That is the only thing that you could contribute was unsolicited criticism…? How rude! I am an editor and I would not even have the NERVE to do that. Leave her alone. Everyone knows what she meant…idiot
Now, who’s going to EDIT your ‘IDIOT’ comment, “Editor”? Two rudes do not make grace. Rewind, be kind.
Your measurements are probably right….that’s why it’s so sweet! I added a lil more whipping cream, nutmeg & cloves to take the sweet kick off….Thanks….Her recipes are truly the bomb!!!
This was my husband’s favorite dish for our Thanksgiving dinner!
I made these yams for Thanksgiving and I swear I channeled my grandmother “Madea!” They were perfect! I used brown sugar and truwhip instead of heavy cream. BAM! I look forward to trying some of your other recipes. You’re the bomb girl!
-Asia
I made these for thanksgiving and I like the recipe but it was to sweet so what I didi to even out the sweetness I add some Orange juice and and it came out perfect
I was looking for a new recipe for Thanksgiving and this one turned out to be a great pick. I loved all spices and I used the sauce on acorn squash and both were great. This will be my go to recipe from here on out.
Hi DCC,
Made the candied yams for Thanksgiving and it was off the hook, Pastor stated “it was an award winning side dish”.
Thank you sooooo much for your great recipes.
If I keep cooking your meals, I know this will land me a husband. LOL
Do you have hard copies of your recipe book on sale?
Janeth
Five Stars all the way.
Once again I tried another one of your recipes, The southern Candied Yams. I am going to be honest when I saw two cups of sugar I panicked. I said to myself trust the ingredients. Well let me tell you those candied yams were off the chart. I am so thankful I lucked up on site just by doing a search in Google. You have been booked marked this point and I will be revisiting. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Hi Monique,
It’s been another successful Thanksgiving meal thanks to you. I made the yams with a cup of white and one cup of brown sugar instead of the two cups of white and I used half and half instead of the whipping cream but boy are they delicious. Every chance I get I’m telling all my friends about you and one of them is holding my cookbooks hostage because I actually printed them out. Because of you, I can be super confident in the kitchen and I just want to say once more that I am thankful for you and your willingness to share your gift! Be blessed!
Hi! I’m excited to make this dish but I need to know how to adjust the recipe for 5lbs of sweet potatoes?? Thank you.
I’m slow does maple mean MAPLE EXTRACT?
Hey Monique, I made these yams last year for the 1st time. My family wanted to just drink the juice off these babies. No yam was safe!! This year I have been assigned yams again. In my family we take food serious so its a compliment to get a 2nd chance on a dish. Especially, because we will outlaw a dish if its not right. Thanks for helping me made a great dish!!!!
Shenque
Trying this recipe out for the first time and making my first thanksgiving dinner
I hope they are a hit. But everything else you listed I’d good so I know these will be too. Thanks for the recipes u saved my thanksgiving.
great Recipe!!!! it is delicious
love your candied yams, cooked it yesterday, cooking more again on thanksgiving day.THEY ARE GREEATE HAPPY THANKSGIVING MONIQUE.
Can I use syrup instead of maple…?
OMG thank u for this recipe!!! I’m from the UK we don’t really make it here but I was able to get al the ingredients and the pics helped me see how it should look.. I used 4 massive sweet potatoes this was for 4 people, I thought they were going to ask to lick the dish!!!!!
I’m hooked to your site, divas can cook with recipes like this!!!
Thank you 🙂
Last year I was told that I had to make the candied yams and because I don’t cook, I didn’t know where to start so I asked my daughter’s father to prepare them. My family loved them. This year I have been given the same task but I don’t want to pass my daughter’s father’s cooking as my own. Your candied yams recipe appear to easy, so this is how I will prepare them this year. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for putting your recipe on-line to help those like me. Lol. Well happy holidays.
I tried your recipe and my wife gave me the ultimate compliment. She said “MMMM you put your foot in these yams”
I’ll be trying these this Thanksgiving, since I’ll be hosting, I’ll let you know what the reviews are…
Hello Monique; Last time I sent you a message on face book in regards to making Candied Yams. I mentioned to you about my dad who’s diabetic and I was wondering if I can use agave in replace of maple syrup? Also Could I use Splenda sugar blend white and brown? Ialso want to thank you putting your recipes on video You’ve true helped me alot and I believe God has blessed you. to do this and I pray that you continue to do more. I’m surprised that TV Food Network haven’t discovered you. God bless.
so good I made these several times cant get enough of them thanks so much .
Hey Monique, I made these for my husband a few weeks ago and he absolutely loved them…soooo…I’m making them again for him tonight!!! lol….I enjoy all your videos and I can’t wait to try some more of your delicious recipes…thanks for sharing…take care and God bless!! 😀
Hi Monique
Thank you so much for your recipes I’m so glad that I found this website. You make cooking so much fun and easy whereas other websites make it where you feel you need to buy 20 or more ingredients. Thanks so much and hope to see more recipes. I love the cabbage recipe and the hot wings recipes ,” I’m cooking cabbage now” LOL! Thank you and God bless you with your talent.
i did these yams on Sunday and OMG just so good and not to sweet. But I boil the potatoes pieces for about 6 minutes because I didn’t want the potatoes too hard. Girl it was so good.
Monique, where have you been all my life. This past Fathers Day I was online trying to find a good recipe for greens and there you were on YouTube….. In your kitchen showing me how to make the best greens I’ve ever tasted. When I looked a little further, I saw you had your own Website with some delicious recipes. Candied Yams was not on my menu but after seeing your video I added it. OMG!! They were the BOMB. Mind you, I never made homemade Candied Yams in my life. Monique, you have made cooking fun and easy.
THANK YOU 🙂
Wonderful recipe. How would I double it? Im so glad to have come across your site.
I’m on a low carb diet, so I had to make a few substitutions (although high fat is okay in my diet, so I could keep the butter and cream as is–YUM!). It was soooo good! I was so pleasantly surprised! My husband even liked them and didn’t know that they were a low carb version of “the real thing”.
I substituted 1 butternut squash for the yams (I promise, it is GOOD!). I also substituted 1/4 cup of sugar free maple syrup for the maple, and 1/2 cup of splenda for sugar (and trust me, it was sweet enough–especially considering that I added extra maple syrup). I also added 1/2 tsp of sage.
If anyone is interested, there are about 4-5 grams of carbs (depending on size of squash) per 1/2-cup-serving (which is a LARGE portion size due to them being so thick and rich).
I could barely taste a difference between this low carb version and “the real thing”. This is a dish I NEVER thought I’d be able to enjoy on my low carb diet but I’m so glad it works!
Thanks for another GREAT recipe, Monique!
This is a great recipe. I have made these more than 10 times and everyone loves them. Thanks!
OMG can we ALL say YUMMY!!!!!! These are awesome and SOOOOO easy. Thanks for the quick and easy recipes. Easter dinner will be GREAT.
OMG GOODNES, WHEN I SAY THAT THESE YAMS WERE BANGING. THEY WERE SO GOOD THAT MY FIANCE KEPT GOIN IN THE KITCHEN EATING THEM….OH AND SO WAS I. I’VE TRIED YOUR GREENS, CABBAGE, GREENBEANS, BLACKEYED PEAS AND MANY OTHER RECIPES THAT YOU HAVE. YOU ARE TRULY A LIFE SAVER, ALTHOUGH I COULD COOK BUT THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT I DIDN’T NO HOW TO COOK HOMEMADE. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND YES DIVAS CAN COOK!! PS WOULD YOU ADD A RECIPE FOR BUTTER BEANS…MY FAVORITE, THANKS!!!
I made this tonight and I am sold!!!! These are so good!!! I will keep this as one of my staples. I had friends over for dinner tonight and they could not stop raving about the food. Thanks for all you do!!!!
I made these tonight at the spur of the moment……worth every minute! OMG…I could not get over how good they tasted. I wish I had made more. Next time I will make a bigger portion because my entire family loved it. My husband even said they tasted better than the ones he makes.
Loved your recipies! Thanks for the site.
Is that maple extract?
Hi there Diva, I just want you to know for Christmas dinner this year I “borrowed” your recipes for Mac & Cheese, Yams, Collard Greens, Sweet Potsto Pie, Potato Salad and my family loved every thing. I made yeast rolls but like you I used my grandma Mattie’s receipe. Thank you so much for great delicious food.
Umm . . . these are in the oven right now and I’m already salivating!!!! I tasted the “syrup” before I put them in the oven and am already in LOVE!!!! Thanks so much for sharing your recipes. 🙂
I added a bit of lemon zest and some lemon juice, just because. I’ll let you know the end result. 🙂
You were not lying when you said they were the best!!!!! Delicious, my Family loves it!!! Thank you for supplying great recipes!!! Love ya Girlie!!!!
Hi Monique! Just want to say thanks for the recipe! I’ve tried to make candied yams before by precooking the sweet potatoes, slicing them up in a pan, and sprinkling on cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar and dotting it with butter. It did not come out the way I had hoped. But your recipe is a lifesaver! I will probably use this method from now on. My bf didn’t like the syrupyness of them but hey, to each his own! I can make them my (your) way and he can make them his way. Thanks again!
Wonderful,Wonderful,Wonderful! I did these for Thanksgiving an we loved them i just didnt add the maple nor the cloves but it didnt matter they where great!Thanks a mil!
Thank you so much for sharing. Not many people are willing to share their recipes and I am truly happy to have found you.. I wish you the best in your career.
I made your recipe of candied yams and omg there where banging. My boyfriend usually makes them and so i told him I would make them this time. So I look it up on YouTube lol and I saw your video clip and it was great! At first my boyfriend was making fun of me cause he said your suppose to boil the sweet potatoes first! Lol I told him to leave me alone and let me do me…I was a lil worried they wouldn’t come out! But girl I had this man asking for seconds thanks to you!! :0)
Will try making my yams this way for Christmas I normally layer my yams with the ingredients. I never thought to mix it all together. Ty I have found some great recipes in your site in less than a day
This candied yams recipe is soooo good! When I tasted it I was so surprised it came out of my oven!!!! I made some adjustments to the recipe…. I prefer a softer texture of yam instead of one so firm. So I boiled my potatoes for about 7 mins before slicing them. I also prefer brown sugar in my yams, so I split the sugar into 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar. Gurl this recipe is out of this world!!!!
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving! Im hopping you can answer this question before I bake these incredible looking yams. Can I pre bake these the night before for 40 mins then refrigerate and finish them for the last 20 or so minutes when I take my turkey out to rest? I’m short on oven space but don’t want to risk them getting mushy if I pre bake the day before. Your thoughts? Love love love your blog and cooking channel! P.S. just made your buttermilk brine for the turkey…I know it’s gonna be GOOD! it! Oh, and made the sweet potato pie, too. Looks and smells amazing! Can’t wait to dig into this stuff!
Okay, so I went ahead and baked these for 40 mins, took them out when my turkey went in, then popped them back in for 30 mins when my turkey came out. Perfect! These yams were out of this world! Looked and tasted incredible! My family and guests were blown away by these…and all the other diva recipes I tried…turkey, gravy, and sweet potato pie. All delicious. That pie was beyond fantastic! Thank you so very much for making me shine and for the tastiest Thanksgiving on record!
Thank you so much for this great recipe. I am great with cooking southern food, but cooking candied yams is my weak spot. I’ve read so many candied yams recipes but was not sure which one I should use. This recipe is perfect.
Oh my maple goodness! These look…wow, I can’t even find the words. Can’t wait to try these gems out on Thursday! Had to giggle at your intro… You are too funny, girl! Thanks again for the great recipes and your sunny smile, girl!
Hi,
Do you have any written instructions on how to prepare this dish??
yes, there is a print recipe link at the bottom of the page
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you posted this cuz I’m cooking a holiday dinner at a women and children’s homeless shelter and I wasn’t sure how to properly season sweet potatoes.
I’m actually 49 and have been a chef and foodie for most of my life but I guess the part of the south I’m from was not big on sweet potatoes.
My mother and grandmother were big on the cabbage sauteed in bacon grease and the southern green beans like you posted but sometimes they would add cut up potatoes to that and of course the collards.
I’m going to make this (the candied yams) for the women at the shelter for thanksgiving cuz I know from past experience that I can trust your recipes.
In the future, maybe from you or grandma, how bout a sausage gravy biscuit breakfast recipe?
I actually can make it really good, sage is the key, but my grandmother used to make it the best, it was dark and spicy and I was wondering if you know maybe how she made it that way.
Love ya
Hi there, I am sooo happy that I discovered this website. I loooove yams and this year I am cooking my first thanksgiving dinner for my new family. I wanted to start some new traditions and was looking for some yummy southern recipes. I will be stalking your blog for atleast the next week. This is awesome…