Turn nutrient-rich sweet potatoes into a satisfyingly sweet dessert! Just bake and stuff with your favorite toppings. This particular dessert baked sweet potato is loaded with toasted coconut, coconut butter, cinnamon, almond butter, pecans and dark chocolate. Vegan, gluten-free and paleo-friendly.
On the nutrition front, they’re rich in complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, beta-carotene, vitamin C, manganese and potassium. And when it comes to satisfying a sweet tooth craving in a healthy, whole-foods fashion, sweet potatoes are the perfect solution, especially when baked until the potato is oozing caramelly goodness. This is when you know the sweet potato is going to be extra sweet!
Baked sweet potatoes topped with a little coconut oil, butter or ghee are already reminiscent of dessert, but it’s totally possible to take things to another level with just a few additional toppings.
I’m giving you a ton of dessert sweet potato ideas below, but for the version I’m sharing today we’ve got a mix of cinnamon, coconut flakes, coconut butter and chopped pecans. I couldn’t help myself and decided to add a drizzle of almond butter AND chocolate as well!
At first I wasn’t sure the potato needed chocolate, but it definitely adds a little something and makes it feel even more like dessert.
That said, if you’re having this as part of your breakfast or just want to keep the sugar content a bit lower, you can skip the chocolate. If I were going to serve this for breakfast I’d likely eat it before or after my workout and pair one half of the sweet potato (and toppings) with a couple eggs, a protein shake or another good protein source. This would make for an ideal meal with complex carbs, protein and healthy fats!
There are SO many different ways you can make a dessert baked sweet potato. Here are a few additional combos:
PB Banana: peanut butter & banana slices
Honey Cinnamon: ghee or coconut oil, honey & cinnamon
Turn nutrient-rich sweet potatoes into a satisfyingly sweet dessert! Just bake and stuff with your favorite toppings. This particular dessert baked sweet potato is loaded with toasted coconut, coconut butter, cinnamon, almond butter, pecans and dark chocolate. Vegan, gluten-free and paleo-friendly.
Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato
1/2–1 Tablespoon coconut butter
1/2–1 Tablespoon almond butter
2 teaspoons toasted coconut flakes
2 teaspoons toasted pecans
2 teaspoons chopped dark chocolate (I used eatingevolved’s cashew milk chocolate)
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400° F. Pierce sweet potato several times with a fork. Place the sweet potato on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until sweet potato is completely tender and oozing a little bit.
Make a slit in the top of the sweet potato. Mash down each side and add toppings: coconut butter, almond butter, coconut flakes, pecans, dark chocolate and cinnamon. Enjoy warm.
Hi Brittany, I love this recipe. I had never thought of using sweet potato in desserts but it’s one of my favourite foods and it works so well! I love all the variations and plan to try the s’mores one next. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve added it into my list of the easiest vegan dessert recipes. This is the link if you want to check it out. https://www.happierwithtea.com/index.php/2020/05/05/easy-vegan-dessert-recipes/ Thanks for sharing your recipe!
That’s fantastic! My personal recommendation to make this recipe even more special would be to replace the toppings with nothing, and replace the sweet potato with a Mars bar. Delicious!
Oh, thank you Brittany! Though I did find myself treating my sweet potato like a banana split, putting on the coconut, reaching for the pineapple- and going for the caramel sauce. I am pitiful, but gracious, at least it wasn’t a banana split!! Thanks, and have a great week.
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Hi Brittany,
I love this recipe. I had never thought of using sweet potato in desserts but it’s one of my favourite foods and it works so well! I love all the variations and plan to try the s’mores one next.
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve added it into my list of the easiest vegan dessert recipes.
This is the link if you want to check it out.
https://www.happierwithtea.com/index.php/2020/05/05/easy-vegan-dessert-recipes/
Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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That’s fantastic! My personal recommendation to make this recipe even more special would be to replace the toppings with nothing, and replace the sweet potato with a Mars bar. Delicious!
I don’t have or ever use coconut butter. What can I use instead of it?
Any sort of nut butter would work great. You can also add regular butter or ghee. 🙂
Oh, thank you Brittany! Though I did find myself treating my sweet potato like a banana split, putting on the coconut, reaching for the pineapple- and going for the caramel sauce. I am pitiful, but gracious, at least it wasn’t a banana split!!
Thanks, and have a great week.