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Easy Candy Yams

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"Chopped sweet potatoes are baked with brown sugar, caramel topping and butter, then finished with a layer of roasted marshmallows." — sal

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Original recipe makes 1 - 8x8 inch dish Change Servings

4 cups chopped sweet potato
1 (12 ounce) jar caramel topping
1/8 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter
1 cup miniature marshmallows

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Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Place sweet potatoes in an 8x8 inch square baking dish. Pour caramel over potatoes. Sprinkle with sugar and dot with butter.
Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes, until potatoes are tender and mixture is bubbly. Remove from oven and sprinkle marshmallows evenly over potatoes. Return to oven until marshmallows are melted and browned, 5 to 10 minutes more.

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PREP 5 mins
COOK 40 mins
READY IN 45 mins

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Okay, this recipe has potential it is divine but it needs MAJOR re-writing. First off, get a bigger dish 9x9 doesnt even have to be square.Use cooked yams or canned yams (drained) and increase the 4 cups to about 6 or 7. Mash them...not chop. Leave out the butter (unless greasing the sides of your dish to keep the marshmallows from sticking. Double the amount of marshmallows and Broil them under a guarded eye for a heavenly browning. Do this and the dish will be the best thing you ever tasted. If not then you will get a big bowl of uncooked potatoes swimming in grease.

—Karisma

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Most Helpful Critical Review

Dec 17, 2005

These instructions seriously stink. I have never used allrecipes.com before, so I didn't know to check the review before making them. I used fresh yams instead of canned. I think this is a pretty important element to include in the instructions.

—pyantz

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Dec 10, 2004

I give these four stars for taste and one for the directions. Having never made candied yams before, I didn't know what is apparently obvious to the pro-this recipe calls for CANNED sweet potatoes. I naively chopped fresh sweet potatoes and THREE HOURS (not 30 minutes) later, they were delicious! Please, avoid my frustration. If you are not a yam-making pro, remember, either cook the potatoes first, or use canned.

—AFORFFORT

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Dec 21, 2008

This was so easy to make. I had 14 people for Thanksgiving, everyone from adults to children just loved it. I would however suggest the following changes. I fully cook fresh yams and then mash them adding the rest of the indredients and briefly putting them under the broiler until the marshmellows are lightly browned. I will make this on every holiday thanks!

—crissyR40

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Dec 15, 2003

I'm giving this rating for how it tasted after I made a few changes. The recipe doesn't specify whether the yams should be cooked or not; mine weren't and were still hard after 45 minutes of cooking. So I would recommend precooking. I also felt that the recipe had WAY too much butter, so I poured alot of it off as well. But after cooking what I had left in the microwave until the potatoes were soft, I mashed them with the butter and caramel sauce left in the pan, put marshmellows on top and cooked them in the oven for the last 10 minutes. They were delicious!!! The best candied yams I've ever made--they disappeared very quickly.

—VALERETTE

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Apr 20, 2003

I made this using canned yams (i drained the syrup from them first) and it still turned out wonderful... and even faster to cook!

—TORI99999

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Nov 23, 2006

I used canned yams and only half the butter. My family loved them and asked that I always make this for Thanksgiving dinner.

—Katy

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Dec 14, 2004

I made these for my husband on Thanksgiving. He loved them. I used the canned yams instead of fresh, and this dish was ready in a snap--which is really great for those of us stuck in the kitchen on Thanksgiving day. ;)

—LORRIEC13

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Nutrition

Calories
413 kcal
21%

Carbohydrates
69 g
22%

Cholesterol
41 mg
14%

Fat
15.5 g
24%

Fiber
2.1 g
8%

Protein
2.5 g
5%

Sodium
532 mg
21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Easy Candy Yams

Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 413
Calories from Fat: 140

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 15.5g 24 %
Saturated Fat 9.8g 49 %
Cholesterol 41mg 14 %
Sodium 532mg 21 %
** Potassium 392mg 11 %
Total Carbohydrates 69g 22 %
** Dietary Fiber 2.1g 8 %
Protein 2.5g 5 %
** Sugars 19.2g
Vitamin A 301 %
Vitamin C 14 %
Calcium 9 %
Iron 6 %
** Thiamin 7 %
** Niacin 8 %
** Vitamin B6 11 %
** Magnesium 8 %
** Folate 12 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.